Here's a great tip from a reader!
Anonymous said...
Another possibility for pack knife - small meat cleaver.
Very inexpensive when purchased at a 2nd hand store, and will definitely do a
good job chopping wood for fire as a mini hatchet. Provides more edge for
slicing too. The back and leading edge makes for a decent shovel spade.
Got camp cleaver?
Staying above the water line!
Riverwalker
...great tip, will add to the stores immediately...that's an 'anon' tip they should've put a handle on eh??? ...a 'thank you' to "a name" seems better, for good info...
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Still a great tip and one that I already practice. I buy every small meat cleaver I can find...they make a great expedient chopping tool for wood or meat.
Thanks Ken.
RW
I'm the anon who posted this previously, but I can't take full credit for this one - I'm just passing this one along. I read this several years ago, tried it myself and found it was true - cleavers ARE handy outdoor tools to keep around.
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Thanks anon for a great tip that was "passed along".
RW
My father had a cleaver for camp use. He put a somewhat extended handle on it from a broken hatchet. It was very useful for kindling, notching and trimming poles or such around the camp.A fine idea here, thanks.
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