That said I would've taken my Mora.
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Ultralight Hiking Knife Selection For Grown Son: Advice Needed (Edit: Advice Taken, trip going well)
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Yes, and he’s 22 so knows everything and is invincible.
Lost Hiker Was Two Miles From Trail When She Died
Hiker found two years after she got lost in the Maine woods left heartbreaking message before she died.
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He's been raised right and is no know-it-all. He's smarter and more focused than I ever was. Good kid. Head screwed on straight. Works hard, saves money, helps others. Proud of everything about him besides this knife thing, lol. Even then, its nbd really. Just want to gift him a sweet ultralight knife he can carry with him.Yes, and he’s 22 so knows everything and is invincible.
Lost Hiker Was Two Miles From Trail When She Died
Hiker found two years after she got lost in the Maine woods left heartbreaking message before she died.
Slip on rock...fall down hill...end up in ravine...nobody sees or hears you...as people walk by all day.
He could at least throw something like a case trapper or mini trapper in a pocket in his bag.
But sometimes you gotta send em out in the world and let em figure it out for themselves...
Take the pocket clip off and tell him to put the knive in his pocket to make his mother feel better
That mama angle will carry a lot of weight. Again, good kid.Take the pocket clip off and tell him to put the knive in his pocket to make his mother feel better
Doesn’t matter. There’s always that unforeseen that will make you wish you had a knife.
I’ve always carried a knife, or two, or…. Since kindergarten when we played mumblety-peg in the dirt schoolyard.
But, let your son do it his way, that way when he comes home crying about you were right you can just look at him, smile, and softly say ‘’tolja so’’.
edit to add: just read the original post, if he carries a leatherman daily, seems like he’s aware of the value, and I don’t see how a couple of ounces are a deal breaker. But then, I’ve never hiked a couple hundred miles.
I’d take a bushcraft type knife. Fixed blade. It’s safer to baton firewood with a knife than it is to split of with a hatchet.
Maybe a dumb question , But is he taking a weapon of any kind ?
like a Glock 19 with 15 rounds of ammo! take something !!
like a Glock 19 with 15 rounds of ammo! take something !!
