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TIP: The online Bushwalk Inventory System can help bushwalkers with a variety of bushwalk planning tasks, including: Manage which items they take bushwalking so that they do not forget anything they might need, plan meals for their walks, and automatically compile food/fuel shopping lists (lists of consumables) required to make and cook the meals for each walk. It is particularly useful for planning for groups who share food or other items, but is also useful for individual walkers.
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Nice Wee Stocking Filler

Wed 28 Nov, 2012 9:54 pm

Could not resist this for the price :lol: well made by FISKARS the cutting blades and garden tool Manufacturer it weighs around 28gm and is sharp.
http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/205565380.html
corvus

Re: Nice Wee Stocking Filler

Thu 29 Nov, 2012 5:16 am

Wrong link?

Re: Nice Wee Stocking Filler

Thu 29 Nov, 2012 7:07 am

corvus wrote:Could not resist this for the price :lol: well made by FISKARS the cutting blades and garden tool Manufacturer it weighs around 28gm and is sharp.
http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/205565380.html
corvus


I bought one of those for the Franklin River trip earlier this year. Not because it was Bear Grylls, but because it was made by Gerber (not Fiskars) and because it was very light weight, and VERY sharp.

At one point in the Franklin River trip, a raft had got stuck in a stopper for about 15 minutes (the person had been tossed out), and when it finally broke free, it's rope fell out and became snagged in the middle of the flooded river. We managed to get the raft to the bank, then drag it upstream to as close as possible to the snag. After being unable to free the rope from the snag on the river bed we decided cut the 20mm static climbing rope.

I expected that I would have to saw through the rope with a few strokes from the new tiny Gerber knife, but just one single swipe did the trick. That serrated section of the blade is specifically for ropes, and I was amazed at how well it worked.

It is now my regular bushwalking knife, and my large heavy hunting knife stays at home except for actual hunting trips now.

Re: Nice Wee Stocking Filler

Thu 29 Nov, 2012 4:11 pm

Son of a Beach wrote:
corvus wrote:Could not resist this for the price :lol: well made by FISKARS the cutting blades and garden tool Manufacturer it weighs around 28gm and is sharp.
http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/205565380.html
corvus


I bought one of those for the Franklin River trip earlier this year. Not because it was Bear Grylls, but because it was made by Gerber (not Fiskars) and because it was very light weight, and VERY sharp.

At one point in the Franklin River trip, a raft had got stuck in a stopper for about 15 minutes (the person had been tossed out), and when it finally broke free, it's rope fell out and became snagged in the middle of the flooded river. We managed to get the raft to the bank, then drag it upstream to as close as possible to the snag. After being unable to free the rope from the snag on the river bed we decided cut the 20mm static climbing rope.

I expected that I would have to saw through the rope with a few strokes from the new tiny Gerber knife, but just one single swipe did the trick. That serrated section of the blade is specifically for ropes, and I was amazed at how well it worked.

It is now my regular bushwalking knife, and my large heavy hunting knife stays at home except for actual hunting trips now.

SoaB
Mine is also a Gerber which is a one of Fiskars brands see here
www3.fiskars.com/
corvus

Re: Nice Wee Stocking Filler

Thu 29 Nov, 2012 8:12 pm

corvus wrote:Could not resist this for the price :lol: well made by FISKARS the cutting blades and garden tool Manufacturer it weighs around 28gm and is sharp.
http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/205565380.html
corvus

Sorry all sold on this site but on ebay for a bit more :(
corvus

Re: Nice Wee Stocking Filler

Fri 30 Nov, 2012 10:03 am

corvus wrote:SoaB
Mine is also a Gerber which is a one of Fiskars brands see here
www3.fiskars.com/
corvus


Interesting, I didn't realise that. They're both excellent brands in any case. I've only known Fiskars for their scissors and shears, previously, not for their knives (or other related brands).
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