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[mak1277]

This looks interesting

SHEEPSFOOT TAO VANAX — KUNWU Knives

Overall Length: 205mm ( 8.07 inch ) Blade Length: 88mm ( 3.46 inch ) Blade Thickness: 3.2mm ( 0.13 inch ) Blade Material: VANAX 60 to 62 HRC Blade Finish: Satin Handle Material: Titanium Handle Color: Gray Product Weight: 116g ( 4.09 oz ) Lock Mechanism: Frame Lock

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[LA Guy]

This looks interesting

SHEEPSFOOT TAO VANAX — KUNWU Knives

Overall Length: 205mm ( 8.07 inch ) Blade Length: 88mm ( 3.46 inch ) Blade Thickness: 3.2mm ( 0.13 inch ) Blade Material: VANAX 60 to 62 HRC Blade Finish: Satin Handle Material: Titanium Handle Color: Gray Product Weight: 116g ( 4.09 oz ) Lock Mechanism: Frame Lock

kunwuknives.com

This looks interesting

SHEEPSFOOT TAO VANAX — KUNWU Knives

Overall Length: 205mm ( 8.07 inch ) Blade Length: 88mm ( 3.46 inch ) Blade Thickness: 3.2mm ( 0.13 inch ) Blade Material: VANAX 60 to 62 HRC Blade Finish: Satin Handle Material: Titanium Handle Color: Gray Product Weight: 116g ( 4.09 oz ) Lock Mechanism: Frame Lock

kunwuknives.com

Oh yeah. Kunwu is apparently a great value.

I have this preordered:

That is the lowest priced titanuium scaled barlock knife that I've ever seen.

 

[mak1277]

Oh yeah. Kunwu is apparently a great value.

I have this preordered:

That is the lowest priced titanuium scaled barlock knife that I've ever seen.

Only 1.5 oz. This would be a sweet little backpacking knife.

KUNWU MINI TAO — KUNWU Knives

Overall Length: 140mm ( 5.51 inch ) Blade Length: 58mm ( 2.28 inch ) Blade Thickness: 2.5mm ( 0.098 inch ) Blade Material: ELMAX HRC 60 to 62 Blade Finish: Satin Handle Material: Titanium Handle Color: Gray Product Weight: 43g (1.52 oz )

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[LA Guy]

Only 1.5 oz. This would be a sweet little backpacking knife.

KUNWU MINI TAO — KUNWU Knives

Overall Length: 140mm ( 5.51 inch ) Blade Length: 58mm ( 2.28 inch ) Blade Thickness: 2.5mm ( 0.098 inch ) Blade Material: ELMAX HRC 60 to 62 Blade Finish: Satin Handle Material: Titanium Handle Color: Gray Product Weight: 43g (1.52 oz )

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Are you one of those ultralight hikers? I wish that I had been. Hiking would have been much more enjoyable. But no, instead, I was packing out 50 lbs backpacks, like an idiot, for 2 weeks at a time, and had full sized fixed blades in my rig.

 

[mak1277]

Are you one of those ultralight hikers? I wish that I had been. Hiking would have been much more enjoyable. But no, instead, I was packing out 50 lbs backpacks, like an idiot, for 2 weeks at a time, and had full sized fixed blades in my rig.

I’ve gone back and forth over the years. There was a time when I really prioritized going light. But now I have added back some weight in exchange for convenience (more efficient but heavier stove system for example). Right now my base weight is 15-17 pounds for a normal 3 season trip. Closer to 20 if I’m fishing too.

When I’m out, I prefer not to spend much time in camp…I either hike all day or fish usually. So I don’t need many conveniences. I have gone with fixed blades before but I almost never need them (no bushcraft for me). But I don’t feel comfortable with no knife or just a razor blade like the real hardcore ultralight folks. I also really prefer a clip, as I’ve lost numerous knives just falling out of my pockets on trips.

 

[LA Guy]

I’ve gone back and forth over the years. There was a time when I really prioritized going light. But now I have added back some weight in exchange for convenience (more efficient but heavier stove system for example). Right now my base weight is 15-17 pounds for a normal 3 season trip. Closer to 20 if I’m fishing too.

When I’m out, I prefer not to spend much time in camp…I either hike all day or fish usually. So I don’t need many conveniences. I have gone with fixed blades before but I almost never need them (no bushcraft for me). But I don’t feel comfortable with no knife or just a razor blade like the real hardcore ultralight folks. I also really prefer a clip, as I’ve lost numerous knives just falling out of my pockets on trips.

I have at least two knives with me when I hike - a folder and a fixed blade, and sometimes a smaller fixed blade. I just feel uncomfortable without a backup. I don’t know how the ultralight people do it. I would feel naked and uneasy.

 

[Jr Mouse]

Three knives? This must be how Fok envisions his hiking trips.

 

[mak1277]

I have at least two knives with me when I hike - a folder and a fixed blade, and sometimes a smaller fixed blade. I just feel uncomfortable without a backup. I don’t know how the ultralight people do it. I would feel naked and uneasy.

But don’t you also have two knives when you go get groceries? It’s a lot easier mentally for people who don’t carry a knife at all.

I would be more likely to take more if I knew I was going to be off trail. Or if I knew I might need (not want) a fire.

 

[Jr Mouse]

Only 1.5 oz. This would be a sweet little backpacking knife.

KUNWU MINI TAO — KUNWU Knives

Overall Length: 140mm ( 5.51 inch ) Blade Length: 58mm ( 2.28 inch ) Blade Thickness: 2.5mm ( 0.098 inch ) Blade Material: ELMAX HRC 60 to 62 Blade Finish: Satin Handle Material: Titanium Handle Color: Gray Product Weight: 43g (1.52 oz )

kunwuknives.com

I like this one a lot. Looks like it would also make the perfect knife to toss in a thin briefcase without adding much weight.

 

[justridiculous]

Only 1.5 oz. This would be a sweet little backpacking knife.

KUNWU MINI TAO — KUNWU Knives

Overall Length: 140mm ( 5.51 inch ) Blade Length: 58mm ( 2.28 inch ) Blade Thickness: 2.5mm ( 0.098 inch ) Blade Material: ELMAX HRC 60 to 62 Blade Finish: Satin Handle Material: Titanium Handle Color: Gray Product Weight: 43g (1.52 oz )

kunwuknives.com

That's a killer little knife. I might have to pick that one up.

 

[LA Guy]

Three knives? This must be how Fok envisions his hiking trips.

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Utah hiker shares what he was thinking when he faced cougar | CNN

Hiker Kyle Burgess tells CNN's Anderson Cooper what was going through his mind when encountered a cougar that stalked him for six minutes on a trail in Utah. Watch "Full Circle" ever Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 6pm E.T.

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A guy I know who is in the knife industry - used to be at Benchmade, iirc,and now with WEE/Civivi. I've had bear encounters in the Big Sur area.

 

[mak1277]

Utah hiker shares what he was thinking when he faced cougar | CNN

Hiker Kyle Burgess tells CNN's Anderson Cooper what was going through his mind when encountered a cougar that stalked him for six minutes on a trail in Utah. Watch "Full Circle" ever Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 6pm E.T.

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A guy I know who is in the knife industry - used to be at Benchmade, iirc,and now with WEE/Civivi. I've had bear encounters in the Big Sur area.

That video is nuts. A guy with a knife would get his ass kicked by a cougar though if the cat wanted to fight. I wouldn’t consider a knife bear protection either. I backpack in black bear country all the time with no deterrent. Grizzly country means bear spray (or a gun I guess). I don’t consider knives to be proper critter protection.

 

[Jr Mouse]

That video is nuts. A guy with a knife would get his ass kicked by a cougar though if the cat wanted to fight. I wouldn’t consider a knife bear protection either. I backpack in black bear country all the time with no deterrent. Grizzly country means bear spray (or a gun I guess). I don’t consider knives to be proper critter protection.

When you say no detergent do you mean you don’t even carry bear spray?

 

[LA Guy]

But don’t you also have two knives when you go get groceries? It’s a lot easier mentally for people who don’t carry a knife at all.

I would be more likely to take more if I knew I was going to be off trail. Or if I knew I might need (not want) a fire.

I always have a knife in pocket, but always something small that fits my 5fifth pocket, and a SAK witb screw drivers for glasses and tightening random things.

The only times I've carried a fixed blade for non-loose thread and apple cutting reasons is when I worked with a guy in LA doing repo work in tough neighborhoods and the in the early pandemic, when militias were walking around here, when I wore a short skeletonized fixed blade with an excelent finger guard with a static cord in-waist-band:

M1 Backpacker Treestand Camo Paracord Knife | Duluth Trading Company

The White River M1 Backpacker packs the appeal of a well-crafted knife and also brings sturdiness in spades. Get it at Duluth Trading.

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[mak1277]

When you say no detergent do you mean you don’t even carry bear spray?

I don’t carry bear spray for black bears, no.