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I`m just trying to think what I would use a knife on a campsite for. (Kitchen knives for chopping food excluded.) I don`t think I`ve ever needed one for a task that a good pair of scissors wouldn`t work for.

Same down the allotment....I`ve never used a knife for anything.

So what do other people use their knives for while camping? Are they really necessary?

Quote: Originally posted by Valk_scot on 08/02/2005

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So what do other people use their knives for while camping? Are they really necessary?

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Its all the other tools on the Swiss Army knife that are useful, improvised toolkit etc.

That’s easy then...

Just snap the blade off.  ;-)

I must confess to a liking for a good knife on site myself.  If I think about it though, the reasons I used to use it don't really apply nowadays.  Gone are the days of cutting turf to protect it from the fire. Cutting and shaping branches to hold kettle and food over the fire.  We even used to make 2-pronged forks from twigs, tables and stuff with branches and string.  Then there was always the digging of a pit for the "waste" disposal.  I must have looked like Rambo with a great long sheaf knife like a machete.

Seems like a lifetime ago in another world.  Now that was camping  :-)

Steven