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I'd be pizzed at being called fiduciary, mostly because I don't know what it means...............grin
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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+1 on the Finnish Fiskars/Gerbers. Art they are not but they do do utility well. Not sure I'd want to skin with one as they don't feel right to control and I'd probably rip even a moose hide to shreds - the steel is good and a knife edge easily possible (and longlasting.) My F/G is now costing me $1 and change per year to keep. I don't often use it while working an animal unless I get impatient @ -30 F and just want to get back to Dodge, but I do use it as an invaluable part of my hunting gear. It fits in a small pack and has saved my bacon numerous times in this roadless part of the world to make trails through stuff (alders), building bridges in portages, and platforms to get out of overflow. The handle, at first blush, seems to be a potential weakness, but no amount of chopping even at -30 F has shown that to be true. Art it isn't, but it is a tool of true worth in my book.
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
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Campfire Ranger
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Well, it doesn't mean what was implied. A better choice of words would have been "financial" interest, and I accept R's explanation and don't see an ulterior profit motive.
Those little things are great, just don't hit your shin or your toes!
Regards, sse
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Campfire Tracker
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Here's the Lee Valley "Beard axe" in action. I have used it for several years. The holster is great, swivells with your body, and is well made. it sits on my hunting belt, and whether splitting pelvis, sternum or cutting down brush, it is great. I have skinned with it also. Cat
scopes are cool, but slings 'n' irons RULE!
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Campfire Outfitter
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Campfire Outfitter
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hey 'hat? that shootin' iron an MS?
abiding in Him,
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Campfire Tracker
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YUP! A departure nfrom my normal "single shots only" routine, but it is such a sweet handler with the 20" barrel that I can't resist sometimes! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> 6.35 lbs., and super fast action, made in 1925. 8X56MS it is, and it wholloped that doe from 97 paces with a 175 grain Pro hunter that went out to .877+ in diameter after quartering through and busting the offside shoulder. Sorry for the hijack, guys! Cat
scopes are cool, but slings 'n' irons RULE!
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I am partial to the Marble's belt hatchet. It don't split kindlin' as good as the GB, but I thinks it is better balanced and skins better...... Pictured with a full-sized Vaughn riggin' axe(now retired to a pack pannier) and my Dozier knives for scale. Works most dandily for choppin' elk to quarters..... Here's a pic of me with a Vaughn riggin' axe form the mid 70's when I was still guiding. I found them to be super tough, but also super hard to sharpen! Used it for everything, including cribbing basements and framing in the off season, also.... Cat
scopes are cool, but slings 'n' irons RULE!
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Campfire Ranger
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cat, they aren't hard to sharpen. Just sit down and pedal....... Kinda hard to pack to elk camp, tho. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I sharpen all my axes and hatchets on 'er and finish on a hand stone. A good tool is never obsolete. The electic jobbies are faster, tho. Don
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Campfire Tracker
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Cool rig!
All my stuff was sharpened at home also, but when you are out for weeks, or like on the trapline (months) , unless a special trip was mmade to bring in a rig like that, it is hhand stones, for sure! My brother has electricity at hhis new placee, but in the 70's we flew in.... Cat
scopes are cool, but slings 'n' irons RULE!
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