> I discovered that my most frequent use of a knife, while backpacking at least, was to cut/slice open a packet of something. That could be a packet of freeze dried food, some small packets of food ingredients, or other sealed packs generally food related. Quite the manly task eh? My next most common use of a knife was to cut cord. Spectra cord, paracord, Triptease, or Dacron line. After those two top activities the rest of my cutting needs included things like sharpening my pencil, digging out splinters or just plain whittling for fun. Not a whole lot of heavy duty tasks.> That blew my mind. No slicing through carcasses, making spears, or splitting limb sized logs – just very small, precise cutting tasks. So why was I so fixated with large, robust, bomb-proof knives? Who knows. The data just didn’t support my need to carry around such a huge blade.How does this make you feel?
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