That makes sense and I can totally see that. I've had this axe for a while and didn't even know its value, so now I'm kinda nervous about actually using it in my carry gear for fear of losing it, chipping the edge on something I don't mean to hit, or having it stolen. I got a brand new Estwing double bit axe for pretty cheap on Amazon with my Prime membership recently, so I'll be using that from now on. Also, I still have my trusty 'ol machete that has been with me through thick and thin while I was homeless and living alone in the mountains. I've abused the heck out of it and have had to file out plenty of nicks in the blade from hitting rocks or something accidentally. All in all, it's a great tool and I will recommend the Carnivore X by Camillus to anyone that'll listen.
I've got a few more tools and tricks in my bag, but to be honest, I wouldn't recommend many of the cheap "survival" knives that one finds off the Wally World or Harbor Freight shelves. I can chop trees down and baton wood to split for kindling and I haven't found many other tools that are decent enough to stand up to that kind of punishment and still hold an edge. Also, (one of) my EDC knives is a SOG Ace. The plastic clip on the sheath was poorly designed and kept popping off, nearly causing me to lose the knife, but a little epoxy solved that problem and it's a great knife! I've used it plenty to butcher, skinning and cut up meat. I've got a technique to sharpen that puts a razor sharp mirror edge on it and it holds pretty nicely.
Here's a pic of my gear. You can kinda tell that my machete has been through some Shtuff...
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Here is a picture of an incomplete project that I've got going on. I found an old Forgecraft knife while I was up in Oregon living off the land. It was plenty rusted and had seen better days, so I cleaned it up and put an edge back on it. Recently, I've taken it upon myself to thin the blade some and put a "Scandi grind" on it with the belt sander. I kept it cool with a bucket of water nearby so as to not lose the temper and I've been working up the grits and polishing it. I'm up to 400 grit now, and it's looking nice so far, but far from complete, as I'm going to go for the mirror polish on it. When I get the burrs on the edge, I will take it to a bit of cardboard from a graham craker box and shave it in ribbons until I can feel it's smooth and then go back to polishing. That's a pretty simple way of ridding the edge of those pesky burrs, I've found. Also, it'll cut that cardboard all day long and not seem to lose an edge. I've read that these old knives are made from 1095 steel, so it's pretty good stuff. What do you all think?
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