What a beautiful little keychain knife (what with Xmas coming up too!) The Rike Knife Damascus Hummingbird Mini Flipper Knife. The overall construction is impressive: The flipper is made with a damascus steel blade, titanium handle, and ceramic ball bearing washer system. It weighs 17 grams and comes in four different colours. Specs Blade: Damasteel […]
Firefly is a tailor made fire starter for your Swiss Army Knife https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/740457940/firefly-the-ultimate-swiss-army-knife-accessory What is the Firefly? The Firefly is a custom sparking-steel fire starting tool designed to work seamlessly with a large variety of Swiss Army knives. The Firefly is tailor made to replace the toothpick in a Swiss Army knife or tool, it
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Ultimate Blades for the Ultralight Hunter #2: You can buy #60 scalpel blades on eBay from US$23.95 per 100 (eg here) and you can change the blades on these CRKT PDKs with a locking forceps as shown (which weigh 24 grams – as the photo shows) You change them just the same as any other
Throw the lightweight P.D.K. (Precision Disposable Kit) into your hunting pack and forget about it—until you drop that 8 pointer. This set of disposable utility hunting razor blades features four (#60) blades with protective plastic sleeves like scabbards (See video below). Each has an ABS plastic handle with an ergonomic and comfortable grip. If one
Leatherman just keep coming up with entrancing products to separate us from our hard-earned. Here’s a nice example, the Leatherman Juice B2: ‘Sometimes, all you need is a knife. The Juice B2 has one serrated and one straight-edge knife made from high quality steel and backed by our 25 year warranty. Closed Length 3.2 in
Ceramic knives are sharper than metal ones and their edge can last 10 times longer. They can also be lighter. I have been thinking that this ‘ceramic escape knife’ would fit well in an ultralight fishing kit such as this: http://www.theultralighthiker.com/the-ultralight-fisherman/ This little guy weighs only 3 grams, has a blade 1.25” (3.175cm) and is
1. Gerber: ‘LST Ultralight’ 2. Outdoor Edge: ‘Razor Blaze’ 3. Deejo: ’27g Minimalist 3in’ 4. Leatherman: ‘Micra’ 5. Spyderco ‘Honeybee’ I’ve purchased and tested numerous pocket knives over the years. This is my current top five that I use day to day (as you can see from the photo these aren’t brand new and have
This is the Deejo Minimalist 3 inch Folder weighing 27 grams (as configured). You could probably shave 3-5 grams off that by deleting the pocket clip, but you might also just ruin the knife, so don’t. The pocket clip comes in handy anyway as it allows the knife to be worn on the outside of
Vargo now have a 2.7” (68mm) fixed blade knife which weighs 28 grams (inc sheath) and a 2 ¼” (57mm) folder at 30 grams. The RRP on these beauties is US$59.95 (though they are available on Massdrop for US$44.99). These knives would be hard to beat for the ultralight hiker. https://www.vargooutdoors.com/titanium-wharn-clip-knife.html & https://www.vargooutdoors.com/ti-carbon-folding-knife.html PS: I
Some of these would make an interesting stocking filler. Whilst nowhere near as Ultralight as my own http://www.theultralighthiker.com/ultralight-pen/ some of them are quite interesting. Being able to have a pen handy on your keychain is a good idea, as is the pen which expands to full size when needed; http://www.lamy.com/eng/b2b/pico https://www.massdrop.com/buy/tec-accessories-picopen-keychain-pen?referer=EJ89BQ http://www.thewritingpenstore.com/c-121-wallet-and-keychain-pens.aspx Beta Inkless Keychain
