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Post by lostwalker on Sept 9, 2016 11:31:06 GMT -8
I use a 2hawks long hunter on long trips. However mostly use it if i'm going to one spot for several days.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2016 8:05:04 GMT -8
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ErnieW
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Post by ErnieW on Nov 10, 2016 7:49:29 GMT -8
I like what someone else said here. I have also have grown out of fires.
But...
Back in the day I carried a folding Sven saw and a hatchet. In many areas where I wanted to build a fire the little stuff had been cleaned out for sometimes a couple of hundred yards around well used campsites. It sometimes feels like you are camping in a manicured park to me the ground is so clean.
So what I would do is a find a nice larger dead fall with dry off the ground branches. I would chop off a branch (unbreakable by hand small enough to be tackled by the Sven) and drag it back to camp. Then I could cut it up further there. A large enough branch even if soaked on the outside is dry on the inside still (if you picked the right branch to begin with). Also with one trip you might have enough firewood for a nice long fire. Also the sawdust is great for starting the fire.
And thinking about doing this I want to stop and say that using a saw or hatchet increases the chance of a serious injury and is another reason I no longer like doing fires. I have been cut by the Sven. Amazingly sharp and all it takes is to brush against it to have a bad cut. I have also gotten hurt breaking up wood by hand. Maybe just clumsy. I can't remember having a hatchet accident using it the way I did.
Anyway I would saw the wood into 10-14" logs depending on the wood. Straight grained wood you can go longer. A little narly or larger diameter keep it shorter. Then I would use the hatchet as splitting wedge hitting it on the back with a good hammer log. With good straight grain wood you can split the dry core wood pretty small to create your dry kindling.
I have done this in the pouring rain. Set up a ground cloth to shield from the rain during set up. Get the fire going under a log "roof" built with split wood to both protect the fledgling fire and dry/preheat wood. At the right time remove ground cloth.
Great fires but a lot of work with some danger, damage to environment and everything stinks of smoke.
No longer for me.
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Post by dayhiker on Nov 12, 2016 23:01:21 GMT -8
I don't cook except in winter to boil water, or in a wood stove which uses pencil twigs or smaller so no hatchet for me, except I sometimes take one car camping, I use it mainly as a hammer esp. in Canada which often hardens their sites so it is impossible to put in a stake without a hammer, and there are often no rocks around to use. I could use for something else , haven't.
There was a time I took it canoe camping in Ontario Canada, we did have portages, but the axe allowed us to make wood stakes and tent poles for a canvas A-frame, and wood for a fire big enough to cook fish or bacon etc.
I did get a saw for some trail maintenance but I hate it, I looked at selling on eBay but could not get much for it, so I still have it.
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