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us Offline David Bowen

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on: July 10, 2024, 10:46:50 AM
Next up for our 18th anniversary is the very awesome Cabox by Kizer.

https://www.kizerknives.com/products/cabox-1048a1

To put your name in the hat, tell us about the time your favorite fixed blade got you out of a jam. We should know fixed blades can do things folders can't, give me those examples Can't wait to hear the stories!

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Reply #1 on: July 10, 2024, 11:36:30 AM
That's a nice cabox. I like the caknife as well.

Anyway, a few years ago, a legendary journey was announced. An epic adventure, outdoors, four weeks of frontiersman fun. But in order to be eligible to tag along, one needed to possess a Trio of tools of the ages, a fixed blade, a folder, and an axe. When all seemed lost, a Morakniv shined true, and I joined my fellow daredevils for a month full of bushcraft, survival, camping, edc, wood, branches, logs, and twigs. :salute:

PS I know this does not count, but I'm posting it anyway. :P


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Reply #2 on: July 10, 2024, 11:54:57 AM
    Of course I could always make up something.  If I tried, I could even make it sound realistic.  Truth is, I use a fixed blade every day for something or other.  In the kitchen.  A fixed blade has gotten me into a jam many times.  Actually, into already opened jars of jam (apricot, strawberry, etc.) for spreading on some bread. 
    But nobody wins if nobody enters, so here is mine.  I have been in lots of real-life non-food related jams, but none that a fixed-blade knife would have gotten me out of.  Best wishes.  G
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Reply #3 on: July 10, 2024, 06:47:39 PM
Not really a jam, but it a fixed blade has helped when deconstructing things in the past. Obviously a lot of use in the woods etc.


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Reply #4 on: July 10, 2024, 11:50:40 PM
Nothing to really get out of a jam, but have definitely used fixed blades to split fire wood to make smaller pieces, make feather sticks, etc.


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Reply #5 on: July 11, 2024, 04:59:39 AM
That is a sweet knife! Thanks for the opportunity.

A few years ago or so in December, I went on an overnight hunting trip with a buddy from college. I took my BK7 with me as my large cutting tool. It rained, and everything was wet and dark as we were trying to make camp on the first night. The BK7 split a lot of wood for a knife if it’s size that night and helped us get a fire going. It was still a chilly night, but the next night we set up an emergency blanket as a sort of heat reflector. We were warm on night two.

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Reply #6 on: July 11, 2024, 06:49:19 AM
About 30 years ago I went out of town for a 3 day weekend as an historical reenactor portraying a British revolutionary soldier on Saturday and a French trapper on Sunday.  I packed all of my kit for the reenactment but after an 8 hour drive I discovered I had forgotten to bring a knife.  Went into a small gift shop / pharmacy to buy some postcards and sunscreen and cold drinks and to my surprise they had a knife counter.  Only had a few knives, and nothing that might have passed for period appropriate, so I ended up buying an Explorer Tanto which seemed to be better quality than the cheap folders, and with a blade that was sharp and nearly 1/4 inch thick.  I carried it for the entire weekend hidden in my possibles bag, out of sight of the spectators, and used it in the evenings to prepare paper cartridges for my reproduction 1763 Charleville musket and to poke holes in a leather strap for a repair, and of course for food prep and eating. When I bought the knife the shop manager had said he only had two of them left and he offered me a great deal if I'd take them both.  I only took one because I thought, "what the heck am I going to do with 2 of them?"  I regretted that decision for a long time because I loved that knife as soon as I started using it.


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Reply #7 on: July 11, 2024, 03:12:50 PM
My favorite Fixed blade is Skrama 80, i have used allways when im camping outside and it have helped out of trouble when my friend mora shattered while doing some firewoods (he did batong it and it just shattered) i just took my Skrama even tho its blade is only 80mm long it helped us to make firewoods, i used it to make some wedges for woods so we could split woods without fear blade shattering. Also its has excellent spine to for ferrorod.

I have wrapped holster and made lanyard on firecord to ignite fire easier if i dont have any other way to start fire except ferrorod.


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Reply #8 on: July 11, 2024, 05:46:06 PM
I'm not much of a fixie guy, but it's fun to tell a story or two if nothing else. Does a machete count as a fixie? Last fall I cleared some tree branches that were hanging over our camper with a Gerber Gator while standing on the roof. It was around Halloween, so I made sure to wave it at everyone coming in and out of the campground. People had a good time with that.

For our one year anniversary, my wife and I booked a cabin on an old farm for the weekend. They had a firepit, wood, and the worst fire starters in the world. Fortunately, I had some dryer lint, and was carrying a Mora Eldris with a striker for the Poker Face Challenge (that one was fun, we should do it again). I decided to take a shot at doing a ferro fire, which I hadn't in about a decade and a half, and it went surprisingly well.

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Reply #9 on: July 11, 2024, 05:48:20 PM
    Some good looking outdoor knives there, fellas.  I planned on buying a Mora Garberg from Farmer X, but about that time my tractor needed repairs.  Then I had to hire some tree cutters.  Finally, my computer rolled over and floated to the top of the tank.  That took recreational expenditures off the table for a while.  I like looking at the pictures here anyway.  I'm glad to see Bob won the SOG.  He is a fine individual.  Best wishes.  G
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Reply #10 on: July 13, 2024, 11:51:01 AM
Nice giveaway, thank you David and Kizer.   :cheers:   :cheers:

I will almost always take this knife with me on overnight trips into the mountains.
Mostly because it works so very well.
Last year I came across a couple who had an accident resulting in a broken leg.
The knife was used to cut branches for a splint and then to get a fire going for warmth while we waited for the rescue team to arrive.



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Reply #11 on: July 13, 2024, 04:16:54 PM
I've been in two survival situations.
Once in North East India/Himalayan foothills during flash flooding where almost everything I had basically got washed away and I had to climb a tree, and wait out the flooding, then used like a whole box of matches and my Khukuri to split some wood to start a fire the next morning. I was cramping like hell, could barely even use a tool.
The second time I was in the Nilgiris and I got chased by wild boar in low light conditions and then narrowly missed a sloth bear. Again lost most of my pack but my Katthi/Indian billhook was in my hand and it allowed me to later build a fire, forage some stuff to eat, and I was able to fetch and boil some water. I always try to keep a small fixed blade, large chopper, and belt knife on me along with matches, Ferro rod, water bottle, poncho, paracord. So even if I lose most of my stuff I can survive.


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Reply #12 on: July 14, 2024, 09:15:04 AM
I don't know if I would say that this "got us out of a jam" per se, but many years ago when I was in much better shape, I went on a backpacking trip in Yosemite.  We hiked for 3 days and then climbed Half Dome.  I brought my Ka-bar knife with me.  During the trip we had an issue starting the fire one night. (for the life of me I cant remember what the issue was)  But my cousin suggested making using my knife to feather-stick some sticks into something that would burn better.  It worked like a charm and I learned something new. 

Later on the same trip there was talk of a bear near the trail.  Thankfully we never saw said bear, but I remember the girl I was sharing a tent with, making a joke about "at least I'm sleeping in the tent with the guy with the big knife."  I doubt it would have been much help against a bear.
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Reply #13 on: July 14, 2024, 03:04:15 PM
Congratulations IMR4198!

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Reply #14 on: July 14, 2024, 03:26:07 PM
   Well, I'll be smurfed.  Seems like the red section where my IMR4198 was located in the spinner was bigger than the others.  Be that as it may, I would like to thank the academy, my peers, my agent, co-stars, and all the little people who made it possible.  I would like to thank my second grade teacher, Mrs. Jones,  who wacked me across the head with a rock hard pipe thing and knocked me down on the floor.  I would like to thank Mary Lou Tallent who let me have a bite of her fudgesickle.  She made me promise not to tell a secret of hers.  I never have after all these years.  I wish my little friend Audrey could be here to see my happy moment in the sun.  Last but not least, I would like to thank my friends at MTO and the notable nabob of nives, Mr. David Bowen.  Thank you. 
Best wishes.  G
 


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Reply #15 on: July 14, 2024, 03:33:20 PM
 :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: Congratulations,  IMR :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Great GAW, David and thanks to Kizer :salute: :like: :like:


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Reply #16 on: July 14, 2024, 06:29:31 PM
Congratulations, Gary! :cheers:
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Reply #17 on: July 14, 2024, 07:42:09 PM
Congrats!! Good stories guys.


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Reply #18 on: July 14, 2024, 08:27:07 PM
  Thanks, awl.  It has been a while since I had a new fixed blade.  I expect the Kizer will appear in the MTO Anniversary get-together.  Might stick it on my belt pack if the sheath will fit.  Best wishes.  G
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Reply #19 on: July 15, 2024, 12:28:00 PM
Congratulations Gary. That Kizer is a beautiful knife. :cheers:


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Reply #20 on: July 15, 2024, 01:11:13 PM
Congratulations IMR4198


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Reply #21 on: July 15, 2024, 02:06:59 PM
   Thanks guys.  I am looking forward to checking it out.  Best wishes.  G
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Reply #22 on: July 15, 2024, 04:41:10 PM
Congrats Gary!


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Reply #23 on: July 15, 2024, 05:12:53 PM
   Maybe you can win the next one. Best wishes.  G
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Reply #24 on: July 15, 2024, 09:00:42 PM
Congrats Gary!!
May the best of your past, be the worst of your future.



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Reply #25 on: July 15, 2024, 09:19:23 PM
   I asked David if he could mail it with a jack-a-lope, but he said lagomorphs were temporarily out of stock.  I will post a photo of it when it arrives.  The knife not the jack-a-lope.  Best wishes.  G
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Reply #26 on: July 16, 2024, 11:45:31 AM
Congrats!! Good stories guys.

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Reply #27 on: July 22, 2024, 06:38:37 PM
    My little Kizer is still in the tender care of the postal employees.  According to the tracking data it went from south Georgia to northern Florida, which makes it two states away instead of one.  Then it went to Greenville, SC which is only about 100 miles away.  From there it went to Raleigh, NC which makes it 150 miles away.  It has supposedly been there since Sunday at 2am.  Delivery is supposed to be here today.  Probably by the space shuttle.  From Guam.  No wonder the US postal service can't make any money. 
     I have been seeing these little vans lately around here with USPS markings.  Never saw them before last month maybe.  I wonder if one of those things will fetch a knife for me?  Maybe they are replacing the little stubby trucks? 
     Like I said, when I get it I will post a photo.  Cuz we know what a post without photos is worth, right?  Best wishes.  G
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Reply #28 on: July 23, 2024, 07:42:01 AM
No delivery yet?  :dunno: I wonder where they sent the knife this time.


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Reply #29 on: July 23, 2024, 12:42:15 PM
   Delivery was supposed to be yestiddy before 9PM.  As of this morning, the Kizer has supposedly left the Raleigh facility and is 'in route to destination'.  So far it has been on tour in the southeast with stops in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina.  Next stop.... Virginia?  I don't know.  It stayed in Raleigh a long time (51 hours).  Employees there probably had some whittling to do.  USPS doesn't predict a delivery date now.  I don't mind.  Box probably has the same thing in it now as Charlie Brown's Trick or Treat bag. 
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