Everything For The Outdoors!

Oh yeah.  Luke warm water or frozen “hot” chocolate that doesn’t maintain the desired temperature is about as thirst quency or satisfying as a warm beer.  No one likes it!  Well, as explained in our article Why Canteens Make Excellent Pieces Of Camping Equipment, don’t look down upon this very important hiking and camping companion.

A pocketknife is also known as folding knife. Its important feature is the blade that slides into the handle. This knife is small enough that it fits in a pocket. Normally the length of a blade ranges from 3-5 inches. A pocket knife can be very useful in many tasks such as opening an envelope or cutting cord or slicing a fruit.

There are few types of pocket knives and among them Swiss Army Knife is very popular. The other types are pen knife, quill pen, whittler, stockman, trapper, sodbuster and credit card knife. Also there are some popular styles of blade shapes namely; clip, spear, drop point, pen, sheep’s foot, wharncliffe, spay (spey) and hook. The invention of locking knives changed the knife world forever. However, there is some certain amount of restrictions on the use of pocket knives in many countries.

The uses of a pocket knife can be divided into three categories namely, frequent uses, occasional uses and potential uses. Some common functions that a pocket knife can perform are; peeling, cutting, repairing, chamfering, scraping, extracting, modifying, digging and field dressing etc.

Once it happened that I and my family decided to go for a camp. We found a very good location which was very beautiful and exotic hence we decided to spend few nights there. We started to build our camping tent. Once the tent was built it grew dark and we all lit a camp fire to keep the surrounding warm. Suddenly we heard a noise coming form the woods we where all scared and hence we all remained inside our tent to protect ourselves. We where expecting some wild animal coming towards our tent.

Not knowing what to do, we all waited for the danger to approach. We had nothing to defend ourselves hence we took our only weapon we had with us which where a few knives. Crouching inside the tent with our knives we waited to see a huge outrageous bear heading towards our tent. Not knowing what to do, for self defense we all threw our knife towards the bear. Two of the knife hit the bear on his hand and leg. The bear out of pain simply ran towards the opposite direction. After the incidence we where all very relieved. We where very lucky and had escaped death and where very thankful that we had a knife to defend us.

Camping/ Pocket knives have received a bad wrap lately because of incidents in the news that involve little kids and injuries.  The media paints a picture that represents all knives as highly dangerous, deadly weapons.  Knives are dangerous, but they are also very beneficial to our every day life.  There are many uses for pocket knives, and they are highly effective when used properly.  Like with anything, use caution and everything will be ok.

The person who makes those rare artistic wooden bowls most likely used a wooden knife to carve out at least part of the inside with a pocket knife.  The electrician wiring the electricity to your home will most likely use a pocket knife to cut the wire at the proper length.  Your grandfather probably used a pocket knife to tighten up the squeaky screw on his boat engine in order to avoid having the engine break down on the way in from fishing.  The list can go on and on.  One thing is for sure- Pocket knives are very helpful and very beneficial to have.

If you have been searching all around town for that perfect pocket knife for yourself or a loved one without any luck, search no further. There are plenty of resources available on the internet that you can take advantage of to find high quality pocket knives for any task without breaking the bank.

Auction sites are a good place to start, though you should be cautious when making transactions like this. Make sure you are bidding on an item that is from a verified and trusted seller, and make sure to read any fine print and know exactly what you are getting before you even place your first bid.

Apart from all of the auction sites out there, there are still plenty of sites to purchase brand new pocket knives. In some cases you can even go straight to the manufacturer’s website, and purchase your desired pocket knife at a lower cost than what you would pay in the store. It may take a bit of searching, but you really can find that perfect pocket knife on the internet.