Without a knife in the hike will be difficult. A good knife will help out in any difficult situation. In doing so, he must have a number of properties to be an assistant, not a source of problems.
How to choose a tourist knife?
First of all, please note that the carrying and storage of a knife is prohibited by law, since it is a cold steel. But this does not apply to all knives, therefore, when buying, carefully read the certificate, where it should be indicated whether it is a military weapon or a household tool.
If there is no certificate, you can determine whether it belongs to a cold weapon by measuring the length of its blade. The legal length of the knife blade does not exceed 9 cm, the thickness - 3-4 mm. Also, cold blades include knives with a flap and automatic locking.
Go ahead. We are faced with the question of which knife is better - folding or incoherent. For simple everyday tourist tasks (to cut sausage and bread ) a folding tourist knife is quite suitable. It is convenient to carry it in your pocket or backpack.
However, such knives are usually provided with a short and thin blade, limiting the range of their application - you will not cut them for a fire. In addition, because of the separate blades and handles connected by only one hinge, the folding knife can eventually fail in time.
The incompetent knife will be your faithful assistant in trekking through the wilderness. Such a tourist knife is universal, its handle can even be crushed by something on the stone, and a thick steel blade cut through the path, closed by small branches.
Tourist knives are made of two types of steel - stainless and carbon. Blades with a stainless steel blade are better resistant to corrosion, but are more fragile, besides, the cutting edge is blunted faster and harder to sharpen. The blade of carbon steel is more rigid, less dull, but with improper care it can rust.
The handle of the tourist knife is made of many kinds of materials - rubber, plastic, wood, bone, leather. The choice depends on the owner's preferences. And the main factor here is not beauty, but convenience. The shape and size of the knife handle should match your brush, that is, lie in your hand like a glove.
It is important that a good grip of the handle is ensured with the hand. In this sense, the best options will be rubber, wood and leather. However, the latter two need constant care to preserve their appearance and functionality.
Undoubtedly, a clumsy knife must be accompanied by a sheath. Good sheaths are made of durable leather or kaydeksa. The handle must be fastened with a strap so that the knife does not fall out. In some models, the sheath is provided with a pocket for a small grindstone, which in the campaign does not hurt at all.
Knives hunting and tourist
For an inexperienced tourist it may seem difficult to distinguish a hunting knife from a tourist knife. And in fact, outwardly they are very similar. But, according to the standards, a tourist knife has less striking ability.
The difference between a hunting knife and a tourist knife
The blade of a tourist knife designed for processing twigs and other wooden objects has a larger bevel and a lower point below the middle of the blade. Also for the convenience of food processing, tourist knives have an elongated cutting edge.