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Simon talks about the ULTIMATE knife for camping, and also shares the style of knife he actually uses while camping (spoiler: it's different), and a few handy tips for using and maintaining knives at the campsite.
Don't miss: "The Perfect Pocket Knife for Fishing": https://youtu.be/5dizRFRsQso
0:00 - How to pick a knife: what are you using it for?
1:23 - The ultimate knife for camping
5:45 - The best knife for camping in a camper
7:12 - Three knives I actually use while camping
11:33 - Comparing pocket clip styles
12:31 - Easy knife maintenance tips
The knives in this video:
Ontario Knife Company 499 Fixed Blade Survival Knife - https://amzn.to/2OlOGBA
KA-BAR US Marine Corps 7" Combat Knife - https://amzn.to/30zTyFC
Kershaw Shuffle Folding Knife - https://amzn.to/3reAet4
Smith & Wesson Folding Knife - https://amzn.to/3eAjmtH
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What's up guys, it's Simon from Lake Hub
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We're sharing the Joey of Lake Life. So today we're talking about two awesome things, knives and camping
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Love it. I want to share with you the ultimate knife for camping
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And then I'm also going to share with you the knife that I actually use, which is different
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And I'll get to why, just a little bit. Also, I want to make sure you stick around to the end because I'm going to share a useful tip for how to maintain your knives so that they outlast you
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It's going to be awesome. Okay, so the first thing to think about when you're picking your gear is always what is the end goal
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Form follows function. So what do you need it to do? And then you back up and pick the tool that's right for the job
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The reason why I mentioned that seems a little bit obvious, but what kind of camping are you doing
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Are you tent camping? Are you in an RV, a little pop-up camper
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Huge Willie Nelson motorhome or are you just sleeping out in the dirt in the wide open
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those are all very different and they're going to bring different needs to you and it also
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depends on what kind of gear you can take with you right so if you're in a little car obviously you have
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less cargo space to bring tools and equipment with you than you do if you have a camper which is
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basically a rolling storage unit and you can carry everything that you need so if you're tent camping
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primitive camping, then by far the ultimate knife for camping. It's a fixed blade knife
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This is an Ontario knife company. Fixed blade, this is a five inch blade. This is a combat slash survival knife. This is
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actually mill spec. So this is a military issue by the Air Force. This is an awesome
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knife. You can see it comes with the leather sheath as a sharpening stone, which I guess you can't
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take out unless you have the knife out. It's got the sharpening stone here. It's not a great stone
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but it's handy in a pinch if you need it. Hopefully you don't need it, but if you do, it's right
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there, right? So this thing is a full tang knife, so which means that the steel is one solid piece
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of steel all the way to the end, right? Why is that important
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It's important because if you are really using this when you're camping
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if you're using it for a ton of tasks, then, I mean, you're just going to beat it up
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You're going to beat it up. Now, that's okay if it's heavy duty
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I mean, this is, look at this. I don't know if you can see that right there. It's about a quarter inch thick
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This sucker is heavy. You can see on the back, there's some ridges
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sawback so you can use that for you know it's probably not a great saw but you can use it for
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rasping roughing things up if you need to the profile is really useful you have a long
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straight edge right here and then you have a nice curve and this clip point so you have an
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extreme point right there on the end this is just a great knife now this isn't the same
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style as a kbar knife kbar has been around for like 80 years and
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and that's been a military issue knife for a long time. That the classic fixed blade knife And a full K is going to be about two inches longer It going to be about seven blade But same kind of style right Leather stacked handles So if you just take care of this thing you keep it dry you keep it clean
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it's just going to last a lifetime. I mean, K bars are the type of things that get handed down to grandchildren, right
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So the reason why a survival, or a survival knife, a fixed blade knife
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is great for camping. It's the reason why it's the ultimate knife for camping is because of its versatility
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I mean, you can use this thing to cut up food. You can use it to, you know, peel off kindling, split wood
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You know, even if it was the longer one, you know, you could use it for bushwhacking if you don't have a machete
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So there are all kinds of versatile uses for this knife. Hey, I'm helping you out
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Really appreciate you just take a quick second. Like the video. It'll help other people see it
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It's fast, free, easy. Appreciate it. This knife, this knife's going to run you about 60 bucks
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A K bar, full-size K bar, brand new, is going to be over 100 bucks. So I say that because some people might hear $60 and think that's expensive
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Other people hear $60 for a knife and think, ooh, that's a little on the cheap side
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I like to go a little more high end because you can spend $2, $400 on a knife, believe it or not
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To me, that's just a little too much. But a $60 knife can go a long way
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I want to caution you against using a $10 or $15 fixed blade knife because those are not going to be full tang
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and they will come apart here if you beat them up. If you're actually using them, get a full tang blade, right
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So I just want to give that word of warning. And also for K-bars, they're so pervasive
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They've been around for so long. They've been military issued for decades. I mean, seriously, 80 years have been military
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are issued. So you can find used K bars all over the place. You can find them at pawn shops and
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on eBay and, you know, flea markets and gun shows and I mean everywhere. You can find those
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things everywhere. So if you're looking for a really good knife, a used K bar can really go a long way
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Let's up with the air traffic today. I don't know. Okay. Now we're going to talk about camping in a
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camper. So if you're rolling in a camper, it doesn't matter what size camper. I've got the
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I've got the smallest pop-up money can buy a little pop-up camper. It's like an eight-foot box
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right? But it's got plenty of storage for all the tools I'm eating. So for instance, we have a
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can opener. We've got chef's knives. We've got steak knives. So all our food prep is handled
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I always have at least one hatchet, sometimes too, like a splitting hatchet and a chopping hatchet
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So my fire prep is handled. I've got a machete in every vehicle just because that's a really good preparedness tool
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I don't know. I'm ready to join a search party in any given point in time. Call me crazy
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I also find myself just off in the bush all the time, like in the woods and creeks and stuff in these tight situations
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So it's always nice to have a short machete and a long machete on hand
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Definitely have those at the campground too. So what left what left What do you need It just really just convenience You just need a knife for convenience And so you left with basically kind of the tenets of everyday carry So what would you want in an everyday carry knife That what you going to need You going to need something quick and handy that you can grab with one hand and using a pinch for whatever situation might arise So here a couple options for you Here a small one This is a Kershaw shuffle
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What I like about the shuffle is it's 20 bucks. So it's a, it's a fun, good, small, lightweight knife
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This is great for shorts, especially light shorts or trunks. Because I live in the South and it gets hot
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This is kind of funny. So we're in late February. Today it's about 65 degrees
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Superhuman. Probably going to have thunderstorms. It feels like spring. Okay. It feels like March
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Tomorrow's March. It feels like March. It's here. Springtime's here. One, let's see, no, two days ago
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Two days ago, it was in the 80s. It was in the 80s. A week and a half ago, it was too below
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It was the coldest I've ever been in my life. Two below
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And like humid and just covered up in ice. We've been freezing for a week
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It was crazy. So that all. all that to say, I'm going to always carry something that's versatile
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So whether it's that cold and I'm wearing three layers and I have coveralls on, I can still
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slip this in my front pocket in my coveralls. I can use this in my trunks
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I can use it in my jeans. If I've got my fixed blade knife on my belt because there were no pocket clips on that
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then I'll carry this in addition to that. So what I like about it, the reason why I
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I pick a small knife like this is like that thin profile, super thin, lightweight
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It's got a bottle opener, which is kind of nice for camping, you know
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One hand open, one hand close. Okay, which I talk about in our perfect knife for fishing video
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Shameless plug. This blade style is not really that versatile. It's a little short, but it has this finger chowler right here, which means that, you know, my big mitts can really grip this and, and this is a really nice handy knife
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This is a Chinese made Kirshaw. So this is their low-in kind of entry level
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Again, it's like 20 bucks. And knife snobs might call it a gas station knife, but don't listen to them
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It's fine. Like I said, you can spend so much money on knives, and people do
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I'm just looking for something practical. So we'll step it up a little bit here
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Here's another option. This is a Smith and Wesson. Here, look at the words right there
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So Smith and Wesson, this is a full-size liner lock knife. And you can see a nice little key feature right here
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Serrated edge. So that might come in handy at the campsite. You might need a little saw blade on your hip
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And this is another one you know one hand open and close with a liner lock which is right here this is another really thin profile this one has some extra gadgets on it it got a glass
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breaker and a strap cutter right here so that's that's a good one to to carry on
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road trips too which I'm gonna do another video on the perfect net for road trips
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later and this one may or may not be in that video we'll see teasing ahead
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So this is about a $30 knife. So it's still Chinese made, but that's a good reliable handy knife to have on hand
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And here is one of my favorites. If I can get it out of my pocket
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All right, here's another kurshaw. This is an American-made kurshaw. This is called a link
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This is a spring assisted, right? And this is a full size
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This is a little bit thicker. it's still a liner lock, so it's easy to open and close with one hand, which I really like
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It doesn't have the straighted edge, but that's a really handy blade profile right there
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And it's a nice, thick blade, really sturdy. So even with all the mechanics, it's still a really sturdy knife
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So either of those I like to carry. I'll show you what I like about the Smith & Wesson, even being a really sturdy knife
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cheaper knife. Let's check this out. Can you see that? A deep carry pocket clip. So here's by
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comparison. Your pocket, the top of your pocket or the inside of your waistband, which is
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where I'm going to carry this most of the time. I'm going to sit right here, which means all of this is going to be above your waistband or out of your pocket as opposed to
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this. This is a deep carry clip. So instead of just going straight down, it goes up and
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over. And look at that. Only from here up. it's going to stick out of your pocket or out of your waistband, which is great. Super
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comfortable out of the way. What I like in a knife inside my waistpan is to put it in
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and I almost forget that it's even there until I need it. So those are the perfect knives
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that I like to carry around the campsite just because I camp in a camper. I promised you a tip
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to maintain your knives and make sure they outlast you. Here it is. silicone rag it's really simple so if you keep your if you keep your knives clean and dry and
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oiled i mean a knife like this with there's no mechanical moving parts here this thing will outlast you
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all you got to do is keep keep the rust off of it right so silicone rag um you find this in in your
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um the gun maintenance area of your sporting goods store um it's impregnated with silicone
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oil this one's a little bit dry but after you're clean there we go after you've
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cleaned it and dried it there's no dirt or anything like that then all you do is you
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just wipe it down see how nice and shiny that is now this is going to keep the
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rust from forming on it while it's stored away especially in that leather it's like
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$3 super handy and that's it I really hope this video is useful if you're into fishing
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watch our perfect pocket knife for fishing video coming up next
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