Couple of pieces of kit I thought worth mentioning.
1. Mora knives. I picked up a Clipper 840 (brand new) on Ebay from Georgia, US recently. Its effin sharp, the checkered rubber handle is comfy and the price was wicked, $14 CAD all told including shipping. Sheath is nothing fancy but it works. Only thing I wish it had was a hole for a lanyard, but c'est la vie. This knife rounds out my "hack and slash" gear (laplander saw, Gerber Sport Axe, kukri machete, Ka-Bar Becker Bk2 and the Mora for light stuff).
2. Becker Bk2. Another Ebay buy at about $90 CAD. I wanted something I knew I could beat the %#$# out of if needed but not really pricey, and settled on the 2nd gen BK2. The sheath is crap but was easily mod'd some (an old credit card, paracord, a
$1 axe holder from MEC to replace the crap handle strap/snap, and 30 minutes of sewing).
* I am not a knife freak, they're just tools to me, but my old knife was in need of replacement. I don't always carry that stuff, I carry what I think I'll need depending on where I am heading, time of year, etc.
I use an older stype of the MEC Spirit 40 for a hiking daypack, good piece of kit only it doesn't have waistbelt pockets. I bought 2 of the MEC
waterbottle holsters (1 x 1L, 1 x 500ml size). Decent piece of kit for $7-$8 if anyone has older packs without the waistbelt pockets, this might be your solution. I'd just recommend putting a few extra stritches in the corners where the loop is sewn on the holster, mine loosened off when I had a full 1L Nalgene bottle in it. Plans to use them to hold gloves, softshell jacket, etc in the fall/winter. Saves me from getting a new pack and those hold more than the belt pockets anyways.
I also find those $1 axe holders useful for stuff like carrying my poles on my pack, saves me from messing with the side compression straps.
Anyways, couple of ideas for folks. Hope everyone is enjoying the start of summer.
