Gear Review: Victorinox Day Packer Knife

Frost Mora has been the best knife I've ever used for camping, hiking, etc.

If you're gonna go with a single blade knife, I suggest the Opinel No.8. It locks open and it locks closed, it holds an edge beautifully, it sharpens with a lick, and it has a very comfortable wooden handle. It weighs next to nothing, as well. It costs between eight and twelve bucks, depending on where you get it, and I guarantee it will become one of your favorites. Your friends will see yours and they'll want their own, too. And if I weren't so ugly, I'd be their spokesperson.

$30 for a knife of that size and build, huh? I'm guessing you could get under $5 on eBay for an equivalent. Small single-blade pocket knives aren't exactly rare.

Actually this knife would be great for dressing out small game, Birds and Fish. I don't know where people get the idea they need a "Rambo" sized knife to use in the Woods..A smaller knife is Safer and easier to handle and far more useful than the majority of recomended knives and "tools" out there for Backpackers. I've often cleaned Rabbits and Fish and a Goose with nothing larger than the Victorinox "Classic" which I always carry. It does all my camp chores for me as well. Whittling Spatulas, wooden spoons firesticks, splitting kindling, as well as using the Flat head screw driver when disassembling a balky stove though a phillips head would be better. Size doens't mean anything when you know how to use it....Lol's