Tool N° 1

To be honest, coffee is essential on the trail and there’s only one item that is more important to me, a knife!

If you are a hard-core city tripper you’ll probably won’t see the need to carry a knife. However, when travelling off the beaten path you will find a knife indispensable.

A bushcraft knife, custom made by Studio Blade

Green Micarta handle & D2 steel.

Total length 210 mm
Blade length: 95 mm
Blade thickness: 3.5 mm

Look for a strong, sharp blade made of high carbon steel. Do not buy the “Rambo” style hollow handle survival knives, they are crap. A full tang blade will be stronger than a folding knife, it needs to resist heavy use. Learn how to sharpen a knife and always cut away from yourself. A quality knife can be expensive, but you get what you pay for. Often neglected, the sheath of a knife needs to be very well made.

Use it for:

• Looking cool & outdoorsy
• Proces wood for fire
• Scraping Birchwood outer bark to make tinder
• Scraping your firesteel to produce hot sparks & ignite tinder
• Processing food for cooking & eating
• Cutting rope, bags, etc…
• Building a shelter
• Cleaning & skinning game

Any sharp ladies out there? The pink traveller, custom made by Studio Blade

Total length: 165 mm
Blade length: 83 mm
Blade thickness:3 mm
Steel: 01
Handle material: Pink G10

Spanish vegetable tanned leather sheath