Summer Fun Requires a Cool Camp Cutter

Steve Shackleford

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July 19, 2017

A cool camp cutter is a must to help you fully enjoy the fun and sun of summertime in America. Whether you are wilderness camping or simply spending a leisurely day at the lake, some of the latest models will make your experience easier and more satisfying.

Cool Camp Cutter No. 1: Tactical Spork

Cool Camp Cutter No. 1: The KA-BAR Tactical Spork. MSRP: $8.32.

Eating outdoors can be a challenge. Enter the new Tactical Spork from KA-BAR. Featuring the stacked-handle design made famous by KA-BAR’s iconic USMC fighting/utility knife, the Tactical Spork is a fork/spoon combo with a 2.5-inch serrated blade that screws into the handle. The Tactical Spork is made from food- and water-approved Grilamid. MSRP: $8.32.

Cool Camp Cutter No. 2: Eat’n Tool XL

CRKT Eat'n Tool XL — Cool Camp Cutter No. 2: CRKT Eat’n Tool XL. MSRP: $14.99.

CRKT addresses outdoor dining with the Eat’n Tool XL. Designed by Liong Mah of Palm Bay, Florida, the Eat’n Tool XL consists of a spoon/fork combo and a

lso has a bottle opener, GI-style can opener and a flat screwdriver (6.8.10mm hex), and carries via a non-load-bearing carabiner clip. Made of 3Cr13 stainless steel, it’s 6.13 inches overall and weighs 2.7 ounces. It comes in a choice of silver and black finishes. MSRP: $14.99.

Cool Camp Cutter No. 3: Camp Axe

Cool Camp Cutter No. 3: Buck Camp Axe. MSRP: $71.

If you need something a bit more substantial to split kindling, hammer tent stakes or otherwise handle heavier-duty jobs, Buck‘s Camp Axe is the ticket.

At 12.25 inches overall, a weight of 17.2 ounces and including an injection-molded nylon sheath, the Camp Axe is an ideal size for convenient carry and a wide spread of utility jobs. The 3-inch head is forged, powder-coated, high-carbon steel and the ergonomic haft is high-impact plastic. MSRP: $71.

Cool Camp Cutter No. 4: Shuffle

Shuffle from Kershaw — Cool Camp Cutter No. 4: Kershaw Shuffle. MSRP: $34.99.

A knife that will cut, double as a screwdriver, comes equipped with a jump ring and also will open a bottle of your favorite beverage is an outdoor necessity, and the Shuffle from Kershaw fills the bill. The short (2.4 inches) but wide blade of 8Cr13MoV stainless steel in a black-oxide coating should be legal in most jurisdictions, and the manual-opening folder features a K-Textured glass-filled nylon handle with a single-position pocket clip. Weight: 3.5 ounces. Closed length: 3.25 inches. MSRP: $34.99.

Cool Camp Cutter No. 5: Hobo

Cool Camp Cutter No. 5: Case Hobo. MSRP: $134.

A traditional pocketknife equipped with a clip blade, fork/can opener and spoon makes the Case Boy Scouts of America Hobo an ideal choice for most any outdoor junket. Stainless steel blades/implements and a natural handle complete this utilitarian classic. Weight: 7.7 ounces. Closed length: 4 1/8 inches.

The knife includes Boy Scouts of America and BSA logo blade etches and a BSA logo shield. MSRP: $134.

Lawful Ivory Protection Act Needs Your Help!

Steve Shackleford

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July 21, 2014

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Will you help stop domestic ivory ban? — The Lawful Ivory Protection Act designed to save the elephant and stop the domestic ivory ban is off to a good start but still needs your support. (Bill Simmermacher photo)

Designed to both protect African elephants and stop making criminals of innocent citizens who sell legal ivory, the Lawful Ivory Protection Act is making headway in both the House and Senate and needs your help—especially in the Senate.

“The House Interior Appropriations bill that will essentially not allow funds—your tax dollars and mine—to be used to enforce the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service changes to the ivory laws has passed the first hurdle,” noted Sandra Brady, scrimshander and member of the Elephant Protection Association. “It made it through Appropriations and is now on to the full House for a vote.” It is unknown when that vote will be.

“Next, H.R. 5052 is getting increased support but the Senate bill, S. 2587, isn’t, so call your senators!” Brady emphasized.

Both bills have the official name of the Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014 and are in dire need of your support. Please contact your elected officials on the federal level and urge them to support these bills, both of which are designed to protect elephants and prevent legal ivory from being banned from sale domestically.

“It is critical that you call your senators and representatives and ask them to co-sponsor S. 2587 and H.R. 5052,” stressed Rob Mitchell of the Elephant Protection Association. “Getting your legislators to so-sponsor these bills accomplishes two goals: It brings these bills closer to a vote in their respective chambers, and it shows support for the Appropriations measure that ultimately needs to pass both the House and the Senate. If you want to save elephants and stop the domestic ivory ban, this is the most effective way to do it.

“Our goal is to get as many co-sponsors as possible before Congress breaks for August.”

For more information on how you can help, contact elephantprotection.org.

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Hunter’s Edge: 4 Hot Gut Hooks

Steve Shackleford

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September 17, 2012

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Get your meat hooks on four great gut hooks while they’re hot at ShopBlade.com. Four classic examples of the genre include two folders and two fixed blades.

The first of the folders is the Buck Alpha Folding Knife with gut hook. Blade length: 3.5 inches. Handle: Black rubber. Closed length: 5 inches. ShopBlade’s price: $69.99. For more info click on http://www.shopblade.com/buck-alpha-folding-knife-w-gut-hook-y4516/?lid=blss091812

Next up is the Gerber Gator II Gut Hook. Blade length: 3.7 inches. Grip: rubber. Closed length: 4.72 inches. For more click on http://www.shopblade.com/gerber-gator-ii-gut-hook-fine-edge-knife-y6979/?lid=blss091812

The fixed blades include the Gerber Freeman Fixed Blade Knife with gut hook. Blade length: 3.25 inches. Blade steel: AUS-8 stainless. Handle: Pear wood. ShopBlade’s price: $44.99. For more click on http://www.shopblade.com/gerber-freeman-fixed-blade-knife-w-gut-hook-y6976/?lid=blss091812

The second fixed blade is the Kutmaster Team Realtree Guthook Knife. Blade steel: 420 stainless. Handle: Realtree Ap HD. Sheath: Nylon belt loop model. ShopBlade’s price: $19.99. For more click on http://www.shopblade.com/kutmaster-team-realtree-guthook-knife-y7735/?lid=blss091812

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