What is the purpose of carrying a knife out in a safari..

[chris275]

I always carry my granddads buck knife that was handed down to me while hunting. Usually, it's only used to whittle or open a snack. A nice fixed blade on your side might bring some comfort while in a foreign land. It's always a welcomed gift in addition to a tip. Besides, it just looks cool.

 

[Sika98k]

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Lovely handle on that knife.

 

[Cajun Hunter]

I am in Africa as I respond and am totally miserable as I didn’t pack my LB-7 which always comes with me along with a sheath knife of some sort. The folder comes in handy for removing small thorns from various body parts and on this trip would have been useful to cut a piece of moleskin for a blister.

 

[HankBuck]

I always carry my granddads buck knife that was handed down to me while hunting. Usually, it's only used to whittle or open a snack. A nice fixed blade on your side might bring some comfort while in a foreign land. It's always a welcomed gift in addition to a tip. Besides, it just looks cool.

@chris275 nice you are able to carry a family heirloom - my Father and Grandfather ALWAYS had a pocket knife on them wherever they were…they are handy and once you get use to carrying one you can NOT live without it. I use mine multiple times a day, a useful tool

 

[Sh1kar]

Lovely handle on that knife.

Giraffe bone

 

[Tally-Ho HUNTING SAFARIS]

What is the purpose or rather why carry a knife on safari
The only real true answer is……
Because you can!!!!

 

[503]

For cutting and/or stabbing.

 

[Rare Breed]

Just finished my latest two week safari. I just loved wearing my new Von Gruff knife even though it was not needed

 

[flying sailor]

Just finished my latest two week safari. I just loved wearing my new Von Gruff knife even though it was not needed

I have one that I will wear on my next safari.

 

[HerbJohnson]

Bases covered. Centuries of experience online, The same afield worldwide. Nuff" said.

 

[Roller]

If you want to look like a douchebag, carry a big, expensive belt knife. You don't need one. That's what the skinners are for. Carry a small folder for utility. And yes, you could even cut off an elephant tail with it.

 

[Doug Hamilton]

If you want to look like a douchebag, carry a big, expensive belt knife. You don't need one. That's what the skinners are for. Carry a small folder for utility. And yes, you could even cut off an elephant tail with it.

Whether you have skimmers or not carrying a knife with a blade over about 4" in length marks you as someone that really doesn't know what he's doing. In NA you can skin an elk, a moose or a bear with a blade that long. Whenever I run into a deer hunter with a 6" buck knife, I've noticed that he usually won't have a buck. One time I did see a buck that a guy with a big knife had actually killed. It was a small, barely legal 3x2. In his pride he told me that the buck was really old. He knew this because the buck didn't have any teeth on top in the front.

I just congratulated him on his buck.

 

[Cajun Hunter]

I have responded to this before but it just doesn’t seem to want to go away. If you don’t know whether or not to carry a knife on safari (?) You most likely shouldn’t have one. For me it’s like asking should I have ammo for my rifle. The uses for a knife are many!! I have had an occasion where the PH didn’t have one until after we had left for home. It doesn’t have to be a big Bowie. For some a Leatherman will do just fine. Knives tend to say something about the man that carries it and it’s all the better if he knows how to use it. Hope this puts the subject to rest—

 

[Doug Hamilton]

I have responded to this before but it just doesn’t seem to want to go away. If you don’t know whether or not to carry a knife on safari (?) You most likely shouldn’t have one. For me it’s like asking should I have ammo for my rifle. The uses for a knife are many!! I have had an occasion where the PH didn’t have one until after we had left for home. It doesn’t have to be a big Bowie. For some a Leatherman will do just fine. Knives tend to say something about the man that carries it and it’s all the better if he knows how to use it. Hope this puts the subject to rest—

I doubt it will put anything to rest, but I agree with your thinking.

 

[HankBuck]

I have responded to this before but it just doesn’t seem to want to go away. If you don’t know whether or not to carry a knife on safari (?) You most likely shouldn’t have one. For me it’s like asking should I have ammo for my rifle. The uses for a knife are many!! I have had an occasion where the PH didn’t have one until after we had left for home. It doesn’t have to be a big Bowie. For some a Leatherman will do just fine. Knives tend to say something about the man that carries it and it’s all the better if he knows how to use it. Hope this puts the subject to rest—

@Cajun Hunter —- Now, do you “really” think your post will Put-this-to-rest???
More likely you just inspired another 100+ responses to it !!

 

[mrpoindexter]

Nobody has mentioned this after 19 pages?

That hunter should hang up his gear and never hunt again. As a bow hunter, I don't carry a gun. A knife will have to do. I hope to God that I never need it, but I won't ever regret carrying it. My only regret was taking a nice knife with me on a hunt where I had a trip to China prior and they confiscated it from me at the airport on the way OUT of their country when they scanned my luggage, telling me it was illegal for me to have it there.

 

[HankBuck]

Nobody has mentioned this after 19 pages?

That hunter should hang up his gear and never hunt again. As a bow hunter, I don't carry a gun. A knife will have to do. I hope to God that I never need it, but I won't ever regret carrying it. My only regret was taking a nice knife with me on a hunt where I had a trip to China prior and they confiscated it from me at the airport on the way OUT of their country when they scanned my luggage, telling me it was illegal for me to have it there.

@mrpoindexter — interesting video and some questions:
1). Why wasn’t the .375 used again to finish off the buff? Even if Son/PH had to grab the rifle out of the Clients hands to go save his Dad. Or some other rifle, was there only “One rifle” in the entire group??
2). Who was standing there “still filming” while someone is getting mauled by a Buff?
3). What Buff can be killed with only “3 stabs to the lungs” with a 7” knife? I don’t think a deer would die that fast.
Even Tarzan took more time to kill dangerous game with his knife !!

 

[Doug Hamilton]

@mrpoindexter — interesting video and some questions:
1). Why wasn’t the .375 used again to finish off the buff? Even if Son/PH had to grab the rifle out of the Clients hands to go save his Dad. Or some other rifle, was there only “One rifle” in the entire group??
2). Who was standing there “still filming” while someone is getting mauled by a Buff?
3). What Buff can be killed with only “3 stabs to the lungs” with a 7” knife? I don’t think a deer would die that fast.
Even Tarzan took more time to kill dangerous game with his knife !!

I thought the same thing. My guess is that the buff was already dying and would have tipped over without the the knife wounds. Even so, I will still carry a knife when I hunt anywhere.

 

[SETH RINGER]

If you want to look like a douchebag, carry a big, expensive belt knife. You don't need one. That's what the skinners are for. Carry a small folder for utility. And yes, you could even cut off an elephant tail with it.

DAMN, GUESS I MADE A FAUX PAS WHEN I CUT OFF MY ELEPHANT TAIL WITH A 5" CUSTOM BUCK PATHFINDER.

 

[HankBuck]

DAMN, GUESS I MADE A FAUX PAS WHEN I CUT OFF MY ELEPHANT TAIL WITH A 5" CUSTOM BUCK PATHFINDER.

@SETH RINGER : if you are hunting without carrying a Knife - then you better be carrying a “Douche Bag”.