Secateur Multi-Tools, a practical option for bushcraft
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- Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2024
- Secateurs can be a practical tool for harvesting twigs and small branches, essential for use in a twig stove, making the compact Multi-Tool version a useful addition for use in the field. In this video I take a look at the models currently available for sale from a wide variety of vendors.
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snipers always carry secateurs ,ghillie suit construction, making a bough bed but also cutting very quiet holes in bushes to remove material slowly and imperceptibly and snake thru in stealth
I find them extremely practical.
Over here (US, Alabama) I sometimes take non-folding, ratcheting anvil pruners / secateurs by Corona.
They are mostly good plastic or composite, and they weigh just 168 grams. Fiskars also makes some,
but they are much heavier.
I also use them to deal with thorny plants growing across my under-maintained trails. The ratcheting
types seem to be the fastest way to cut the smaller stuff, and the anvil covers the sharp blade when closed.
The other king of plastic bushcraft is (if that is allowed) is a Silky F180 folding saw. Or maybe the new
Outback version, which I have not tried, yet.
Thanks for the video!
I should imagine that the ratcheting version would be very effective.
I've not heard of using folding secateurs in bush craft before, but it makes total sense. I think I need to get some now - thanks!
As a twig stove user, I have found this to be extremely helpful.
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Very great video! thanks for that information sharing! do you know weight of them?
The one with the green and silver handle is the heaviest and that's 282 grams, generally speaking they're like lighter weight multi-tools.
@@Jeff.Lippman.Presents thank you!
I personally would not use a tool like that for backpacking, small dry wood is easily broken up by hand,
and the weight of the tool is not justified. On the other hand I inherited a similar tool albeit a cheap one
that I put in my camper tool bag and found it very useful for trimming small green branches away
from my tent top pop up camper shell. I was interested in the version you rated the best to replace
the cheap ones I have but didn’t know if they were durable. Have you experienced any damage to
the cutting edges in your use of them ? What is the brand name on the ones you have ?
Thank you for your time.
The brand name on it is Traveler, and it was purchased from AliExpress, where it was available for the best price I could find. I've been using secateurs for my twig stoves for a few years now and can honestly say that it makes my wood prep faster and easier. I don't say it's for everyone, but it is for me. I can't say I've noticed any damage to the jaws, so I consider it pretty reliable, although that said, it should prove no more difficult to dress the edge than standard secateurs, so basically, all good.
Thank you for the response and information.