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We pack two super sharp inexpensive paring knives (with blade guards) with a small cutting board. Why two? It's a belt and suspenders thing. I seldom use these knives for anything else but food prep, and even that doesn't happen very often.
The identical part is merely a coincidence. Why two? It's the belt and suspenders thing again.
Of all the blades I bring there is one, or two as it happens, that I do consider necessary to canoe tripping both in thought and in action. My axe and/or hatchet. Why both, two of the similar same? Belt and suspenders.[/QUOTE
Great topic! I rarely bring an axe, and only occasionally a saw. Always a little folding saw, but I’m not processing much firewood with that. I do have some Belt & Suspenders gear that comes on every trip.
Yeah, spare paddle(s) of course. Yeah, multiple knives. Yeah, extra rope or line. Yeah, multiple fire sources. Those shouldn’t even count against a Belt & Suspenders score. Beyond those, for my top five:
#1, Flashlights, at least two, with spare batteries. More if you count the Luci-lights for tent reading.
#2, more than one compass; a deck compass on a thwart and a hand held compass in the PFD pocket or essentials bag.
#’s 3 and 4; spare writing implements, reading spare reading glasses. If I can’t write or read I’m happiness screwed.
#5 belt and suspenders has some competition. Maybe two canteens even when I have a dromedary bag. Or a sleeping pad and a half-sheet of Ridgerest, that piece of foam pad fits on the wind chair or in the day hammock as insulation, and under my Therma-rest as extra padding and thorn protection at night.
Eh, maybe changes of footwear scores #5; but that edges into the clothing realm.
What “Belt and suspenders” gear do you carry?