An interesting thread. There are seemingly an infinite number of approaches, depending on personal preference, the kind of tripping one does, the landscape one is tripping through, and the availability of wood. Kathleen and I used to take a 21 inch Sven saw, but we hardly ever used it, even though we were happy with it. We dehydrate all our suppers beforehand, so we need only a small fire to heat up the pot. For breakfast, we normally have a bannock, cooked in a skillet over a small fire. A large fire is unnecessary and can burn the bannock. We normally don't have campfires unless there is a super abundance of wood.
For our small cooking fires I just break twigs and larger pieces over my knee. Sometimes, I place the wood with one end on the ground, pointed op at a 45 degree angle. I then break it while stomping on in with my foot. For even larger pieces, that I can't break, I put one end in the fire, and feed the piece in as needed. Not very technological, but efficient. We often trip in open areas, where clearing portage trails is not necessary.
if no wood is available, such as out on the tundra, we use a Coleman Peak 1 to prepare our meals.
So I guess what I'm saying is that we take no tools to deal with wood.
For our small cooking fires I just break twigs and larger pieces over my knee. Sometimes, I place the wood with one end on the ground, pointed op at a 45 degree angle. I then break it while stomping on in with my foot. For even larger pieces, that I can't break, I put one end in the fire, and feed the piece in as needed. Not very technological, but efficient. We often trip in open areas, where clearing portage trails is not necessary.
if no wood is available, such as out on the tundra, we use a Coleman Peak 1 to prepare our meals.
So I guess what I'm saying is that we take no tools to deal with wood.
