Holiday Gift Guide (for Trust-Funded Gear Junkies)

My Benchmade 940 is my EDC and favorite knife for the front country. It’s not my first choice for backpacking but to each their own.

I was pretty excited when they announced the carbon scales but was pretty underwhelmed with it once I finally got my hands on one. The green aluminum will suffice until I can swing the gold class version. Again, to each their own.

I thought I was reading Backpacker at first.

Barely scratched the surface! Throw in a titanium fat bike with a Rohloff hub for $8,000-$10,000

How about an article on UL gear best buys?

I suppose this article is supposed to be a bit facetious, or maybe I’m supposed to take this seriously?

Can someone help me figure out how dollars per ounce is a helpful “key metric”? Do I want that number to be high or low? Extra ounces are bad… and extra dollars are bad… so… I’m confused.

The first thing wrong with the headlamp is the brand – PETZL. Aaarrggghh!

And of course the second is the Hollywood price.

Good idea for an article, but all of these items seem a bit pricey. Well, except for the stakes

Ian you didnt like the Carbon scales?  The feel?  The weight?

I have the 940-1 also (you know I do ;P)  and I think its awesome, but the trusty 940 is is the one that rides every day.  The S90v sharpened up more easily than I thought it would.

I handled the old Gold Class 940 in my old shop and didnt really like it (enough to buy it anyway)  M4 wasnt too appealing and man… just that teal Titanium was weird.  I wanted to like it cause it was the 940 but couldnt.

You all read the title of the article, right?  Sounds like he’s just throwing out a “for fun” article for the holidays.