My Zippo 4-IN-1 now has a home
Since sometime over the winter, I began using a new tool in camp, the Zippo 4-IN-1 Woodsman. I guess I should first admit that I’ve never been a regular user of a hatchet.
Whenever I needed wood cut for camp, I pretty much just reached for the bow saw. When I needed to clear some brush, I reach for the brush axe (old Surveyor tool). When I needed to drive a tent stake into the ground, I used my boot heel. If that did not work, I would grab the hammer out of the tool bag. And when I needed to pull the tent stakes, I, well, I should not admit this, but I would use the tent loop and pull on it.
I now have one tool, that can perform all of these tasks and it has made camp chores a little easier and safer. The Zippo 4-in-1 Woodsman starts life as an axe and easily converts to a bow saw. I like using the bow saw to cut firewood, then return it back to an axe to split off tinder to start the fire. The mallet head on the back is perfect for driving tent stakes and the stake puller keeps me from stressing the stitches on the tent corners.
This past weekend, I took a few minutes and gave the Zippo 4 in 1 Woodsman an easily accessible permanent home in the bed of the truck.
Using Quick fist rubber mounts, I mounted it on the inside of the truck bed within reach when standing at the tailgate.
Even though I used self tapping screws to attach the mounts to the truck bed, I like to drill a pilot hole first. The whole project took about a half hour. I now have ready access to the axe or saw when on the trail and a few branches need cut out of the way, without having to try and remember where I packed it and then dig around in the bed of the truck looking for it.
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