I guess I'm a walking posterboy for Doug Ritter's knives. They have the features I like in knives, especially the fixed blade version.

I EDC the mini Rittergrip.

I carry the fullsize Rittergrip when outdoors - camping and such.

I carry the fixed Rittergrip in my bag when outdoors. I LOVE that knife!! I prefer a 4-5" medium-thickness blade (no pry bars for me) and a handle with a lanyard hole.

I bring a Trailblazer Buck saw for cutting fallen wood. I have both sizes (I stumbled upon the big one REAL cheap), but prefer the smaller 18" bladed model. Nice saw.

I'm still hunting for a favorite log-splitting axe. Though lots of folks like the Fiskars axes, I'm not so thrilled with them. The Granfors Bruks axes are real expensive, but real nice.

The smart thing probably would be to just buy the GB axe and be done with it and KNOW that I have a great axe. Instead of being smart though, I bought a Snow & Nealley Penobscot axe and a Snow & Neally 3.5 lb "Our Best" axe, but haven't had a chance to get out there with them yet. I'm headed out tomorrow and hope to put them to use.