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Wrangler88
10-28-2008, 19:10
Okay, I don't know if this is weird or if there is an obvious answer but what do you do about cutting your fingernails and toenails while on the trail for several months? Does someone carry fingernail clippers? Do you?
buff_jeff
10-28-2008, 19:12
I carried clippers. They weigh, like, 3 oz...
Jack Tarlin
10-28-2008, 19:16
Hell, my STOVE weighs three ounces.
Clippers will weigh less.
mountain squid
10-28-2008, 19:36
Small Swiss Army Knife with scissors. Get one with tweezers, also, to pull out the inevitable tick.
See you on the trail,
mt squid
buff_jeff
10-28-2008, 19:37
Hell, my STOVE weighs three ounces.
Clippers will weigh less.
Yeah, good call.
EDIT: 3 grams
That would still get the ultralight knuckleheads in a furor, I guess.:D
Blissful
10-28-2008, 19:38
I had it in my bounce box to start.
But I found the scissors on my compact jackknife adequate, at least for fingernails. Maybe even for toenails if they are soft enough, like after a shower or after hiking.
The SAK Classic have good smooth scissors that do the job for me. But I don't have gnarly toenails. The scissors are good for dernear everything - including making a new stove when the mood strikes.
I don’t take a walk around the neighborhood without my Swiss Champ SAK, I surely would not hike without it.
Among all the things on it includes scissors, they work good for this.
randyg45
10-29-2008, 09:47
The worst I have ever hurt, in 40+ years of hiking, was as a 15-year old boy on my first weeklong solo. An ingrown toenail got badly infected. Think everything short of amputation.
For any hike less than a week, I now include "foot inspection" as part of normal preparation. Hikes longer than a week include clippers for my admittedly heavy-duty (ok, gnarly) toenails.