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Or just use the saw on your SAK.

Knives are funny things. Getting a consensus on what is "best" is a totally futile exercise as opinions are always strongly held and widely divergent.
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O.K. I waited as long as I could stand. (Thanks for the "reopen" sarge!) Here are a few of my thoughts on the matter...


• This is true only if you know how to use the firesteel. It’s not...

Too true.

In addition, in a true societal SHTF situation, many who are used to being pampered will become the new labor force as they will have little to no useful skills/knowledge to offer. ...

mddubs,

This post by sarge should have sent you scrambling all over the net to find the answers to your own questions. What's more, he did it without being insulting. That's a pretty good feat....

That's true, but you didn't include your longbow (or arrows) in your list of gear either.

I'm a big longbow fan. I own two. One is pretty basic model from Desert Dog Archery and the other is a...

There perhaps may be some reason(s) why you can't/don't want to include the follwing, but my kit always includes a small handgun (most often a .22LR revolver) and ammunition.