Agreed it's all based on opinion! I rather have a cheap cheap pocket knife or other than nothing. You make due if you had to.
Agreed it's all based on opinion! I rather have a cheap cheap pocket knife or other than nothing. You make due if you had to.
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Kyratshooter
You deserve Trump or should I say Putin his Puppeteer !!
If you didn't bring jerky what did I just eat?
You noticed that there was no period at the end of my post?
That was because I erased a whole paragraph just to save international relations.
If you didn't bring jerky what did I just eat?
I guess we circle back to the definition of a "survival knife". And "survival kit" for that matter. Where I live we have a small park that's an Oak forest but most of the woods are pine. Personally I think a knife is the wrong tool for cutting down trees, no matter how large the blade. A saw is a much better tool, more efficient in terms of calories and the amount of energy expended, and much faster. If I didn't have saw I'd have to improvise but a folded Silky saw is the same size as a big knife and probably lighter. I suppose it depends on what you use as a survival kit. If you watch YouTube you'll see the Altoid's Tin Kit a very popular staple. While they're fun to put together and serve as a good thought experiment for survival I think that most people would be screwed if that's all they had with them when things went pear shaped!
To me batonning wood and stuff like that is more "bushcraft" than survival. And while I like to use a knife to baton wood in a survival situation a folding saw would be better (just for wood that is, if you could only have one or the other). You can split wood with a saw pretty well too (using a wedge). Again, it depends on where you are. In the locations I am likely to get stuck in there's probably enough wood available without the need to baton any. Especially if I have good tinder which is a key component of my gear.
Sounds good! I always try to have a mix of cutting tools as well. I've generally got at least one fairly big knife, a couple small ones and most of the time a folding saw. On longer planned outings I will often have my Fiskar's splitting axe.
I agree, you can't just have a one tool option in your survival kit, although I have had to do just that on 2 occassions..
once for 72 hours and once for 48hours
And set out the tasks of building shelter, making traps, and doing simple "bushcraft" things especially aimed at improving the situation.
It was tough and it is difficult, but I only took down saplings, maybe upto 6inch ( maximum of wrist diameter) trees to make the shelter, and so forth.
most of the firewood was dead fall, fallen trees, old logs, biggish branches... small twigs etc... Hardly had to baton any of that fire wood.
is It possible to Survive that situation, yes I suppose it is, is it possible to survive a 72 hour situation with no tools no nothing?
I suppose it is, it really depends on the season, the weather, and the choices you make.
for the most part you could find a natrual type shelter from the elements and just hanker down, if it where summer. Winter possibly in My country...
If you where wet, likely not.
I ideally would not choose a 1 tool option given choice, but have done senarios with litterally just a knife a firesteel and water bottle and about as much paracord on a survival bracelet.
The altiods Surival tin thing to me would not be useful, I cant really imagine it being that useful, unless your skills In primitive methods are up to scratch, the tin with its contents maybe a bit of a slight edge, rather than nothing.
I am still yet to Throw myself into the BUSh with nothing.. its a goal and test that I am still in the process of acquiring some of the skill needed.
And something I been thinking about for months, And busy mentally thinking of all the various things I should be able to do, and the easiest fastest method to do that primitively
I would like to eventually formulise that into a course or various courses I want to run with as I approach "Ranger" (basically survival instructor).
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I like to have options. Here are a few I brought on a recent outing.
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Showing off??
Naw, that is not all he has, he just brought enough to win.
If you didn't bring jerky what did I just eat?
Woooah that's a ton of knives. Nice.
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I'd hate carry that backpack, with all the other stuff in it too.
The pessimist complains about the wind;
The optimist expects it to change;
The realist adjusts the sails.
- William Arthur Ward
Never ask Crash to borrow his knife. Just sayin'....
Obviously two of FJRMURPH's greatest heros.
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"They that can give up essential liberty to gain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790),U.S. statesman, scientist, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
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