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what would happen kiddies if when out with your "one tool to survive" your precious was broken or lost, tell me what ya'll would do then.
everyone here seems to have a mojor fetish and dependance on their little piece of steel, so i would like to know how you would survive w/o
always be prepared
Ok guy, let's get real here. I pack enough steel all over my person that I'm never without a blade. This "one piece of equipment stuff is for "minimalists", a laughable therory to which I, for one, do not recognise. we can sit here the rest of our lives and guess about what we'd do if we lost all of our equipment; the truth is,that no one knows for sure untill the situation is thrust upon them. If that ever happens to me and I live through it, I'll get back to you!:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by wareagle69
Well, I guess its back to bashing rocks to get an edge! But to tell the truth, I probably use my knife less than other things, such as cordage and shelter material. I guess I could get by without it.
I think for me that survival training is learning to live without, evenif I got stuck with no kit at all, I'm confident enough in my skills to build a fire, obtain water, make shelter, and get food.
I'm lucky, I can make them out of rocks.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...V/Mvc-002s.jpg
I can make ax's also.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/FrankV/56298.jpg
Donated this one to an auction to raise money for a cancer victims wife.
Most game I gut and skin is with flint or chert tools.
Basically they are hand size chunks, sharp on one side and dulled on three.
There is flint around here that I can and have made into sharp objects though they wouldn’t look as nice as the ones FVR makes but they’d cut just fine.
Yeah, I'm with owl, I can make sharp rocks, but nothing that looks like that.
Those pics are of the pretty show pieces. Like I said, the ones I use are "tools" and are much more primitive. Most would walk right past them in the wild.
Ever see a "store-bought" survival kit with a razor-blade in it as a knife? Maybe it's cousin, the Exacto knife blade? Those are fine if you're gonna shave or slash your wrists, but give me at least a pocket knife. Lacking that I suppose I would have to make a knife out of flint or a piece of scavaged metal. However remember the old adage "Chance favors the prepared mind", (Under Siege 2..Eric Brosnian..remember?) The idea is to stay prepared, then you likely never have to worry about surviving, just laying back and enjoying the scenery. I see this thread as more like teaching "priorities" than anything else. I'm sure all you Wolves who are into "primitive tools" could make a working "Hummer" out of a pine branch and a pebble from a fast-moving stream. But remember one thing, our Native-Americans here on this continent had stone knives, and traded away very valuable real estate for a really good steel blade. That tells me something.:cool:
Guess it all depends on where you are in the universe.
Hey, no hummers, maybe a Flinstone mobile.
And Sarge, put them thar beads back in your pocket, have enough beads.
btw awesome work on the stone knives FVR
:) If for some reason i did not have a knife on me while i was in the wild i would find a piece of flint or obsidian and fashion a cutting tool from that. But thats a stretch to say that i wouldnt have one with me ""I dont go to the mail box without my knife "" And if some natural disaster somehow seperated me from my blade while i was in a city or town then it would not be a problem to come up with some kind of knife because you can find them at any store resteraunt or kitchen in the entire country. So my response to how i would survive without a blade is that ""I would not"" because i would improvise a stone blade or scavange for a real one..
Just how do you lose and or break 4 knives? did I get mugged while off the trail by rifle carrying bears? How about a rampaging film crew desperately in need of a bed and breakfast? Nobody is going to try it with a 6' 1" 220lb adult male who is visibly carrying two large knives and a staff as tall as himself with a knot on the end the size of a fist. No deal, I'm with sarge. It's more likely that I would win the lotto without a ticket than being lost without a knife.
I have to ask,,,,,WHY? Why would you do that if you do not have to? I can participate in this either as I am never with out a knife. Heck I am usually not more then a few feat from my camp axe for that matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by FVR
Yeah, I can't see it either. If it came down to it, there are plenty of rocks etc around where I go out that I could make something out of, but....nahhhhh...:)
Ryan, have you ever gutted and skinned a hog? It is a nasty greasy chore, metal bladed knives need to be constantly dipped in hot water as the grease puts a film on the metal blade.
This does not happen with flint and obsidian. Don't know why, but I can skin critters like otters and hogs with no problems.
Deer are no problems anyway.
Also, I'm one of them thar primitive nuts. I sometimes just like the basics, yeh it might be harder, but that's the fun.
For me, it's not my destination, but how I get there.
I never go very far from people so if i was in that situation i probily would just go back home :)
Ya I have skinned a hog. Not like a whitetail for sure. I just don't see me prefering a stone over a good fillet knife..........Quote:
Originally Posted by FVR
To each his own.
wareagle69, there is so much shattered rocks, quartz, etc.. in northern Ontario's Cambrian shield that semi decent edges are laying around for the shaping. Making a Hoko knife or a palm hand ax would be easy enough, I just recently made one for a young lady who posed the same question and shaped/shaved a feather stick for her. You once posted that nature provides all that we need, pretty much so but have a spare(s) as Sarge47 is prudent. Indeed knowledge is KING but being prepared is the ACE in the hole. Good thoughts:D