I would have the ax as the thread allows but if no ax
Then its into my belt pouch with a ferro rod, compass, SAK and diamond lap.
truly I always have them on me in some place or other.
Be prepared
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I would have the ax as the thread allows but if no ax
Then its into my belt pouch with a ferro rod, compass, SAK and diamond lap.
truly I always have them on me in some place or other.
Be prepared
well as i posted before your brain is still the best.
hopefully you are not some gunsel heading off deep in country,i am assuming that most of us(after reading some posts i will not say all of us )are or have been trained or practised at our skills that is the best tool. the wilderness will provide everything that you need to survive.
always be prepared
Like almost all the other posts here my answer is a good knife, not to big and not to small. My favorite is one I had for about ten years now and I always have it with me. Its 8" overall with a little under 4" of that being blade. It has a drop point tip and it is razor sharp. I have used this knife to do everything from making parts for small game traps to field dressing whitetails and even though I have a lot of other good knives it is the one that always seems to end up in my hands when im cutting on something.
On first thought I would say a knife for its usefulness and comfot factor, but after looking at the things I can make like a flint knife, cordage, friction fire device, snares etc the one item that can be made but is very time consuming would be a metal container for boiling and carrying water. I supose I could use my brain bucket but it would be a major task to get it ship shape.
thank you hop for illistrating the point
getting the brain bucket into shape is the point here, i personally feel that a container of some sort as you suggested would be far more bennefical, a sharpe object no matter what enviroment(desert,jungle mountains,forest)is always easy to attain, i see far to many people relying on their knives i wonder what their mental state would be if we took them away from the survivor?
Scarlett Johansen:D
Seriously though it would have to be my knife.
I see far too many ppl relying on their brains... I wonder what their mental state would be if we took them away from the survivor...
Anyways... I like the idea of the metal container a lot and thats something I'll definitely put in my car, but I don't carry one around while I DO have a knife. I wonder all the crazy looks I'd get if I did though... as I walk through Albertsons with a metal pot on my head... Kodak moment!
tin foil works many people put it in their PSK the post was you could pick the item, I don't think many people are going to carry a machette around all the time.
I would bring my flint and steel, because then i could make a fire without too much trouble. I could make a simple knife with some rocks if i needed to. with fire i can not only keep myself warm, but i can dry my clothing, cook meat, boil water, scare off animals, create light, and even use the smoke created or fire itself to create a disstress signal! Fire = pwnage! lol
lmfao a machette ...... just stupid , leatherman wave hands down
Not if your in the jungle. Machete is made for a specific terrain and they work for that terrainQuote:
Originally Posted by marcraft
try to see marcrafts side here both he and nba are from manitoba now i have never been but i do not think that there are any jungles there(other than concrete trax) see what i am saying let's tyr not to disect every thing everone says(not picking on you just making a statement)
No tropical rainforest type jungles in Manitoba. It's always made survival in the wild so much more of a challenge because of the glaring lack of elephant turds. Hey, who's nba? is there another one of the chosen people (Manitobans) here?
my bad i thought nature boy was from manitaba i forgot my own response to him about euell gibbons being from pennsilvania also,btw the geography should'n be much differnt between penn and manitoba i recomend his books, to me the father(in recent history) of wild edibles. i know owl girl seems knowledgeable in this area might make for interesting reading.
Ok ok. *Pouts* just kidding:DQuote:
Originally Posted by wareagle69
don't pout to much or trax and sarge will be all over me.
It might make her want to cuddle again :D :D :D
with a charging moose? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
Umm… no thank you :pQuote:
Originally Posted by wareagle69
Hey hey hey, I'm not a moose...and I don't charge. I don't even have a credit card swiper, so I can't charge...all cuddles are free :)
I’ll bet lolQuote:
Originally Posted by trax
you wanna talk dangerous i get charged by a hungry moose every night. have you ever seen a calf feed in the wild? basically he will headbut his mothers underside to stimulate feeding. well norms stands high enough right now that when i show up with his bottle he head butts right about.....
You REALLY want to make sure he goes for the bottle there partner:D :D :D
you betcha thanfully he is fully weaned now but he still comes a headbutting
One that can snore!:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by wareagle69
what sarge ? i truly thought it was funny it was more than an lol they both walked right into it.
well there goes my command now that sarge showed up .
I got a feeling Owl Girl can take care of herself, don't forget the "blade" she likes to carry!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by wareagle69
So glad you're back Sarge, the man was literally drunk with power for about three hours there.Quote:
Originally Posted by wareagle69
mad mad i tell you crazy with power i was gonna pt all of them all night, front leaning rest side straddle hop sit ups pull ups 20 mile run 10 mile forced march full gear listen to me i'm the eagl.... what oh ok yes dear i'm doing the luandry right now...
my knife, you can use it for just about anything
Lots of knives mentioned.I'd like to have a knife too.But I can't choose a knife over my U.S.Army issue poncho.If I have to choose between the two,I'll take my poncho.
I hope nobody takes offense to this.We are all at different skill levels.I'd probably just cut myself with the knife anyway.My poncho has kept my dry in the rain and snow on many occasions .Using our ponchos,me and the rest of our squad floated ourselves, our alice packs, and weapons across a water obstacle.My poncho has never let me down.
My camillus pilot survival knife.
I can make a knife.
Like Lumpy, my poncho has saved my cold wet butt more than once.
an axe. you cant chop down good sized firewood with a knife(well, you can, but who wants to spend that much time and effort lol!). or lumber for a cabin if lost for a long time. you can also do the ole flint and steel with it.
my webbing, contains everything i need to survive for a month. Failing webbing then Ray Mears
Welcome aboard, now get over to the introductions page and tell us about yourself, you wouldn't want us all thinking you're a "Numpty" would you?;)Quote:
Originally Posted by U.KMarine-Red4
my knife is all I need the brain im stuck with has served me well too lmao
I can make an ax head.
I can make a knife.
Still sticking with my poncho and I'll add my wool blanky.
i saw a brown owl in the woods last week. we exchanged glances for 30 minutes or so and then i left. it was pretty cool never seen an owl 20 feet from me before. or ever at all actually
Last summer there was a pare of mating owls in the woods on a bluff across the street from my house. Once there babies were old enough to fly I would hike up there around sunset and follow there sounds until I found them, then I’d follow them from a distance until it got to dark. Pretty cool experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by explodingearth