Hi Shadow213-
OK, now I think I'm with you. You're basically saying that people in a primarily urban environment can be cast into fairly primitive situations should we experience multi-system failures like electricity/telephone/gas/water at the same time.
Your explanation is much clearer, but I guess it also depends on the size of the metropolis we're talking about. Requirements for NYC/Boston/Chicago/LA are much different than for smaller locales like Pittsburgh/Kansas City/Portland where one can reach the outlying areas much easier and much more quickly.
The weather in North America has been mild enough that I don't think office workers would resort to lighting fires inside insulated office buildings with thousands of employees. Provided one has ample food, bottled water, basic medical supplies, and an assortment of tools I would imagine lasting several days and the worst thing about the experience would probably be body odor!
In a more extreme situation, like deep drifting snow that prevents fuel oil from being delivered or freezing all water lines to residential communities...well now we're going to be drawing upon some survival skills. My home is arranged that there is an abundance of food, water, tools, firewood, wool blankets, clothes, firearms, batteries, and other simple necessities to ensure our household could last two weeks without outside assistance. I would like to build a bigger "cushion" of time, but that will have to take place as more money can be invested in the solution. It's an expensive proposition being prepared.
Bringing this back to the original post, my AFCK or Mini-AFCK are constant companions regardless of whether we're in the city, suburbs, exburbs, or country. The blade shape is completely utilitarian, with ample belly for all sorts of work. The various locks (Axis or linerlock) are reliable and adequately strong for just about any reasonable slicing chore. I would never use them for splitting wood because it would just prevent them from being used for other more pedestrian cutting tasks, for which I would turn to a large fixed blade. Thanks for the clarification in your post above.
~ Blue Jays ~
OK, now I think I'm with you. You're basically saying that people in a primarily urban environment can be cast into fairly primitive situations should we experience multi-system failures like electricity/telephone/gas/water at the same time.
Your explanation is much clearer, but I guess it also depends on the size of the metropolis we're talking about. Requirements for NYC/Boston/Chicago/LA are much different than for smaller locales like Pittsburgh/Kansas City/Portland where one can reach the outlying areas much easier and much more quickly.
The weather in North America has been mild enough that I don't think office workers would resort to lighting fires inside insulated office buildings with thousands of employees. Provided one has ample food, bottled water, basic medical supplies, and an assortment of tools I would imagine lasting several days and the worst thing about the experience would probably be body odor!
In a more extreme situation, like deep drifting snow that prevents fuel oil from being delivered or freezing all water lines to residential communities...well now we're going to be drawing upon some survival skills. My home is arranged that there is an abundance of food, water, tools, firewood, wool blankets, clothes, firearms, batteries, and other simple necessities to ensure our household could last two weeks without outside assistance. I would like to build a bigger "cushion" of time, but that will have to take place as more money can be invested in the solution. It's an expensive proposition being prepared.
Bringing this back to the original post, my AFCK or Mini-AFCK are constant companions regardless of whether we're in the city, suburbs, exburbs, or country. The blade shape is completely utilitarian, with ample belly for all sorts of work. The various locks (Axis or linerlock) are reliable and adequately strong for just about any reasonable slicing chore. I would never use them for splitting wood because it would just prevent them from being used for other more pedestrian cutting tasks, for which I would turn to a large fixed blade. Thanks for the clarification in your post above.
~ Blue Jays ~
