"Castaway" blade?

inkynate said:
This is why we need an INFI Boom Parang!

It may need to be paired with a smaller blade to be fully practical, but the BG version continues to be one of my favorite choppers. Something about the weight distribution, stock thickness, and blade shape. You could do much worse for splitting coconuts all day, doing machete work, chopping, batoning, etc... :D
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If I owned a BP there is a good chance that it would have been my choice. There are lots of people that live day to day by the parang. This was also part of the reason I went with a kukri design. SR101 wouldn't bother me. The world was conquered and societies built by guys carrying regular old carbon steel blades.
 
thought about this while flipping past that show Naked and Afraid. Definitely the Battle Saw. Big enough to chop and clear paths, light enough to hike, flat pummel to hammer, saw to notch.

Of course I love all my Busse blades and any one of them would be great, but the Battle Saw really feels like it was built with practicality in mind.
 
clampdaddy said:
If I owned a BP there is a good chance that it would have been my choice. There are lots of people that live day to day by the parang. This was also part of the reason I went with a kukri design. SR101 wouldn't bother me. The world was conquered and societies built by guys carrying regular old carbon steel blades.
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Yeah, you're probably right, especially when the blade is (mostly) coated. My practical experience with carbon steel in a tropical environment next to saltwater is nil though, so it seemed like an opportune moment to plug an INFI version. :)
 
Apocryphiliac said:
All great answers so far! I'm going new school with the DS8. Choosing it over the beloved TGLB because it's a little more forward heavy and choppier. There's nothing this knife can't do.
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dbltap45acp said:
I would have said my B11, but seeing how you would be dealing with fish and such I will say my DS8. Love this damn thing
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Ditto. I’d bring a Dog Soldier! :thumbsup:
 
I think the salient takeaway from castaway was that he was thrust into a survivor situation with no preparation. Any knife you had would have to survive being on your person through a crash and swimming. Most are not going to carry a battle saw size blade around
What you're really looking at is blades that you could have on you anyway -probably badger attack size or smaller. Just like conceal carry handgun it needs to become one that you carry on your person all the time.
 
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I would go with my 711.
Of all my Busse and kin, that one sees the most use.
Perfect size for campchores, which a good marooning calls for.
 
I would imagine that pilots are allowed some leeway on a bugout bag, especially on a Fed-Ex flight with no passengers (this is pure conjecture). If that was the case, I would definitely pack an original SHBM along with other knives and tools as well. All this assumes your bug-out back can be located, etc...if the plane had a package or 2 from the exchange, and did not sink or were recoverable in shallow water etc, etc, I would feel grateful to have any of the aforementioned blades. A B11 or 10 would come in close second, although I would like the full tang and .25" stock of the SHBM and butt of the original SHBM. I have chopped many pretty large 6-9-inch logs off of some downed river oak branches at my buddy's camp, and the thing was as sharp as when I started. ASHBM is a definite contender although the SHBM packs a wallop and is so light in hand is still a knife's knife.
 
Murman said:
I think the salient takeaway from castaway was that he was thrust into a survivor situation with no preparation. Any knife you had would have to survive being on your person through a crash and swimming. Most are not going to carry a battle saw size blade around
What you're really looking at is blades that you could have on you anyway -probably badger attack size or smaller. Just like conceal carry handgun it needs to become one that you carry on your person all the time.
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We aren't getting into what got you stranded. Just which of your blades would be your first choice if you could have it in that situation. If you are dead set on sticking to the movie line......A big floating bundle of fedex packages wash up on the beach. You rip the shrink wrap off of the bundle and one of the packages says Busse on it. What knife do you hope is inside?
 
All domestic large jet airliners actually have what’s known as a “crash axe” somewhere in the cockpit. It’s basically a hatchet. The idea came about after some folks watched a couple pilots burn to death while trying desperately to break the windshield after a survivable crash with just enough damage to barricade them inside the cockpit. Most cockpits now have an escape hatch also right above them as a direct result. This would be a lifesaver in this scenario, unless of course it sunk to the bottom of the ocean after crashing and after you escaped. So, to sum it up, the next time your going down with a jet airliner in the middle of nowhere, make dam sure you grab the crash axe before escaping the sinking plane! ;):D
 
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