Game: survival situation w/ only $100 worth of cutting equipment

Kershaw Outcast (reground of course), Mora, and a cheap, aggressive pull-saw. That's about as much as I'd wanna carry anyway.
 
Becker BK9
SAK
Mora Clipper.

With the best deals, and assuming no shipping charges, you might have ~10 bucks left over. If so, then some species of cheap saw.
 
Bow Saw - $16.
SAK - Fieldmaster - $25
Hatchet - $35
Mora - Eriksson # 746 - $15.
 
Estwing campers axe (long handle job).
Buck special or kabar knife.
WW2 army shovel.

*Since I've had all these and used them all (the kabars new) for most of forty plus years...............................I'd just pocket the money.
:D
 
cs kukri 25$
cs bushman bowie 30$
mora 510 10$
pocket chainsaw 20$
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total: 85$
 
I second the pocket chainsaw.
They’ll cut a 6” tree down in about 15 seconds. No knife, hatchet or folding saw compares. I have one in every survival kit I own.

Spend the remaining $80 on a smaller fixed blade and you’re good to go.

You’ll spend more time foraging for food than building Fort Ticonderoga anyway.
 
Gerber Gator (saw and machete in one) : $17.95
Cold Steel Kukri Machete : $16.95
Mora 2000 : $29.50
= 64.40

Probably spend the rest on a couple of $10 Moras for backup and a cheap firesteel.
 
Estwing Camper's Axe, $45.47
Old Hickory 7" butcher knife, $9.95
Victorinox Farmer, $27.95
18" Ontario machete, $15.95

$99.32 to cover every conceivable cutting need, though I've done some fairly extended treks in rough country without the machete.
 
performance on a budget I would have to go with Cold Steel.

A CS machetti approx $25
Cs SRK 1 $65 = $90
 
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bearcut said:
I second the pocket chainsaw.
They’ll cut a 6” tree down in about 15 seconds. No knife, hatchet or folding saw compares. I have one in every survival kit I own.
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Thirded.... I was semi curious as to how many people would bring up the pocket chainsaw - it seems like it's what you would really need for taking out a bigger tree without expending too much energy.

I had to think it over, but for me I think it would be:
BK-2 (for all around survival knife) = $60
CS Kukri machete (for hacking through brush, heavy chopping, battoning and maybe as a shovel) = $20
Pocket Chainsaw (should I need to rip through a tree) = $20
 
killa_concept said:
Just curious as to what people come up with when faced with a survival situation and a budget...
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Not to belittle your post, as I know it's just an exercise in good fun. But if you've ever traveled in countries where people really have to live off the land and scrap with Mother Nature day in and day out their entire lives, take a look at the cutting implements they rely on. I'd be willing to bet they don't spend $100 on cutlery in a decade. Maybe in a lifetime. I guess what I'm saying is, with a $100 budget it'd be quite easy to purchase cutting equipment adequate for a survival scenario.
 
mnblade said:
Not to belittle your post, as I know it's just an exercise in good fun. But if you've ever traveled in countries where people really have to live off the land and scrap with Mother Nature day in and day out their entire lives, take a look at the cutting implements they rely on. I'd be willing to bet they don't spend $100 on cutlery in a decade. Maybe in a lifetime. I guess what I'm saying is, with a $100 budget it'd be quite easy to purchase cutting equipment adequate for a survival scenario.
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Funny that you'd be the one telling me that... Though I might be coming off as somewhat of an uninformed suburban white kid, it's quite to the contrary. I was born and raised in a small village in Southern Leyte, Philippines - spent the first 9 years of my life there before moving here with my mom and stepdad (I'm currently 18)

People in the area (including my family) did pretty much everything with a simple bolo - from constructing homes to farming to prepping food. There, such bolos would probably cost $5-10, with the blade made from the leaf springs of old jeeps and the handles hand carved from local hardwoods. Something of similar construction here would probably run at least $50, with a high quality custom costing much more (something like HI kukris)...

I take no offense from your post - I'm just trying to say that I know first hand what you're trying to get at... however, money doesn't translate that easily and while $100 would probably keep you well stocked on tools for a lifetime in poorer farming communities in third world countries, a decent production knife here that isn't going to break on you would cost $20-50.

The main reason for this thread was that I going to put together such a combination of tools in the price range and was hoping that people's ideas would help me decide :p
 
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I like these games.

Wetterlings Large Hunters axe $49.00
Tramotina Machete $6.00
Victorinox Farmer $17.00
Mora 911 12.00
Kershaw Folding Saw $16.00

Total $100.00

I think I would have the bases pretty much covered with these tool.
 
Prices are variable but would certainly be less than $100;
-old hatchet and axe heads from flea markets and rehandle either from storebought handles or make your own (could even rehandle hatchet with a knife and then use that for the axe, not sure if included but a metal file may be needed to reprofile, which could then be used to make a knife),
-simple wood handled mora,
-buck saw (blade only),
-green river or old hickory butcher knife.
Scrounging I'm sure you could get all this for less than $100, so a tramontina wouldn't hurt. The other thing I'd get at the flea market is a shovel head.
 
valcas1 said:
Killa,

What are your thoughts on the subject?
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Oh, I posted it a few threads up - I decided on:
Kabar BK-2 $60
CS Kukri Machete - $20
pocket chainsaw - $20

The main knife is a bit on the expensive side, and I'm sure I could get something cheaper and put the money towards an ax or something... but I figure that the knife would be highly used and having something that is very unlikely to break on you would be handy
 
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