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xsrdx

xsrdx

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If you didn't catch this Wednesday night, the ABC show "Lost" had some serious knife content.

As a group of crash survivors stands around contemplating their pending starvation, one of the principal characters, Mr. Locke, throws a 7" or so fixed blade into a wooden structure near the group.

Mr. Locke, who also happens to be a recently recovered parapalegic with a serious wanna be mall ninja-commando complex, then proceeds to discuss how to hunt wild boar. With a knife.

Turns out Mr. Locke found his checked bag/ travel case chock full o' knives, and so he mounts an expedition to go stab some pig for dinner. :eek:

So, sporting a Spyderco folder on his tactical vest, and with a big fixed blade in hand, off he goes, leading a small group, each armed with a knife.

Of course, if they had any sense, they would have used their knives to fashion SPEARS, because distance is your FRIEND when hunting dangerous game, but I digress.. :rolleyes:

Anyway, cool show and one of the few times I've seen knives as central to the plot, in a positive way, on network TV.

I apologize in advance if I posted in the wrong forum. :cool:
 
xsrdx said:
....Anyway, cool show and one of the few times I've seen knives as central to the plot, in a positive way, on network TV....
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Well yeah...positively primal. Positively savage...They starve yet? I hate reality shows.
:D
 
Unfortunately its not a reality show. It would be great to watch em wither away due to they cutting edge boar hunting strategy :D
 
Unfortunately there are those, who having seen the show, may attempt to use their new wisdom. I smell a 'Darwin Award' here.
My mantra: NOTHING on TV is real. NOTHING on TV is real... :barf:
 
Merek said:
Unfortunately there are those, who having seen the show, may attempt to use their new wisdom. I smell a 'Darwin Award' here.
My mantra: NOTHING on TV is real. NOTHING on TV is real... :barf:
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Except when Michael Sculpin killed a small (very small) wild boar with a knife on survivor about 4 seasons back.
 
Merek said:
My mantra: NOTHING on TV is real. NOTHING on TV is real...
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Bad boy bad boy, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?

(the only nearly reality TV show imo)
 
While there are certainly better alternatives for hunting boar in a survival situation - deadfalls, snares, spears - if you're hungry, a decent fixed blade would be a very useful tool, especially once it came to preparing the carcass.

Given the choice between starving, hunting pigs with bare hands, or hunting pigs with a knife, I'd take door #3.

It would have been cooler if they'd taken a few minutes to fashion some decent spears though.

If you haven't seen the show yet, it's pretty well done. Sort of Castaway meets X-Files, with some Twilight Zone on the side.
 
I know I'm expecting some sort of reality, but Mr. Locke got up from the sand and walked away. Magnificent feat. I was laid up for a month with double knee replacement surgery and could barely walk (due to getting so weak, not the knees) to the next room and back. He instead can set out on a jungle hunting expedition. Looks like he killed the mama boar too....

I too would have fashioned a spear. Something to be said for knives with a hole or two in the handle.

Apparently there's some kind of prehistoric monsters on the island. I think the show would have been better without them, whatever they are.

As far as survival, I think they should have set about securing water, food, and whatever else they could use from the plane as soon as possible, regardless of when they thought they would be rescued. They seemed to lollygag around too much.

The radio transmitter that's been going for 16 years has a heck of a battery. Finding that deserves a major effort. Also, it's time to mount scouting parties both ways down the beach.

Anyway, I enjoy the show, and finally good to see a knife collector protrayed who's not an out and out criminal.
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I would try to fashion a spear using the knife to cut the spearpoint to shape. You don't need to tie the knife to the end of the spear / lance. That way you have both a spear and a knife.

But I haven't done it myself yet, so YMMV....
 
Yeah, me and my wife are hooked on the show already.

I think everyone was wondering why they didn't make spears.

What I was wondering is in the second show when they found the 16 year transmitter; why they didn't take back the bear meat after they shot it? :confused:

Also, after they shot the bear, they took the magazine out of the gun.

A lot of good a gun without any bullets would on.

And why did they give the gun to a women that they didn't know anything about?
 
xsrdx said:
then proceeds to discuss how to hunt wild boar. With a knife.
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You jump on the boars back, thrust a knife into their chest...I've personally hunted this way before, and a member on here by the name of Harley (cant remember his site, but he makes kick a$$ bowie knives) does hog hunts where he makes a knife for you, then you get to kill a boar with it :D.

It's only dangerous if you do it the wrong way ;)
 
Dangerous if you do it wrong? :eek:
Sounds like a redneck's (Ozzie's :p ) last words...."Hey y'all! Watch THIS!"
 
I had an uncle who hunted boars with throwing knives. Apparently he was pretty good. Although he had a chunk of leg taken out by a pig one time.
And there is no ephing way I'ld ever try jumping on a hog's back like that. I would try my hand eating the unknown vegitation first.
 
For clarification here. What kind of boars are we discussing? Feral pigs, javelinas or Russian Boars (weighing in modestly at 3-400 lbs with 6" tusks)?
 
What kind of boars are we discussing?
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The Locke character described them as 150-300lb.

On the show, they appear big, likely modeled after the Russian variety. Long hair, monster tusks.
 
I've actually seen most of the episodes, pretty interesting. So did Locke see the beast? I missed that part, but caught the part after where they assumed him dead, then he shows up draggin' the pig.

So what do y'all think the beast is?

If it can grab a pilot out of an upright forward end of a fuselage, rip him apart, and leave him face up atop a tree, it's got to be Godzilla-ish...
 
Well, he did see the beast, but he's not talking. I actually am guessing that since the beast (or whatever it is) had to have seen him, yet didn't kill him, I'm guessing it gave the pig to him. Just a theory... Anyway, with all the special sound effects, it seems like they are hinting at some sort of mechanical origin. It sounds an awful lot like a bunch of rusty joints grinding together. Again, just a theory...

I did recognize the Spyderco Harpy on his jacket, but the rest of the knives, with exception of the Kabar type, and maybe a Buck Night hawk tanto, looked like junk. At least that's better than nothing.

Locke said something about the pigs being Razorbacks. With me being from Arkansas (home of the U of A Razorbacks), it looks like they can be big mean mo fos at least in football, and basketball.

Cool show, BTW.

DD
 
Merek said:
Dangerous if you do it wrong? :eek:
Sounds like a redneck's (Ozzie's :p ) last words...."Hey y'all! Watch THIS!"
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:p ours are mostly feral pigs, the males get some massive tusks though...dunno how much they weigh, some i'm guessing around 250lbs. But we use dogs to subdue the pig first then dive in ;) redneck maybe? but as long as I dont start saying "dang" or "ya'll" I'll be fine :p
 
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