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If I was Tom Hanks, I could probably have an entire room full of the finest knives on my Dressing room/yacht.
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Pretend your Tom Hanks in Castaway
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Only one big blade???
Probably a Gossman Knives Tusker in O1.
And I would have stayed home with Helen Hunt!!!!!
Probably a Gossman Knives Tusker in O1.
And I would have stayed home with Helen Hunt!!!!!
I ain't gettin on no flight that flies over a deserted island until I get a hold of Cliff S. and get an endorsement on what knife may best work under the specific survival conditions.
Of course it would help if there were concrete blocks and rusty car doors strewn about the beach in which I could test his recommendations.
Damn I miss his posts...
Of course it would help if there were concrete blocks and rusty car doors strewn about the beach in which I could test his recommendations.
Damn I miss his posts...
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I ain't gettin on no flight that flies over a deserted island until I get a hold of Cliff S. and get an endorsement on what knife may best work under the specific survival conditions.
Of course it would help if there were concrete blocks and rusty car doors strewn about the beach in which I could test his recommendations.
Damn I miss his posts...
Me too!
I'd take a Ranger 9"
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If we are talking 9" OAL for the knife then my choice would be a standard Fallkniven F1. If it's anything with a sub 9" blade then again Fallkniven but I'd go for the A2.
I already have both knives and they do all I ask of them. I'd prefer the A2 in a survival situation simply because I've found that in practice I can do 99.9% of the things I like a small knife for with a big knife, but it doesn't work the other way around.
The laminated blade of a Fallkniven is incredibly strong and has good rust resistance. Being a convexed blade makes for easy sharpening in our mythical survival situation too as I would simply use either fine beach sand or crushed coral as an abrasive, stick it to the leather belt I'm always wearing with a little sap or tree resin then strop the knife with that. Might not get it as sharp and shiny as I so at home but I'll wager it would still be the most useful tool on the island.
I already have both knives and they do all I ask of them. I'd prefer the A2 in a survival situation simply because I've found that in practice I can do 99.9% of the things I like a small knife for with a big knife, but it doesn't work the other way around.
The laminated blade of a Fallkniven is incredibly strong and has good rust resistance. Being a convexed blade makes for easy sharpening in our mythical survival situation too as I would simply use either fine beach sand or crushed coral as an abrasive, stick it to the leather belt I'm always wearing with a little sap or tree resin then strop the knife with that. Might not get it as sharp and shiny as I so at home but I'll wager it would still be the most useful tool on the island.
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OK, pretend you're Tom Hanks, your world has turned to **** but you've survived, your girl has gotten married to and born kids with another man now, and you meet this great looking little gal out west in an old pickup truck, ... and YOU DON'T GO HOME WITH HER WHEN SHE NEARLY INVITES YOU TO???What was that man thinking???
That last scene has haunted me for years. He had to be blind and neutered....
Gary
I would take my Scrapyard HookGuard but I would put a finer edge on it if I was only allowed one knife but I would much prefer my hawk (modded CS Norse) and my SS4 with a mirror polished blade(actually did that last night) to signal with. My SS4 has a much finer convex edge than stock as well.
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Yeah, but if they'd been in that plane with him, they would have all been
on the bottom of the sea.
As for my choice, I think I'd pick a Ka-Bar Marine Knife...actually, anything
with a point that would do in that stupid soccar ball!
glockman99
RIP Dann, you were a good guy.
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For a BIG knife, it would be my Gerber BMF. For a smaller knife it would be my Kershaw 1035 "Moose Hunter".
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A BM Nim with 154
I dont know for sure that I could choose just one. Part of me says a multi tool, part of me says Ontario Rat-7 and some other strange part of me says that I should choose a Buck Vanguard. It really depends. I have no idea what I would choose. Maybe some sort of Busse so that if I damaged the blade carving a larger living space into that cave I could send it in to be fixed. At any rate I would definatly remember that the writers said that the unopened package had a waterproof satellite phone with batteries in it. Then I would be fine.
At any rate I would definatly remember that the writers said that the unopened package had a waterproof satellite phone with batteries in it. Then I would be fine.
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No sharpening stone = a carbon steel blade, no two ways about it, you can always find some natural stone to hone with. Personally, I'd only be carrying a fixed blade that I made, so I'd be stuck with it. Right now, I'd probably be carrying this one http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=498987 . For a folder, my old buck 110 is pretty much bulletproof (I still prefer a lock-back to a liner lock, call me crazy). Basically, give me anything I could make a club with and I'd be alright.