So, you are stuck on a deserted island...

Since I Don't do fixed blades, I'm going to pick my Strider SNG Z-Wear and Custom SAK that has a saw and everything else I'd need.
 
PatrickKnight said:
Machete of your choosing, and a multitool.

There is a very good reason when people go to the jungle they take a machete and not a Busse and it doesnt always have to do with cost, they are simply more effective.
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I mixed up and read the wrong comment on the first page that said something about the discussion being an arctic climate. If it's a jungle environment you're absolutely right, but if we were discussing a more northern climate then that same machete is much less useful and a heavier, shorter blade would serve much better. A longer and thinner khukuri might be a better compromise for either climate. What do you think?
 
In an arctic climate I would probably take a sharpened shovel and a multi tool.
 
Machete, large multi-tool and a set of golf clubs. I hate golf and being stuck on a desert island with nothing to do is probably the only way that I'll ever get into this game.

n2s
 
not2sharp said:
Machete, large multi-tool and a set of golf clubs. I hate golf and being stuck on a desert island with nothing to do is probably the only way that I'll ever get into this game.

n2s
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Great, you want to take up golf when you're stuck in one giant sand trap surrounded by a water hazard? You will be really pissed after you lose all the balls your first week!

I suggest tether-ball! ;)
 
Torm said:
I mixed up and read the wrong comment on the first page that said something about the discussion being an arctic climate. If it's a jungle environment you're absolutely right, but if we were discussing a more northern climate then that same machete is much less useful and a heavier, shorter blade would serve much better. A longer and thinner khukuri might be a better compromise for either climate. What do you think?
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A machete would still work but an axe would be better. A machete can be used to dig in snow and can also be used to make an igloo(if you know how.)

I'm with the other guys. I'd pick an Imacasa/Condor machete and that's really all you'd need. Maybe a back up machete would be prudent. To me a chopper knife doesn't even enter into my brain under either a tropic or an arctic scenario. Nor does the blade need to be stainless. Too many people think a knife will disintegrate if rust so much as touches it. It's just not the case IME.
 
I don't have a good machete, So I'd bring my Rodent 9. The second knife is a harder choice. If I had a survival tin it would be my leatherman super tool 300. No tin I would take my HEST 2.0 assault because the handle is loaded with useful stuff and I have a magslab in the sheath pocket.

My survival tin would make life much better either way. Tropical island preferred, I hate the cold!
 
Of those I own; My SAK Champ and Fallkniven F1-3G (sorry Swamp Rat Rodent 6- love you though!)

If I could go on a shopping spree; Any Spyderco with H1 Steel (for no corrosion worries) and a Busse 8"+ with .25+ stock
 
Shotgun said:
A machete would still work but an axe would be better. A machete can be used to dig in snow and can also be used to make an igloo(if you know how.)

I'm with the other guys. I'd pick an Imacasa/Condor machete and that's really all you'd need. Maybe a back up machete would be prudent. To me a chopper knife doesn't even enter into my brain under either a tropic or an arctic scenario. Nor does the blade need to be stainless. Too many people think a knife will disintegrate if rust so much as touches it. It's just not the case IME.
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Fair enough. I keep hearing good things about the Condor machetes; I've never handled one and just have the cheap, basic machetes to base my experiences with the blade type on. May just have to pick one up. Is there an all-around best model you'd recommend?
 
Cold Steel super edge for my fixed blade, and I will pass on the folder and replace it with a good multi tool.
 
1. Fallkniven A-1

It is stainless enough, it is very strong, it is very sharp. Really a survival knife.

2. Sebenza 21, large. Only a few parts, absolutely reliable, easy to sharpen S35VN. Might be also Spy Military (my is in BG42 with CF handles).
 
Shotgun said:
A machete would still work but an axe would be better. A machete can be used to dig in snow and can also be used to make an igloo(if you know how.)

I'm with the other guys. I'd pick an Imacasa/Condor machete and that's really all you'd need. Maybe a back up machete would be prudent. To me a chopper knife doesn't even enter into my brain under either a tropic or an arctic scenario. Nor does the blade need to be stainless. Too many people think a knife will disintegrate if rust so much as touches it. It's just not the case IME.
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Agreed. The only things a chopper knife can do better than an axe or machete are 1. to pry and 2. to limb trees. I don't see prying as the key to salvation, and if I did I'd want a nice BLUNT pry bar, because prying with a sharp edged thing should always be a last option. As for limbing, you're there to survive, not to tidy the place up.

Even if you have a Busse with the reach of a machete, swinging the damn thing will be too much effort when you are breaking trail - this isn't a matter of laziness but of sustainable work rate and water and food required. Machetes are light for a reason.

And I'd be even less comfortable with a big knife trying to chop deep into a dead tree for dry wood in a temperate/Arctic mishap. An axe is safer and more energy efficient and these things count.

I'd go for a Marbles machete (because its the brand I have used most recently) and a second as backup sounds a good idea. If I wasn't allowed one then I'd go for a SAK qith a saw and pliers. The axe combo would have an EKA H8 as the knife - very light, FFG, Scandinavian made and so thoroughly tested in cold weather.
 
Torm said:
I mixed up and read the wrong comment on the first page that said something about the discussion being an arctic climate. If it's a jungle environment you're absolutely right, but if we were discussing a more northern climate then that same machete is much less useful and a heavier, shorter blade would serve much better. A longer and thinner khukuri might be a better compromise for either climate. What do you think?
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A kukri is great at what it is designed for, but that is not digging deep into dead trees to get at scarce dry wood. Really: just think about the blade shape. As an agricultural tool it's mostly a limbing machine - although not as good a one as the billhooks that are said to be threatening its existence in Nepal.
 
Condor Golok, plus an Opinel 09, in Carbon for me. A Golok such as the condor can chop all out of proportion to its size, and is somewhat nimble enough to use as a fixed blade knife in a pinch, but the more delicate task could be tackled by the Opinel.
 
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