What folder would you pick if you were a castaway on an island

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colubrid

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Remember the movie with Tom Hanks? He was on that island for years. So if you could pick the pocket knife to have with you for SEVERAL YEARS! ..Keep in mind without a shrpening stone, WITHOUT TOOLS to disasemble. What folder do you wish was in your luggage when the plane went down?

Some that come to mind are the Sebenza, Spyderco Military, SNG, Emerson, Victorinox spirit ect.

but which would last the length of time with no ability for undoing screws or maintenance.

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Oh and Iknow most of you would say a fixed blade. But this hypothetical scenario is regarding folders and multitools.
 
Or what if you lose some screws from your folder because they got unscrewed and fell out.

hey a lot can happen while stranded for 10-30 years on a desert island.
 
I'd choose my Leatherman Charge multitool (which includes 2 folding blades, plus a saw). At 8oz, just a little heavier than a standard folder, but far more useful.
 
Well, if it's a "folder", presuming a knife of some sort and the rule allows for multi-tools then the obvious answer for me is my Leatherman Wave.

It's a pretty limiting scenario, but then again true "Survival" scenarios usually are. The Leatherman Wave gives me something for nearly everything - *locking* knife blades, a good wood saw, scissors, pliers, wire-cutter, some screw-drivers, a file and a can opener. I can do alot with this. I *prefer* more specific-purpose tools, but this is what i'd choose if i could have only one *folder*.
 
Probably my Victorinox Spirit multitool. If I could have a single-bladed folder along with that, I'd choose one of the following three:
CRK Sebenza or Umnumzaan.
Spyderco Pacific Salt PE.

Jim
 
Leatherman Surge - Has an awl and you can remove the diamond file to sharpen it's own knife blade. Built in Knife sharpener!
 
woud say something like an umnumzaa, MUDD, HB01, ZT0301.........

...but most probably a large stockman slipjoint with 3 blades or a trapper

would prefer a VERY easy steel, easy to sharpen/repair (carbon or ss), having only sea rocks or so, no screws at ALL absolutely, not even loctited ones or precision machined ones
a slipjoint has virtually no problems or less than any other folder, maybe a little play that can be fixed, ok it has springs but you have 2-3 blades usually so 2-3 springs too

something like this
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thick blades, tips with pointier and less pointier ones, good amount of edge, shorter ones are easier to sharpen, always a sharp blade on hand, 2/3 springs, 3 blades, 2 pivot points...
is less prove to failure, problems and such than any knife I've owned (from a sak or opinel to a CRK)

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