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Post by ironman on Sept 24, 2005 15:34:37 GMT 1
Stuck on a deserted island (survival)
i know someone already made this topic on our old messageboard but not here ..
So your stuck on a desert island (ship wreked) and you can have one item , what item would you want to have?
and remember keep it real!! and ONE item only!..
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Post by flying on Sept 24, 2005 16:56:55 GMT 1
My answer is still the same as it was at the time of the original topic:
a machette (a.k.a. katana)
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Post by ironman on Sept 24, 2005 20:51:30 GMT 1
My answer is still the same as it was at the time of the original topic: a machette (a.k.a. katana) well i want for my one object a good Hunting knife.. |
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Post by xxx on Sept 24, 2005 22:25:46 GMT 1
yeah that knife rambo had it has a compas matchstichs fising tools and a stone to sharpen it
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Post by flying on Sept 24, 2005 23:10:51 GMT 1
yeah that knife rambo had it has a compas matchstichs fising tools and a stone to sharpen it Well, then it's not 1 item, is it? If we count only the external item and the other ones don't count, then I want an ocean liner -- Queen Elizabeth II will do. |
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Post by xxx on Sept 25, 2005 7:51:53 GMT 1
ah ok in that case an axe a big fire axe
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Post by SilentVoice on Sept 25, 2005 16:19:06 GMT 1
Well it seems more fun if u can do everything urself so id take a really fat and interesting book(like 1500 pages or so). I can read when im bored(every night a lil) and i can like crack cocnuts with it  ,it can also be a chair... |
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Post by flying on Sept 25, 2005 16:28:01 GMT 1
Well it seems more fun if u can do everything urself so id take a really fat and interesting book(like 1500 pages or so). I can read when im bored(every night a lil) and i can like crack cocnuts with it ,it can also be a chair... Lol, yeah! I mean, 1.500 pages, you should could crack coconuts with it! The problem is, you'd probably need rawstuffs and the corresponding machinery to process them, in order to be able to do whatever is described in the book, and you'd probably find yourself in a situation where you couldn't dig for coal to make steel before you had made durable digging tools made of... steel! Well, you could use iron tools, of course, but it was just an example -- even if not such a good one... |
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Post by SilentVoice on Sept 25, 2005 16:34:03 GMT 1
Rocks can always be used
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Post by flying on Sept 25, 2005 16:43:11 GMT 1
ah ok in that case an axe a big fire axe Good choice in my view, but remember: an axe is heavy, hard to sharpen, plus the handle is made of breakeable wood. Remember, you will have no other item available in your "tool-shop" for at least the next few seasons. So, too heavy to be used as a weapon, plus you will get tired after swinging it a dozen times; dangerous if you miss your aim and sink it in your leg; difficult to re-sharpen and easy to dull (small lenght of blade); and if you don't use it right you'll probably break the handle. You need to look for versatility and reliability, a universal-tool with no moving parts which you can keep in good shape pretty much for ever, plus which you can safely and continuously use for: -- close combat -- hunting -- cut saplings/palm leaves to build a shelter -- make fire (if you find flintstone) -- and whatever unforeseen things that may come across your path, such as zombies |
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Post by flying on Sept 25, 2005 16:50:07 GMT 1
Yes, rocks, the universal tool of ages... If you can get a good variety to chose from, you can make cutting tools, you can make fire, you can make housing. But what kind of an island are we talking about here? Just a tiny coral reef with perhaps a couple of coconut trees and a puddle of not-so-sweet water periodically over-run by crabs? Or something with coves, mountains, water-springs and an ecosystem with four legged animals? |
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Post by xxx on Sept 25, 2005 17:16:14 GMT 1
hmm in that case i would use an old sword made by samurai it waits only 1.5 kg and is sharp like hell  |
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Post by ironman on Sept 25, 2005 17:18:58 GMT 1
hmm in that case i would use an old sword made by samurai it waits only 1.5 kg and is sharp like hell sharp, beatiful, not very practical if u ask me.. i mean kinda hard to make it into a spear and go fising or hunting, that katana was made for combat.. |
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Post by flying on Sept 25, 2005 17:26:54 GMT 1
hmm in that case i would use an old sword made by samurai it waits only 1.5 kg and is sharp like hell sharp, beatiful, not very practical if u ask me.. i mean kinda hard to make it into a spear and go fising or hunting, that katana was made for combat.. Lol, not that kind of katana sabre I was talking about... I mean the machette type, which you use to work in agriculture, for example in the cane fields. |
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Post by ironman on Sept 25, 2005 17:36:19 GMT 1
more like this one  a heavy duty machette (kapmes) used for cutting a path through the jungle .. i was thinking more allong this line..  buck Hunting knive |
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Post by ironman on Sept 25, 2005 17:41:04 GMT 1
here fly take ur pick..  |
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Post by flying on Sept 25, 2005 17:55:33 GMT 1
 40 cm of blade, with 55 cm of cutting edge (under, around the tip and over), 55 cm total lenght (wood handle included), 600 g of weight. I keep it sharp as a Swiss Army pocket knife, it cuts a 5 kg watermellon in half with a single sideways blow. |
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Post by cheesecake on Sept 26, 2005 13:16:23 GMT 1
40 cm of blade, with 55 cm of cutting edge (under, around the tip and over), 55 cm total lenght (wood handle included), 600 g of weight. I keep it sharp as a Swiss Army pocket knife, it cuts a 5 kg watermellon in half with a single sideways blow.  that looks scary *hides behind a big object* ...."no, no i beg you, don't chop my head off!!...noooo*head hits floor*...hey i asked you nicely" ... hehe, not that head can talk once there off the rest of the body...or can they...*dun dun dun eary music* ...  |
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Post by xxx on Sept 26, 2005 15:50:07 GMT 1
yeah a macheta would be good but it would be inposible to fish whit it or make a spear but it would be exelent for bilding a woden house
but that pic of katana i posted i think it would be perfect you kuld use it like a spear or to fish whit it ...and you would be able to chop wood not a oak tree but little treed palms ...and its good for defending yourself from wild animals so i would take a katana
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Post by flying on Sept 26, 2005 16:18:19 GMT 1
yeah a macheta would be good but it would be inposible to fish whit it or make a spear but it would be exelent for bilding a woden house but that pic of katana i posted i think it would be perfect you kuld use it like a spear or to fish whit it ...and you would be able to chop wood not a oak tree but little treed palms ...and its good for defending yourself from wild animals so i would take a katana No, no, never use your only blade in a way that will risk losing it or breaking it: use your blade to make other tools. You may endure hunger for a few days (while you wait for your fishing/hunting traps to get you some food), but if you start throwing your blade at targets or dipping it into salt water, soon enough you won't have a usable blade anymore. If you want to catch fish, make a fishing line and hook (if you are really desperate, you can use your own clothes), make yourself a spear (or even better, a harpoon) from a straight tree branch, or make a fishing net with cord made of vegetal fibres. Start looking for food when you still don't need it. Same for drinking water and, of course, shelter. |
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