RE: Ultimate camp/survivor tool?
A pry/crowbar is for easy access to the multitude of industrial or utility buildings / outhouses etc. These places could be really useful and possibly devoid of people ASHTF. It is not a tool I would carry individually but it would be useful to have as part of multitool. Why is it multitools have to be little things carried in a pouch on the belt? Why would you need more than one axe. Surely 1 quality axe is adequate? Knives are v.good, but If you have an axe, then you don't really need a large knife. Yes I agree, a big knife is probably one of the hardest items to consider leaving out & I am struggling with that. A small knife is of course invaluable to keep, maybe 2. My large knife weighs 400 grams.
A spade is a useful item, that is why the military carry entrenching tools. Ok, you might not want to dig an underground bunker, but the ability to build turf/earth shelters, dig latrines, dig various other holes as required, erect earth walls or a shallow trench, drainage ditches, dig up caches, use for self defence - is a lot of usefulness. It would not come above an axe or knife on my list, but it would be very handy to have. I would not carry an individual entrenching tool due to weight & clutter issues, but if it was combined into one weight saving multitool, then it would be a big bonus for me.
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