wrote:

As with ability to make fire, when it comes to survival the need for a
knife -- for the ability to cut things, beginning with your own safety
harness -- is fundamental. Experience has shown that a pocket-knife
that is HABITUALLY carried is more practical than a special-purpose
'survival knife' that is not. The key issue here is not the type of
knife nor its size but the fact you always have it with you.

Hmmm.

I've learned that disagreeing with veedubber is not to be undertaken
lightly.

I *habitually* carry a leatherman wave on my belt. It occasionally
gets me an odd look at a meeting, but I tell them that my dying father
bought it for me after 9/11 and asked me to carry it every day. I also
carry an LED flashlight and a small Swiss army knife on my keyring.

I can make fire with a fire bow and my shoelace, but I think I'm going
to look at a little magnesium/flint firemaker for my keychain as well.