You can only have one tool with you...

[Mike83]

After a series of unfortunate events, you are about to be stuck on a deserted island. Just before having to abandon the ship and swim to the shore, you realize that of your entire tool collection, which happens to be on board, you can manage to bring one tool along with you for your stay.

Which tool would you take? Remember, you must swim some distance with it and there is no electricity (yet) on the island.

 

[davestlouis]

The biggest knife or axe I own.

 

[Monte]

Leatherman ?

 

[T56 Impala]

Hatchet......circa 1920. Small and sharp. Many uses from construction to self defense.

 

[dink]

Duct Tape....Tape can fix anything

 

[paramudduck]

Kabar what else? Sheath has the sharpening stone. Made for survival.

 

[talon]

Duct Tape....Tape can fix anything

+1

 

[Herb]

I second the Leatherman. I have a hard time getting through the day if I forget mine.

 

[goodfellow]

Leatherman Wave

 

[64merc]

Probably a hatchet

 

[TAMPAGT07]

Glock 21...."You once said when a man with a rifle meets a man with a pistol, the man the .45 is a dead man, let's just see if that's true." (Clint Eastwood in a Fistfull of Dollars.) You just never know where you will run into Ramone. If it's good enough for Clint, it's good enough for me.

 

[Major Ramifications]

A multi tool for sure, Leatherman, Gerber, SOG, whatever. The island is deserted, so I wouldn't need a gun. The ammo probably wouldn't survive the swim, anyway.

 

[T00lJunk1e]

A multi tool for sure, Leatherman, Gerber, SOG, whatever...

X2

 

[TAMPAGT07]

A multi tool for sure, Leatherman, Gerber, SOG, whatever. The island is deserted, so I wouldn't need a gun. The ammo probably wouldn't survive the swim, anyway.

Sure it my be deserted for now. But what are you going do do when the pirates of the caribbean (or off the coast of Somolia) pull up in their pirate ship to bury their loot. You can stand there with your leatherman, but I'll keep my Glock. (That is if Obama lets me keep it.)

 

[TAMPAGT07]

Also there might be chimps on the island....If a crazy chimp tries to rip off my face (like the poor woman in Connecticut), I'll blow his head clean off.

 

[Truxx1956]

I'll take Herb's avatar

 

[Monte]

I'll take Herb's avatar

haha yeah lol that would be the best choice !

 

[Moose-LandTran]

My 30" Crowbar. I've had it half my life, despite being about $20 it's very valuable to me.

 

[oldtools]

Ax or multi-tool

 

[Mike83]

I'll take Herb's avatar

That IS Herb! Ha ha Just kidding Herb

She does seem to be comfortable in a jungle environment!

 

[Moose-LandTran]

I'll take Herb's avatar

I'd take my li'l lady over her any day.

 

[Richard Givan]

I'm a fan of Leatherman/SOG/Gerber multitools and own probably 5 or 6 of them. But they are packed with screwdrivers and such that would not be useful on a tropical island. The blade and the pliers are about all I can see a use for.

I agree that an ax would be of much more value. You can find some sort of abrasive rock to sharpen it in a pinch, and whet it on tree bark.

Keep in mind that folks like Scandinavian boatbuilders can turn out some pretty sophisticated craft with little more than an ax, and, if nothing else, there's a dugout canoe hiding in every good size tree. I wouldn't want to tackle that with a Leatherman.

 

[Bustawrench]

I'll be bringing this.......................





..................with matches, fishooks and a small flint in the handle.

 

[The Muffin Man]

 

[raccoon]

i'd use my tools to patch up the boat and survive...

 

[mickeyone]

What about a machete...an obvious choice for tropical island An axe for the aleutions..And a swedish firesteel tapedto the handle..

 

[rocketman]

I'd bring the guy who started this dumb-azz thread as he is a huge tool!!

 

[-B-]

i'd use my tools to patch up the boat and survive...

 

[The Muffin Man]

Actually, I think I would drown with my tools

 

[herb101]

Worked for Gordon Freeman in Half-Life!

edit (oops - was supposed to quote Moose's crowbar sentiment there)

 

[mkdive]

A multi tool for sure, Leatherman, Gerber, SOG, whatever. The island is deserted, so I wouldn't need a gun. The ammo probably wouldn't survive the swim, anyway.

 

[Moose-LandTran]

i'd use my tools to patch up the boat and survive...

Now you're just being sensible. With thinking like that you'll never fit in here!

 

[raccoon]

Now you're just being sensible. With thinking like that you'll never fit in here!

hehe!

I'm being logical!

 

[HandyManny]

Either an axe or my pre-2004 Leatherman Wave.

 

[Major Ramifications]

I took deserted to mean no animals. I am starting to re-think my choice of a multi tool, however. Come to think of it, mosquitoes may be the biggest threat. Hell, I don't know. Maybe a survival knife with a can of insect repellent inside.

 

[stioc]

While I own a Leatherman Wave but that wouldn't be my first choice. It'll be a SP8 Machete - cougars, bears, clearing paths, chopping branches...I'll be ready.

 

[Abodyracer]

I'll take Herb's avatar

A guy was stranded on a desert island with Heidi Klum. Initially, he played it cool, not making any moves on her for several weeks. Finally, he asked her if they could start a physical relationship, so as to attend to each other's needs. Heidi was game and a very nice ****** relationship began.

After several months, the guy approached Heidi and said, "I have a problem… It's kind of a guy thing, but I need to ask you a favour." Heidi replied, "Okay," to which he asked, "Can I borrow your eyebrow pencil?" Heidi looked at him in confusion, but obliged.

The guy then asked, "Do you mind if I use the eyebrow pencil to draw a mustache on you?" Heidi was growing worried, but again obliged, so the guy drew a mustache on her.

Then the guy said, "Can you wear some of my clothes? I need for you to look more like a man." Heidi was becoming disappointed at this point, but hesitantly put on his clothes.

Finally, the guy said to Heidi, "Do you mind if I call you Phil?" Heidi had now become very dejected, and said "No, I guess not, you can call me Phil." So, the guy reached out and grabbed Heidi by the arms and shouted "Phil, you'll never believe who I'm *******!!"



Sorry, Couldn't resist.

 

[Major Ramifications]

I have no idea who Heidi Klum is, but that post could have benefitted from some cleaner language. Not for me, but for any youngsters who might be reading.

On another note, I find it kind of surprising that nobody mentioned a Swiss Army knife. Seems like the spoon and fork might come in handy. Quite the status symbol for us guys in the schoolyard when I was young. "How many flip out dealies does your Swiss Army knife have?"

On yet another note, growing up when I did, I am thinking maybe the best thing to have on a deserted island would be Brooke Shields.

 

[Ballistic Jello]

That's good stuff.



I'd take a splitting maul, like so:

Axe + hammer. Good for decimating stumps through hours of mindless labor.

 

[Abodyracer]

How about an Ice Skate. It worked for Tom Hanks in Cast Away. Maybe The Professor from Gilligans Island.