The Gerber Folding Machete. What a brilliant idea! Length 15.1 in -38 cm (unfolded – about half that folded) Weight 18 oz around 500 grams. You can chop, split or shave with it, and it fits comfortably and safely in your pack (or on your hip via the included pouch) US$139 (Feb 2021).
It is probably not a replacement for the World’s Greatest Machete for serious track clearing (or this beauty) but it is awesome and handy. You really need to carry a fixed blade of some sort for splitting woods to Light a Fire in the Wet – a point I have made many times before. If you have no other source of water, you need a hatchet or similar cutting tool to get at standing wood in saplings (See Hatchet). This may be your perfect survival tool.
See Also:
How to Light a Fire in the Wet
DIY 20 Gram Roll Up Hobo Stove
Some other interesting survival stories:
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/the-wreck-of-the-commerce/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/thrilling-tales-the-diy-motorcycle/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/jeremiah-johnson-1972/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/thrilling-tales-lewis-clark/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/jim-bridger-the-greatest-plainsman/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/man-in-the-wilderness-1971/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/john-colter/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/thrilling-tales-37-days-of-peril/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/tim-severin/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/kon-tiki-thor-heyerdahl/
See Also:
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/water-hiking-desalinator/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/sawyer-water-filter/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/dehydrated-water/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/rivers-in-the-sky-never-die-of-thirst/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/survival-still/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/water-filter/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/collecting-water/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/the-egg-ring-ultralight-wood-burner-stove/
