survival tool
Wilderness essential item
A survival tool is any implement designed to help someone stay alive in emergency or wilderness situations.
The term covers knives, fire starters, water purifiers, multitools, and similar gear meant for scenarios where normal resources aren't available: She packed a survival tool kit for the backcountry trip.
The phrase sometimes applies figuratively to skills or strategies essential for getting through difficult circumstances: Humor became her survival tool during the divorce.
- knifeSharp cutting utensil
- pocket knifeHinged blade with handle
- Swiss ArmyAlpine nation's military
- macheteHeavy broad-bladed knife
- flintSpark-producing sedimentary rock
firestarter · fire starter · compass · rope · shelter · blade · axe · paracord · emergency · life or death · wilderness · bushcraft · hatchet · tarp · water · water filter · purifier · bug out bag
- multitoolsmultitool, Swiss Army knife, Leatherman, pocket knife, pocketknife
survival toolluxury item
Nonessential expensive good
frivolity · indulgence · luxury good · extravagance · vanity item
survival tooldeath trap
Perilously unsafe place
hazard · liability · deathtrap · deadly weapon · murder weapon
survival tooltea service
Matching vessels for steeping
fine china · crystal decanter · smoking jacket · opera glasses
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