Jan 11 2008ATAX Survival: You're The Last Man Standing
The ATAX Survival Tool was designed by survivalist Ron Wood and has a lot of features that may come in handy if you find yourself the last human on earth (or drunk and lost in the woods).
You can either use it as a knife or lash it to a stick and use it like an axe. The high-carbon steel main blade measures 4-1/2″ with the tool’s overall length coming in at 5-1/2″. With the various metrics laser-etched on the blade, you can tell time (like with a sundial), measure angles, and judge distances. With some slingshot tubing, you can turn the ATAX into an arrow launcher for hunting game. The micarta handle conceals a small storage area for various survival items like matches and twine and MacGyver brand paper clips.
The unit sells for between $150-$200. The only problem I have with the thing is that it's impractical. If everyone else in the world is dead, then chances are there were zombies and/or vampires involved. So this thing should have tools specifically designed for the mass destruction of said beasts. I'd take this survival kit over the ATAX any day. And not just because a gun is included. Okay, mostly because a gun is included. Well that, and a Plexiglass shield.
ATAX Survival Tool [boingboing]
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Reader Comments
1. chris - January 11, 2008 1:09 PM
The murder weapon from the Lizzie Borden trial has been found.
2. Jim - January 11, 2008 1:24 PM
No bottle opener, no sternum spreader, no testicle girth gauge... survival tool? Yeah RIGHT
3. Grace - January 11, 2008 3:23 PM
Since when has Ronnie Wood from the Rolling Stones been a survivalist? All he's had to survive is copious amounts of drugs and groupies.
4. Joel Rifkin - January 12, 2008 10:20 AM
Swiss Army Knife FTW.
5. Dick Valentine - January 13, 2008 10:05 AM
2 words - chain saw...
6. Sambo - March 22, 2009 5:11 AM
This has always been one of those "Why?" sorta things to me. Like when Bear Grylls was selling his $300 knife.
What in the hell are you going to do with something like that that can't be better done with a knife of the same stature?
You can't use it for an ax because if you manage to split a piece of wood with it, the split pieces of the wood will be driven right into your knuckles...
There's a reason you keep seeing these for sale brand new with a DVD still in the package. Lotta buyer's remorse out there.
7. louis vuitton - September 29, 2009 5:50 AM
Swiss Army Knife FTW.