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* Paracord bracelets. They have an attractively rough aesthetic that gives off a whiff of [[Rated M For Manly|perhaps exaggerated masculinity.]] More important for this trope they contain a small knife, a compass, and can be undone to provide a rope.
* Paracord bracelets. They have an attractively rough aesthetic that gives off a whiff of [[Rated M For Manly|perhaps exaggerated masculinity.]] More important for this trope they contain a small knife, a compass, and can be undone to provide a rope.
* Rescue Tools are urban and roadside survival multitools. They are dominated by the triplet of windowbreaker and seatbelt cutter(for getting out of cars), and, often a flashlight. Other stuff is added on to the manufacturer's taste. One model of these is the Victorinox Rescue Tool which was built with the consultation of veteran emergency service personal.
* Rescue Tools are urban and roadside survival multitools. They are dominated by the triplet of windowbreaker and seatbelt cutter(for getting out of cars), and, often a flashlight. Other stuff is added on to the manufacturer's taste. One model of these is the Victorinox Rescue Tool which was built with the consultation of veteran emergency service personal.
* Leathermans are known for making multitools like a butterfly knife(I.E. a knife where the two sides of the hilt fold all the way back to form a sheath)but having a pliers instead of a knife as the primary tool. They are perhaps not as attractive as Victorinox pieces but they have a good rep of their own.
* Leathermans are known for making multitools like a butterfly knife (I.E. a knife where the two sides of the hilt fold all the way back to form a sheath) but having a pliers instead of a knife as the primary tool. They are perhaps not as attractive as Victorinox pieces but they have a good rep of their own.
* These are a whole bunch of reasons to carry a pocketknife(and not just that it's [[Rule of Cool|kind of cool]]): https://knife-depot.com/pages/101-uses-for-the-pocket-knife.
* These are a whole bunch of reasons to carry a pocketknife(and not just that it's [[Rule of Cool|kind of cool]]): https://knife-depot.com/pages/101-uses-for-the-pocket-knife.
* For the matter of that, almost every device in use can trace back to a hard bludgeoning instrument(like a rock), a sharp point(like a shaped flint), a lever(like a stick), or fire(from some sort of fuel and igniter plus a container) or some combination thereof. Except perhaps clothing which is made with these things anyway.
* For the matter of that, almost every device in use can trace back to a hard bludgeoning instrument(like a rock), a sharp point(like a shaped flint), a lever(like a stick), or fire(from some sort of fuel and igniter plus a container) or some combination thereof. Except perhaps clothing which is made with these things anyway.
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