![]() Small game beware.Īll the screw-together joints of the Survival Staff feature O-ring seals that keep the parts from working loose and ensure that everything remains watertight. Detach the handle and upper tube from the lower tube and you’ve got a skull-busting 24-inch baton/swagger stick and a fully functional 33 3/8-inch blowgun. Remove the top section of the staff and screw the handle into the lower tube to create a 38-inch walking cane for urban environments. Unscrew the handle, remove the blade, and replace the handle cap with it and the staff becomes an instant spear. Meticulously machined threads at the ends of the various components of the staff allow them to be rearranged and screwed together in different configurations. ![]() The real genius of the design, however, comes through when you start mixing and matching all those parts. The bottom section, provides on-board storage space for survival supplies and accessories - as well as other unique functions (more on that shortly). When all these parts are assembled together, they yield a 57-inch hiking staff that conceals the 440C stainless steel blade within the upper section like a sword cane. Hand-crafted one at a time from hardened, black-anodized aluminum, it consists of a two-piece body, a steel point, an aluminum handle and cap, a 440C stainless steel blade, a rubber crutch tip, and a soft rubber grip. Pat Crawford developed the original Survival Staff nearly 30 years ago and its brilliantly simple design is still unrivaled in today’s market. In reality, it’s an incredibly versatile, completely modular survival system that offers functionality far beyond a humble stick. ![]() To wring more function out of it, you need a better, “purpose-designed” stick like the Crawford Survival Staff.Īs the brainchild of legendary custom knifemakers Pat Crawford and his son Wes, at first glance, the Survival Staff appears to be nothing more than a high-quality hiking staff made from aluminum instead of wood. ![]() While it can certainly help you keep your balance on uneven terrain and give you a fighting chance against both two- and four-legged predators, its résumé pretty much ends there. No matter how creative you are, though, a stick plucked from nature is still only a stick. Beyond those specific functions, a big chunk of wood is also just a comforting thing to have when you’re facing the unknown. Caught in an unexpected situation, one of their first orders of business is to find or cut a large stick that can serve as a hiking staff, club, fishing pole, or even a spear. Survivalists have a definite “thing” for big sticks. ![]()
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