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Chowderhead wrote:

I'm brining my big knife. That's an 18 inch steel machete, SOG grade.

I don't own any guns, but I do own a gak ton of knives.

Good luck getting that fething thing through TSA!

olympia wrote:

Chowderhead wrote:

I'm brining my big knife. That's an 18 inch steel machete, SOG grade.

I don't own any guns, but I do own a gak ton of knives.

Good luck getting that fething thing through TSA!

That's why you buy black market ceramic knives!
All kidding aside, why would you ever need that machete for sailing?

Sharks.

Pirates.

Shark Pirates

That's not a sailing knife. I use that for personal protection (Hidden under my mattress) and for making terrain for my boards.

Real men use rocks and branches they find near the deadly animals trying to kill them. When sailing and attacked by the mega Sharks, I guess you have to punch them here.

Nice Machete though.

I'm very curious as to who is climbing in your windows and snatching your people up if you need that for self-defense in the bedroom.

And holy crap, what kind of terrain are you making where that's the best knife for the job? I'd certainly hope that you'd have something smaller than that.

In fact, I'm rather afraid of what your butter knives look like, now.

beaches in Perth are pretty top quality... i haven't been to Perth (or WA in that matter) for ~8 years so things might of changed.

If what I've read is true, Australia is the Earth's equivalent to Catachan.

micahaphone wrote:I'm very curious as to who is climbing in your windows and snatching your people up if you need that for self-defense in the bedroom.

Paranoia will do that, mate.

And holy crap, what kind of terrain are you making where that's the best knife for the job? I'd certainly hope that you'd have something smaller than that.

Cutting foam, shaping foam, hacking off tree branches for logs, etc.

In fact, I'm rather afraid of what your butter knives look like, now.

They actually have little seashells for handles. Quite nice, actually.

micahaphone wrote:I'm very curious as to who is climbing in your windows and snatching your people up if you need that for self-defense in the bedroom.

I saw what you did there...and I liked it.

coolyo294 wrote:If what I've read is true, Australia is the Earth's equivalent to Catachan.

Catachan is where Aussies go for a holiday when they want to take it easy for a while.

It's easier to make a list of all the animals in Australia that won't kill you. Not because they can't - it's generally because they can't be bothered to. Too much effort.

The Sydney funnel web is worse than others due to the more built up nature of the city. Higher population density will do that.
WA doesn't have them because although they ARE aggressive, they are also not that patient, and crossing the 4000 odd km to get there is just not on. This is not to say that enterprising specimens haven't managed to master the human art of "Hitching", it's just that the climate there doesn't like them. And the local predatory wildlife eat them. The locals aren't fond of strangers, y'see and this is reflected in EVERY species - especially the humanoid ovine ruminants (aka sheeple).

Have no fear though, we have an exchange program going with other countries. The Redback has acclimated to the US climate quite well (and it also finds is cousins, the Black Widow, to be quite amenable and tasty. The offspring are somewhat problem children though.). We have also managed to get a satellite colony of Funnel webs in China.

See this is why I will never be able to convince my wife to go to Aus. She's deathly afraid of spiders and your entire country is like the Arachnophobia movie on steriods with a dose of LCD chaser.

I would really like to make a trip but that entire part of the world really does scream "Come here and you will die badly and quite possibly painfully."

I spent 4 months in Aus and saw two nasty specimens of spider, they were from a distance and really do not try and bother you. Same with snales, they are not going to look for you. These are all things that will defend themselves if need be. If you get bit by one its either bad luck or you were being stupid in the first place. Aus is one of the most awesome countries in the world and the poeple have a great way of going about life and could not be more welcoming