On a deserted island….

[fdengel]

Don't stress ... Uncle Bob will surely offer a parachute drop delivery service [wink]

This assumes you have cell phone service or a sat phone of some kind to place the order...

 

[Wonderwino]

A set of John Neman timber framing tools, axes, froe, knife & a permanent match.  Build, cook, eat.

John Neeman Tools

 

[shed9]

FIVE!!!!!!!

Who are you kidding? And this from a man with ‘nicely grown Festool’ collection.

Hand tools, good hand tools, are addictive. I two was in the same boat as you earlier this year. I had a couple of adequate planes, some average chisels and basic accumulated tools and I wanted to start replacing them with high quality kit.

To give some idea of this slippery slope, I now own 20 planes and I’m still looking.

Only advice I can give is buy the best you can afford. As much as I covert my Festool kit, it mostly has a limited life span and will likely be replaced in time, whereas good quality hand tools will be useful long after I’m gone.

 

[Michael1960]

FIVE!!!!!!!

Who are you kidding? And this from a man with ‘nicely grown Festool’ collection.

Hand tools, good hand tools, are addictive. I two was in the same boat as you earlier this year. I had a couple of adequate planes, some average chisels and basic accumulated tools and I wanted to start replacing them with high quality kit.

To give some idea of this slippery slope, I now own 20 planes and I’m still looking.

Only advice I can give is buy the best you can afford. As much as I covert my Festool kit, it mostly has a limited life span and will likely be replaced in time, whereas good quality hand tools will be useful long after I’m gone.

When I first read 20 planes I could not believe any one could get this carried away... Then I thought about my planes - x block planes,  x router planes, x shoulder planes, x smoothing planes,  various No 3, 4, 4 1/2, 6, 7.  I even bought an old Compass plane - I've really given this one a real work out - not! 

 

[shed9]

When I first read 20 planes I could not believe any one could get this carried away... Then I thought about my planes - x block planes,  x router planes, x shoulder planes, x smoothing planes,  various No 3, 4, 4 1/2, 6, 7.  I even bought an old Compass plane - I've really given this one a real work out - not!

Yup, it all adds up and sneaks up on you.

 

[Carl Prentiss]

Sorry GStuart, but you muffed the scenario. We're an easily confused lot. Half your survivors are looking for 220 outlets. The other half are wearing G-strings and rubbing coconuts together to make fire. There's pandemonium on your island.
  Seriously though, although, many foggers might perish of starvation, they would be surrounded with fine furniture pieces when they went.

Edit: Is it coconuts or monkeys you rub together to make a fire?

 

[roblg3]

monkeys coconuts if i recall correctly?? [scratch chin]

 

[rst]

I know for a fact that Uncle Bob scours the seashore for message bottles so no worry.