Each heel is made up of two wedges. The wedge closest to the left foot can be swiveled out at a right angle and is a steel-edged aluminum alloy hatchet blade. Grasp the toe and chop firewood and branches for a lean-to shelter from an impending storm.
The metal wedge in the right boot heel rotates out 180 degrees to make a spade, perfect for digging a drainage trench to redirect storm runoff that threatens to drench your sleeping bag.
Lost in the wilderness without food? Rip-away panels on the boots’ toes and sides are made of starch-lined beef jerky – each marinated in a different spice combination. As you then lean back, picking your teeth with a pine needle, you can admire your snazzy Roman sandals.
Find yourself bored with fidgety keyboard-deprived fingers? These scout boots sport not one boot lace each but ten, one for each grommet pair. That way you can practice your knots – tie and flaunt twenty different knots – not bad.-- FarmerJohn, Jun 28 2004 Saves me eating my hat then.-- skinflaps, Jun 28 2004 Can you use the axe whilst wearing the boot, in the James Bond style? If so, you could kick down a tree (or fight off bears and other angry forest folk)!-- MikeOliver, Jun 28 2004 À la Baden-Rambo-Powell.-- FarmerJohn, Jun 28 2004 Charlie Chaplin would have loved those boots.-- po, Jun 28 2004 If these have detachable waterproof inners to wear as you use the external boots, you're onto another winner, [FJ]. +
Oh, and can I have one of the gizmos to fillet fish, and another to take the stones out of horses' hooves? Just in case...-- saker, Jun 28 2004 Swiss army shoe...
Why is the knife called a swiss army knife?
Did the swiss army invent them? I wouldn't think that they would have that much use for a corkscrew unless they want a drunken army.-- DesertFox, Jun 28 2004 //I wouldn't think that they would have that much use for a corkscrew//
when napoleon's army was on a tear, he had tons of champagne shipped to the front to help with morale. "i drink champagne to celebrate when I win and to console myself when i lose." germans did the same with wine in WWII. the swiss, well, maybe glug comes in corked bottles too.
oh and a good idea too, these boots. don't wear them to the airport. (+)-- xclamp, Jun 28 2004 "And you have my (foot) axe."
"Well we don't want it after you had been chewing pieces off of it." +-- sartep, Jun 28 2004 It's ideas like this that are the reason for having to have out shoes x-rayed at the airport.-- ben_krak, Jun 29 2004 <Shameless plug> Ideal footwear for the end of any Utility Limbs.</SP>-- oneoffdave, Jun 29 2004 random, halfbakery