As I mentioned on the "Fishing" post I am a big fan of using tough hockey stick shafts in constructing outdoor items.

Here is a use that has nothing to do with survival, but made my wife happy (therefore made me really happy).

The under-cabinet short screws that anchored our dishwasher into the countertop would often pull out and the dishwasher would tilt forward when the door was opened causing the lower rack and dishes to fall on the floor. Also one of the screws fell unnoticed into the dishwasher and ground away in the drain pump, that cost me a repairman service call for about 5 minutes work.

So I epoxed a thin hockey stick shaft (actually one of my son's mini-stick shafts) under the lip of the counter and screwed the dishwasher brackets to it, problem solved!

Mike

P.S. A hockey shaft fitted with a metal head makes a decent light ice chisel, and if you mark a measuring scale on it you can measure the length of your fish.