Craft an Improvised Knife and Hatchet
You will need a total of 8 Scrap Metal and 2 pieces of cloth and a hammer to craft them. You will also need fuel and coal (coal is the only way to get the forge to 150oC).
It takes a total of 7 in game hours to craft the items uninterrupted
You can do this at any forge not just the one on Desolation Point