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My Survival Kit There are two schools on survival kits, the minimalist or pocket survival kit school and the small but well equiped school. The minimalist or pocket survival kit is more of a military school of thought, this can be seen in John "Lofty" Wiseman's SAS Survival Handbook. Most survivalists are of the small but well equiped school of thought. Usually for us this means a small pouch of some sort. In my case this is a waist/fanny pack that is 12W x 8H x 6D. Along with the waist belt it has a shoulder strap as well. The pouch has two front pockets one behind the other, a main pocket and a rear pocket. Front, Top and Side views of the pouch:
Contents of the two smaller front pockets: First front pocket - rope - parachute cord - cotton twine - kite twine - fishing line
Contents of the two smaller front pockets: Second front pocket - Pocket atlas of the US & Canada - folded, laminated map of the US
Contents of the main pocket: Main Pocket - Everything in the pocket
Contents of the main pocket: Contents of the main pocket layed out - Zippo lighter with extra flints - 4 Bic lighters - Small pocket knife - cheap folding scissors - Boatswain's (Bosun) pipe/call/whistle - 4 pack AA batteries - Nato knife with rope spike, can opener and blade - wire saw - electronic mosquito repeller (probably useless) - mirror (plastic) - mirror, signal - steel wire, couple of hundred feet - Silva compass - Gerber pouch (more in next pictures)
Contents of the main pocket: Bigger picture of the Gerber pouch - Gerber multi tool - Gerber shortcut - Gerber Paraframe knife (on side of pouch)
Contents of the main pocket: Contents of Gerber Pouch - Gerber multi tool - Gerber Shortcut - Gerber Paraframe (3 inch blade, 1/2 serrated) - folding can opener (Coghlan's)
Contents of the rear pocket: Rear pocket - everything in the rear pocket
Contents of the rear pocket: Rear pocket contents displayed - 4 oz bottle of lighter fuel - 2 AA flashlight - floating whistle/compass/ match case - shoulder strap - Coghlan's Emergency stove (folding, hexamine tabs) - Strobe light (Coast Guard approved, Xenon bulb, D cell) - Survival blanket - Fish / sew / snare tin - fire making pouch
Contents of the rear pocket: Fish / sew / snare tin - contents in the tin
Contents of the rear pocket: Fish / sew / snare tim contents displayed - more kite twine - fishing hooks, lures, weights - fishing twine - 2 bobbins thread (heavy duty nylon & regular nylon) - Thread threader and safety pins - straight pins and more fishing line (for sewing) - 10 needles, various sizes - brass snare wire - steel snare wire - 6 feet of small diameter spring
Contents of the rear pocket: Fire pouch contents laid out - pouch itself - small fire starter tin (vaseline impregnated cotton balls) - tin of matches - larger fire tin - Bic lighter - 3 boxes of water proof matches (50/box) - water proof match case with matches - Camel zippo type lighter
Contents of the rear pocket: Fire starter tins - smaller one is sealer with wax (cotton impregnated with Vaseline) - larger one - candle - magnesium block - 1/2 of 6 inch hobby hack saw as striker for magnesium block - fire starter sticks - commercial cotton impregnated with vaseline and fuel - tin foil
I consider fire and the ability to make it VERY important. Fire means cooked food, boiled water, fire hardened spears, light, heat, etc. The ability to make fire fundamentally changed the course of human history and can not be over looked. Along with my main survival kit I have an identicle pouch that has enough food for 3 to 7 days, a mess kit pouch and a small pocket first aid kit. The mess kit pouch can be worn on a belt and also has a shoulder strap. I've found that I can create a very basic set of webbing with these pouches. I also keep a quart nalgene bottle with the survival kit. The survival kit weighs in at about 5 pounds, with the other two coming to about 3 pounds. Not the smallest or lightest set up, but enough to get me through just about any situation I can think of. Since I use a layered or concentric theory of kits my survival kit, food bag and mess kit bag form the basis for larger kits. They can be added to my car kit or BOB, each of which has some of the same items included. This gives me more than one of what I consider the key items. Can I get along with just a knife and fire source? Yes, and I always have these on me, but 8 pounds isn't that much and the contents do make surviving much easier. |
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