Multi-use items!

**Ratman** · 09-03-2011, 11:10 PM

Originally Posted by Sarge47

I was hoping for more on "snare wire" but next is aluminum foil.

Okay, snare wire can be used to hold a trot line of hooks.
tie plastic bag to branch to catch water.
cut wood expedient chainsaw.
cordage if ya don't have anything else.
tie items to a back pack.
attach to battery contacts for a spark to make fire.

**nilespathfinder** · 09-24-2011, 11:31 AM

also to use snare wire to help set splints and hold bandages when moving out to get help, as i did to my brother when we were in the woods and he broke his leg, i tied the 50' of wire in two sections at knee and ankle after covering it with sticks and duct tape and a make shift crutch to help him hobble out to get help. thank god for snare wire and duct tape fellas..... helps with tool making and tree resin, shelter building, equipment repair as a backpack, boot laces, lashing together a smoking rack, lashing a fish trap, wilderness jewelry, helps make a tripod string for lower a plastic bottle to the fire so you can boil water{ hard as hell but can be done in a pinch}, a make shift bolo which works great, also helps make perimiter signaling traps, just a few more things i know of for uses of snare wire

**Rick** · 09-24-2011, 12:31 PM

I thought for sure you were going to say you used it to drag him out of the woods.

**nilespathfinder** · 09-25-2011, 10:11 AM

lol, rick sometimes i could drag him out buy his feet like a freshly gutted deer.

**tj922** · 10-19-2011, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by Sarge47

Ok, here's the deal, we list anything that has more than one use and, next we list different uses and ideas for said items. Here's what I've got so far.

1.) Trash bags.
2.) Duct tape.
3.) Bandana(s).
4.) 35mm film cans.
5.) Walking staff(s).

Anything I've left off?

550 Para Cord 110 feet, and a canteen cup. A good survival knife with Fish hooks, line, and sewing kit. Some picture wire for snares, is always helpfull.

**Rick** · 10-19-2011, 06:19 PM

What would you use the fish hooks for as a multi-use item?

**crashdive123** · 10-19-2011, 10:08 PM

Hanging shower curtains?

**Rick** · 10-19-2011, 10:18 PM

Well, there you go. Pinning your eyelids open on guard duty. Pinning a wound together (you, not me. That would hurt something fierce).

**hunter63** · 10-20-2011, 12:45 PM

I guess.... after giving this some thought, fish hooks "could" be used as a needle for sewing or digging out a sliver....but I am really at a loss to see any other use for a fish hook, than intended......Intrested to hear any other uses from tj922.

As there seems to be a lot of redundancy on this thread, and I seriously doubt that anyone new reads all 19 pages.....But still a LOT of good ideas....
How about locking this thread, and starting over???

**Sparky93** · 10-20-2011, 03:52 PM

With a bigger hook you could trap small game with it in a survival situation.

**MiddleWolf** · 10-20-2011, 05:08 PM

Just watched the Mythbusters fly their duct tape airplane successfully. And don't forget to replace all the laces on your boots with 550 cord in your favorite color.

**intothenew** · 12-14-2011, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by hunter63

........and I seriously doubt that anyone new reads all 19 pages.....

Well, not to prove you wrong, I just did. And now I am mad at myself, I didn't harvest notes as I went through. Was there ever a synopsis list made?

**hunter63** · 12-14-2011, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by intothenew

Well, not to prove you wrong, I just did. And now I am mad at myself, I didn't harvest notes as I went through. Was there ever a synopsis list made?

Congratulations....good first step...it was a test.
For your next assignment, we expect a master reference list, by category for the betterment of mankind in general......
Carry on......

LOL,jst kidding, but really congrats.

**Rick** · 12-14-2011, 07:48 PM

You, sir, are a man with time on your hands.

**intothenew** · 12-15-2011, 06:02 AM

I just don't watch much TV.

**Terra Extremusaum** · 01-01-2012, 10:35 PM

Heavier duct tape is not always better. Thiner tape often adheres better to things like textiles and tarps. The thinner tapes stretch and shrink with the underlying material.

**noah** · 01-04-2012, 11:06 PM

multi use items are

- multi tool

-metal bottle

-vasslene

-socks

-knife

**crashdive123** · 01-04-2012, 11:11 PM

An ark..........

**Sarge47** · 01-04-2012, 11:49 PM

I started this thread waaaay back on November 23rd, 2007! That was over 4 years ago when the forum was still in it's infancy. It's had almost 70,000 hits and 378 responses at this time.

Cool!