Urban Kit

I carry a "wonder bar" pry bar, in both trucks, but mostly for help with trailer hitching, can't say that used it for anything else, yet.

I do carry a fanny pack while walking the dogs, with plastic bags, rubber gloves, paper towels...Dog duggie stuff.
I suppose I could expand to include, more survival gear, at least a water bottle, for me and the dog.
That is actually a pretty good idea.

I do want to add that each jacket, has Bic lighter, folding knife, fire steel, small pack of keenex, pen and pad.
Of course in hot weather I don't wear a jacket.........

I have a mini one that's about 3-4". I have thought about upgrading to a slightly larger one. I know after it's all said and done it my not be too much different than my wilderness kit, but it doesn't hurt to ask. For all I know someone may have an item that's a great idea I just happened to overlook.

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Originally Posted by Rick

What would you use it for?

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Prying minds want to know...

I do have a belt bag, that I carry on summer hikes, along with canteen on web belt. (maybe change out to a water bottle)

I have posted this before, but this could be carried in town, not a lot of knives or ax's hanging out.

I don't carry it in town on walks, (might now), but has been around a long time, and is generally carried in the truck.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...3/bobcrop3.jpg
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Been around long enough that I didn't know about paracord yet.......LOL, till I started hang out with all the survival types.

Nice little kit H63 :) (whats the brown stuff between the gum and lighter in the middle under the little flashlight ?)

What you see is the top of a bottle of water purification tablets, and next to it is a rolled up news paper soaked in wax, didn't have a lot of paraffin at the time, so melted broken crayons, so it's red, LOL. ( use what you got)

Also laying on it's side is candle stub (white), one of my favorite emergency light sources and fire starter/helper.

You can also tell it's old as the quarters were for phone calls from pay phone (WHAT'S THAT?).
Gum is gone, was kinda just pieces/parts/dust.

Ok,, was talking about the red crayon thing :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVkntkChnnM

Worth watching.

You want a pry bar to rob, loot, steal and grab stuff.... you know the old saying, you die first, we divey up your gear. For a pry bar, that is what I have my SRK for and why I do all those "Stupid knife tests" for LOL

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Originally Posted by ohiogrizzlapp

to rob, loot, steal and grab stuff.... You know the old saying, you die first, we divey up your gear. For a pry bar, that is what i have my srk for and why i do all those "stupid knife tests" for lol

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lol ;),,,,,,

unfortunately, a pry bar won't get you out of newer elevators. Some genius decided to put a locking mechanism that does not release unless the elevator floor is within a few issues of the actual floor. So the days of just forcing open elevator doors when stuck are over. A lot of people died in the World Trade Center because they were stuck in elevators.

Scott, I knew you would chuckle at that....

Depends on the elevator, an Otis will have a small panel below the larger button panel, comes off with 5 allen head bolts, you open that and inside there is a fold out crank, you turn it counter clock wise and the door opens real slow, like 8 turns per 1/2 inch. That will open the door. The battery back up will sound the alarm when the door opens and also work the phone when the door opens between floors. A small flood light will come on and last for like 20 minutes.

A Haughten is a lil more complicated.... you need two pieces of sturdy bendable wire..like older coat hanger wire...There is a small coil of said wire on top of the elevator just outside the panel door, there is also a pliers and a flat head screw driver all of it under a wing nuted bar. Loosen the wing nut, slide the bar out and grab the tools and wire. Make a over bended hook on each end of the wire long enough to reach the top and bottom of the door. one slide in top inside of the door and then bottom inside door... feel around til you feel them hook..... you pull down and up on respective wires and the door will unlatch....then you need two men and a boy to open the left door. It does not have an emergency battery back up for the phone or alarm. To get to the panel on the top, unlatch the button panel and use the panel to slap the top of the coach, the tile for the light will fall down to the coach floor and then you can secure the tools and wire that are on that light panel.

There are other makes, but ALL elevators have an emergency exit... you just have to know how they work. I bought a book from Paladin Press about urban survival and that stuff was in there, have no clue if they still sell it or not.

It covers electric doors, lexan, generators, electrical panels, where survival kits are located in Federal and State buildings and many more aspects of city type buildings.

Great information in the posts here. I need to start buying books again reading them; I believe I have went 3 months without purchasing a book.

B, that link was cool except that guy talks way too much, he could have reviewed that BOB in 10 minutes rather than 40 minutes plus LOL......but he is after all a New Yorker *ducks for cover from the famed "Frying Pan."

This was presented in a "Instructables" segment, some more ideas.
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...ighlight=urban

Normally, I don't bring with me kit, I thing it's too cumbersome. I just put everything I need in one big packet.

Why don't you bring some information to our Introduction section and tell us a bit about yourself. It isn't cumbersome at all.

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Originally Posted by ipadiscool

Normally, I don't bring with me kit, I thing it's too cumbersome. I just put everything I need in one big packet.

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I take a pack when we go out for the day no matter where it is. We usually have some water and snacks in the pack and the wife will put her stuff in my pack instead of carrying a purse. It makes life simpler and it gives me peace of mind that if I need it, it is there.

Consider a stun gun or stun baton for loose dogs.

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Originally Posted by greenbeetle

Consider a stun gun or stun baton for loose dogs.

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I'd worry much more about humans with a loose screw.
Haven't seen any homeless animals roaming the streets in any of the cities I traveled in a long time.
None in Manhattan, anyway.