Survival kits info.

[Rick]

Let me get this straight. There is someplace outside the U.S.?

Zervosc - First off, any kit is better than no kit so you're on the right track. Those double edge razor blades scare me to death. I wouldn't have them in my kit just because it's way to easy to have an accident with them just trying to pick them up. Think about trying to use them when you are extremely cold and your motor skills have degraded. At least go with a safety razor blade so you have a safe side to handle. And welcome to the forum.

Hermitman - Nice post. That's is a great link with a lot of good info.

[Rick]

It would have to be a food grade can as canid said. The ones from Home Depot have a dull gray or off blue coating in them. I assume to keep the paint from reacting with the metal. I used them to make a stove and the coating burned off the first time I fired it up but I would not use those cans to cook in or even to cook on until I had fired it the first time.

[zervosc]

Thank you Rick,

A second version of the kit will address many issues

Christos - Athens

[RobertRogers]

I agree. You should never mistake book learning for expertise.

[Beo]

Ditto from me. Another thing they like to ask is "I'm going into the woods for such and such a time with barely nothing, what should I read on and take."

[zervosc]

Hi,

Here is the second (II) version of my Home-Made Smallest Survival Kit.

Christos - Athens - Greece

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[zervosc]

Sarge, you are right - I agree with you and with the other guys here.

Please check a second version of my Smallest Home-Made Survival Kit.
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...9&postcount=17

Thanks,

Christos - Athens

[canid]

hey guys, i'm going on a trek through frank church wilderness with McGuyver. now what should i take?

[Rick]

A button, a coat hanger, a rubber loin cloth and three mushrooms.

[trax]

Two paper clips, several elastic bands and a package of chewing gum

[Tony uk]

For people not familer to the metric and use imperial this helps
http://www.taylormade.com.au/billspa...ion_table.html

I like the newer kit you posted, i think that you have enough in there to survival for a good few days or more if you use the contents wisely

[Rick]

Good site. Thanks, Tony.

[Sarge47]

And a partridge in a pear tree! (Wide grin here.)

[MCBushbaby]

Hi Sarge,

No problem being a newbie my friend - Please don't forget that Greeks survived more than 10.000 years so we may know how to built survival kits.

Have a nice day,

Christos - Athens

And please don't forget that just because you are Greek doesn't mean you automatically inherit all the skills from hundreds of generations back. If my heritage was Native American that doesn't mean I know how to build a birch bark canoe using stone tools.

[Beo]

A jock strap, a tooth brush, shop towel, and bag of Red Man.

[Gray Wolf]

Sarge, you are right - I agree with you and with the other guys here.

Please check a second version of my Smallest Home-Made Survival Kit.
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...9&postcount=17

Thanks,

Christos - Athens

I've been gone for the past couple of weeks putting a new TOPS 2008 knife through real world survival tests, so I haven't read all the posts, but this kit is a joke right???

[Rick]

He's taking a rubber loin cloth. What's he need a jock strap for. Oh, wait. Sling shot. Never mind.

You call our rubber loin clothes a joke? How dare you, sir.

[Beo]

I hope it is Grey Wolf, my favorite is the little welfare pencil ... lol... got write those letters when your lost in the wilds.

[Tony uk]

And a partridge in a pear tree! (Wide grin here.)

Aa bottle of scotch, Wal-Mart brand, 10 % alcohol, 100 % Mystery

[Tony uk]

Good site. Thanks, Tony.

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