Hello guys, interested to compare notes on pocket survival kits.
I'm new to all this, but I'm a good researcher. I started with the modest 2oz. tobacco tin kit from Brian Hildreth's 70s Puffin book 'How To Survive', which is a part-rewrite for kids of his NZ military survival books. This pretty much aligns with other online sources but it's obviously old-school so I diverged a bit.
* I've gone with a plastic waterproof box; may rethink and get an alu mess tin.
* 'Firesteel' strikers weren't available when 'HTS' was written and I've substituted one for Mr. Hildreth's waterproofed matches
* I added a tiny kerosene lighter and a creditcard fresnel lens to cover the firelighting bases
* CRKT RSK obvs. and an AtomLight with elastic thread for headlight applications and pills (paracetomol and ibuprofen or similar) and a P38 can opener. But no nails.
* There's a guy on Etsy selling a minute 12cm fishing kit which I've substituted for Mr. H's fishing line
* Mr. H mentions permanganate. Not for kids, clearly. I've ordered a doll's house spoon for doling out microdoses -- my idea of a clever hack, although I bet loads of people disapprove of the chemical in question.
* Anyone got a cheap source of unlubricated condoms? Mr. H didn't mention this useful item, but it seems to me a better solution than a Ziploc.
Related questions comin' up on appropriate forum.
N.
I'm new to all this, but I'm a good researcher. I started with the modest 2oz. tobacco tin kit from Brian Hildreth's 70s Puffin book 'How To Survive', which is a part-rewrite for kids of his NZ military survival books. This pretty much aligns with other online sources but it's obviously old-school so I diverged a bit.
* I've gone with a plastic waterproof box; may rethink and get an alu mess tin.
* 'Firesteel' strikers weren't available when 'HTS' was written and I've substituted one for Mr. Hildreth's waterproofed matches
* I added a tiny kerosene lighter and a creditcard fresnel lens to cover the firelighting bases
* CRKT RSK obvs. and an AtomLight with elastic thread for headlight applications and pills (paracetomol and ibuprofen or similar) and a P38 can opener. But no nails.
* There's a guy on Etsy selling a minute 12cm fishing kit which I've substituted for Mr. H's fishing line
* Mr. H mentions permanganate. Not for kids, clearly. I've ordered a doll's house spoon for doling out microdoses -- my idea of a clever hack, although I bet loads of people disapprove of the chemical in question.
* Anyone got a cheap source of unlubricated condoms? Mr. H didn't mention this useful item, but it seems to me a better solution than a Ziploc.
Related questions comin' up on appropriate forum.
N.
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