Alaskan Bush Pilot Survival Kit

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At first glance it all looks good,...
  • High Vis Inflatable Vest
  • Personal Locator Beacon
  • Garmin inreach mini (text messaging via satellite, GPS)
  • Laser 'flare' pointer
  • Emergency rations
  • Waterproof flashlight
  • Ferro rod, Matches, tinder
  • Axe
  • ... oh dear god
 

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Any knife is good knife if needed right..... ask John Jay. He cuts trees down with his!

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Uh, the article that photo used was written in 2018.


Someone has to be having a laugh, had one of those knives near on 35 years ago.

Edit: Oh dear, the company website http://eaglesafety.info/index.php/
And if you scroll down to build your own kit, guess what pops up in the tools section for $11.99. Amazed someone still making them.
 
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I had an axe when I was a kid that looked exactly like the one in the picture as well. It has a nail claw on the side but if you tried to remove a tough nail the handle bent - absolutely useless :)
 
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Found an old American advert for them, Malin M-15.
Used to see them at boot-sales on occasion but it was always the ones with plastic handles


love the fact the guy is desperatly trying to keep the 'tree' from breaking in two before he's used the saw :D
 
The axe looks like the one Wilkinson’s use to sell for about a fiver, not sure I’d want that or the knife as part of my survival kit
 
I love the idea that you get to keep the sheath, even if you return the knife. That's crafty marketing!
Hmm, we had an expression in the Navy for this "Ditch your own sh*t Lofty" ;-). The quality that $10 could buy you back then, you'd love to know how much they produced them for.

Getting back on track re the survival kit and looking at the documentation of the requirements I hadn't realised they were that stringent. I know Alaska is a long way from anywhere but didn't think the US would be that dictatorial. I guess as with all things it depends on the individual what he actually includes and his attention to it's limitations.
 
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Hmm, we had an expression in the Navy for this "Ditch your own sh*t Lofty" ;-). The quality that $10 could buy you back then, you'd love to know how much they produced them for.

Getting back on track re the survival kit and looking at the documentation of the requirements I hadn't realised they were that stringent. I know Alaska is a long way from anywhere but didn't think the US would be that dictatorial. I guess as with all things it depends on the individual what he actually includes and his attention to it's limitations.

Maybe they've read the book/seen the film 'Walk Well my Brother/Snow Walker' :)
 

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