Emergency Box

[muddyrocks]

Maybe I missed it; compass and a grayman knife or the equal.

 

[wolfpackjeeper]

I want my survival kit to mirror the one in Dr. Strangelove

1 .45 automatic.
2 boxes of ammunition.
4 days' concentrated emergency rations.
1 drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine,
vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills.
1 miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible.
100 dollars in rubles.
100 dollars in gold.
9 packs of chewing gum.
1 issue of prophylactics.
3 lipsticks.
3 pairs of nylon stockings


Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff."

 

[srimes]

for starting fires I like flint and striker and I keep cotten balls saturated with petrolium jelly in an old pill bottle. That stuff catches easily and half a ball burns hot and for a while :flame:. Very easy to ignight, good at getting suboptimal kindling going, weatherproof and light weight.


Parachute cord is essential too. And I like a hatchet over a knife except for the weight.

 

[ECKSJAY]

Ha, I forgot about my Gerber Strike Force firestarter. There's a chunk of parrafin and some dryer lint in the tinder compartment of it.

 

[wolfpackjeeper]

Parachute cord is essential too. And I like a hatchet over a knife except for the weight.

I have a nice gerber that works well, and I can make the KaBar do the same stuff. All you need is a nice hunk of wood and you can split/cut most anything you need with a solid knife. Just dont use rocks or metal to do the pounding.

The guy who taught us land survival at the beginning of flight training showed us a lot of neat stuff.

Just for fun I would also get a copy of the Boy Scout Fieldbook (go on ebay and get the oldest edition you can find, it has better fieldcraft in it. The new ones suck. I would also get a copy of the army field survival manual, they are both very useful to have in the box.

 

[DrMoab]

Ha, I forgot about my Gerber Strike Force firestarter. There's a chunk of parrafin and some dryer lint in the tinder compartment of it.

I use something like that for home. I might make some for the box. Basically take a cardboard egg carton, fill them with lint and then use candle wax to fill them the rest of the way up. You can put them under a solid chunk of oak and have a roaring fire a few min later.

 

[5-90]

I have a nice gerber that works well, and I can make the KaBar do the same stuff. All you need is a nice hunk of wood and you can split/cut most anything you need with a solid knife. Just dont use rocks or metal to do the pounding.

The guy who taught us land survival at the beginning of flight training showed us a lot of neat stuff.

Just for fun I would also get a copy of the Boy Scout Fieldbook (go on ebay and get the oldest edition you can find, it has better fieldcraft in it. The new ones suck. I would also get a copy of the army field survival manual, they are both very useful to have in the box.

I don't think the BSA Handbook is widely available anymore - back when I was in Scouts, you could get all that stuff at Sears without any trouble. Now...?

I found a 1960's edition in a thrift shop in Terre Haute a couple of years ago - and grabbed it immediately (since I haven't seen mine in a long time, and it was 15-20 years newer anyhow.) The rule of "older explains better" seems to apply to anything remotely technical or factual in general - maths textbooks, Machinery's Handbook (I use my 1943 edition more than my 2005...) sciences texts (real sciences, not anything like PoliSci drivel...) and the like. Get your text printed before the whole damned PC movement, and it will do a better job of explaining the subject matter tahn the later editions will.

 

[hubs97xj]

Flares are for starting fires, light, and signaling. I will not cook anything over a flare.

I didn't think he'd need me to point that out, but in case someone does need to know that- don't cook with the flare. Use the flare to start the fire, then cook over the fire.

I don't carry flares- I do keep a lighter, matches, wax impregnated fire sticks, and a magnesium fire starter in my gear. I'm a pyro- I have to have a fire. No cooking over fire starters or accelerants of any kind, regardless.

 

[wolfpackjeeper]

I don't think the BSA Handbook is widely available anymore - back when I was in Scouts, you could get all that stuff at Sears without any trouble. Now...?

I found a 1960's edition in a thrift shop in Terre Haute a couple of years ago - and grabbed it immediately (since I haven't seen mine in a long time, and it was 15-20 years newer anyhow.) The rule of "older explains better" seems to apply to anything remotely technical or factual in general - maths textbooks, Machinery's Handbook (I use my 1943 edition more than my 2005...) sciences texts (real sciences, not anything like PoliSci drivel...) and the like. Get your text printed before the whole damned PC movement, and it will do a better job of explaining the subject matter tahn the later editions will.

You can still get them. The reason I like the older field book is that the newer ones teach you how to set up a tent, the older ones tell you how to make a tent. There is a company out there selling reprints of the old field book, but I am not sure where. Also, I am not positive, but I think there are two different books. THe BSA Handbook tells you stuff about merit badges, uniform wear and more regulatory stuff, bu there should also be a Field book or field guide that goes into outdoors stuff.

It has been said before, survival is a mindset.

 

[Boatwrench]

Coast guard-approved "lifeboat bars".

They are like eating particle board!

 

[muduck18]

I have 0 Survival gear..
I would have to drive 1500 miles before I get far enough from civilization that it would be a problem for me at this point..
But I would like to build a pack for some day, ( and maybe zombies)
so..
Subscribed...

 

[ECKSJAY]

They are like eating particle board!

Particle board > starving

 

[MT Mike]

Maybe I missed it; compass and a grayman knife or the equal.

+1 for a compass, combined with a good topo map. If your forced to hike out, leave a note at the vehicle with your bearing and attempted destination (to aid SAR in finding you).

Of course a compass and map will just get you in deeper if you don't have decent orienteering skills....

 

[ECKSJAY]

If your forced to hike out, leave a note at the vehicle with your bearing and attempted destination (to aid SAR in finding you).

See my first post. That's what the surveyor tape and sharpie are for. You can leave ribbons tied up along your route with current info on them.