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Saw some similar set-ups once while a-Googlin', and it seemed a good idea, so I threw together a little survival kit based around the BK11. I posted the early version when I got the micarta scales in the mail, but have since improved upon the concept.
The idea is to have a couple essentials on your person, so that even if you lose all your other gear in the wilderness, you're not entirely up a creek and lacking a paddle.
Here are (most) of the items. A wee emergency folding Saw, made from some plastic pipe and some cut down recip saw blades. Safety pin, a couple needles, military can opener, some fish hooks and around 30' of 8lbs mono line. As led light, fero rod, a tube made from a straw with some tinder, aquatabs, a mini diamond sharpener with a slot for hooks, and finally a steel signal mirror.
On the backside of the sheath, a bit of electrical tape holds the mirror, opener, needles and pins in place. Then over that are set the straw tubes, which contain the tinder, the hooks and line, and water tablets. Then the whole deal is wrapped in electrical tape.
On the front side, I placed the sharpener, then wrapped over the tape with around 20 feet of #12 bank line. The light clips to the lanyard cord, which is 7 strand paracord, with the addition of a strand of braided line, and a strand of waterproof tinder. The folding saw also sits at the front, and a couple of ranger bands (slices of inner tube) hold it in place.
The fero rod slips into some cable clamps that are bolted in place.
From the back
Everything in a neat little package!
I've added a third band, but the function is still the same. The additional items make it no thicker than the thumb lock already is. I'll throw it on the scale later and see what the weight is, but it's still very comfortable to wear, and in an emergency, you have most of your bases covered.
Y'all make up any kits for your Beckers?
The idea is to have a couple essentials on your person, so that even if you lose all your other gear in the wilderness, you're not entirely up a creek and lacking a paddle.
Here are (most) of the items. A wee emergency folding Saw, made from some plastic pipe and some cut down recip saw blades. Safety pin, a couple needles, military can opener, some fish hooks and around 30' of 8lbs mono line. As led light, fero rod, a tube made from a straw with some tinder, aquatabs, a mini diamond sharpener with a slot for hooks, and finally a steel signal mirror.
On the backside of the sheath, a bit of electrical tape holds the mirror, opener, needles and pins in place. Then over that are set the straw tubes, which contain the tinder, the hooks and line, and water tablets. Then the whole deal is wrapped in electrical tape.
On the front side, I placed the sharpener, then wrapped over the tape with around 20 feet of #12 bank line. The light clips to the lanyard cord, which is 7 strand paracord, with the addition of a strand of braided line, and a strand of waterproof tinder. The folding saw also sits at the front, and a couple of ranger bands (slices of inner tube) hold it in place.
The fero rod slips into some cable clamps that are bolted in place.
From the back
Everything in a neat little package!
I've added a third band, but the function is still the same. The additional items make it no thicker than the thumb lock already is. I'll throw it on the scale later and see what the weight is, but it's still very comfortable to wear, and in an emergency, you have most of your bases covered.
Y'all make up any kits for your Beckers?
