The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
but then you cant carry the cup stove system, the 2 quarts are also alittle big
they do have collaspable 1quarts, I use them
they make good pillows also
http://imsplus.com/ims1a.html
the 3rd one down
are we gonna have a cook out and sleep over? or are we carrying the basics to survive. the only time i would need a metal cup is in cold weather survival. a stove plus fuel is too much to hump around. add in your weapon, ammo, comm. gear,etc...
not to dis anyone. but camping with all the comforts of home is one thing. a suvival bob is another. i am thinking more tactical.
h2o is the most important item to survive any prolonged exposure in the grass. light weight rations will still weigh you down. never can have too much h2o.
I like this idea a lot. Spark, would there be any BF private labeling involved? it wouldn't be a dealer maker/breaker, but a reference to BladeForums somewhere would be a nice touch.
I just reviewed the SOL kit for SWAT magazine (should be in the April issue I think). I wasn't too impressed with the waterproof matches. If you get them wet and try to strike them they don't work and you end up ruining the strike pad. A ferro rod would be MUCH better. Also, their method for storing the fishing line just plain sucks. If you had cold hands then you would never be able to get the line unwound.
When I think of personal survival kits I tend to lean towards a 3-day scenario with an emphasis on signaling, rescue and shelter. The kit has to have a good signal mirror (the SOL kit mirror is excellent), a usable compasss (good button compasses are fine), note pad and pencil to aid in self-rescue and navigation. Fire making tools and good cordage is also a must in my kit. Round it off with a space blanket, decent fishing kit and a plastic water storage bag and it should be good to go for a last ditch kit.
Well in that case, maybe I should toss the SOL kit and cobble something else together. Maybe the Ritter PSP, and the Emergency Bivvy, along with a pouch to hold them and other stuff in.
tknife - Yeah, I've got a couple thousand pieces of the TinderQuik which comes with the Spark Lite firestarter here, that's not an issue.
Landar - unfortunately, Spec-Ops has discontinued the Survival Sheath, so the ones I have on hand are the only ones left available.