Do you have a "kit" attached to your knife?

My Becker CU7 has a great pouch on the front that after I removed the rather strange elastic band from holds my Altoid tim survival kit perfectly.

Anyone know why Becker puts that elastic band on there anyway?
 
I just made my own leather sheath for my tramontina bolo machete.

it came out suprisingly well. I put an extra compartment behind the blade for a file and a ferro rod.

now I have to make 2 more sheaths time consuming but what a money saver. I bought enough leather and thread to make 4-5 sheaths for less than 1 kydex sheath.
 
My Fallkniven F1 has a compass pouch(lc-1) attached thusly:
2" velcro was sewn on either side of the pouchto make a "belt loop" running the wrong way. since it' s made of velcro it can be opened to wrap around other things, such as a sheath.
I also melted a 1/8" hole through it to put a chicago screw through to the hole in the sheath. this makes it semipermanent.
beneath it on the back of the sheath I attached a DMT sharpener that flips in and out.
the pouch contains a tin box that fits in perfectly containing survival supplies including space blanket.


I was concerned at first about having "all my eggs in one basket", but the point of this was to be able to grab it quickly, or without thinking, and be well supplied. I allways carry an altoids kit in my pocket, usually also have a fanny pack with the usual stuff if I venture away from the truck.

JB
 
Is it realy a good idea fixing a compass to your knife sheath? I don't know about your F1 but the tip of mine is slightly magnetic? Even if it isn't, storing it next to your knife is sure to cause inacurate readings.
 
Good point Will. I try to keep my compass away from metal as much as possible...I have seen a reversed compass before but cannot remember if the owner attributed it to chronic exposure to steel/metal or not.
 
Lots of valid viewpoints, and lots of good suggestions here. That's the beauty of this forum.

For me, I tend to side with the "planned redundancy"-crowd. Even if I attach a kit to my sheath, I have back-ups somewhere on my person. I know you've all heard it before, but it brings to mind a favorite saying of my cousin--former Army Ranger--when planning for the worst: Two is one, One is NONE. It makes good sense to me.

BTW, click here to see what I have attached to one of my knives in what I call a "Minimalist Outdoors Kit".

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here's the kit for my BK-7.

here's the completed kit: http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/grou...masters/lst?&.dir=/BIG-TARGET&.src=gr&.view=t

My ASS(Altoids Survival System), with a Spydercard: http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/grou...masters/lst?&.dir=/BIG-TARGET&.src=gr&.view=t

The guts of my ASS
:D: http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/grou...masters/lst?&.dir=/BIG-TARGET&.src=gr&.view=t

The Sharpener & photon light: http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/grou...masters/lst?&.dir=/BIG-TARGET&.src=gr&.view=t

And in the back of the sheath. A magnafying glass(firestarting) a surplus medical field dressing in the belt loop, and to replace the used belt loop 2 ALICE clips: http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/grou...masters/lst?&.dir=/BIG-TARGET&.src=gr&.view=t

What do you think?????;)
 
Yep BT, awesome kit! The C/U 7 contest is what prompted me to ask, even though I didn't enter. I think the kit-on-knife combo is such a great idea, it's just been hard to attach the way I pictured in my head!
 
Big Target, I see that I'm not the only one to see the possibilities of using the belt loop to hold extra gear.

After a long and tiring search, I finally decided to go with an Ontario PSK as my main belt knife. I put it in a Kydex sheath designed for the Kabar "Shorty" and it fits really well. To the front of the sheath I lashed a compass pouch which holds an Altoids kit, plus 4 tripwire snares, 2 small pieces of fatwood, 50 feet of 20 pound test mono, M-1 Carbine oiler, Lansky ceramic hone, and a BSA Hot Spark rod with striker.

On the back of the sheath, tucked into the paracord holding the compass pouch on, is a 5 inch section of hacksaw blade. I also attached a small pouch to the back of the belt loop that holds an SAS wiresaw, 4x1 inch piece of leather for use as a strop in the field, and a red Photon II LED.

To attach the knife to my belt I used the plastic attachment point alread on the belt loop that is designed for an optional "drop leg" carry. I just used some 1 inch webbing and a Fastex buckle to make my own secondary belt loop. This way the knife rides just low enough to be more easily accesible, and I can "snap" the knife on any belt I wish without disturbing whatever else is already on it.

Keeping another source of emergency supplies attached to your main knife is a great idea. That way you have a complete kit that you can grab and go with. And if you already have a main kit on your belt or in your pockets, the knife kit gives you more gear to use when stuff gets really bad.
 
I've tried many different pouch setups, none of which satisfied me. I now use Normark's sheaths with a FireSteel attachment and then add a 12' hank of paracord as a lanyard on the bottom of the sheath. The rest of the emergency essentials get mixed into pockets or a minikit in either a pocket or fanny pack.

Mike
 
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