Help with small belt pouch

[tknife]

Sicily, real nice set up you have. You could probably stay out for weeks just with what you have shown.

 

[TimeConstant]

raingear - poncho.

 

[Rick Marchand]

This is a pic of the leather pouch and knife I carry everytime I'm in the bush. They only come off when I sleep. It consists of:

LED torch
Sweedish firesteel
Artificial sinew w/ needle
Leatherman PST (original).
15ft jute twine.
Wet/dry sandpaper 600grt

The knife is homemade.
Both the sheath and pouch are also homemade.

This is my bushbag. I carry this along with the knife and pouch when I expect to be out all day with the possibility of an overnight stay. It consists of:

Cotton webbing military haversack with mag pouch sewn in and tethered meshbag.
Carabiner
Military poncho
20ft paracord
4ft lengths(2) of leather thong
25ft decoy line
15ft jute twine
compass
firesteel
SAK Camper
Layered leather bearingblock for firebow.
Energy bars(2)
Army canteen w/ steel cup and case.

 

[SpookyPistolero]

I love your setup, Magussen! Good stuff. I like your blades and your sheath/pouch look great. I carry my stuff in a similar setup, and a lot of the same items.

Do you use/plan to use your poncho as shelter if need be?

 

[Rick Marchand]

I love your setup, Magussen! Good stuff. I like your blades and your sheath/pouch look great. I carry my stuff in a similar setup, and a lot of the same items.

Do you use/plan to use your poncho as shelter if need be?

Thanks for the compliment, man. Ya, I've used the poncho more often as a shelter than raingear. Mostly in light rains and as a sunshade for lunch camps. Those things are very useful. I have a liner I made for it from a wool blanket aswell. Sometimes I add items too. Like a bugnet or some bandanas... or... if the feelin is right some TP just incase.

 

[dizos]

Here is what I carry in my belt pouch.

What brand pouch is that?

 

[Myakka]

Great setup Magussen it is simple and classy. I like:thumbup:

 

[beef]

Magnussen, I think I saw your knife and pouch at the bushcraft site. I've been admiring them for a while, beautiful work!

 

[pinetree]

I have a small pouch from Cabelas that I carry in whichever bigger bag I am carrying. I have many of the same things you mentioned; Army firestarter, compass, first aid. I also carry an Altoids can kit for fire making, birthday candles, strike anyway matches, lint, a small SAK. The kit is wrapped in utility cord. I also have a German Army SAK and a Surefire E2, a ceramic sharpening rod and ten feet or so of 550.

My other bags, one is gear towards hunting, the other rides in my truck and I carry it in the woods bumming around. I carry more 550, a Mora Clipper, a couple hevy duty black trash bags, a signal mirror, a magnifying glass, a bigger first aid kit and small binoculars.

 

[Return of the J.D.]

Hey, Bryan--neat kit. One thing I've been wondering about for my own PSK purposes: how bad an idea do you think it would be to ditch the lead sinkers?

 

[Return of the J.D.]

FWIW, I've been working up my own belt-carry survival kit, using a US military surplus ammo pouch. Am still trying to figure out a good use for the "grenade loops" at the sides. I've noticed that the thinner Himalayan Imports khukuri scabbards can kind of fit there--converting the whole thing to a large-but-impressive knife-with-pouch-on-side kind of look. But I'm wondering if anyone else has found a good use for those loops.

 

[nemoaz]

But I'm wondering if anyone else has found a good use for those loops.

(I assume you are talking about the old style M16 cases for LBE with the grenade pouches and loops on each side.)

Best use? Tinder. Cut them off. Years ago a SAR team I was on used to carry them as survival and first aid pouches but you can fit two in a smaller space without those grenade pouches flapping about uselessly. A SAW mag pouch is larger and is useful if you need a larger pouch.

 

[Return of the J.D.]

Where's the best place you've found for the SAW pouches, and what seems to be the going price?

 

[mmmotorcycle]

http://www.oldjimbo.com/survival/adrien13.html is a neat fire starter.

do you need to treat water at all?

Those actually work quite well. I routinely carry a few for a fire and they burn solid for 20+ minutes. well worth the time it takes to make them.

 

[Charles9c1]

Another good thing to pack along would be a tensor wrap just in case you rolled your ankle and needed that for support? I suppose duct tape could work too?

 

[Will Power]

Always very interesting to see what gear people like to carry in their packs:thumbup:

Recently, I've been VERY impressed by Skunklights solar torches(flashlights). They weigh next to nothing, take up minimal space need no battery and give off a very credible beam too.

Here's a naive question I know (but I only do day hikes no overnight stuff)but what's the advantage/point of a fire-steel over a decent lighter?

 

[Return of the J.D.]

what's the advantage/point of a fire-steel over a decent lighter?

Not sure what everyone else will say, but my take is, in a word, reliability. Lighters have a shorter useful life, run out of butane, can break, and might be affected by extreme heat (I could imagine the butane dissipating if it were stored in a 175-degrees-F car interior) or by extreme cold (solidifying the fuel). Firesteels are also smaller. Mind you, I love lighters, use them to start most of my fires, and usually keep one or more in a kit anyway. Also, I'll note that one may be able to use the sparking element from a disposable lighter to start cotton or whatever even without any butane left.

One project I'm thinking of tackling on a rainy day is stitching a little length of black nylon webbing to my Gerber multi-tool pouch, to serve as a little side scabbard for a firesteel set in a thin cylinder of magnesium, to make a nice one-piece core survival kit that I could literally carry just about everywhere.

 

[sicily02]

Tknife, thanks for the comments. The sling kit as I call it weighs in at 8.5lbs.
so it is not to heavy, but with lots of goodies for just in case.

Dizos, the pouch is a firstaid/strobe pouch from Blackhawk ind.

Return of the JD, The sinkers could go,but since they are so small I keep them anyway.

Thanks for the comments,
Bryan

 

[Survivalboy]

Magnussen,
I like your gear kit

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[Will Power]

Not sure what everyone else will say, but my take is, in a word, reliability. Lighters have a shorter useful life, run out of butane, can break, and might be affected by extreme heat (I could imagine the butane dissipating if it were stored in a 175-degrees-F car interior) or by extreme cold (solidifying the fuel). Firesteels are also smaller. Mind you, I love lighters, use them to start most of my fires, and usually keep one or more in a kit anyway. Also, I'll note that one may be able to use the sparking element from a disposable lighter to start cotton or whatever even without any butane left.

One project I'm thinking of tackling on a rainy day is stitching a little length of black nylon webbing to my Gerber multi-tool pouch, to serve as a little side scabbard for a firesteel set in a thin cylinder of magnesium, to make a nice one-piece core survival kit that I could literally carry just about everywhere.

I hear that Bark River make fire-steels now and thay are or can be incorporated into the sheath of some models.Gameskeeper I believe. Fine knives too:thumbup: