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Well I think everybody, or at least most of you have posted pictures of your PSK. Well, I felt left out, so I bought a camera, made a PSK and I'm damn well going to post it.
In the first picture (with the obligatory knives) you see 2 jute pouches, one with a PSK inside and one with it on top. The number 1 refers to the first survival feature. It is a small aluminum container that has a couple of layers of duct tape front and back (that can be used to attach, bind or seal). It is also sealed with duct tape to make it water proof/repellant. #2 refers to the jute pouch. It is made up of approximately 110 feet of jute, which can be unraveled (as easy as daisy chain after the first row or two) and used for fishing line, bow drill cord, tying things together, etc., and of course, as tinder.
In this next picture, you see the PSK with the lid removed. You will notice everything fits in there pretty well.
Picture 3 - this is a breakdown of the actual components in the kit.
3- waterproof aluminum container in which is:
4- a rare earth magnet which functions as a compass. It is placed on a leaf, piece of
wood, etc., and floated. It will align itself with magnetic north/south.
5- tinder (dry cotton)
6- standard lighter flints which fit into -
7- modified Coghlan's lantern lighter which can light pretty well anything that can be
lit with a firesteel and can be used one handed to boot.
8- mini firestraws
9- leather awl needle that can be mounted in piece of wood for use
10- 3 various sized fish (or any other critter you fancy) hooks
11- cotton cosmetic pad for tinder and to prevent items from rattling in container
12- 19 feet of cordage (material unknown but strong and I use this for making poacher's
nets [and before anybody gets too excited about this, it's just a name for this style of
net])
13- 3 safety pins to hold your clothes together or used as a gang hook
14- LED micro light to find the mix for your whisky in case it's dark out.
15- 15 feet of brass snare wire for obvious use or tying things together, etc.
16- an American dime for size comparison only
Now in case you think that the mini firestraws are ineffective:
Burnt for approximately 1-1/2 - 2 minutes.
I make my firestraws a little different that most people. I use a wound irrigater (?) to
inject the petroleum jelly into the straw. First I put in some cotton, then some pj, some more cotton, more pj, and lastly some more cotton. I put cotton in last to help clean the pj away from the end of the straw to make the sealing a little less messy. Hopefully, you can see in the following picture, how this is set up.
So anyway, now that I too, have posted my PSK, a wave of relief washes over me
and I shall return to the shadows (at least for awhile).(It's surprising how flowery your speech gets with the help of a little rye and coke 
)
Doc
In the first picture (with the obligatory knives) you see 2 jute pouches, one with a PSK inside and one with it on top. The number 1 refers to the first survival feature. It is a small aluminum container that has a couple of layers of duct tape front and back (that can be used to attach, bind or seal). It is also sealed with duct tape to make it water proof/repellant. #2 refers to the jute pouch. It is made up of approximately 110 feet of jute, which can be unraveled (as easy as daisy chain after the first row or two) and used for fishing line, bow drill cord, tying things together, etc., and of course, as tinder.
In this next picture, you see the PSK with the lid removed. You will notice everything fits in there pretty well.
Picture 3 - this is a breakdown of the actual components in the kit.
3- waterproof aluminum container in which is:
4- a rare earth magnet which functions as a compass. It is placed on a leaf, piece of
wood, etc., and floated. It will align itself with magnetic north/south.
5- tinder (dry cotton)
6- standard lighter flints which fit into -
7- modified Coghlan's lantern lighter which can light pretty well anything that can be
lit with a firesteel and can be used one handed to boot.
8- mini firestraws
9- leather awl needle that can be mounted in piece of wood for use
10- 3 various sized fish (or any other critter you fancy) hooks
11- cotton cosmetic pad for tinder and to prevent items from rattling in container
12- 19 feet of cordage (material unknown but strong and I use this for making poacher's
nets [and before anybody gets too excited about this, it's just a name for this style of
net])
13- 3 safety pins to hold your clothes together or used as a gang hook
14- LED micro light to find the mix for your whisky in case it's dark out.
15- 15 feet of brass snare wire for obvious use or tying things together, etc.
16- an American dime for size comparison only
Now in case you think that the mini firestraws are ineffective:
Burnt for approximately 1-1/2 - 2 minutes.
I make my firestraws a little different that most people. I use a wound irrigater (?) to
inject the petroleum jelly into the straw. First I put in some cotton, then some pj, some more cotton, more pj, and lastly some more cotton. I put cotton in last to help clean the pj away from the end of the straw to make the sealing a little less messy. Hopefully, you can see in the following picture, how this is set up.
So anyway, now that I too, have posted my PSK, a wave of relief washes over me
and I shall return to the shadows (at least for awhile).(It's surprising how flowery your speech gets with the help of a little rye and coke )Doc
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