in pack and on person

Bryan this is a great kit(seen it a few times before and love it), gotta get me a final option knife one of these days !

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Myself I always carry at least one firesteel, a Jet scream whistle and some cordage...this is a minimum and goes everywhere with me.When hiking there is always a reliable knife on my belt ( never in my pack, although I rarely wear a pack anyway ).
I also usually have a piece of fatwood stuck in some pocket or another of every pair of pants and shorts I own and occasionally there is also some Cotton ball and/or rubber inner tube.
 
Yep we still do. I have not got bored yet lol. I will tell ya this though John. If I get bored with any of them I will just ask to make new one lol.

Take care all,

Bryan
 
I carry an AMK pocket survival kit in my pocket, with a pico lite, photon II light, micropur tablets, and a ritter RSK MK5 added.

-Freq
 
canadiantrailman said:
Redundancy is highly recommended between your pack and what you carry on your person.
Here is how I pack things up and bear in mind this is probably overkill for most people............
I am not exactly an ultra light hiker.
Total weight of everthing is at least 40 pounds. ....................

Backpack -
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Knives/Weapons kit - CS Trailmaster, SOG Team Leader Survivor (with Fire Steel and Fox 40 whistle), Estwing Hunter Axe, at least two folders
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On my person -
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CS Recon Scout on my belt
Spyderco Manix 2 in my pocket
Buck Tempest in my other pocket
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Izula around the neck
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8 knives + an axe?

That is a lot of cutlery
And a lot of weight!


3 + a folding saw?

A sheath knife and a necker carried
A smaller sheath knife as a back up in your pack with your folding saw?

And 95% of your use would be the necker.
 
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^ different strokes :) for backpacking I get by w/ a small necker, day hiking I add a small folding saw (3-ish oz), for winter a small axe gets added to the mix
 
a few more items to consider having on your person- a analog watch (can function as a crude compass), survival bracelet- you'll always have 10-12' of cordage

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also replacing your shoe/boot laces w/ paracord can give yet a little more
 
EDC on person- left pocket Keyringwith flintsteel,striker,compass and Victorinox Spartan also a Spyderco Tenacious is clipped there also.
Right pocket-Car keys,cellphone and Spyderco Endura clipped to pocket.
IWB-either a SOG Seal Pup or a TOPS TSK.
At work or when wearing a button down shirt with a pocket I put an altoids survival kit.
ON belt-90% fo the time I have a NEBO LED flashlight with mean strike bevels.
When I go into the woods for a dayhike I add a FOX 691 with a GI ammo pouch attached to it with a emergency blanket,compass,waterbag,tinder and other small items.
 
Until I make camp my pack is glued to my back anyway-benefits of good organization and easy access pockets-but for convenience's sake, I carry my SAK in pocket and Koyote Leuku on my hip, so at least I'll have some basic tools.
 
What if you get separated from your pants?
Or if you get separated...from yourself. That's the one you really want to avoid.
 
In the pack goes all the usual gear , but I don't like carrying a lot of stuff on my belt or pockets...EXCEPT... I always have a knife ( FB in the bush,folder in the city) , a lighter , money , and I.D. ever since I could remember.
 
I generally don't like carrying things in pockets. Cargo pockets especially, for me. They always swing and jangle around, and after mile 5 or so I start to get annoyed with the abrasion against the skin under the pockets. I'll use em for a bandana or beanie or snack, but nothing that has any weight.

I've figured out that the best system for me is a psk pouch, canteen with cup, fixed blade, and SAK/Multitool all on a belt. A few of the main reasons, no particular order:

- I like knowing I have the basics on my person. No one plans to lose a pack, just like no one plans to use the FAK he or she carries. Stuff happens *shrug*. If it happens to me, I think carrying a few essentials on my person to supplement my brain is a small price to pay for stacking odds a little more in my favor. Cheap insurance.

-The stuff I carry on my person serves as a base kit. Taking a small hike and just want to bring a Liter of water and some essentials but not lug around a pack? No problem, grab the belt kit. It's ready to roll, and I can go light and comfortable and still be reasonably prepared for Murphy.

- I can feel like a wood's Batman. dunna dunna dunna dunna Batman!

- It provides a defined emergency stash for me. I don't have to wonder how much fuel is left in that lighter or if I remembered to replace the paracord I took apart while fooling around the other day. I know everything in the kit is good to go, and there's enough of it. I carry a few redundant items in my pack (hank of paracord, heavy duty space blanket, MP-1 tabs and secondary water container, extra lighter or two, flashlight/headlamp, etc), and those are the things that get used on a normal basis.
 
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