Lets see your knife-carried Survival kits

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I'm looking for ideas to improve my knife-carried (i.e. hollow handle, accessory pouch, duct-taped items) survival kits. Lets see everyone's kits and take a look at how we can improve our own. Sorry, I don't have my digital camera hooked up and can't include my own!
 
This kit is in an old 35mm slide box, about 2x4x5/8 or so. Fits in my Steel Heart's sheath pouch.

1.5 sq ft heavy duty aluminum foil
#10, #11 scalpel blades
BSA Hot Spark & striker
3 trick birthday candles
8 waterproofed strike-anywhere matches
pencil
25’ Spiderwire 24#
10 split-shot
5 #6 hooks
2 immodium
4 benedryl
2 Percocet (Rx leftovers)
3 Percogesic
4 bandaids
7 butterfly bandaids
1 packet double antibiotic
extra room filled with cotton balls

These are in the pouch also.
Photon Micro II
Sebertech I-2
1 gallon HD plastic bag
E-Z Lap sharpener
 
K,

I jsut posted a link to a picture of my kit on the second page of this thread:

Ferrocerium rods, metal match, artificial flint, or sparker - carry methods

It fits in the Becker Combat Utility 7 pouch. The accompanying list is easy to read in its original table format, but can be read at the linked page. Further, since then I have purchased some tin split shot so I am not carrying lead in my kit. Lastly, I should have spelled the little lure that can be seen on the Yahoo link as
"Wiglstik." Unfortunately, Blue Fox Tackle no longer produces the Wiglstik.

Recently, I almost completed filling up my alloted space with scans of 3 sizes of the Wiglstik. The two larger sizes were not part of my kit, I just posted them as I saw someone looking for some pictures of this "blade" fishing lure. Getting the balance correct might be tricky, but they could be carved out of a piece of wood or toothbrush handle. A hole could be improvised out of the items in my kit, or using the awl on a SAK, although the latter would probably make a larger than ideal hole.

The idea at the time was to use Yahoo to store some extra pictures, and they have reliably filled up my space there for some time ;) but you have to register as a Yahoo member to see them. Its free, but Yahoo might be a source of Spam, so if you do you might want to use a "disposable" email address. There are several other kit ideas on adjoining pages and other kit pictures at Yahoo.
 
Here are some of my 'survival' sheaths:
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My main one is the SAK Rucksack on the right, it's got a ferro rod inside some paracord sheath, some hemp twine (excellent tinder, good cordage), a peice of sand paper on the back for sharpening, a piece of bike innertube for attaching other stuff to the sheath if needed, and all the implements the knife carries: LED microlight, knife, saw, screwdrivers, awl, corkscrew, glasses screwdriver, toothpick, tweezers, can opener, etc... It's also all but invisible under the shirt, comfortable to sleep in, and always with me as a true survival knife should be.

The other two knives are the SAK Trailmaster and the Camper...

The kydex is by Normark of On/Scene Tactical, who does excellent work...
 
Exactly. Thanks for the assist.

I have also since found that 1/4" shrink tubing will protect the rod very well until use is needed.

Mike
 
The shrink tubing is a good idea, which I have seen and contemplated! For those, however, who don't want to make the effort, or otherwise want their ferrocerium rod freely available, I have done extensive pocket testing for at least over a couple of years, and the Hot-Spark is still OK. :eek: so I guess I'll continue testing :p , by carrying it around on my keychain. :D

oh, and ...you're welcome. :) I figured I may as well look it up, since it is comparatively good value at $2.35.
 
I like the little Hotspark. It's a fine tool to have on you.

I don't have a current photo of my Becker BK-7 sheath kit. Since the photo was taken, I added a hotspark. There is also a 55 gallon industrial drum liner and 25' of paracord attached to the sheath, as well as a bottle of iodine tablets.

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here's mine:

SAK Explorer, WSI P-60C flint/steel cermaic rod, snares, 550 cord, microlight, compass, all in a survival sheath with my trusty D-2 Ka Bar.
 

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Becker BK-7 Kit

Specifications and Reasoning

The knife kit presupposes the loss of all other gear. The very idea of a survival kit located on the sheath knife is that the knife is the most basic of basic gear and stays belted on during any wilderness activity. It cannot fall out of a pocket or be left behind by accident. It is unlikely to be lost overboard or swept away when crossing a river. If a person needs to exit a burning vehicle the kit goes with him while the pack may be lost.

Placing survival items on a knife sheath also presupposes that the normal items carried in the pack cover any foreseeable needs and that nothing in the knife kit should have to be used under normal circumstances, other than the knife itself.

The sheath will not be a comprehensive kit but should cover the basics. The contents will be strictly limited to the items necessary to spend a night or two in the wilderness with no other resources other than the contents of the knife kit.

The items in the kit must be capable of getting wet and must not degrade with time.

HANDLE CONTENTS – The handle scales of the knife can be removed to reveal two small hollow cavities. Currently I’m thinking they can be filled with a fishing/trapping kit: line, sinkers, hooks, wire.

SHEATH CONTENTS – The sheath has a pouch on it and there is room below it for a rubber sleeve

FIRE – The kit has both tinder and an initiator that are impervious to the elements.
- BSA Hot Spark
- Tube w/ treated cotton
- 3 Trick Candles

WATER – The knife contains both a water container and treatment method.
- Gerber milk bags, 2
- Potassium Permanganate

SHELTER – The shelter provisions are intended to make the construction of an expedient shelter easier, not necessarily to compose a shelter. There should be three components, water/wind proofing, heat proofing, and cordage. In practicality only a space blanket will fit on the sheath, attached by two ranger bands below the pouch. The space blanket is waterproof/windproof and will trap body heat. The duct tape is used to seal leaks and join seams. These are bulky items.
- Space Blanket
- Para cord, 7 strand, 2 meters attached as leg tie
- Duct tape
- Heavy needle for clothing repairs

SIGNAL - There should be at least a day/night mirror and a whistle. Additional signal resources are fire, smoke, and the LED light.

NAVIGATION
- Small Button compass

LIGHT – Small LED lights are just too good not to be included
- Inova red or white LED light w/ fresh batteries.

MEDICAL – Relief of pain, fever, allergic reaction, restore electrolyte balance
- 10 Ibuprophen
- 4 Vicoden
- Salt
- 6 Benedryl

Neck Knife Kit

I also use a neck knife survival kit that sees far more use than I ever imagined. It has been on every hunting trip this year. The kit is carried on a double loop of paracord and a sleeve of bike inner tube stretched over the kydex sheath attaches the survival items. The LED light is placed just under the rubber pointed down and can be lit by squeezing the switch through the rubber sleeve.

The kit includes:

Newt Livesay NRGS knife in kydex neck sheath (3 inch drop point)
Jetscream whistle
BSA Hot Spark
4 waterproof blue-tip matches
Wetfire tinder
Button compass
Inova LED light
Potassium Permanganate
Signal Mirror
Heavy gauge Needle
1 meter of 7 strand paracord
 
Here's a special sheath Brian Wagner of Okuden Kydex (Oku here on BFC) made for my Busse ZT Steelheart. The extras carried under the outer layer of kydex are a Swedish Military Firesteel, Seber-Tech M4 mini multi-tool, flat orange whistle, and a Gerber diamond sharpener along the spine side of the sheath. The striker for the Firesteel slides in and gets pinched in place behind the ferrocium rod itself.

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Nice looking sheath! Anyone else have some custom kydex to show? How about cordura covered kydex? How about duct taped gear on kydex? Lets see it all.

Kev
 
KE,

I find one of the best ways to attach items to a sheath is to use bicycle innertube stretched over the sheath. It is durable and the rubber is a great firestarter in itself.

I set up an Air Force Survival Knife this way and it served me for years. The more rubber the better. I now use two sections that allow the top to overlap the bottom by about an inch. This makes a waterproof cover for the contents attached to the sheath. Mac
 
RokJok said:
Here's a special sheath Brian Wagner of Okuden Kydex (Oku here on BFC) made for my Busse ZT Steelheart. The extras carried under the outer layer of kydex are a Swedish Military Firesteel, Seber-Tech M4 mini multi-tool, flat orange whistle, and a Gerber diamond sharpener along the spine side of the sheath. The striker for the Firesteel slides in and gets pinched in place behind the ferrocium rod itself.

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This is a very nice set-up!! :cool:
 
I'd forgotten about that set up.

Brians work is bombproof. I have a few of his works, and retention is phenominal.

I have to think about how I want mine set up now....
 
http://www.woodsdrummer.com/sass.html

SASS (Stoskopf Advanced Survival System) is a two part survival "kit" that I designed specifically for the Becker line of knives. "Advanced" does not refer to the components being particuarly "high tech". It refers to the individual survivor having the necessary skills and ingenuity to use the SASS components to their fullest potential. A survival kit is only as good as the person using it.

Most survival kits on the market that were designed to be carried with a knife, focus on fishing, trapping, sewing, and other related tasks, which are often not a concern in the first stages of an emergency. These kits are usually stored in a small pocket on the outside of the sheath and in some cases, inside a hollow handle of the knife itself.

With SASS, focus is placed on the often FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT priority in a survival situation. SHELTER.
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(The entire article including pictures is available at the link above.)

Copyright © 2001 by Eric Stoskopf.
 
Regarding the SASS kit, I love the idea of removing the handle scales on the Becker knife to carry items in the hollow recess. There's lots of room in there for all sorts of stuff. Mac
 
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