Major Survival Contest w/ Large Prize Cache

[texastonydobbs]

*************** Major Contest *********************

O-kay Guys & Gals, must be over 18 and have Gold or Higher membership to BladeForums.
(click here to upgrade account) http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/announcement.php?f=816&a=164

Contest will run thru End of November (Dec.winner will be Picked)

Time to ramp up the ESEE Forum and Contest !
Major Skills Contest ; must be well documented via Pictures or You-tube video's

Using an ESEE Knife and any ESEE Products(ESEE fire kit/ESEE small pouch survival kit) must build a Survival camp ,the more elaborate & well constructed the better.
you may uses your psk altoid tin kit as long as items fit in altoid tin.

You'll need to cover the basics of survival such as:

Making shelter (a good shelter)
Making fire
Stripping bark and making cordage
Setting up traps, snares, etc.
Make a cage trap from sticks and cordage
Build a swamp bed, bench, chair etc. to rest on
Make a container to carry stuff in
Do some survival fishing and eat what you catch.
You may bring a partner to help photograph and build the camp but the partner can have no other tools or modern conveniences

Prize: Contest winner will receive one ESEE Knife/ESEE Product a month for a year (shipping starts in January) :thumbup:

ESEE Knife prize for 2nd. & 3rd. place as well

Please only Post Entries here,No comments !

No RAT Pack Number Needed !

You get one entry only - so make sure you have everything you want to cover finished before you submit

 

[BloodGroove4570]

Im in but in the rules you said you needed a pack number, does that still stand? I think i am eligible for 1 now, what do you think???

 

[R.A.T.]

I will be posting a link up to a liability waiver soon that you must sign and send back to us to enter. You will only be eligible for this contest if you read, sign and agree to the form and send it back to us. The users who have complied will be posted up here as eligible participants. Again, we are still waiting on Spark's input before everything is a definite.

Again, NO RAT PACK # needed. But you must be Gold or higher on Bladefroums and you must be at least 18 years old.

 

[R.A.T.]

It looks as though this will be the first place prize list. Not sure on 2nd and 3rd place yet.

1) Junglas
2) Lite Machete
3) ESEE-5P
4) ESEE-6P
5) ESEE-4 (Choice of color) w/ MOLLE Back
6) ESEE-3 (Choice of color) w/ MOLLE Back
7) Izula (Choice of color, kit version)
8) Izula-II (kit version)
9) KaBar ESKABAR
10) HEST (Fixed Blade)
11) Advanced E&E Kit & Wallet Survival Kit (new product to be released soon)
12) Basic Survival Kit

 

[R.A.T.]

Here is the release form you must sign to be included in this contest: http://www.eseeknives.com/Contest Training Release.pdf

Once we receive your signed copy we will post up your forum name here as a participant. Again, you MUST be Gold level or higher to participate and no one under 18 is allowed.

 

[R.A.T.]

participants:

eseeratfan
bloodgroove4570
semper paratus
joe fowler
moosez45
stabman
eloreno
rodloos
thelastdaze
signy
1066vik
otis williams
stjones
sadiejane
imaginefj
mrcoffee
tonym
seangco

Entering contest to win Gold Membership only:

JB-Adventurer

 

[R.A.T.]

Spark had emailed me and suggested we add that since some skill sets we posted aren't applicable in all woodland areas (such as fishing or bark cordage making) that we should put in a caveat for people to adapt for their environment. I agree with this. The point of the contest is to do as many usefule skills with the least amount of tools, so use what is available and make it the best you can. For example, if you can't find bark to make cordage then use grasses if you want, or not do the skill at all. Some of the contestants may not do cordage at all but may build a fire bow set from raw materials and make fire so they would get more consideration in judging than the guy who made one piece of bark cordage then lit his fire from gasloine from the motorhome Woodland Survival is not a definite set of rules or skills, so adapt and do the things you feel suit the contest, and do it well. If someone wanted to take an old junk car found in the woods and salvage survival items and make a camp from it, then that's thinking out of the box and will definitley be given consideration in the judging. We listed the skills above as an idea of things to do. Ultimately it's left up to the participant. Just remember the basic set of judging rules are: most skills with the least tools. The go for it.

Once all the entries are in, then the mods, Mike Perrin, myself and Spark will judge the contest. We are counting on everyone being honest since we feel that the folks here that do such a challenge have that trait. So, if you don't get a coal with a fire drill and have to light it with your lighter, then say so. Honesty will get you a lot more points than faking it Think of this is a Les Stroud Survivorman type thing. Many times he filmed himself doing something that didn't work but he was honest about it and moved on.

Looking forward to the entries. I think we are all going to be surprised at how good the particpants are at thinking out of the box. Onward!

 

[R.A.T.]

We will post up a new thread around the first of November for everyone who is entered to start posting their entries. Contest will close on the last day of November and it will probably be around mid-December before winners are announced.

 

[R.A.T.]

Last day to register as a participant is October 31. After that we will open a thread for registered participants to post their work.

 

[R.A.T.]

Contest participation is now closed. The mods will work on getting a new thread started for the contest entries.

 

[R.A.T.]

The last day of this month is the last day for entries....