My Survival knife setup

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With the other posts about peoples real survival knives I thought I'd post some of mine, the ones I'd have on me if I were not backcountry are as follows:
Chris Reeve Sebenza
SAK Jumpmaster
Chris Reeve Green Beret
A leatherman Wave or Skele

and now my backcountry setup
a Swamp RAt Battle Rat in a Okuden kydex rig with a Maxpedition cacoon
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and the contets, a quart ziplok freezer bag for H2o covered in duct tape to protect it, a bic pen with about 20' of duct tape, water tabs, zip ties, a Suunto clipper, BCB survival saw, safety pins, Kelty triptease line, dog tag for ID/mirror(I carry a better mirror in my pocket kit) ferro rod and striker, Atwood whistle, SAK, an Alieve tube with 2 petro cotton balls, 5' duct tape, fishing kit, line, hooks, sinkers, floaters. That's what Ive got in there right now and what I will be taking into the Sierras shortly.
Any ideas or suggestions for improvement greatly appreciated.
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and if anybody is wondering the red flag looking thing on my lanyard is an APOBS warning tag. For anyone who doesn't know what an APOBS is look here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCb35QeuCPE&feature=related
 
Awesome setup, tan battle rat, okuden sheath, and bag full of useful goods! APOBS tag is hilarious.
 
Wow!With these goodies you can truly be a Survivor.Nice choise!
Man,i like that fixed blade-a real beauty :)
 
gruntinhusaybah, nice rig! And great selections for you cutlery!

By the way, I'm quite familiar with Husaybah...lovely spot out there, isn't it?

Ron
 
Thats a nice setup, the battle rat is one of my favorite choppers the sheath setup looks good.
 
Very cool! Good choice there in a knife, it will handle anything you can throw at it.

What about some water purification tabs? They don't take up much space.
 
Ron53 how are you familiar with Husaybah? I was there the winter of '04-05 and then again in the summer of '06 the first time it was really nasty the second time it was actually pretty nice(for Iraq)
 
Thats a great setup but you might want to add a little led keylight, really small and inexpensive but invaluable at night.
 
Nice looking knife kit. Replace the ziplock bag with a reynolds oven bag. There is absolutely no comparison.

For my small kits, I focus on these priorities.

Shelter making
Water collection/purification
Signaling tools
Fire Making

A small fishing kit is nice but low on the priority list in a 72 hour emergency. You've got a good setup so far. Hope you have a good trip.
 
That is a nice setup...the Okuden and the Cacoon. The APOBS aren't too bad either :)
 
I might ditch the fishing weights (sole function is being heavy--you could substitute a rock, if you need to weight your line). I like the idea of an accessible mini-LED. I also often wrap appropriate objects with a few yards of braided fishing line (30-80 lbs.--takes up almost no space; I'll often wrap 1 layer of tape over it just to keep it wrapped.) Also neat is to tape a couple of fishhooks, maybe large sewing needles, and sometimes an X-Acto blade or so to any flat, somewhat-protected surface I find in my gear. Some people do this with Bic lighters, or hard knife scabbards; the inside of a multi-tool handle can often accommodate a needle or fishhook or two, held down with duct tape. Good kit, overall, though!

Oh--and, as to the usefulness of fishing apparatus in a short-term kit: I figure that the cordage is always worth its weight and minimal space (especially if you use the braided stuff, which actually functions like string--in contrast to monofilament); the hooks take up almost no space, and could also be used to catch, say, birds, which you'll find in places where there are few or no other available food animals. The best thing is that you could just set up five fishing or other similar line-and-hook-based rigs in under 20 minutes, and then just leave them while you do your other survival stuff. No way would I bother with lures for fish, or stuff that'd require you to actively maneuver the line--but if you just tie the line securely to a tree or whatever, it can do your food-gathering for you while you use your time and calories on more-productive things. Of course, unattended lines and other snare-like things are not something you'd want to use outside of a genuine survival emergency in most places--just an obvious caveat.
 
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