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Skills:PSK (ITEM 7 IS UP!): A Group Exercise in Creative Thinking and Improvisation

RAZOR BLADE:

Fire: Shaving denim pants for fuzz to ignite with a spark.

Food: Cleaning small game, opening mussles.

Other: Cleaning wounds (opening pockets of puss, make cuttings to suck out poison).
 
Of razor blade is shiny enough you could use it as a signal mirror
same with inside reflector of a flashlight.
 
flashlight can be used for signaling if the batteries are dead by using the reflector, as was mentioned a couple of times.

alot of other good ideas for the flashlight have been mentioned...

as for the razor, for a new idea why not use a sharp corner to clean out your finger nails? other than that, general pen-knife type uses. fine cutting and slicing. actually, what about using it to trim your finger and toe nails? i know that i don't want them long and grubby in a survival situation. very unclean when you should be trying to maintain cleanliness for health sake.
 
Maybe the battery end cap of the flashlight could be used as the bearing for a bow drill.

Also, in the end cap mine has a small spring. I believe I could bend that into a usable fish hook.

I read all the time about not burning batteries. Maybe they could be thrown in a fire and explode as another way to signal for help if you were sick or injured, and unable call out?

Could the flashlight tube, with the head and end cap removed, be drove into the ground, and then pulled out to clean out the dirt. Then put it back into the hole it made, and maybe have some what filtered water seep into the tube? This might work where you have mud but no water.



Small wires in the radio could be used to attach between a hook made from the antena and cordage made from the surrounding area you are in. It would make the bait and hook look more natural to a fish as the wire is strong but smaller in size. Basically a wire leader.

Maybe if you have a short stubby antena, it could be taken apart to find a large amount of coiled up wire in it.

Some where in the radio there should be wire coiled up to be used as a snare or wired leader. Even if the wire is fine, double it up several times to make braided wire and make it even stronger and more durable.
 
Rangerxanatos said:
RAZOR BLADE:

Other: Cleaning wounds (opening pockets of puss, make cuttings to suck out poison).
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I don't think there is ever a situation where you should cut and suck when it comes to envenomation from a poisonous snake. Cutting is going to expose good tissue to the venom and it's just a bad thing to do anymore.

Cutting something that is infected is rather dicey as well, lancing it. It's really easy to injure yourself so badly doing this, if you are going to consider it, you should really have a good working knowledge of anatomy so you don't hit something important like vessels and nerve centers, etc. While I am certain I wouldn't hit a very important blood vessel, I do not have (and never will) enough knowledge to not hit something important when it comes to nerves. You have to also remember that Doctors sometimes get sued when they have to cut something and unintentionally damage nerve structures. The point of that is, if a Doctor can screw up, imagine you, sweating and feverish and having some sort of infection like this and trying to do that. It's possible to do if it is shallow but deep body infections really call for professional help. If it's that bad, start walking at first signs of that sort of debilitating infection.
 
Don, good info. But we are brainstorming only and not analyzing yet. :D The only reason is, it works best if people think creatively without worrying if something is sound or not, then we can go back and discuss the positives and negatives of each idea.

That will be the second part of this exercise. :)
 
Hiya, well, it's not that I totally disagree with what he is saying, just those two things, you have to be very skilled to pull some stuff off.

Razor blades are excellent little items to have, there is certainly no argument about that.

Other than that, I gotcha.
 
Kevin might be able to help us determine how to improvise with various items when it comes to capturing a pig. Kevin? ;) :D
 
Okay, next item:

550 paracord. 7-strand interior.

Go to town, folks. There are a million things you can do here!
 
Brian Jones said:
Okay, next item:

550 paracord. 7-strand interior.

Go to town, folks. There are a million things you can do here!
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-lashing poles for a shelter
-lashing gear
-cord wrapping a knife or stick.
-making a sling
-making a bow drill

-use the inner strands for thread, fishing, sewing gear/clothes, traps and making bow strings..

you could also melt the p-cord and use the the melted gunk as an edhesive of sorts...:o
 
Razor blade - Magnitize a razor blade by leaving it stuck to a powerful magnet. It will orient itself to north if hung by a thread in still air, acting as a compass. Magnitize your PSK razor in advance and scratch a "N" on the end that points north (check it with a compas). Of course this won't help you in the wind but it will point north reliably. Mac
 
Paracord can be used to make a gill net - using the inner strands as the actual net, and the shell as the perimeter. I haven't tried it, but it's supposed to work well.

Other than that, like Mike said,
Lashing poles, packs
Making slings, bow drills, snares
Fishing, sewing...

The adhesive is a novel idea... I like it!
 
If your near water with gars in it, take about a five inch section of the paracord and unravel one end. Make a fishing pole and use the cord as a lure. The gar will get his teeth tangled in the cord. Fish for dinner.
 
Thought I'd let this drop did ya???!!! We're still on paracord and any further suggestions for previous items! :D
 
I'd use the paracord to mark my trail instead of bread crumbs. Then I wouldn't be lost in the first place and it's much more durable!
 
I am not sure if this counts, but I have used 550, duct tape, and fuel line hose from a boat to make an emergency fan belt for a truck once.

I know Brian does not want us to use combos yet, and I doubt he will ask for everything I used, as fuel line hose is not part of a PSK. ;)

So I will just say that if you tie three or four seperate loops of 550 into seperate fan belts, it may be enough to get you to some help. When combos come around, maybe some duct tape will reduce some slippage on the pulleys.

I would tie the seperate loops the same size and then tighten the alternator or whatever to take up the slack. If you don't have any tools, you can just make like a slip knot with half hitches to keep it from loosening up.

When I did it, I just ran it around the water pump and alternator as we were a couple hours from any help. No PS, or AC at that time, and all electrical was shut off so we did not put anymore of a load on the alternator than needed.
 
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