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This is nothing crazy, but I just thought it was high time for me to do a giveaway - it's been a while.
I was going through my box o' toys the other day and came across this piece of awesomeness I just never got around to using. I received this as a generous gift from fellow BF member Oakietree at his West Coast Pirates Seamam Slingers Extravaganza a couple of years back (damn that was fun... abalone diving, dicking around with likeminded (but kooky as hell
) wilderness skills-geared folks, enjoying the beauty of the NorCal coast and water... Anyway, I was supposed to put this thing to some good testing, but somehow never got around to it. I kept telling myself, next weekend, I'll take it out and put it to use... just never happened. So here it is a couple of years later, and since I can't really see myself incorporating it as part of my regular kit, it should go to someone who'll really get out and put it to use as it was meant to be used. No sense sitting pretty in my little box o' sharp fun things.
I'm reasonably certain this is the final or near the final design of this patent pending product, and I'm not sure if these are for regular sale yet (maybe Equinox Coronado / Vector001 is still selling? I know he sold these at one time). Anyway, nuff yammering, here it is, with a blurb by its creator, who goes by the username Black Arrow on DirtTime:
(Arrowcard, on top)
Anyway, I figure one of you Altoid tin PSK guys would love this, even if you're not one of those, it's pretty nifty and could be fun to play with.
There will be two prizes.
The winner will get the Arrowcard.
The runner-up will get a brand new and unused ToolLogic SurvivalI Card. Dinky and gimmicky, I know, but dinky or not, it'd be "better than nothing" if you were carrying nothing else.
How to Enter and Win:
1) You must have at least 5 posts in the "Great Outdoors" subforum by the time the winners are selected. Don't spam. You also have to be in the US for shipping purposes, unless I'm "friends" with you or recognize you as a regular contributor.
2) Post a picture or pictures of ONE of your favorite outdoor places and tell me why it's your favorite. I want to expand my "Need to visit list," and this may help
. You have until 10pm PDT on Wednesday, 5/1/13 to post.
3) My girlfriend and I will then pick the two places we like best, and I'll post the winner and runner up in the thread. PM or email me your address, and I'll get your stuff in the mail :thumbup:
4) There's no way for me to enforce this, but I think it'd be great if the winners would post a thread using the stuff, particularly the Arrowcard.
Simple enough, right? Go
I was going through my box o' toys the other day and came across this piece of awesomeness I just never got around to using. I received this as a generous gift from fellow BF member Oakietree at his West Coast Pirates Seamam Slingers Extravaganza a couple of years back (damn that was fun... abalone diving, dicking around with likeminded (but kooky as hell
) wilderness skills-geared folks, enjoying the beauty of the NorCal coast and water... Anyway, I was supposed to put this thing to some good testing, but somehow never got around to it. I kept telling myself, next weekend, I'll take it out and put it to use... just never happened. So here it is a couple of years later, and since I can't really see myself incorporating it as part of my regular kit, it should go to someone who'll really get out and put it to use as it was meant to be used. No sense sitting pretty in my little box o' sharp fun things. I'm reasonably certain this is the final or near the final design of this patent pending product, and I'm not sure if these are for regular sale yet (maybe Equinox Coronado / Vector001 is still selling? I know he sold these at one time). Anyway, nuff yammering, here it is, with a blurb by its creator, who goes by the username Black Arrow on DirtTime:
(Arrowcard, on top)
black arrow said:ARROWCARD (PATENT PENDING) PROJECT
Goal: to carry arrowheads and an arrow-delivery system in a small commercial or military survival kit or in a privately made kit housed in a commercially available compact container.
Common containers in kit use today include the Altoids candy tin, Perinth kit, Survival Industries survival kit, Sol kit, BCB Combat / Trekkers / Military / Bushcraft Mountain Survival Tins, (…kits and other containers as available to users.
Problem: Commercially available arrowheads are packed in bulky (for kits) containers or loose and have a conical, cylindrical or threaded base. This shape makes the arrowheads difficult to secure on the shaft without modern attachment points and difficult to secure in the kit, allowing the arrowheads to shuffle around, possibly damaging other kit items and/or injuring the carrier. Commercially available metal “trade” type arrowheads are flat, but are packed loose and may present the same problem of kit item damage/personal injury unless secured by the user.
Currently, commercially available arrow-delivery systems such as bows and slings are not compact enough to allow carry within a compact kit container.
Solution: A (…metal plate/card) with incomplete cut-outs of arrowheads, which can be punched out when needed. Hand-making an arrowhead is a time-consuming critical task necessary to complete an arrow made during an emergency in the wild. …
The (system) also contains a knife edge, a saw and scraping edges to assist in cleaning animals, cutting and shaping arrow shafts or bow, atl-atl, shelter frame, staff or spear; sharpen a wooden spear tip, notch arrow shaft for arrowhead, notch emergency animal traps, nock arrow shafts, make fuzz-sticks for fire-making and to strike sparks from a ferrocerium rod or flint.
The (system) provides a means for the user to more quickly fashion shelter and tools to provide food, fire and protection for themselves and others in a survival situation.
The flat “card” format takes up a neat, minimal space and the arrowheads being left on the card until use allows for safer storage.
No other (system) provides the utility of the ARROWCARD (PATENT PENDING), BOWCARD (PATENT PENDING) or SPEARCARD (PATENT PENDING) and no other card supplies vital, difficult to manufacture survival items such as arrowheads and bow in such a compact, secure package.
One of the more common kit containers used for a minimal survival kit is the Altoids tin. The first ARROWCARD card design is sized to fit the Altoids tin for the civilian market, but can be re-sized to fit most, if not all, of the kits in use by the military, other commercial kits and custom kits.
Anyway, I figure one of you Altoid tin PSK guys would love this, even if you're not one of those, it's pretty nifty and could be fun to play with.
There will be two prizes.
The winner will get the Arrowcard.
The runner-up will get a brand new and unused ToolLogic SurvivalI Card. Dinky and gimmicky, I know, but dinky or not, it'd be "better than nothing" if you were carrying nothing else.
How to Enter and Win:
1) You must have at least 5 posts in the "Great Outdoors" subforum by the time the winners are selected. Don't spam. You also have to be in the US for shipping purposes, unless I'm "friends" with you or recognize you as a regular contributor.
2) Post a picture or pictures of ONE of your favorite outdoor places and tell me why it's your favorite. I want to expand my "Need to visit list," and this may help
. You have until 10pm PDT on Wednesday, 5/1/13 to post. 3) My girlfriend and I will then pick the two places we like best, and I'll post the winner and runner up in the thread. PM or email me your address, and I'll get your stuff in the mail :thumbup:
4) There's no way for me to enforce this, but I think it'd be great if the winners would post a thread using the stuff, particularly the Arrowcard.
Simple enough, right? Go
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