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what to put in my "just in case" kit?

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HatchA:

--- Quote from: DanaM on May 05, 2010, 09:04:08 pm ---Justin dumbas rednecks use leaves da smart ones pack some Charmin LOL

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Good to know you've got your priorities straight!!  And comfort seems top of the list with Charmin... ;)

Jesse:
I have a small fanny pack I carry on backwoods trips. I managed to stuff all of this stuff inside carefully packed. You would never guess all this is inside :)
whistle
4'x6' heavy plastic sheeting for tarp
waterproof matches in a film roll case
lighter
emergency blanket
emergency poncho
compass
plenty of b 50 dacron to make a string or whatever
shoe laces
duct tape wrapped around a piece of arrow shaft
flashlight
first aid kit + 50 mg tabs of benadryl in case of allergic reaction
sewing kit
twist ties
large knife
fishing kit
candle
part of a fire starter log pounded flat and put in a ziplock
super glue
water purification tabs
candy
toilet paper in a ziplock

recurve shooter:
wow. thats a ton of stuff i didnt think about. i gotta make a trip to wallyworld. i really like the steel wool and ninevolt, and the candle idea. also the heavy plastic sheet. if i ever actually need this stuff its prolly gunna be wet wherever i am, so that would really help. thanks for all the ideas guys.

Jesse, what is an emergency blanket? is that the tin foil looking thing?

stickbender:

     Recurve, what those guys said, and about four heavy duty large gabage, or leaf bags.  Go to a feed store, and see if they have leg wraps.  They come in different colors.  It is what we used on the rescue rigs, called co ban, that you can buy in drug stores, but smaller and about $3.50, and up, but the leg wrap is the same stuff, just colored, and longer rolls, and cheaper, which, you can use as is or cut into the size you want.  Great for taping broken or cracked ribs. It is great for wrapping bandages with, and a bunch of other uses.  It is a tacky, stretch type bandage.  Get some four by four gauze pads.  Some black pepper.  It stops small cuts from bleeding immediately.  Doesn't sting but a tiny bit at first, and then it is gone.  But sure works.  Also some salt.  You need to have salt in your body, to replenish the salts you sweat out.
And of course some Cajun spice powder.  Makes survival food taste a whole lot better.  Some tea bags, small pot to boil water, cook in, gather water, etc.  Since you are going to wally world, get a magnesium bar with the sparking bar on it.  Cut an old hack saw blade the same length, grind a long bevel edge on the non saw edge, and a chisel edge on the end, that you cut, and put the chain on the magnesium bar in the hole in the hack saw blade, and you have a great fire starter, with out having to ruin your knife edge shaving off magnesium and striking the sparking bar.  Just wrap the hack saw blade with paper, or something to keep it from laying against the magnesium bar, since it causes an electrolysis, and makes a corrosion. A belt knife, fixed blade, and a pocket knife, and small stone. But  definitely get a good Swiss Arm knife, with saw, scissors, etc.
I carry my Gerber tool, with scissors, can opener, screw drivers, knife blade, file, with a mill style on one side, and diamond on the other.  Also googgle tool logic.  It is a knife with a sparking bar that has a rubber O ring that secures it in the knife handle.  The blade,is a half serrated, and is Sharp, and good steel, and the handle has a loud whistle, and a lanyard hole.  It is  are single bladed folding knifes, and are really great survival knives, the back of the blade has a notched section, to use for sliding on the sparking rod.  The sparking rod will catch note book paper on fire!  They run around $ 24-27 dollars, depending on where you find them.  Pm me and I will tell you where I got mine, plus the Swedish military knives.  Good luck with your adventure, and of course be careful, four legged critters aren't the only things that might cause you problems..... ;)
                                                                             Wayne

recurve shooter:

--- Quote from: stickbender on May 07, 2010, 07:25:03 am ---
 Good luck with your adventure, and of course be careful, four legged critters aren't the only things that might cause you problems..... ;)
                                                                             Wayne

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thanks for the info. and i learned this part very early in life lol.  ;D

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