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TrooperMax
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Please post pictures of SINGLE items to include in a kit with a caption below. Do not respond to this thread, go to the other therad that has the same name but disscussion beside it. Please only 1 item per pic, but lets get as many items as possible.
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Daffy
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Knife and/or Multi-tool. Very usefull in a survival situation.
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Daffy
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Magnesium flint stick. Great backup firestarter.
Will work for a couple thousand fires, just shave enough magnesium off with your knife at a 90 degree angle to the magnesium to cover a quarter and then use the spine of your knife to strike the flint. Aim the spark to ignight the magnesium. My best results were when i had the magnesium on top of tinder and also with some tinder over it.
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Daffy
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Folding saw. Great for gathering shelter material and firewood. Also is very light but still effective.
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Daffy
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Sweedish firesteel. Great backup fire starter. Put some dry grass/bark/other tinder together into a bundle and then use the steel striker on the flint to create 3000 degree sparks. A long slow strike works best.
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Daffy
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Survival (space) blanket. not the best thing in the world for a blanket, you pretty much have to get them right onto your skin to keep the heat in. BUT if you make a shelter and put this on the inside of it (les did this in the rocky mountain episode) you have a shelter that will reflect heat from you and/or your fire back down to you. make sure to put a lot of supports under it if you using it for this to keep it from ripping. you can get more durable ones then this but i would still want to put a lot of support anyway. Cover them up with evergreen boughs and youve got yourself a pretty dry shelter started...
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Drummer Dave
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I think Rope is manditory in any backpack or Kit. This is 80 ft, of good rope. Many,many use'es out in the bush.
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| Wed Jan 03, 2007 4:38 pm |
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Daffy
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First Aid Kit. I suggest getting a decent one and then adding things to it. This is a small one that I bought, took out things i didn't want then added a bunch that i did. Great to have for when you or someone else gets hurt.
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Daffy
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Flashlight. Can be used at night to see your trail or for signalling. this is a renewable energy light that has a strobe signal light feature. Sorry bout the bad pic.
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Daffy
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Snare wire. Great for making traps for rabbits/squirrels/birds (see traps section for details). also could be used to make a shelter really strong.
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Daffy
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Winter hat. Even in the summer it can get really cold at night and a winter hat sure makes things a little bit more barable.
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Doug
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These hardly take up space, but you will thank yourself for having them if you ever do get lost,
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TrooperMax
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Emergency Candles. Sometimes its really hard to start a fire, but if you have this at least you'll have light. Also they are great for transporting a flame 
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TrooperMax
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A headlamp is great at night, expeically if you have to do something. If you cant sleep you can gather wood, or work on your shelter or whatever. Although I highly recmond a LED as opposed to the old type of bulb. Also GERBER seems to have the best kind for what I can see.
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TrooperMax
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Although not a vital item, good to have never the less. GREAT signaling at night time. I do recomend having at least one, but do not just throw it into your pack. I suggest cramming it into something hard like a copper pipe, so it wont activate.
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| Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:42 pm |
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TrooperMax
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A strobe is yet antoehr good signaling device. However i suggest getting a headlamp that has that function to reduce the amount of gear you have.
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| Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:43 pm |
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TrooperMax
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The best way to know which dirrection your going in of course.
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| Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:48 pm |
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TrooperMax
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If you dont ahve a water purifier tablets will do the trick
*edited to make picture show up*
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| Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:49 pm |
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TrooperMax
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One of the most useful items I own. Great for keeping warm, and making shelters. Covering up firewood, etc.
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| Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:50 pm |
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TrooperMax
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Great for the wintertime. I got a pair of these in my kit for winter.
(No coghlan, I just use this company as an expample for pictures)
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