#148346 - 09/10/08 10:37 PM
Re: SAS Survival handbook - Your Views.
[Re: benjammin]
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I too have been trying to aquire a used copy of the SAS survival flickbook to no avail... So lemme throw this out to everybody.... anybody have a spare copy they are willing to part with for a reasonable price? The only time I've found one it was over a hundred bucks..... P.M. If ya have one and are willing. Thanks all.
-Bill Liptak
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#148350 - 09/10/08 10:46 PM
Re: SAS Survival handbook - Your Views.
[Re: Am_Fear_Liath_Mor]
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Is it practical advice for survival 'in the wild, in any climate, on land or at sea' or is it just a nice read for aspiring 'Walters'? I'm going to give the confounding answer: yes. It, like everything else in this field, as Walter Mitty as it's owner is. I find that it is a much more complete and up to date item than the timeless (and dated) DoD 21-76. It suffers from the focusless breadth of it's USGI counterpart, but it does have more depth. I think it is a little more focused on the primitive survival/bushcraft aspect, but once you've covered the basics, pretty much every manual over a quarter inch thick will have that problem. *Laughs* I like it. I have a copy of the original British version, and the Pocket Books version. The later, I think, is the best form factor for a pack, although it is printed on simple, cheap paper, not waterproofed. *shrugs* Ziplocks. For the bookshelf, it should be joined by others- I rather like Lundin, but he is far from the only one.
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#148353 - 09/10/08 10:51 PM
Re: SAS Survival handbook - Your Views.
[Re: ironraven]
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Bu flickbook, do you mean the cards on a button that fan out?
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#148355 - 09/10/08 11:07 PM
Re: SAS Survival handbook - Your Views.
[Re: Chris Kavanaugh]
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I have the over-sized version. It was one of my first survival books and really got me thinking about survival and kits. It is one of my favorites. It is kind of a classic. I also have the flick book, which I picked up on ebay in the book section. There is a lot of stuff you won't use, but it definitely gets you thinking about different ways to do things. If I had to pick another it would be Cody Lundins book (The Art of Keeping Your A** Alive). My latest manual I obtained is kind of a home-made job. It has some good info but generally made for SERE guys. http://www.usrsog.org/index.htm
Edited by Matt (09/10/08 11:08 PM)
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#148356 - 09/10/08 11:13 PM
Re: SAS Survival handbook - Your Views.
[Re: Matt]
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Yea, the waterproofed cards attached by a grommet or some other fastner-thingie (that's the high tech word) so that they fan out
-Bill Liptak
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#148369 - 09/11/08 12:08 AM
Re: SAS Survival handbook - Your Views.
[Re: Am_Fear_Liath_Mor]
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My copy is from 1986. I don't agree with everything in it, but I agree with a lot also, well over 50%. For someone starting out from square one it should be very useful...
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#148373 - 09/11/08 12:22 AM
Re: SAS Survival handbook - Your Views.
[Re: OldBaldGuy]
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For me personally, it has too much information that I don't need. I don't envision myself ever being in the Arctic, so that stuff can go. I don't even go to the beach, let alone in the ocean. So that stuff can go.
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#148378 - 09/11/08 01:05 AM
Re: SAS Survival handbook - Your Views.
[Re: CityBoyGoneCountry]
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True, but I figure that it is a "one book does all" kinda thing. Much easier than having an Arctic book, ocean book, jungle book (no offense Walt), etc...
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#148565 - 09/12/08 01:35 AM
Re: SAS Survival handbook - Your Views.
[Re: OldBaldGuy]
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True, but I figure that it is a "one book does all" kinda thing. Much easier than having an Arctic book, ocean book, jungle book (no offense Walt), etc... I agree. There are multiple copies of the book in my BOB, hiking and fishing kits for years. I have tried many of the techniques (with vary degrees of success) in the book while I was in the Arctic, near desert and on or near the ocean. Although some of the ideas and techniques in the book are outdated and or esoteric, I still think the book is one of the better references out there...and for the current $7.95 price and the very small size of the GEM edition it is a bargain.
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#148627 - 09/12/08 02:11 PM
Re: SAS Survival handbook - Your Views.
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I own the big one...it's kinda heavy. Not very good for a BOB. But makes for some ok reading.
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