Jeez, some of these sewing kits have more stuff in it than my entire survival kit.

My sewing kit generally consists of green Spiderwire, a few needles of various sizes, and some safety pins.

Usually, my method of repairing garments is simply do whatever you can to get it to function the way it's supposed to. Start with safety pins, if they don't work, sew it with whatever color thread you've got on hand. If I need extra fabric I'll tear up a hankie/bandanna/old t-shirt/whatever. It isn't pretty, but it works just the same I guess.

And just to bore you all here is my otter skin bag repair kit.



This kit a more traditional approach built around the large sewing ulu....bone and antler buttons and toggles, natural and artifical sinews, sealskin thimble, leather reinforcement pieces, and kangaroo lace.

'A good knife and sewing kit are the most important items for survival'- Inuit saying

"Spyderwire, 50lb on a business card spool, knots are difficult . . ."

Is there any type of 50lb fishing line where knots are not difficult?

Well WOW to the second kit too.
And here I am with about 5 needles stuffed inside a small flip top container of dental floss.
I do have heavier thread and a palm in my kit when I am backpacking, but that is in case I tear a pack strap loose or something like that.

I would post pictures but I am to lazy to post pictures.

Schwert - in regard your inclusion of a "Standard spool of sewing thread Guttman", I'm now considering adding to my emergency repair kit a spool of Gutermann Sew All Thread (273 Yards - possibly re-rolled to a 50 yard segment for my kit). I’m also considering adding a spool of Gutermann Upholstery Thread in the 300m length (re-rolled to a 50 yard segment for the kit), along with a couple sets of these heavy duty leather-canvas- carpet, etc. needles: http://www.amazon.com/Colonial-Needle-Ho...9715&sr=8-2

Any suggestions or guidance would be appreciated.

Grady

For my emergency repair kit (not my emergency fishing kit) I considering adding 50 pound fishing line. Since knotting is critical in emergency repairs, I'm inclined to go with nylon mono rather than wire line, Spider Wire braided or Kevlar.

Any suggestions in this reagard as to my emergency repair kit?

allright Schwert. I admit. I signed up here not only because I love the information, but to find out a little about the ulu.

You've got me not lurking. Please do tell. That small ulu brings a bit of things to mind, you could cut, rock it to cut cloth...

I'm not from Alaska, and the first thing I thought was 'why does he have a push knife in his sewing kit'?

Any sites any info?

You have me intrigued.

Oh and hello everyone.

Randy pretty well covers ooloos in his linked article.

Actually, the rennaissance should be credited to those 'junk

tourist' examples. I was stationed in Alaska when the Alaska

Ulu company started up. Yes, they are mass produced- and oh

yes,employ many native alaskans in Anchorage. If you want an

inexpensive introduction, by all means patronise them.

Before AUC oolos were a local secret.

A midle of the road example is www.ulumaker.com- traditional

patterns, tools steel, moose antler handles. Ooloos also make

for handy survival tools.We stamped out several at Airstation

Kodiak and taped them to the flat stock of the ithaca Survival

rifles later commercially copied as the M6.

thanks Chris! I reviewed his linked article.

What were you don'n up in Alaska? I ask because my dad was on the DEW line for a while.

This looks like a good piece of kit.

Best,

JB