And it gets worse...when I was a teen I met some girls from Pittsburgh whose version of of the plural was "y'uns."

Getting back on topic, y'all.

I bought one of those little Gerber knives before I started collecting survival stuff. I keep it on my keychain for trimming the bite marks on my dog's frisbees. My wife liked it, so I got her one two. I lost it for awhile, and bought a replacement, and when I found it again I put it in my PSK as a backup knife. So I've got 3 now. It's going to be hard to justify getting a 4th little knife, but if it's better, well...

What's the groove for just inside the edge?

Brian:

If it was a fixed blade, they would not have a fingernail groove on the blade.

Man!, you just gotta drink more coffee before you go onliine. <img src="/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Bountyhunter <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Y'all, or whatever:

Water in aluminum foil should keep the foil cool enough so that it does not melt, because the water needs 212 degrees F to boil, and aluminum foil needs a bit more than that to melt. I am assuming you are using a regular fire and not an acytelene torch which would definitely melt the area it hits as the heat gain will be greater and faster than the heat loss capability of the water.

I have heard, and seem to recall having seen one instance of water being boiled in a paper bag. The only downside of that is the physical integrity of wet paper. You could fill a paper bag with water, and use any hole riddled aluminum foil as a support mechanism. I would imagine that with rapid emptying of the bag after boiling the water, you could use the bag again until the wetness of the paper finally causes the bag to disintegrate.

Bountyhunter

>>What's the groove for just inside the edge?<<

It's a lamination line- the Swedes are fond of laminated steel in knives, and this is supposedly a very fancy powdered/sintered exotic steel. I haven't used it enough to comment first hand, but a lot of folks say it holds an edge very well indeed- including our own Chris. It does cut very well.

Cutting dog frisbees is actually rather hard on the edge of my knife. Sometimes it lands in dirt, and the dirt in the cracks dulls the edge quickly.

When I was a kid and in cub scouts, we boiled water in a paper cup. Worked well but melted the wax on the paper.

Also made breakfast in a paper bag...eggs and bacon. Pretty neat stuff

LOL it was 6:30am ... I guess I shouldn't be allowed to post before 7am. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I think I read something about boiling water in paper containers over at BCUK. I guess this is something else I need to experiment with. Hope there's still propane in the tank under my BBQ grill when I get home tonight. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

>>A knife in the Psk don't tell Doug<<

No problem. Doug doesn't read this stuff. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

>>Actually I have toyed with the idea my self and made it work but I have to sacrifices other stuff, so I developed a urban Psk and a standard wilderness Psk.<<

I've done much the same thing, but my "urban" version has been torn apart now because I face the possibility of x-ray machines and metal detectors 4 days a week (they spot check).

I any case, I feel a "real" backup knife (as opposed to a scalpel or x-acto blade) is worth the space. I also have a tiny pair of folding reading glasses in each of my kit, which is also a sacrifice of space, but I can't read or do intricate close work without them.

>>The problem I had was the size of the tin.<<

Even though I have to sacrifice some items and make compromises on others, I don't want my kits to get any larger. I know from long experience that if they do, I won't take them when I don't think I'll need them. The Altoids-style is small enough to just slip in a pocket without considering how likely it is to be needed- any larger is not.

I have other stuff in the house (tons), in my vehicle (pounds), and in my shoulder pouch for commuting (maybe a pound), and of course I don't walk off into the woods without enough gear to get through reasonable worst-case scenarios.. so the kits are largely redundant 90+ percent of the time. I wouldn't want them to be any larger.

Of course, each of us gets to do whatever we want, so there's no particular reason for any two of us to want the same kit. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />