>>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="" />