After the great Bic debate I'm buying up hollowhandled survival knives and converting the storage area into a giant Bic. I am also taking an idea from an old WW2 vintage cartoon. My signal panel is being painted in an East Los Angeles bodyshop by a homie who looks remarkably like Cheech. Il'l just deploy it and within minutes screaming air national guard aircraft will be napalming Osama's likeness. One should always 'think outside the box' and I dislike these either or questions. I don't even like the 10 essentials list or the STOP acronym. I carry 24 essentials and my acronym is HAFMYGMI- "heres another fine mess you've got me into."