Sometimes even a tin is too much. So I have put a survivial mirror, firestriker, matches, asprin, whistle and a button compass in the zip pocket of my wallet. Gives me the absolute minimum amount of kit. Can anyone do any better?

Thats basically what I have, didn't like the hard tins in my pockets. I'm using a kaybchain wallet. It keeps my keys from ratteling, has a reguler money pocket and a couple smaller pockets. I carry an emergency stash in the wallet part and a small knife (gerber ridge knife with the money clip removed), P38, tiny compass, and some bandages in it.

How about a SUUNTO Comet in place of a button compass? A couple Coghlan's Emergency Tinder in an Altoids strips tin is good! A few sheets of Rite-in-the-Rain paper is good. One sheet with useful phone number and account numbers can be good. A small flashlight. How about a couple band-aids in your wallet?

You have got to have some kind of pocket knife! How about a SAK VIC Farmer? <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I have sparklite tinder in the sub-kit & a single edged razor blade. Also, I am probably being thick here but what is a P38?

Thats the little military can opener.

Right, thank you. Good idea.

I do something similar, although it's not really a "survival" kit. I have a large wallet that has a pocket in the middle for a pen. There are two pockets that are roughly 3x5". I got the idea to put in a OMNISEAL bag from reading another thread here. Inside the bag, I have:

* 6 small bandages
* 2 round wooden toothpicks for htose annoying times when I get some steak or chicken stuck between teeth
* 5 matches in heat-shrinkable tubing (I've been looking for some small strike-anywheres... any ideas?)
* Spare truck key (most of the handle has been cut off to get it to fit widthwise) for when I lock myself out of my truck
* 1 safety pin

The big challenge is finding items that are thin enough to not make the wallet too thick. I think I've done a pretty good job. I also carry a Leatherman Juice Pro, an ARC-P flashlight, a USB thumb drive, and a cell phone. In the wallet there are 3x5 notecards for taking notes and the pen in the center pocket. Also the area for holding dollar bills is rather large, so I fit half of a folded-up paper towel in there.

http://www.riverjunction.com/catalog/saloon/matches.html

I've done business with them in the past. Pretty good matches, a little thin (I broke one trying to strike on my zipper), but worked nicely with some nail polish for waterproofing (be sure and coat the stick too).

Thank you very much. I see two different sizes of boxes, 250 and 32. Do you know if each have the same size matches?

The 32s are tiny not much pigger than toothpicks.

Diamond makes nearly identical ones. try youe Ace hadware store.