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#71584 - 08/20/06 02:18 AM Re: Updated hiking/fishing PSK
ironraven Offline
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European military mess tins. I like the older ones with the stamped handle, but the newer ones with the wire handle are easier to find now.

There are also the Sigg boxes, but CDT and Sportsmans Guide usually have a better price on the mess tins than I ever seen on the Sigg boxes.
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#71585 - 08/20/06 02:56 AM Re: why ditch the matches?
Simon Offline


Registered: 04/24/06
Posts: 398
Loc: Tennessee
I've heard of the mini-Bic trick b4, but may I ask why you advocate ditching matches altogether? Or is it just the existing type of matches in the kit that are undesirable? Just curious.
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#71586 - 08/21/06 04:03 AM Re: Updated hiking/fishing PSK
Craig_phx Offline
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Registered: 04/05/05
Posts: 715
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
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Some Couglans tinder, (best compromise between bulk & burn time) wrapped in clingfilm might be a useful addition.


Leigh

Bless you fellow convert to Coghlan's emergency Tinder! <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

I discovered something today. <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> I rinsed off my ferro rod; because I carry it in my pocket. I wondered if it would work when it was wet; I assumed it would. It would not spark. I just got wet gunk on my scraper. After a few scrapes it would spark, but not at first. So, if you are cold and wet, your ferro rod may not work until it is dried off or scrapped dry.
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#71587 - 08/21/06 05:31 AM Re: Updated hiking/fishing PSK
ironraven Offline
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That IS alarming. First I've heard of this- what brand do you have?
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#71588 - 08/21/06 10:45 AM Re: Updated hiking/fishing PSK
JIM Offline
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Registered: 03/18/06
Posts: 1032
Loc: The Netherlands
I would wrap the duct-tape around the BIC , instead of the pencil.

BTW: Coghlan's Emergency tinder is great stuff. It's the only tinder I use.
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#71589 - 08/21/06 12:16 PM Re: Updated hiking/fishing PSK
Leigh_Ratcliffe Offline
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Registered: 03/31/06
Posts: 1355
Loc: United Kingdom.
DON'T PANIC! All ferronium rods are vunerable to damp and wet. That is inherent in their nature. That is to say that they oxydise. Small rod's are a lot more vunerable than large ones. Keeping them dry alleviates the problem. If you leave them in a damp pocket, you will, eventually, destroy the rod. As you would a knife. A normal wetting won't affect them, provided they are dried afterwards.
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#71590 - 08/21/06 01:23 PM Re: Updated hiking/fishing PSK
JIM Offline
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That's why we put ferro-rod's in shrink-tubing.
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#71591 - 08/21/06 02:22 PM Re: Updated hiking/fishing PSK
JIM Offline
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Registered: 03/18/06
Posts: 1032
Loc: The Netherlands
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(as I was writing this post, I got called up for a search & rescue mission... oops, gotta repack my PSK right now!)

You mean you didn't have another one standing-by......and another one in the drawer.........shame on you Bee! <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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#71592 - 08/21/06 06:08 PM Re: Updated hiking/fishing PSK
frediver Offline
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Registered: 05/17/04
Posts: 215
Loc: N.Cal.
No good solution for the cook can issue really so why not carry a small can of food or soda? Eat or drink the contents then just punch a hole and add a wire handle and you have
a cook kit.<><

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#71593 - 08/21/06 10:52 PM Re: Updated hiking/fishing PSK
Craig_phx Offline
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Registered: 04/05/05
Posts: 715
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
A StarFlash! Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh! <img src="/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />
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