when i put my first kit together..i scouts of course..
we not not encouraged to think of them as survival kits..
this would have been around 1958-59..we were to think
about them as "lost kits" or "confidence kits"..
when i got out of the Army in 1969 i found my old kit
and took off the electric tape that sealed the round fish
hook tin that put my "survival" gear into..i had a dime taped
to the inside of the lid--might run across a phone booth..
there were also wood matches cut ot fit in the tin..a couple
aspirin in foil..band aids..halazone tablets--i still have the bottle! !..fish hooks and black nylon line--no monfiliment yet--
safety pins..a folded up square of foil....a single edge razor
blade wraped in foil...there may have been other stuff but
thats all that comes to mind right now..i sealed the can with
electric tape and put about 3 coats of bright yellow paint
on it....just getting out of the service i had a chuckle about
"kid stuff"....however within the next few months i bought
an AR 7 rifle and starting putting a "real" kit together
yes..i still have the AR 7..