I was trying to find a good solution for carrying my BCB survival-tin on hiking trips,
when I realised that a belt-pouch would be the best solution for me.
No hard tins in my jacket pockets and also the opportunity to carry more stuff with my PSK.
So I grabbed an old BCB 'Go-pack' pouch and started assembling:

The 'Go-Pack' pouch:



If you open the pouch:



The contents:



1 BCB survival tin
1 Kit Kat Chunky (or other energy bar)
2 quart Zip-locks
5m. cord
1 folding knife (Night-Hawk)
1 Coghlan's Emergency-bag (better than nothing)
1 BIC-lighter
1 tea candle (in small zip-lock)
some cotton wool

Contents of the PSK:



1 BCB tobacco-tin (with 2 elastic bands on it)
1 40x40cm piece of HD aluminium foil
2 Alcohol prep-pad's
1 STOP-banner (ETS edition)
1 1l ziplock
1 5 Euro bill
1 Mayday signal mirror (glass)
10 Micropur water purification tablets
1 button compass
2m brass wire
1 Photon II LED microlight
1 Whistle
4 Coghlan's Emergency Tinder
7 Wind/Waterproof matches
1 small magnifying glass
1 flexible wire saw
1 birthday candle
1 paper-clip
6 safety-pins
2 pieces waterproof note-paper
2 scalpel blades #24
1 p-38 can opener
1 fire-steel
2 HD sewing needles with 2 meters of thread wrapped around it
1 small pen
3 meters of waxed dental floss
10 meters of fishing line
1 fishing kit
4 twist-ties (under waterproof note-paper)
1 small locking knife
1 piece of hacksaw blade
3 meters of cord (yellow)
2 energy tablets (white things under the fishing kit)
1 meter of Duct-tape
60cm of black electricians tape (used to seal the tin)




This pouch is for survival-purposes only! A FAK, multitool and flashlight are part of EDC / Hiking backpack.

Any comments / suggestions / idea's are very welcome!

NIce kit. I ilke the idea of using a belt pouch-- Hard to loose.

You might consider replacing the velcro closure and / or tying the whole thing shut for security.

Knife - I'd replace the knife with something flatter and lighter. Spyderco?

Money - More is always better. A very useful tool.

Back-up firemaking: A small flint, and acredit card sized fresnel lens

First aid --Perhaps a sanitary napkin packed in the middle to stop blood loss

Misc -- Flagging tape 1-2 M, SPF #30 chapstick -- can be used on your nose for sunscreen

teacher

What makes Chunky KitKat chunky?

Yes, I have a sweet tooth.

The SIZE!

Maybe it's better to wrap some paracord around it to prevent that.



Wich one? The Buck in the PSK or the Night-Hawk?



Already in the PSK



FAK is carried in hiking-kit and as part of EDC.



Good idea!

- Not going to work with a backpack, if you use the hipbelt.
- You can do beter than a kitkat chunky. (energy and nutrician wise)
- 5 euro bil, won't get you anywhere.
- you signalmirror is plastic, not glass. (unless they started to make the same mirror is both materials)
- it's not a P-38 you got there, but a p-51 (p-38 is smaller)
- you flint isn't a fire steel, but a ranger flint. Ranger flint is harder to operate.

- Don't wrap you kit in paracord, try getting access to your kit with one hand...
- get a beter knife
- Make a pull tab on the tape on the tin.
- Get a better tea candle. The long lasting once's or the "survival" candle's.

the mayday signal-mirror from BCB is made of glass.

The ranger-flint fits perfectly in my tinn, so I'm not going to replace that.



There's only so much room in a pouch...



How do you know that this knife isn't good. Just because it isn't a well-known brand like spyderco. (wich I don't like the looks of)

Thanks for your suggestions

well i reconise the knife as a Buck imitation. Which are generally very poor quality, both the steel used and the construction if the knife. I have plenty of similiar knifes failed on me. Some simply (and literaly) fel apart, one failed during light stress and cut me and others started to get HUGE amount of play, making the bladelock totally unreliable.

Get at least a decent 440C or AUS6 steel knife. Knife's without any mark of the steel used are generally very poor, so is 420HC used in many cheaper knifes.

I thought you meant the Nighthawk-knife, not the knife in the PSK.

The problem is that I haven't found a knife that is small enough and locks. (so no SAK)

You might try either a spyderco (various sizes)or a schrade switch-it.

I like this idea/concept because the best equipment in the world does nothing for you if one doesn't have it with them when they need it. Being a towboat driver, I am constantly reminded of a historical fact: "Towboats, like Coast Guard Cutters have always done two things extremely well - BURN and SINK!!!

I carry a Buck 110, Leatherman, and a ball cap in a .45cal leather magazine pouch and a maglite (red lense and w/spare bulb) on my belt at all times. That, along with my life jacket (whistle, 6" & 8" Crescent wrenches, leather gloves, 3 cell "C" flashlight, and 1 spare pack of "C" bateries) does not constitute much equipment, in case of need.

I think I can do better, based on your idea and I Thank you for starting this thread.

Thanks again. I just added a large signal mirror, 55gal polypropylene, & a 35gal plastic garbage bags to my life jacket.

I am thinking in terms of getting a rifle ammo pouch similar to one that I already own and a much smaller version of what you've gotten, and place some additional items in it. This is something that can be worn on my belt full time, just like my mag pouch and flashlight scabbard. On a boat, you want equipment to hug you close so that it doesn't "catch" on doorways (watertight doors), etc.

Thanks for refocusing my attention where it is needed.

Where did you buy this pouch?
It is a perfect size.
Thanks for the great suggestion!
Jess

It's the pouch of the BCB 'Go-pack'. I got it from my local army-surplus