I was reading Ray Mears' "Bushcraft" book and found very interesting point: he talks about survival, but there is nothing about survival kit!
His book is so far the best survival book I have read. He talks about gear, how to choose, does not really pushes his ideas into the reader, but his points are so logical that you cannot disagree. In fact, he covers most things I am interested in (how to select a knife, what should I select a cutting tool - long knife, machete, or axe, bowdrilling firemaking, finding water and food etc) with sufficient details to practice (except making snares, I guess it is because it is illegal to snare animals in the UK).
But why he does not mention any survival kit? Any ideas? Perhaps, he spreads his kit around in his other kit that he will always have something in hand. Plus, he tries to improvise using natural material.
Regards,