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#64042 - 04/17/06 04:23 PM Re: Survival tin (with pictures)
11BINF Offline
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Registered: 10/05/03
Posts: 115
Loc: phx. az. u.s.a
jim : your survival tin is spot on... i like what i see...what type of tin/case do you use ?? for one i do'nt like the altiods tin its to darn small and i only use the B.C.B. size tin to carry my modified contents.... keeping with the brit.S.A.S survival theme do you also carry a survival pouch when in the field?? i'd like to see the contents to compare notes <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />.. vince g. 11b inf...

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#64043 - 04/17/06 04:31 PM Re: Survival tin (with pictures)
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Registered: 04/05/05
Posts: 715
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
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My EDC is a FAK, Wave, Survival bag, LED Flashlight, watch, cell phone, bandanna and additional matches/tinder


Jim,

Please tell us about your survival bag. To me the survival shelter is the big white elephant in the room no one talks about much. I have read more than once that if it is cold and wet a natural shelter like a debris hut is not going to keep you warm and dry.

Thanks!
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#64044 - 04/17/06 04:34 PM Re: Survival tin (with pictures)
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Registered: 12/07/05
Posts: 781
Loc: Central Illinois
heh... I live at least an hours drive from any sporting goods stores. There are more hiking/camping/sporting stores around, but I'd hardly call them "survival stores". Sure, they usually have an aisle or half an aisle dedicated to survival kit, but the rest of it is spread around as specific sporting goods. There aren't any climbing/hiking/camping type sporting stores in the malls there? I have to think there are at least smaller shops that deal with this sort of gear. For sure there are marine suppliers that have some gear.
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#64045 - 04/17/06 04:37 PM Re: Survival tin (with pictures)
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Registered: 03/31/06
Posts: 1355
Loc: United Kingdom.
Follow the link on the E.T.S. site to Outdoorcode in the U.K. Your within the E.U. so he orght to be able to supply all your needs. I used him to obtain 3 P.S.P's, 2 B.C.B fireball strikers and 2 wire saws. Service is very good.
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#64046 - 04/17/06 04:54 PM Re: Survival tin (with pictures)
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Registered: 04/08/02
Posts: 1821
these whistles are for sale seperatly. I know, i bought many of them. They are just harder to find online. I buy them locally.
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#64047 - 04/17/06 05:03 PM Re: Survival tin (with pictures)
massacre Offline
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Registered: 12/07/05
Posts: 781
Loc: Central Illinois
Hmm... since my post I've located this for individual sale and they call it a Perry Whistle, but it doesn't look like the one in the kit here or in some of the BCB Kits. Looks like they use two different whistles?
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#64048 - 04/17/06 05:05 PM Re: Survival tin (with pictures)
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Registered: 03/18/06
Posts: 1032
Loc: The Netherlands
It's the orange survival bag from Coghlan's
It provides instand protection against wind and rain.
The cold in Holland isn't that much, so additional thermal protection isn't a priority.
I also have some emergency space bags, but I prefer the orange bag because it's a lot ness noisy, it's tougher and makes a good ground signal and/or tarp
I'm also thinking about a orange tube tent. Is it any good??
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#64049 - 04/17/06 05:06 PM Re: Survival tin (with pictures)
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Registered: 03/18/06
Posts: 1032
Loc: The Netherlands
I bought my original BCB kit about 9 years ago, so it could have changed overtime
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#64050 - 04/17/06 05:12 PM Re: Survival tin (with pictures)
ironraven Offline
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Registered: 09/08/05
Posts: 4642
Loc: Vermont
*chuckles*

I live in "the country", and I can't get most of this stuff locally. Exotic means potable aqua and really bad knock off magnesium firestarters. I can't even get Fox40s without having to order them. It's only been a year that I could get Nalgene bottles.

Mail order is a symptom of the illness known as "tin-fu".
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#64051 - 04/17/06 05:17 PM Re: Survival tin (with pictures)
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Registered: 03/18/06
Posts: 1032
Loc: The Netherlands
The problem in the Netherlands is that it's a small country. There aren't a lot of places were you could get into a survival situation.
Therefore there aren't many people that have the same hobby as me: making survival kits. And that's the reason that there aren't many shops that have outdoor, let alone survival stuff.
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