Preparedness for when

daz378

just bought myself a sharp bladed implement from hennie heynnes....that would be especially useful were i to find my self in a tropical jungle... just over 20 cm long and just over 50 pound.... hopefully get it this week

kezlou

Today has been awful, yes dreaded school uniform shopping.

But prepping at the same time, saw couple of gadgets for lighting fires, lanterns etc perfect bushcraft tools. So going to make a little pack up.

Now Russia is in Ukraine, great more internal conflict.
TPTB cause so much confusion and frustration among the population that now people don't trust one another.

Frugalsod

daz378 wrote: »

just bought myself a sharp bladed implement from hennie heynnes....that would be especially useful were i to find my self in a tropical jungle... just over 20 cm long and just over 50 pound.... hopefully get it this week

Not a pitch fork then? I suspect a pitchfork will be far more useful in the UK than a jungle machete. Actually a machete will be very useful to clear a path through the countryside if you have to bug out.

I am looking at getting some various knives for my BOB but after watching Youtube I get the impression many expect to be using them for defence. All I want to do is to be able to feather wood for fires, split logs into tinder for burning and general keeping out of trouble like clearing a path through reeds or nettles. Though watching them has given me a lot to think about.

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Frugalsod wrote: »

Actually a machete will be very useful to clear a path through the countryside if you have to bug out.

At under 8" long, I can't see it being a machete.

All I want to do is to be able to feather wood for fires, split logs into tinder for burning and general keeping out of trouble like clearing a path through reeds or nettles.

I carry a pack of 7 assorted craft knives (from £ shops), with snap off blades, in my BOB.

They weigh very little, and have a myriad of uses, eg. 1st Aid use, prepping game, cutting up aluminium cans, stripping wire, breaking stitching.

Being snap off, they don't need periodic sharpening, like your folding/sheath knife does.

calicocat

calicocat wrote: »

Just popping in again...


Sorry if this is old news.....is new to me so thought I'd share.

I have just been cooking with the star ship (halogen oven), and the booklet states you clean it by putting water in, switch on and leave etc.

Anyhow, I have been doing this, then suddenly tonight I had a flash of genius....!...lol.

I figured it would be great to do the washing up in....! So, put the cutlery in it....pristine it is now (and sterile). Haven't tried plates yet as had already washed those and it may get a bit hot for plates...but is fab for cutlery if your dishwasher breaks down....and imagine it would be good for thick glasses.

Will report back at a later date as to the plate situation when have tried it out.


Yay.....i have my own mini dishwasher........lol.


It would also be good to wash dish cloths or scrubers in too thinking about it and animal bowls.






No black flies here, but imagine they could be corn flies?, I used to get loads of them when I lived inland the odd year.

Just a word of caution re: using star ships as dishwashers....i got a bit carried away in the end the other night and ended up testing washing quite a few different things in it.

SO.....i had probably over used it in regards to water in it and had it on for longer than normal. I also took the clean stuff out and then just dropped the lid down and went to bed with the hot water still in machine. This resulted in the top being too wet to work the next day, thought I had broken it, but airing it out for a few hours meant it worked again.

So advice would be if using it for this, to keep lid open when finished so steam doesn't get into the heat element and it will be fine.

Oh, and the cat bowls were all fine in it and thick glass wear.....result....and forgot to add that I pit a bit of washing up liquid in too.

sb44

If anyone is thinking of making an Altoids Tin survival kit , they have some keyrings in Poundland that have a temp gauge and tiny compass on one side, the wind chill factor printed on the other.

The thermometer doesn't seem to do a lot, but the little compass seems to work ok. It only has a small blob of glue holding it into the recess of they keyring, mine fell out, but I suppose you could prise it out easily enough.

It is only the size of a thumbnail (ladies nail) so an ideal size to put in your tin.

I bought a tin of Altoids from Tesco, I think they were £1.25, just to use the tin.

Not for survival, just something to have a play with to see what I could put in it for everyday use.

My daughter took the **** and laughed until she asked for the nail clippers, scissors and nail file when out and about on holiday!

Oh, and the tweezers that I had in there.

Off the top of my head, some of the things I have in there:

nail clippers
scissors (those from one of those credit card survival kits)
nail file
tweezers
small mirror from a Christmas cracker (stuck into lid using double sided foam)
one throat lozenge
couple of ibuprofen
couple of plasters
sachet containing tooth floss
toothpick (plastic from credit card survival kit)
couple of safety pins
pencil (from Argos)
couple of squares of plain paper for use with aforesaid pencil :rotfl:
double ended screwdriver (the kind you get to use with specs)
tiny round screw top container that held nail glitter (washed and refilled with vaseline)
sachet of salt (from KFC)
hand cleaning wipe (from KFC) useful for cleaning mucky tables when out
couple of sachets of sugar
couple of hair bobbles (used to hold tin lid shut)
tiny compass (probably won't need it but it was cute and maybe handy)

I think that is it.

Perhaps we should do an Altoids tin challenge to see what everyone puts in theirs.

sb44

Just found some similar compasses on ebay, seems they are called button compasses.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/141365137544?limghlpsr=true&hlpv=2&ops=true&viphx=1&hlpht=true&lpid=108&device=c&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=108

No, I have nothing to do with the sellers. Just thought these would save you faffing about trying to get the compass off the Poundland keyring.

sb44

Just found this which may fit into a tin, can't find my ruler at the minute but I am sure an Altoids tin is bigger than 7cm x 4.5cm.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Emergency-Survival-Knife-Mini-Multi-Tool-Card-/301297950160?pt=UK_SportingGoods_HikingEquipment_RL&hash=item4626c1ddd0



Off shopping, need to buy another Altoids tin, this may become addictive.

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It's somewhat bigger than an Altoids tin (although still small enough to fit a breast pocket on my coat), but I prefer my BCB Survival Tin.

Not only can it hold a lot more equipment (even a Space Blanket), but it can be used as a small mess tin, for cooking.

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sb44 wrote: »

can't find my ruler at the minute but I am sure an Altoids tin is bigger than 7cm x 4.5cm.

It'll be a close run thing.

An Altoids tin is 9.68 cm long, 6.19 cm wide, and 1.91 cm deep (not forgetting it has rounded corners), which won't leave a lot of space for much else.

Also, why use up space in the tin, when you could carry it in your pocket, in its protective cover?