Last year I gave away several survival food chests to friends and relatives. I filled a small ice chest with cans of barley, rolled oats, potato flakes, rice, beans, honey, etc. All were packed for long term, 20+ year storage by www.waltonfeed.com Love those guys.
I have been thinking of creating a very small survival kit that everyone can carry easily in a wallet. I’m thinking fishhooks, monofilament line, a razor blade, snare wire, a sewing needle and thread. It will not suffice for every situation, but it’s better than nothing.
Any suggestions on other things that can easily fit into a wallet?
They would make nice gifts next year.
Matches - strike anywhere type with the heads dipped in wax. Add in a small square of sandpaper.
A sterilizing tablet - the ones they use for baby bottles are fine, and one of those will final clean 10 gallons of water without tasting too terrible.
A 40 denier nylon woman’s knee sock - makes a good filter and folds up really small.
Two aspirin - very effective painkillers.
An unlubricated condom - they are surprisingly good as emergency water carriers.
A strip of magnesium ribbon - for starting fires no matter how wet the wood is.
Those, plus the fishhooks, monofilament, needle and thread and a scalpel blade are what is carried in the handle of my survival knife, but could easily be fitted in a wallet.
I have a dupe set of that in a small tin (Altoids tin) which moves from coat pocket to coat pocket as the seasons change.
My daughter is getting a fire pit grill, bag of charcoal, a generator and a 5 gal bucket full of ingredients to make laundry soap. last time i saw her i gave her #10 cans of oatmeal milk rice n beans plus calcium hypochlorite to purify water.
My daughter is getting a fire pit grill, bag of charcoal, a generator and a 5 gal bucket full of ingredients to make laundry soap. last time i saw her i gave her #10 cans of oatmeal milk rice n beans plus calcium hypochlorite to purify water.
1. Water purification tabs repacked to fit the container
2. Reynolds or other brand Oven bag/zip bag 1qt size or marked for 1 qt for ease of tabs/H20 ratio
3. Matches waterproof/windproof & tinder quick tabs and/or mini striker and mag fire starter
4. Make those needles magnetized. Can be floated in a leaf to use as a compass pointing North?
5. Tiny candles or tea lights
6. key chain size led flashlight
7. split shot for the fishing line
8. Thin metal mirror
7. Small magnifying glass to start fire
8. Wire or cable saw
9. Butter fly closures and tube triple antibiotic
10. Safety pin or 2
11. Pocket survival blanket for the other back pocket?
12. Extra AAA battery for flashlight?