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petronius

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18. Awesome! I'd have to really need a fire before I'd be able to burn something

Reply to MichaelMcGuire (Reply #17)

Thu Jul 5, 2012, 12:14 AM

Jul 2012

that adorable...

I've never actually made or used a fire tablet; my current stoves are either canister or alcohol depending on how elaborate my menu is going to be, so the only other fire need is campfire for pleasure. I have the tinder in my survival kit, but when it's a fun-fire I'm pretty fixated on doing it 'naturally': local tinder and wood, a knife, and just one match...

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What's in your survival tin? [View all] MichaelMcGuire May 2012 OP

Thanks. Great quick summary. Need to make that. Hoyt Jun 2012 #1

You can buy ones, but the items tend to be not very good.But can be replaced later with better ones. MichaelMcGuire Jun 2012 #2

No tin... Bum_Whisperer Jun 2012 #3

A Fire Striker and a good knife. But the whole point is a great deal of the items, can be bonuses. MichaelMcGuire Jun 2012 #4

Glad to see I'm not the only one preaching the gospel of condom-canteen. Callisto32 Jun 2012 #5

non-spermicidal condoms have multi uses, including but not limited too stopping babies. MichaelMcGuire Jun 2012 #6

Great post. All good stuff. Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #7

My phone has a GPS and surprising good signal. MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #8

You're lucky to always get a cellphone signal. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #9

I'm guessing you own a SPOT? gejohnston Jul 2012 #10

I have one of the 1st generation SPOTs, and I really like it petronius Jul 2012 #11

Actually, I don't. Yet. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #13

I may look into getting one. MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #14

Mine is a pouch rather than a tin, but it contains: petronius Jul 2012 #12

All good stuff in there. I carry space blanket in a pocket and paracord can't get it in the tin. MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #15

Right now I have some of those pre-made sticks from Coughlan's, petronius Jul 2012 #16

On the sanitizer, I couldn't get mine to work. MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #17

Awesome! I'd have to really need a fire before I'd be able to burn something petronius Jul 2012 #18

I know its also a bit on the large side. But I have teeth, butterfly, pot and Gingerbread man moulds MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #19

I have all these in my truck survival pouch also a .22 rifle, a fishing rod and some lures loli phabay Jul 2012 #20