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in today's video we're going to be
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checking out a pocket-size survival tool
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that you do not want to miss stick
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so fire making kits survival kits um we
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all have them we all like to build them
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and this Grim Workshop tool that I just
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found out about and that was sent to me
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by Grim Workshop I think is a perfect
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addition if you're carrying any kind of
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Altoids tin fire kit now this is my kit
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that I like to carry with me in here on
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char cloth all that good stuff that
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wax canvas pouch that I found on Amazon
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and then in this tin I keep all my
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tinder stuff and what's cool is this
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Firefly tool fits right in top there
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fits in there perfectly
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and inside the tin I have some fluffed
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up juke twine so that's an excellent
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fire starter catches a spark easily i've
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got some man-made tinders
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and then in the bottom here I've got
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some birch bark that I actually found
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when I was out camping in Pennsylvania
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so this little kit has enough stuff in
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here to get a fire going easily this is
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my Tinder container and then the Grim
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Workshop Firefly tool fits in there very
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it has a cutting edge on this side right
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here you can see that right there there
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is also another version of this that
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actually has a saw blade built into it
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we have a silicone band that actually
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glows in the dark and then underneath
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are sharpened so that that's a 90° right
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there so that's going to help you strike
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that ferro rod now what's different
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about this compared to like I say a
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small knife there's lots of companies
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that make small knives that fit in
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Altoids survival tins or Altoids Fire
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Kit tins and the problem with those
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small knives is that the handles are
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very tiny because you got to have enough
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space to have your blade and get that
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inside the tin by the time you do that
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you have a knife that's this big and you
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have luckily if you're lucky you have a
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2-in blade this thing as you can tell
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in my hand pretty well
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my four fingers can fit inside this
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my pinkie is hanging out just a little
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bit i've got a space for my thumb so
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this actually gives me a lot more
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control than a very small knife
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so let's get out that ferro rod
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so that's it for the test for today it's
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um it's so stinking hot out here it's
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like 88 degrees and it's 8:00 at night
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it's just the humidity is un unbearable
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but I thought I'd at least come out and
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do this test and start messing with this
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tool i think it's it's definitely a
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viable tool for a small kit um does it
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replace a knife no I don't think it does
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it's it's certainly um hard to handle um
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if you have bigger hands uh maybe a
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traditional knife or you know short
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knife would be better for you but um if
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you were if this is all you had in a
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survival tin like an Altoids tin kit um
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it would be better than nothing it would
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be a good option because at least you
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have the ability to cut things you have
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the the hidden ferro rod and you also
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have uh the hardened edge that is 90° so
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you can do some scrapings now the wood I
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was using was very very seasoned and
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very hard um much softer wood um like
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pine and things like that would be much
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easier to work with with this tool so
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I'm going to be doing some more
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evaluation with this taking it out i'm
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going to put it in my kit keep trying it
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out this year and see how it goes and
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then uh another thing to note about this
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tool uh the silicone band on this
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actually is glow-in-the-dark and um I'll
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try to show that here in a little bit
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but if you're interested in this uh tool
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there is a Kickstarter going on with
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Grim Workshop and that's how you can get
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a hold of these right now um I'll put
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links down below so you guys can check
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it out but I'm going to head back inside
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because it is stinking hot and uh it's
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been a long day so thanks for watching
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and we'll see you next time on Prepared
