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In today's video we're going to be taking a look at a very compact survival kit that is all based
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around my canteen kit and how I've been adding to it and perfecting it. So stick around it's
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going to be a good video. I've got somebody upset up there he's not happy I'm back in his woods
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but he'll calm down in a minute. So this is my new canteen setup that I just put together
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and what I'm doing is I'm using my Keith titanium canteen set and then what I did is I got this
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vault can pouch recently and I really like the setup on this pouch because it's perfect for
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this kind of kit. It holds a lot but it's not overly bulky and I'll show you you know how much
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stuff this thing actually holds it's very surprising and if you're you know judicious
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with how you pack things and don't try to take the kitchen sink you can get this down to a very
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manageable kit. So the first thing we have is when talking about survival kits a cutting tool
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is super important and I wanted to have one that was on me all the time that I didn't have to rely
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upon it being in my pockets or putting it on my belt like a fixed blade but I wanted it to be
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capable. So I really like these bigger victorinox knives it's a has a locking blade
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it is non-serrated but what's fantastic about it is for a woods knife is that it has a very
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decent good size saw and that is going to be key for this kit is having that saw so you can
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actually process some wood but it also has of course the normal things that victorinox knives
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has it has the toothpick and the tweezers which are super handy and then some other tools as well
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like can openers and bottle openers and things like that stuff that I'm not going to use as much but this size knife is very capable of doing a lot of different tasks when you're out in the woods
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and it's a perfect size for a canteen kit. So what's nice about this bulk cam pouch is it
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actually has a pouch on the side that fits this knife perfectly. So we've got our knife
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we open up here and then here is the Keith titanium canteen set this is exactly like the heavy cover it's actually
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the same thing Keith makes these you get these on Amazon and what I've done is I've added the
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military stuff in and that's going to allow me to boil water and I'm going to show you how that
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works and how these work. These are super lightweight very inexpensive readily available
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on military surplus and on ebay and places like that and it works with this canteen set so we've
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got our stove we've got a cup and we have a vessel to boil water if we need to but also our drinking
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vessel then inside this pouch I have orange bandana so that is of course going to have a
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lot of multiple uses but also could be used for signaling in a pinch and then there is a pouch
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a little slip pouch right here on the inside and that's going to hold my lid to my cup
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and at the bottom of the of the pouch I've coiled up some 550 cord just so I can have some cordage
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with me of course you're not going to do a lot with this you're not going to be building shelters
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with this but if you have to use it for other things like bow drill or whatever having some
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cordage is better than none and of course being 550 I can break this down into further line
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so that just goes on the bottom of the pouch doesn't take up any room
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and then the front of this vault can pouch has all of the survival goodies so I found is a really
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nice oversized tin this is bigger than an Altoids tin the Altoids tins are nice you can get some
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good stuff in them but they're limited on how much stuff you can carry this one is considerably
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bigger and it fits that front pouch perfectly let me show you what's inside here all right so
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let's look at the contents of this tin of course we've got a rubber band which can be used as a
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fire starter in an emergency let me open it up here we got all kinds of little goodies first thing
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some fire starters these are homemade these are kind of like a dental dam that have been
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soaked in paraffin fantastic fire starter I'll show you how these work
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we have some wire so we can use that for snares or for repair always a handy item to have
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a mini bick and what I do is I put a little zip tie around mine and then I put the
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the closure end underneath the button and now the button cannot come down and discharge but if I want to move it I just
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move it to the side and now I can so I can now I can use it so that just prevents it from
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losing gas when it's in the canister canister store matches always a handy item to have
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this is something that I just picked up recently this is actually from O-Knife
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and it is a titanium whistle with a compass built in really cool little item doesn't weigh a lot
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and very sturdy you're not going to break this thing it's not going to get busted but the fact
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that it has the compass built into it now I have a decent little button compass in my kit
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and this thing's not going to be affected by weather either it's going to be a good
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solid piece of kit and then I just put some line around it and here I've got some more wire that's brass wire there are some water purification tablets
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and then a micro signaling mirror pretty cool little item and we have a magnifying lens so we can start a fire that way or use it to read maps or whatever
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look at a splinter if I get a splinter on my my finger and then a diamond sharpening card
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so I can maintain my blade in the field and last but not least we have our ferro rod
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and of course the tin itself is an item that can be utilized to make charger material
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so very compact little kit has everything I need and also I've got a little pack of
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steristrips and band-aids this is all sealed so if I do have to treat myself for some minor wounds I can
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two instant coffee packets just for a good pick me up and at the bottom of the pouch I keep this little baggie stuffed with bouillon cubes
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bouillon cubes when heated up are a fantastic source of energy salt and just you know a morale
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booster having a hot liquid in your stomach if you're hungry this will do the trick now this bag
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isn't big enough to carry a lot of extra food that's what this is for so this is kind of my
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supplement to get me by in case of an emergency so this goes at the bottom of the bag
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and then a light source super important this is just a little
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triple a flashlight I forget where I got this at maybe off of Amazon it's very similar to a
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streamlight but what's kind of nice about it is I can attach this to the brim
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and now I have an improvised headlamp which is way better than nothing it takes up very little room
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and then if I want to use it as a task light I can okay we got our area cleared off
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and what I've done is I'm starting to collect small material so I want to get the finest material I can
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so I'm gonna slice that open
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expose the fibers and the saw on the back of that saw makes an excellent
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way to start your to strike your ferro rod so I'm gonna since it doesn't lock I'm pressing
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it down on top of the stove and I'm going to that's going to create pressure so it doesn't
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open up on me so what I've done is I've set the cup at an angle so I can get airflow because with twigs
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and wood if you if you put that cup snug to the stove it it basically snuffs out the fire there's
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not enough oxygen to get through that because the stove stand is very small so it needs more airflow
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but if you angle it this way it works pretty well put my lid on and let that boil so now I don't have to have a lot of money tied up in a super
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fancy folding stove it takes up a lot less room and nests with my canteen cup and of course that'll
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work with stainless steel military canteens as well that's what they're meant for but you can
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burn wood in these no problem and use them to heat up your water
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so
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so let that burn down and then we'll pour some water over it
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put it out but there it is hot coffee under 10 minutes
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all right it's starting to get dark I'm going to get out of here head back to my truck put together a canteen kit try that out see what you think about it they are a fantastic way of
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just striking out into the woods and doing a little bit of scouting and not carrying a lot of
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weight and there's with the proper pouch you can carry enough survival gear to get the job done
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at least get you by until you get back to your vehicle so as always thank you so much for
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watching and we'll see you next time on the prepared wander
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you