NECK KNIFE SURVIVAL KIT | Last Ditch Option!

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survival kit that goes around your neck stick around so in today's video we're going to be looking at a new neck knife that I recently got from

station nine I've done a review of the station nine sear which is kind of their

combat survival knife and if you're unfamiliar with the company there's a few

things you need to know right out the gate. Station 9 is designed by T. Lopez out of France

a very renowned knife designer and maker. And then Station 9, the company is in the U.S., but the

knives are made in China. But I want you to stick with me on this. I know a lot of guys are

very against Chinese-made knives and Chinese-made gear. I understand that. But what I think

they're trying to do at Station 9 is create very no-nonsense. quality control knives that don't break the bank and that can be used in

elastic kind of survival scenario and the knife we're going to be looking at

today is and the kit that I put together around it is this little guy right

here this is the number seven or the called the Trail Ultra it is a VG10

blade comes with a Kidex sheath and of course I've wrapped my hands

with some micro bank line and some hockey tape. And then I've put this lanyard on it

which is actually from Wester River Bushcraft. This is a fire starting material

inside that shrink wrap tube. So it's kind of an emergency fire starter

But this little knife is very comfortable in hand. I've been using it for a little bit

And I think it's a very good option, if you're looking to put together a small neck knife survival

and I'm going to show you mine. So the neck knife survival kit is not my concept, it's not a new concept

I actually learned this from Dave McIntyre, who was a winner of a loan, I think season two or three

long before he was on that show he was running a jungle survival school down in South America and he carried a very similar kit to this A neck knife that had some key components that could help him survive as a last effort

Of course, anytime we talk about survival and gear, it's always a layering system

You should have different layers of items on your person, in your backpack

and this around your neck is the absolute last-ditch kind of, deal that you're going to be able to use. And what I love about this little knife from

Station 9 is that is the size. The price point, it's only 50 bucks. VG10 steel, which is not bad

And I like the design and shape of it. It really fits my hand pretty well for a small knife

And if you take the time to wrap it, the handle, and customize it to your liking

it's a decent little blade. And it came pretty sharp out of the box

And the Kidex sheet that it comes with is nice. So what I've done is I've put some key components

inside these bicycle intertubes. And these are of course great as fire starters

all on their own. But they also do a fantastic job of keeping contents

fairly dry and contained and tightly secured to the sheets. So on the backside of this, very simply

decent whistle for emergency communication so you can do some signaling if you are lost or injured

so I can get to that quickly and it's out of the way it's not dangling around my neck it's

secured behind those bands and then on the other side the bands are actually kind of a layered

system so there's some thinner bands take those off and then I have a thicker band

that houses most of the stuff now the first thing I want to show you is this

This is my emergency light source. And all this is is just one of these photon keychain lights

And they come in a variety of sizes, shapes, colors. Some of them have a constant on

But they fit very nicely on a neck sheath survival kit like this one

And if you position it underneath the band correctly, as this is hanging around your neck, you can activate it, quickly read a map, and then turn it off

And now you have a light source. And of course, one of the more important components is some type of fire starting

So what I've done is I put some of these little tinder tabs that I have

These are just cotton tinder tabs. I don't think these are treated with anything

I put them in a small plastic bag to keep them dry. And then I had this mini ferro rod that came off of something

There was another I think it was a magnesium ferro rod and then this was glued to it This came out but this actually does a pretty decent job for its size Let me show you The number seven doesn have a sharpened spine It does have a little bit of jimping right there just for your thumb to give you some grip but this portion is not sharpened

And I may I may sharpen mine later. I haven't decided what I want to do with it, but if you do use the blade as a striker and you just

I would do it back here so you're not compromising the main cutting edge

I think you can get a pretty decent set of sparks with this. And if I take one of these cotton fire plug things

and there's so many of these different ones in the market, and you can make them yourself. It's just, you know, it's up to you how you want to do it

or what you want to use. But the key with these things is always opening them up

and fluffing them up a little bit. And of course you can use your knife to do that

Because you want to create surface area for the sparks to get to. So pull that apart

Give you a good amount of area for those sparks to hit

and of course you would want to have your tinder already gathered your smaller

sticks your fine stuff and you want to always use that you know the principle of

pencil lead size finger size wrist size and an arm size for your different

levels of wood so there's that and then we take our tiny little ferro rod and

Just put it right down in there. There we go. Just that easy

So I also wanted to show this real quick, because this will come up

People ask or make a comment that you need to have a breakaway lanyard on a

neck knife and I kind of believe that to be true because if you do let's say you're hiking

and you slide down a ravine and your neck knife cord gets caught on a branch or something

it could choke you now of course you got the knife you can pull the knife out and cut the

cord if you're able to do that if your hands are working but what's nice about these little

breakaway things is that they they have a pretty good tight fit and it

takes some pressure to pull them apart I have not had these you know come apart on me while wearing it The only thing to note is if you trying to pull the knife one and quick especially with a tight

sheath you'll tend to open up the the lanyard and then the whole thing comes off so

you have to be kind of aware of that and decide if that's going to work for you because if

you're trying to get to your knife quickly in like a self-defense situation then maybe a

breakaway lanyard is not the best. I don't know. There's probably a lot of different opinions on that

but it's just something to be aware of. Because like with this particular knife, it has a very

tight retention. You know, you're going to have to pull it pretty good to get it out. And I want

that because I want the security. I don't want to worry about this thing coming off on me as I'm hiking

All right. So that's it. I mean, short video, but I wanted to show this thing to you, because

because neck knives are just so darn handy, especially I like to wear them in the wintertime

when I'm wearing more layers. That way I'm not trying to get to my belt knife

or my pocket knife. That's always buried under clothing. This can sit right underneath your jacket

These are also very concealable if you're worried about that. So if you're out hiking and you don't want a big knife dangling off your belt

having a small trail knife like this is enough to at least do some basic survival skills or chores

You know, you could definitely clean an animal with this, no problem. Get some nice fine shavings off of wood

It's a very capable little blade, but the main point of this video really is how to take a neck knife

and turn it into a last-ditch survival kit. And I think the Station 9, Trail 7

or Trail Ultra 7 is perfect for this. So I'll have links down below for all these companies

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