AlexSchira
Enlightened
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- Dec 7, 2005
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I remember months and months back, I was trying to tune up the EDC of a younger friend of mine still in high school. Some one hinted at making a survival kit in an Altoids tin. I didn't give it much thought, but just yeserday, that same kid and I found ourselves sitting around the apartment waiting for my girlfriend to bring home dinner. Ironicaly, there was an empty Altoids tin lying around on my desk, and like many members of my species, my apartment is littered with little odds and ends that make people wonder if I'm still waiting for Y2K. I'm not a paranoid, I'm just too lazy to clean up.
By the time the food came, my young prodigy had randomly made a little EDC survival kit in that same extra-small candy tin. He just got that bored. So of course, I went and took pictures of the thing, and actually want to try expanding on the concept with the help of this board's brain trust. Give the kid some credit, not that bad an idea, with decent execution. But for now, let's tear this thing apart and rebuild it from the ground up. I refuse to be outdone by a kid who doesn't even have a drivers license yet, I'm that insecure.
Contents of kit:
Leatherman Micra, recently replaced by P4 Squirt on my keychain
Two hospital-wrapped Tylenol from a friend slash registered nurse
Common sewing thread, bright orange
Two Rubber Bands
Safety Pin
Tin Foil
Couple feet of duct tape, wrapped around a shortened toothpick. (...Why didn't I thiink of that?)
Packed neatly and tightly into an Altoids Smalls tin, this thing is about the size of a thin lighter, can sit in the palm of your hand easily. It's an eighth te side of the bigger tins, the lid slides up and down.
Doesn't raise an eyebrows, perfectly covert...Just don't take it through a metal detector.
The weakest aspect is probably the flimy thread, and the fact a few more things could probably fit in there without crammming. A sewing needle is a given, maybe a folded dollar bill, maybe find a different way of storing the duct tape. Thoughts, opinions, wisecracks about what I shyould call this thing, all welcome. Thank you in advance, I'll be standing by to modify the pictures if they're too large.
By the time the food came, my young prodigy had randomly made a little EDC survival kit in that same extra-small candy tin. He just got that bored. So of course, I went and took pictures of the thing, and actually want to try expanding on the concept with the help of this board's brain trust. Give the kid some credit, not that bad an idea, with decent execution. But for now, let's tear this thing apart and rebuild it from the ground up. I refuse to be outdone by a kid who doesn't even have a drivers license yet, I'm that insecure.
Contents of kit:
Leatherman Micra, recently replaced by P4 Squirt on my keychain
Two hospital-wrapped Tylenol from a friend slash registered nurse
Common sewing thread, bright orange
Two Rubber Bands
Safety Pin
Tin Foil
Couple feet of duct tape, wrapped around a shortened toothpick. (...Why didn't I thiink of that?)
Packed neatly and tightly into an Altoids Smalls tin, this thing is about the size of a thin lighter, can sit in the palm of your hand easily. It's an eighth te side of the bigger tins, the lid slides up and down.
Doesn't raise an eyebrows, perfectly covert...Just don't take it through a metal detector.
The weakest aspect is probably the flimy thread, and the fact a few more things could probably fit in there without crammming. A sewing needle is a given, maybe a folded dollar bill, maybe find a different way of storing the duct tape. Thoughts, opinions, wisecracks about what I shyould call this thing, all welcome. Thank you in advance, I'll be standing by to modify the pictures if they're too large.