Whats your strangest survival item?

[Dr.Rob]

Carbide draws moisture over time and if you carry the miners grade stuff... say in a film can for use as a firestarter... after a year or so you'll open up you bag abd find that film can with the top popped off from gas being built up by moisture wicked from the air.

Be SURE to seal your carbide with an airtight/watrerproof seal. Over time it WILL get beaten into a powder flopping around in the can.

Wierdest thing in my pack? Aside from a film cannister of carbide, sewing kit, 5 kinds of firestarters, meat saw, rope, tape, tampax, candles, sierra cup and camleback, water filtration system, pre-packaged energy foods, and honey (which can indeed be used as a wound dressing--worked in ancient eypt)... a baygen radio and a few gold coins. I blame Art Bell.

 

[Optical Serenity]

Regarding Honey, what do you put it in to keep it? I want something the size of a film canister perhaps..

 

[Igloodude]

Strangest? Probably the handcuff key.

 

[Cosmoline]

)... a baygen radio and a few gold coins. I blame Art Bell.

I had one of those windup radios as well, but it broke after a few days of use. I also blamed Art Bell for that.

Re. the calcium carbide, I keep mine in their original containers and put them inside a dedicated ammo can along with some moisture-absorbing packets.

 

[Boom-stick]

A Travel Spear
Designed for spearfishing but I've nearly managed to bag a squirrel with it & when mounted with a trident tip, looks pretty scary, it also looks cool when you un-holster it as it all, kinda, snaps into place almost like it's assembling itself
http://www.foldspear.com/faqs.html

 

[2intheBag]

A previous poster mentioned the Nukalert. After some extensive online research I finally just replaced it with the RadDetect Personal Radiation Detector

The comparison chart sold me (as well as the test videos)
http://www.nukepills.com/RadDetect-vs-NukAlert.htm

I'm going to test it with a I-131 source (work at radiology dept) and I'll post result if anyone interested.

 

[half elf]

I keep a 1/2 hatchet, and a leatherman on hand. I like the AA powered LED flashlights and have several. Pantyhose are very usefull depending on where you are. The will let you gather nettles, keep your legs warm, or make a impromptu stuff sack. My weirdest item is a tea lantern, and a can stove carried in my mess kit because it fits right inside the small pot, and takes up no extra space.