Minimalist Bushcraft Survival Kit - 10 Cs Kit In A Cup!

I dont agree with halfway "preps'. They make people 'think' that they can handle the woods, but then an ankle gets sprained, there's no cell-service and they get hurt over not carrying a lousy 5 more lbs of gear/clothing. The reality is, to be truly ready, it takes 15 lbs of gear, plus food and water. Then you can get thru the several days/nights that it can easily take for someone to find you. If you're sick, hurt or lost, but half trekking poles, you can stumble to a big old dead tree, out by itself, and set it afire. Somebody will come to check on that fire, and there's your rescue.. Everyone needs 1.5 lbs of pocket 9mm and a spare mag of ammo, for starters, just to walk down the street. You dont abandon that, just to walk in the woods. It wont fit in the cup and you'd nuts to not have it.

I'd give up all of that in order to have my 1.5 lb reflective tyvek XL size bivy, a 1 lb net hammock, a bit of cordage and my black plastic, 'envelope' for the bivy. Ie, 2 heavy duty 55 gallon drum liners, taped-together. I can make big pump drill for fire starting. I can stone-boil water in a pit lined with the envelope, I can catch rain store-carry water in the envelope and I can sleep warm and dry inside of the envelope, up in the hammock. I can wear the bivy as a poncho, and I can wrap the net hammock around my body, keeping dry my cammies. when I need to move and will start generating excessive body heat. Indians didn't need compasses. Natural resources, especially water, do not lie in straight lines. Humans survived for millennia. with just sharp flakes of rocks as cutting tools. When you carry your shelter, and lash rocks to the cross arms of your pump drill as counterweights, there's not all that much to cut, folks. Whats FAR more important than most of these "concerns" is that you stay warm, dry, and get enough sleep. Often, when the weather's nasty, the intelligent thing to do is hole up and wait for better weather. None of the gear shown will keep you warm and dry. The ground and debris are often soaked, and you'll have to look far and wide to find/make a shelter. If it's cold, windy and raining, you'll only have an hour or less before you start shivering so badly that you can no longer help yourself, I wont risk it. Carry this 3 lbs of shelter-gear, folks. it'll get you thru .40F, wind and rain, with just your cammies. It wont be comfortable and you wont sleep. but you wont get pneumonia, either. With sutible clothing for when it MIGHT get that cold at night, you'll get thru a night at 30F and of course, if you can add a fire and hot rocks, you can handle sleeping at even colder temps, at least a few hours at a time. When such weather is POSSIBLE, you're nuts to be out there without several lbs more gear and clothing,

real good thanks

Awesome info!

There's something to say about a minimalist survival kit. I like this one in particular. For combustion a small bic lighter and small ferro rod (the pup) works for me.

Hum, I’m missing a couple of C’s . Must add the bank line cordage, gorilla tape, and needle to my B.O.B. and the ☕️😁. Thanks for the video, very clear and accurate display of items.

Can't have a compass and not have pen and paper.

That victorinox saw cant really be used all that much. Theoretically yes you can saw things but youll expand so much energy that it will negate the usefulness of the whole excercise

I have a ranger grip but in red , it's an excellent tool I carry daily.

hello, give me a link for a flashlight like this or the name of the flashlight

First thing You need is shelter (and possibly fire), second thing You need is water, third thing You need is getting back to civilization. Less than these three areas covered is not a survival kit, significantly more than these three is bushcraft. I’m missing a Mylar sheet or poncho in this kit for immediate shelter and a blister of micropur pills for the water, on the other side the big roll of thin cord takes way too much space. I would always prioritize having redundancy for the top three priorities over having means to solve additional issues like getting food.

i will never understand why a fucking bottle opener you can pop them open with literally anything why take a utility spot for such a useless piece of garbage ?

It's good but I don't understand why you didn't add in a disposable poncho as cover, takes up no space and would still fit in there.

Always a great video ! Bravo ! 👍

I had already seen the video, then I watched it again today, and then I watched it again, writing things down. The video was very good. I just want to sleep in the new sleeping system, now in the middle of the week, it's good to have a new topic in the notepad for that. I've stopped going camping because I kept thinking about what to take or not, and so I created a fixed list of things, so I don't waste time or energy choosing. I should camp more.

very cool, very cool. Thanks for the video

Creamed corn, Cotton, C*caine, Crab apples, Coin(lucky), Chevy Blazer, Candied bacon, Cooler, Coors light, Cubes(ice)

You used A BEAR CAT 😊😊😊😊 .
I don't feel alone when using it on a fero- rod.

I don't need no jabroni compass... I have a much better tool - ASTRONOMY.
KFC:
KNIFE
FIRE
COVER

and signaling

For that fifth C (Cover/Shelter), you could easily throw in an emergency poncho, an emergency blanket, or even a large contractor trash bag. All can help keep you out of elements and keep you warm and dry.

Where can I get the signal card?

You can get mini ferro rod inserts to replace the toothpick in Swiss Army Knife scales.

NO 50 CAL

Duh

Awesome

Good reminder video. The only thing i disagree with - bankline being single use & throw away. It can be reused & reused, never throw it away unless it's worn through.

Great video one more i always have a P 38 can opener and tool

Great vid. I bring some iodine and a small sharpening stone in your kit or pocket.

There is a market for this kind of stuff. People are romantic.

Nice video, but why on every survival knife/tool there is a bottle opener? Except that a bottle can be opened with almost anything, in which scenario we will find a bottle in the forest and we will die because we don't have a bottle opener with us?
I find this a lack if imagination and logic from the makers of these tools.

Frigging love your videos and delivery. Super helpful.

Why include a fero rod and a lighter? You could just save on weight or pack 3 more lighters

Excellent. Thank you.

I asked Canterbury once, “what is the most important C in survival, and what is the 11th C”. He couldn’t give an answer, can you? Personally I don’t buy into the 10 C’s, they don’t translate well for a start.

Good video.

F the ferro rod gimma a BIC

My victorinox Sentinel has the lock on tne wrong side, dissapointing.q

Nice video

I see the 10 'C's have been changed from the original list years ago. Cargo (a bag for carrying items) became cargo tape, and Combination Tool (multi tool) became canvas needle.

Good video

How can I find more information on the metal can that is available on Amazon as far as the size of the cup?

How can I find more information on the knife at Amazon?

Second time watching as refresher. Thx Col.

I agree that clothing is part of cover…but that’s still cheating on the 5 Cs. You need something additional in inclement weather (something to sleep in, something to sleep on, something to sleep under).

Nice kit 👍 Only thing I’d add is, I’d wrap it up in a 55 gallon drum liner or a poncho… I caught that you said your clothing is your “Cover” In some locations it may be easier to do this but in modern life it’s a lot more likely to be dressed for the current conditions than for the worst conditions. Also you may be dressed appropriately but this doesn’t mean everyone you care about is 👍

This guy loves saying "kit".

Don't call it a 10 Cs when you don't have anything for cover, just call it 9 Cs

Cowabunga.!

Personally, I prefer the Victorinox Forester - it trades the screwdriver for a corkscrew. Mostly cause the screwdriver has very limited applications even in urban settings (not being inline "screws" it over a bit, heh), while the corkscrew can hold additional tools (fireant, micro screwdriver) and is pretty decent at untangling knots, which is generally going to be a more common issue out and about. And if you do need a screwdriver, the ones on the cap lifter and can openers will generally do the job.