The altoids/fishermans friend survival kit

This is my first instructable so please be nice! I made a survival tin for myself cause i'm going for a long camping trip this summer.It's a really good tin for espesially fishing thats why it's called the "Fishermans Friend tin".almost anything you need to fit in there can be bought at dollarama.I hope you like it!:)

Step 1 What U need:

ok so you'll need:

2 rubber bands
The Tin (duh)
plastic mirror
small pencil
matches
string
fish hooks
needle
steel cord (fishing line)
wall hooks
antiseptic towellette
moist towellette
alcohol swab
band aids
sticky notes
3 safety pins
Money
tin foil
match striking strip (tape in top of tin)
cotton balls with vaseline on it (firemaking)
Led+button cell

Comments

[spamman2324]

or you could just take a map with you

[autokymatic]

save some space: your knife or a loose razor are pencil sharpeners.

[ralizon]

I think that this is a very good version of one of the many altoids kits, I quite enjoyed it... but I would have to say, since you already have the knife in there, perhaps you should replace the sharpener with something like lip balm, if you can squeeze it into that place. But that is really about the only thing I would change.

[TRIPLEC]

how would lip balm help?

[ralizon]

without protection, you are liable to fry your lips, one thing that water does is reflect sunlight very well. Also, I am from Montana and in this state there is a lot of ice fishing that happens so the lip balm will help there also. Plus, its always nice to have some around you never know when it will come in handy.

[voemaster]

good point

[mdandron]

What is the pencil and pencil sharpener for? From a survival standpoint I mean.

[mg0930mg]

You could make a map...

[loverise]

My question is what tins like altoid are safe to heat water in and which tins are not because of toxic leaching? I bought some cute tins around xmas time to make survival kits the tin color is goldish and I just don't know if it would be safe to heat water in them to drink. Can any one tell me how to tell which are okay and why some are not okay to drink from? With much appreciation, Laurie

[GKKunkel]

Why have a pencil sharpener if you have a knife?

[sharlston]

any more ideas please email them to [e-mail]

[struckbyanarrow]

pencil, stick notes, money with a picture of mario on it???????? WTF!!!!

[sk8erdude]

the money is from the game Nintendo monopoly.

[struckbyanarrow]

your point is.....

[sk8erdude]

i live in the mushroom kingdom dont mock the currency like whats with this american money its soo boring... grey, like life in the real world. lol

[pandaboy292]

what are fisherman`s friend?

[ejsilver26]

Fisherman's Friends are like Halls on steroids. They are "medicine for a sore throat". I prefer Halls, my wife prefers Fisherman's Friends. So, basically a throat lozenge.

[pandaboy292]

thanks

[xrobevansx]

Pencil sharpener is redundant, you have a knife. Speaking of knife: carry it. Take it out of the kit. As for the mirror: use the inside of the lid. Polish it until it reflects adeqautely enough to signal a rescue. By taking out the knife and pencil sharpener, I would pack waterproof matches, maybe some sort of antiseptic, aspirin, flat chewing gum or candy, among other truly necessary survival items. Keep it up. Good 1st try.

[XaiofDren]

What would do you polish the lid with? Or how?

[xrobevansx]

any decent metal polish (flitz?) and a dremmel tool. you could get that thing looking like chrome! It would easily reflect enough to be a signal mirror.

[Ribs]

dont bother with matches even if they are waterproof, just put in a lighter. And as for the other stuff it is all a lot more logical.

[grimfig]

Just use flint and steel, works a lot better and lasts much longer to.

[xrobevansx]

A lighter is a bit bulky for a small tin (especially crammed with other stuff. And if a lighter gets it's flint wet, you are done for. Ever try lighting a wet lighter? Waterproof matches usually have a wax tip covering the head of the match and some of the stick, the wax provides not only a waterproof seal keeping them dry, but a "fuel" to keep the match lit longer.

[Ribs]

good point but all the bic lighters that i have managed to get wet work fine if you leave them in the sun for a while.

[xrobevansx]

You may not have sunlight for days if you are caught in a storm.

[Ribs]

oh ja... thats right. I am in South Africa so I would not have thought of that, thanx

[BigMatt.ZA]

ha ha nice man im also in SA...... nice to see some local instructable lovers

[rikkdbomb]

dang this guy is clever. I would have never thought all of that through except for the knife in pocket i have biengmugged-phobia

[sk8erdude]

thanks for the comment!

[XaiofDren]

This is nice, but why do you need the pencil and sticky note?

[damasta]

fisherman's friend tin size == altoids tin size?
if so I can finally do all those altoids instructables

[sk8erdude]

ya they're the same size

[The magical duct tape kid]

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[sk8erdude]

No

[chicks dig me]

this is an awesome idea, but what product was originally?

[sk8erdude]

it was originally a tin of fishermans friend coughdrops or even an altoids tin will work

[sologuitar147]

i would have never thought of that its pretty sweet!!!

[TheTimmer]

Try wrapping a length of 550 paracord around it. It can be used as a whole, or by separating the guts and sheath. The guts make great sewing/fishing line, the sleeve can be used as a lighter weight cord.

[shooby]

No band-aids. The antiseptic towelette is not necessary, because you have the alcohol swabs (very useful for fires in the rain) + tape . Include a compass, or the means with which to fabricate a reliable one. Paper clips are far better than safety pins (see the instructable showing how to make safety pins out of paper clips). If possible, include 2 yards or so of thin, strong twine, perhaps sinew (cat gut used for sewing leather). I would include a few caffeine pills as well if possible.