Feel free to add any you come across, just make sure they aren't what you would usually find on a list of survival items.

Pencil Sharpener:
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Snow shoes even if you had to break the back off of wooden chairs (the ones that resemble the design of snow shoes) like in the Day After Tomorrow. Or even could use tennis rackets! Just tie them to your boots and you're all set.

I would probably just use my pocket knife, but i do have some sharpeners...

I recently picked up 2 dozen of the one led flashlights, a couple dozen rechargeable AA batteries, and a few of the solar chargers that will charge multiple batteries at a time....

I figure when the lights go out, i could even rent them out, and they would have to bring them back for a recharged battery....

I know, sounds stupid....maybe I'm running out of ideas for items to acquire....

Anybody need a dehydrator?? Use your car..I live in the high desert and you can dehydrate apples, grapes, berries, hell the list could be endless How about a small camplight to read books?? Items needed 1 bicycle rim/tire 1 bicycle generator some slats for the rim 2 forked sticks, wire,creek /stream..Place slats in the rim and set on the forked sticks,attach bicycle generator so it has contact with tire, run wire to shelter attatch to light, set rim and forked sticks in the creek/stream...And let the creek/stream provide the power..

Gotta toot my own horn here

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You might want to add fine steel wool to your survival pack if you happen to have a surplus supply of batteries but not fire making tools. Beats rubbing sticks together



that tune is catchy

1# A close connection to "mother earth"
2# To make a fire piston

okay I'll bite. How does a fire piston work?

Fire pistons are neat - a reasonable seal between the shaft & the hole and you press down hard - compression fires up the tinder in the shaft. Chucktrick posted about them a while back and I want a couple. No rubbing, no extra bits to find, just load the tinder & shove.

hunh ... a handheld diesel combustion chamber. NEATO!

Hadn't thought of it that way, but you're correct...

P-38 military can opener..Screwdriver,finger nail cleaner,and of course can opener..I have had mine since 1966 and the little beggar still works like a charm..I also have several in my B.O.B. you can find them at any army/navy surplus store..

I don't know if this would be considered unusual but certainly not really used today. An astrolabe. Now I just have to learn how to use it.

a spatula