1930s LL Bean Emergency Kit [ Vintage Survival! ]
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- Опубліковано 31 гру 2023
- Discover the 1930s LL Bean Emergency Kit in our latest UA-cam video, where we explore the essentials deemed necessary by a previous generation for overnight emergencies or late hours in the woods. Unearthed from the 1935 Fall LL Bean catalog, this kit offers a fascinating glimpse into historical outdoor survival gear. Join us as we delve into the past and compare vintage emergency preparedness with today's standards.
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No. In the 30s they didn’t use fixed blades. They all used folding knives up here at that time
James, I know that you touch on the types of knives often carried in your hobo series. Do you have a personal favorite of say a slipjoint knife that by design and materials would be very close to the Great Depression time period? It would be interesting to know if a Barlow, or some other knife pattern would be historically similar to what was readily available. - Tennessee Smoky
@tennesseesmoky9012 Yes, I hope to do a video on that sometime soon. However, back in the day, since they didn't have a lot of money, they carried whatever they could afford or that fit their line of work. Often, a type of hook bill blade was used.
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I saw a video where he used a very worn lawn mower blade, and turned it into a fixed blade knife. It already had a hook bill to it.
The iodine was not only for wound disinfection, it was also used for water purification. They only needed 5 drops to purify a quart of water.
Good point!
I didn’t know that.
Thanks Myn.
Was about to say the same thing
This
I keep a small bottle of tincture of iodine in my kit....I feel it's one of the best, cheapest items to have with you !
Old school gets to be old school and classic for a reason, it worked.
Absolutely!
one thing that some folks might forget is this: back then, everyone who went into the woods had on them a few items that they always carried on a daily basis, namely a pocket knife, and knew how to use it. I received my great-grandfathers 410 shotgun when I was old enough, (all my uncles used as kids too) in the buttstock was an emergency kit made out of two spent shotshells. It had about the same thing in it, plus a hook and fish line. You were expected to have on you a compass and a knife of some sort. I still have the 410, it's a stevens single shot hammer gun. Keep up the good work, my friend!
Thanks!
My first gun was also a Stevens but in 12 ga. that was a gift from my uncle who owned a hardware store. Many black & blue shoulders from that gun until I got a little bigger.
My Dad carried something very similar in his hunting jacket, but he also had a Hank of string. I remember everything in our house coming from LL Bean or Sears. Living on a farm, up on the border of NYS and Canada, LL Bean and Sears were the only magazines we ordered from. Everything else came from a farm supply store, or our Mennonite neighbors. Big sacks of EVERYTHING from wheat berries to sugar. Tough folks to live thru the snow and ice Storms back then!
Very cool! Those were difficult but good days!
I hated having to shovel a path from the house to the barn! But, back in the mid 1950's you didn't say no to an elder! How things have changed!
I always recommend folks carry tarred cotton twine or marline in their pack. Not only is it better for the environment than 550 cord or bank line, but it's a great fire-starter. You can tar it yourself using Tenda or one of the other brands of good pine tar, and you'll be happy to have a hank of it on you should times become austere.
Recommended for a hunter. Who was armed , had a knife and warm clothing. All he really needed was the candle and matches for a fire to stay warm , signal his location , cook any game he shot and stay that night. As a kid in the 50's I managed to get stuck ( a tractor ) in the evening,. 1st thing I did was to light a small fire and in a few Hours my Dad found me. Today at 80 when I go in the woods I have all the fire making ( Modern ) items with me. love the Ferro Rods , they can last a life time. Back then the L.L.Bean , Herters World Wide Outfitters and the Sears catalogs were all great places to find what you wanted.
Yes, so many of those old catalogs held fascinating things!
Amazing. Shows how much more in touch people were with what's needed... and also I think what was edc for people back then . I find myself living more like the 1800 . I'm not there yet but moving in that direction. And I fine it's not near as hard as the full time career I was in for 36 years! I enjoy the simple things... my friend said to me "if you don't watch TV and don't stay up on current events... what do you do? Sit around the fire and whittle!?? " yep! Of course gotta feed the animals and other chores before that ... but I'll take this life over my old one any day of the week!
Yes. The more we push into the future the more many of us feel the pull for the simple genuine joys of the past.
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This is something I've been trying to point out to folks for years. Today, folks are so enamored of the bloom that they forget the root. As something of an amateur historian of the traditional trades, I'm amazed at how much we've forgotten even when it's applicable to what we do every day. Of course, it's easy to be distracted by the new and shiny rather than to get out in the wet, miserable weather and practice something you're likely to never need. In our Grandfathers' day, making a fire was an everyday occurrence just to heat the home and cook supper.
Absolutely. They were far more superior fire makers than we are simply because of the hard life that they lived!
@@WayPointSurvival Exactly. That's why I tell folks to get out there and "make work". First Class Amateur has a great channel here on YT where he shows folks how to use rope in everyday tasks around the home rather than relying on ratchet straps and bungee cords. While that might seem like a small thing, if you don't use it.... you lose it. Knowing five good knots is wonderful, but the real trick is in knowing how to use those knots in a bunch of different ways that are practical and useful in everyday life rather than just for camping and bushcraft stuff you only do once in awhile.
When you start looking for ways to incorporate this stuff in to the everyday life, it makes it a lot easier to think of how to use it out in the woods because it's no longer just a collection of knots you memorized.
I really like what you said about the bloom. I have never heard that before, it is poetic And so true.
@@voodlandroamer4543 Thank you for the kind words. I'm honored that you found value in my comment.
Outstanding find. Tremendous attention to detail and patience in finding and acquiring the actual vintage components, too.
Thanks so very much!
My grandfather carried a candle pretty much everywhere he went specifically for emergency fire.. but he is also the one who taught me that the moss found along the ground and up tree stumps contain iodine and if used as a pulpus would take the place of carrying iodine with you.. but this really does speak of a much simpler time.. oh to be back there now..!!!
Definitely a good thing to know and look for in the wilderness!
Seeing mercurochrome brings back memories!
Yes, I had it used on me quite a few times as a kid.
@@WayPointSurvival Was it Mercurochrome or Merthiolate that hurt?
Thanks for the interesting video. The older generations sure were tough, self-sufficient people. All the proof you need that sometimes the knowledge you take with you is more important than fancy, expensive gear.
Absolutely true!
A fascinating insight into the past.
Indeed. Thanks for watching!
I look back at my grandfather's hunting pictures, see his father in them and think the same thing...what a tough group they were. Thanks for finding this gem and sharing it!
You're very welcome!
Nothing like some nostalgia. Thanks, my friend.
You're welcome!
Reminds me of the pill bottle kits that were popular before the Altoids tins.
And even those were overpacked in comparison as even they they had a cardboard spool of fishing line, hooks and sinkers. Most with a cut in half book of matches.
I enjoyed this one so much that I have watched it repeatedly! As I approach my 83rd birthday & live in the Deep South, I recall that I was unfamiliar with L.L.Bean until I reached middle age; however, I do recall ordering much of my early "store-bought" archery equipment & accessories from Herter's more than 50 years ago!. I still have most of the Farben-glass archery shafts which I ordered from Herter's. Perhaps you have a few of us Old School viewers who remember HERTER's! Personally, since you do such an effective job of making Old School gear come alive, I personally would appreciate a WayPoint presentation on Herter's outdoor gear. Both of my parents, who lived to be 101 & 102 years of age, respectively, passed away in 2023; but they both lived through the Roaring 20s & the Great Depression. The reality is that both of them assumed ADULT responsibilities before & during their teen-age years. It is doubtful that either of them ever had time or opportunity to enjoy outdoor gear from L.L. Bean or from Herter's! I cherish the memory of a shared experience with both my parents & my young family in the late 1970s when ALL (6) of us journeyed to Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. While we were there, we visited one of the famous Hudson Bay Trading Post stores. During this past year I found & purchased an actual Hudson Bay wool blanket (used) in an area indoor flea market. Although it was beyond my Old School retiree budget, I bought it to use in re-eanctments & living history events; I cannot afford a new one! In conclusion, those Old School mail order sources of outdoor gear (L.L.Bean; Herter's; Hudson Bay Trading Post) are priceless Treasures from the Past! Thank you, James. Happy New Year, and may God bless you & your family far beyond measure.
Thank you so very much! That's a good suggestion and I'll look into it. Happy New Year to you as well and may God bless you and yours richly!
My grandparents were born in 1896 and died in 1986.
They lived through this perioud and served in britsh army ww1.
My grandfater always had an emergency tin containing matches, knife, string a few coins, roll of tape cotton wool, wire and sticking plasters. And fjnally a bit of tobaco and rizla papers.
Interesting. Thanks so much for sharing your grandpa's kit!
Love the bobcat!
Thanks, it is a pretty cool picture!
No fluff, only what you need. Good lesson to learn. Great job.
Thanks so much, my friend!
Happy New Year!!
Same to you!
I love making my own tiny kits. Great video. God bless.
Thank you! You too!
Happy New Year. Old school is always the best.
Happy new year!
Great video and a history lesson.
Thanks!
WOW😊, I have some tubes 6" long, 1" dia. 2 are full of dryer lint. Thanks to you, others will now get filled. 😊 Thanks for all your help, 60 and humbled, Joe.
Thanks so much for watching!
That's incredible what they had in 1935, thank you.
Ziggy
You're welcome!
Stuff like this is why I've come to enjoy your channel.
Thanks so much!
I finally have a use for the small glass “soothing oil” vials that come with my face/bikini pre-waxed hair removal strips! Lol😂 that’s actually genius… I think one other thing we need to keep in mind in looking at these pocket sized emergency kits are the people of the 1930’s were far more prepared generally speaking. Pocket knives were a normal carry item for most men, as were handkerchiefs, and many other small overlooked by modern society details. I always carry a small breath mint tin first aid kit, and am rarely without a pocket knife, to the point it became a running joke at my workplace.
Yes, they did indeed carry other items with them. One of these days I hope to do a video on that subject.
The joke is on them.
Wow what a score!!!!!❤
Thanks so much!
I dont know your name Sir, but I found this EXTREMELY useful, you are true and not sold to the mass production and selling of survival gear. Please make more videos like this.
Thanks! I have a number of these on my channel already. Hopefully, you find them and enjoy them too!
I’m amazed at how little this kit is especially as an emergency kit.
Absolutely. People had a lot more skills and figured they needed a lot less, I suppose.
Loving the history lesson as usual. You never disappoint. Thanks! God Bless 🙏
Thanks so much and God bless you too!
I love these glimpses of outdoor history. Thanx
Glad you like them!
1909, Just after the 1902 restart.....Very cool kit. Thank you.
You're welcome!
The old timers knew what they were doing, so they didn’t need much. As the great Mors Kochanski said, the more you know the less you carry.” I still have my grandfather’s (born 1899) match safe.
Absolutely!
Good evening from Syracuse NY brother and Happy New Year everyone
Thanks and Happy New Year to you as well!
Thank you my friend
I've seen an almost identical kit here in Australia from the same time. It had a couple of band aids, a birthday candle, a shorter but fatter vial of iodine and a few matches. That's my grandfather's generation to, he had like 7 brothers and they would have been in thier later teens early 20s during the depression then were drafted for WW2. People then were tough and didn't need much. They would laugh at camping setups now.
That's very interesting! I imagine this was somewhat common then.
I thought of an old Alco-Seltzer bottle when I saw that glass container. Way back when, they were made of glass, although I think they were a bit bigger. They can be found fairly easily and cheaply.
Awesome shirt
Thanks!
Good one brother.
Thank you so very much, Chief! Happy New Year!
Love these videos with the care and attention to how things use to be done without our modern comforts
Thank James for the video. I think now the "5 Cs" are considered minimal.
Right?
Very cool find great video James wish I would have picked my Grandpa's brain about stuff like this sure he could have told some stories
Yes, most of them could have definitely told us more if we'd have only known the right questions to ask.
I’m not sure why but this kit warms my heart.
Glad you liked it!
I am going with a bic lighter, trick birthday candles, bandaids, a tube of triple antibiotic and a bit of 3 inch duct tape!!! New Bean kit!!
My grandfather was born in 1908, and I heard many stories about life during the Depression, and home front World War 2.....if you weren't tough, you soon enough got that way....
Very true!
An important historical perspective on carrying an emergency kit on your person anytime you’re out in the woods. Fire starting essentials and a small wound care kit in a compact container that can easily be carried in a pocket. I can even see a modern application for this kit today. Many of us carry these items, but they may not be stored in such a compact kit. Add a little bit of cordage a knife, and a cotton bandana to your pockets and your pretty much set to survive the day. Thank you James for all of your efforts to produce quality video content here on your channel. God bless you in this hopeful new year. - Tennessee Smoky
Thank you so very much and God bless you too!
Awesome that you found all of the items to make a complete kit!
Thank you
You're welcome
😮😊thanks James. Happy New Year
Same to you!
What an awesome find !! Thanks James for the video 😊
Thanks for watching!
Thanks again for sharing
You're welcome!
Thanks James
You're welcome!
My grandfather worked for Canada Post after the war. They weren't allowed to send alcohol in the mail. He had to pour it down the drain!
Love the snow!!
Thanks!
Very cool James! Thanks for sharing! Have a happy new year!
Thanks! You too!
Thank you for the great info
You're welcome!
Love the time period stuff always my favorite looking back into history!!✊️🔥✌️💚
Thanks so very much!
Very Cool !!!! Many Thanks James !!!
Very welcome!
Pretty Cool Kit. Thanks Brother.
You're welcome!
HAPPY NEW YEAR. Thanks you for the past years videos, looking to the next.
Thanks so much, you too!
Love the oldies stuff.
Thanks so much!
Always looking forward to learning from our past. Thank you James.
Happy New Year
Same to you!
James Happy New Year and God Bless! Thanks for Another Amazing Video. It's Really Appreciated.
Same to you!
That is so cool! Thanks for sharing brother!
You're very welcome!
Excellent. Very illuminating and inspiring. Thanks!
You're very welcome!
Wow. That is awesome. I appreciate that you put something together that we would have never seen. A blast from the past. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it and you're welcome!
Thank you.Sir,Happy new year.
Happy new year!
Awesome show
Thanks so much!
My kit was in a Prince Albert tobacco can and included a pair of boot laces, razor blade in waxed paper, small magnifying lens in moleskin pouch, waterproof matches, tweezers, hooks and line, a "Sen-Sen" tin with .22 shorts inside, along with a hanky and slivers of fatwood.
Excellent kit!
Thank you. It always seemed to have just what I needed most., though I did forget the safety pins.
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James Happy New Year, I like this simple kit, ty for the video.
Same to you!
Your videos are brilliant. Thank you so much for the info you share. Love it
Glad you like them!
So cool! Thanks for sharing. I absolutely love learning about anything survival that's old school. 🙏
You're welcome!
Very cool !!!
Thanks!
Well done, James!😮
Thanks!
One of my Grandpa's was born in 1908, the other 1905.
I learned alot from both of them,not to mention my Grandma's. 👍
We will never see the likes of them again.
Indeed. They were an amazing group of people!
Great video, thanks!
You're welcome!
Excellent video love these vintage videos
Thanks so much!
That’s awesome! Nice job
Thanks!
That's absolutely amazing. The difference of what we think we need compared what they needed. Thanks for sharing and tell the story. ✌
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for sharing this awesome emergency kit. Everyone stay safe, warm, happy and healthy. Have a wonderful New Year. From Henrico County Virginia
You're very welcome and happy New Year to you and yours as well!
That's a pretty neat little kit. It kinda reminds me of probably some of the things my dad, uncles or grand father would have carried. I still have a few items of dad's and Pap's gear. Don't use it for much of anything, but just more as heirlooms.
Yes, they just don't make things the way they used to.
James this was awesome video.
I can honestly say that I have never seen a kit like this.
Great video
Thanks so much!
Cool little kit!
Thanks!
I love to know how our grandparents did things back in the old days. Thanks for putting this lil kit together!
You're welcome!
Very cool
Thanks!
Happy New Year to all. Another wonderful vid James.
Thanks so much and happy New Year to you as well!
Happy new year to you and your's James, neat pocket kit, that extended the virsatility of what outdoorsman already had on their person in those days, and your right they were a tougher, more self reliant people. Thanks for another interesting video mate, stay safe, best wishe's, Stuart Uk.
So very true! Happy New Year to you and yours as well!
Loving these vintage survival videos!
Thanks for watching them!
Man, that's amazing. So different from today, great research and great find!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very cool. Definitely minimalist!
Indeed!
Wow,a lot of useful things and information, great video !
Thanks so much!
Splendid little video. Informative and a glimpse into the past. Thank you. God Bless
You're very welcome and same to you!
Iodine can also make water safe to drink.
True!
Good Video! I had a lot of respect for my Dad and Grandpa. tough generations, and taught me a lot
Indeed. They were an amazing lot of people!
I’m sure most people would have wanted to carry more on them but there wasn’t a lot of money coming in. At least this little kit covered two important issues which is better than nothing.
Very true!
Thanks. Progress is always a move forward.
Yes, but not always in the right direction or in a good direction.
To begin with, LL Bean should be fascinated by this video, as a link to their history. They'd probably love to have a kit like this for display in some company museum back in Freeport.
But there's no denying that it's a conpact kit, one that makes even the SAS tobacco tins seem like an overloaded duffel bag! For a modern kit, however, sometyhing like a Matchcap XL from Exotac, or one of those 5-in-1 Survival Aid whistles, could make a larger kit that seems downright luxurious by comparsion.
Great idea!
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Next video, maybe?
My oldest brother, who was a DI at Fort Knox, gave me a hat just like that in the early 70s. I wore it every time I went camping. Which was most of the summer.
Excellent. They are great hats! This one is from the Scouts.
Amazing find James! Talk about packing light...Thank you for all the effort and time you put into doing this! Happy New Year...take care....Robin
Happy New Year to you as well!