@@timcarley4515 good strikers used to resharpen fish hooks, Flies, use one additional use, second to hone the Awl sewing needles, stitching awl and trap darts.
I am 70 + and in my youth i was a Survival Instructor for the US Military. I always had a very similar kit to that in my pocket (add wire, Iodine Tabs). That an a K-Bar, a Zippo, Mil Canteen and cup, and two plastic Baby Bottles filled with water. That and a 22LR Kit Gun and I could thrive in most Non-Polar regions.
@@alimfuzzy Small water containers weren't widely available, 2 baby bottles fit in the lower Flight Suit leg pocket or in the thigh pocket of field pants. That was so you always had some water if separated from your Canteen, I always used the WWII Stainless canteen and cup that you could boil water in.
In the 1960s, with Boy Scouts, we used Baidaid cans. It was a great time. All of the Dad's were WWII vets and taught us a lot. Nice video. Good Luck, Rick
@@WayPointSurvival I don't know what your family status is but a trick that my Dad taught me was that going to Boy Scout Camp each summer with the Troop was a great vacation. I did it too. Good Luck, Rick
@@richardross7219Similar experience. Those WWIi veterans were different and extremely tough. We have surpluses tents with no floor and it took two scouts to carry them.
Wow this brings back memories! I worked in grocery stores in the 70s... Phone rings 'caller' "Do you have Prince Albert in the can?" answered "Yes Sir" caller "you better let him out!" Laughter and line disconnected! This was before caller ID Had many a kit in those Aspirin boxes! My uncle was a career solder and taught me and my cousins to keep a few things in our pockets. I still have a p38 can opener that I removed from a C-rat when he took us camping.
My grandfather carried that type of tin with him when he went hunting. He had pretty much what you had in there, but he added a couple double edged razor blades wrapped in wax paper (He always said "You'll never know when you need a razor blade, so carry one or two on you at all times." He also carried one in the corner of his wallet.) as well as a piece of paper and a 3" or so stub of a pencil.
Our parents(mine grew up during the "Great Depression) and Grandparents were more Woods Savvy than we are. That kit was all they needed. I read George W. Sears book and was awed by how little he thought was essential for survival in the wilds.
When I was flying B-52s, I made a kit real similar to yours that I kept in my lower leg pocket of my flight suit. I knew what the Air Force provided, and wanted more than that. Mine was in a metal Band-Aid box. Included a condom, that is, a water bag.
I had an old metal BandAid box as a kid that I collected pretty rocks in. Then they were made of plastic, now paper. My grandmother's old SSN card was made of aluminum and numbers etched in.
@@recoveringsoul755 Every kid loved his Band-Aid box "treasure chest". I could be mistaken, but that aluminum SSN card was probably a durable replica that you could buy back in the day. They sold them then because the paper wore out pretty quick. I got my SSN at the age of 13 in 1968 and it was paper and only lasted about 2 years and I've never had a copy since. You don't find those metal cards being offered any longer because now we know how dumb it is to give out that number to strangers. A more trusting time that I wish would return with the Band-Aid boxes.
I can remember the old timers having stuff in their pockets when I was a kid, they were the WW2, some WW1 and Great Depression people but I can't remember them having specific survival kits. They often had the surplus haversacks and canvas rucksacks with their gear in. My grandfather's idea of a survival kit would have been 20 Player's Navy Cut, half a bottle of Cutty Sark whisky and a ham sandwich.
Navy Cut and a bottle of whisky 😄 has got to be the first things you put in a survival kit. 🤣🤣🤣 Oh for smoke of a Navy Cut, I say putting another nicotine lozenge in my mouth. ✌♥️🇬🇧
Wow, this takes me back! I think the first kit idea I was taught in about 1968 was exactly this, except the teacher used a bandaid tin that size. That may be when I heard the old joke, "Do you have Prince Albert in a can..." Loved this vid. I think one reason they were tougher with less and lower quality gear, living much more outside, was because the houses were smaller... and too hot or too cold! We were also taught, though I never had a reason to, to use the fishing line as cordage, especially for snares and repairs [hey, that has a ring to it].
You are right we are weak compared to are for father's we have to have all the latest gear a back pack weighting in at ,30 pounds for a over night In the back yard Thanks for the video God bless you and your family keep prepping and stay safe brother
I am so happy that you showed this item . My Grandfather carried one . He also smoked a pipe. I always loved the smell . My Grandparents were the best they gave the world six children my Father was their son.
I love this video. In today's society people need a whole bug out or get home bag for an emergency. We really don't need that much! Just some mental fortitude and a few comfort items will get you through 👍
I went to a small 4 room country school in MT, one of our projects was making these, with our teacher Mr. Marlow. That’s when we had metal cans for bandages.
Back in the 60’s my grandad, from the Cascade/Rocky Mountains, was a snow plow/cat driver during winter and a log truck driver during summer. He has a few kits from back then that are pretty similar to this. Those old guys could cover 15+ miles, through back country, a day. Add that to having actual land nav skills and that everyone smoked back then so they carried a lighter and those light weight kits were as much a good luck charm as they were useful.
From my Grandfather to my Great X3 Grandfather they were either coal miners or blacksmiths. Surely hard workers. My grandfather never left the house without a knife in his pocket and his fishing gear was always in the trunk of his car. The knife was used from cleaning fish to using it while foraging for mushrooms. The can you showed brought back some great memories. Thank you!
Nice kit James, Kool tin too. Well said on learning from ancestors and history. It's amazing some of the things they've done without modern tech, tools, and gadgets.
Definitely a very cool video. I can remember grabbing up those tins every chance I could when I was a kid back in the 60's. We used them for everything from fishing tackle kit, small tools kit, fire kits and more. Thanks for sharing James.
Dude, where I grew up all the old guys at our church carried those. Always had little kits and things to help them do stuff around town and when we were kids we always thought you had made it when you finally had one and carried things in it. So useful!!
Nice, Jimmy! I have an old belt camera bag with multiple zippered pouches I turned into a survival kit I keep in the car with a 6 can cooler and other emergency items.
Thanks for showing - what I like most are the rounded sides of the can - put it in your pocket and you almost forget it's there. Yes, our ancestors were a lot tougher than we are, but creeks were much more safe to drink than nowadays - and they sure had a fixed blade knife, a steel bottle/cup/pot to boil water and several layers of warm clothing with them.
That's a great tin. My great grandparents left us lots of old tools and cool things in their basement. I couldn't believe how valuable some of it was! THEY were very tough, as they NEVER had power or indoor plumbing. They built their farm from scratch, and it was my grandma who put in electricity. However, that wasn't until I was 10. In fact the Barn was nicer than the house for a long time!
I'm only 53 and that's what I carried still have the container and few items in it someplace around here. I also carried a couple bike tube patches and cement as well as the tool to take valve out of tubes because we rode bikes everywhere
A few slivers of that candle added to tinder will make fire-starting easier, especially in wet weather. A small bottle of iodine will fit into that tin and can be used for water purification, as well as for wounds.
People get caught up today on gadgets when knowledge is the best survival tool you can have. Man a lot of this stuff was just regular life when I was growing up.
my dad had one like this, as well as one in the buttstock of his gun. (his bobber was made from a cork and toothpick!) Love seeing this old gear, you right about the old timers- they lived a lot different than we do now. Things were different back then.
I have often wondered what Davy Crocket or Daniel Boone carried into the woods. It was a lot less than we do. What we call survival, they called every day life. Thanks for the video and the look back.
Thank you Sir. I have a strong appreciation for basic skills to survive. If folks need s great resource, I suggest a boy scout handbook and an Explorer hand book. Enjoy your vids MUCH
In 1972 when I was 9, we need our own identical survival kit in Cub Scouts. Our scout leader was the father of one boy in the group. The leader still had his that he had made when he was in scouts and that was 25 years earlier. I still remember that day, wow I hadn't thought of that in some time. Our leader even taught us how to make our own Hobo Supper of seasoned ground beef, potatoes, and corn, along with pioneer skillet bread. We had small cast iron skillets in our kits. I still have mine, it's a Martin 3 from Florence ALA. I've taken that thing all over from the Keys in Florida to Washington state and many places in between as I was camping.
I like it ! I’m more comfortable with a bic lighter or Pharo rod than matches , my luck hasn’t been real good with em I’m not sure about there shelf life , but I like the rest of the kit ! And love the shape of the Prince Albert can , haven’t seen one in years , but I may swing by the flea market one weekend and cash in on your idea . 👍
I guess a pocket survival kit is better than no survival kit. I don't know any one from 70+ yrs ago, that didn't carry a pocket knife, Handkerchief, and some pain meds with a stash of cash tucked away..and Identification of some kind, as their EDC. The fish kit, matches, candle, were common place for most people outside the city.
That was basically it. The can would fit in a back pocket leaving your hands free. The Boy Scout knife was a handy tool and later replaced with a Swiss Army Knife. Now the candle is a U.C.O. brass candle lantern since 1970. I carried a Single Shot Winchester 22 long rifle with about half a box of shells. The Prince Albert can has long vanished from back then. I'm still around at 79. The most fun later on was calling a store and asking them if they had Prince Albert in a can. If they said yes , then the reply was , You better let him out and hang up. Or call a person , Ask ..... is your refrigerator running ?. They would say yes. The reply was .. You better catch it. It was great fun till your parents found out about the calls.
Wow that really brings back memories, I remember those cans when I was young and starting to smoke. I did quite smoking at 25 and glad I did!!! I'm 61 now and still trompen through the woods and being ornery lol 😂. Many tin cans will make a good survival container But that one brought back some fond memories. Thanks for sharing that with me. God bless you and your family and keep up the good work.
things that will help you in life needs to be taught in schools. gardening, hunting, fishing, etc just skills that are needed to survive in hard times if needed. im so glad i learned how to find the square root of a number, but never learned anything that was really useful in life
I like to keep the Xmas mint tins we get often to make up a few kits to give away. On Xmas camping trip my old friend got a fire going as using 1 of these style kits as nobody smoked in the group.
Certainly true that the people that came before us were tougher. In fact given severe hard times (which it looks like we're heading into) I really have to wonder how many will actually be capable of getting through it. My grandmother on my mother's side was 4'8" and lived through the depression. She had a good hand in raising me, and had 5 boys, and my mother. Even with her stature, I knew as a kid not to mess with her or she'd kick my a$$. Found that one out the hard way a couple times. She was tough as nails, not only mentally, but physically despite her size. Good video. Thanks for the hard work.
My mom was tiny too it was embarrassing to get spanked by here so I just did what she said and avoided her trying to spank me. My dad made a giant wooden paddle with holes in it for us to look at. It just took once for me. They had coorparale punishment still in high school with a similar paddle with names signed on the paddle.
Reminds me of the kits I used to make as a kid in the early 70s. Gramps smoked Prince Albert and Half and Half and I had a stesdy supply of tins. Still have some of those old kits around somewhere
Whoo. 😅 for a minute there I thought you were going to cut it up and make a cook stove out of it. That's a nice little nostalgic tin. Thanks for not cutting it up. I mean, if you gotta, you gotta. 👍
I'm 54. I remember pestering my grand daddy asking him what he was doing. He responded making you something to put your pretties in he meant pellets. Love and miss you sir. ❤
@@unoleagotiya5583 yup but probably expensive at an antique store why not just a small dry box about that size just curious are is the prince Albert can just a nostalgia thing
As another commenter stated, they're actually quite easy to find at yard sales and flea markets and antique stores. The most common ones can be found for around $10.
All these survival kits have fishing gear. You can survive a week easy with no food, but no water and shelter could kill you over night or in a couple days…..but more importantly, please don’t paint over old tins like that. They’re pretty collectible, and a neat part of our history.
This is the copy of old gear that people used years ago in their pocket when they went wandering in the back country. You must have put it into a modern mindset. Also, these old tins are quite numerous, and there would be no harm in painting one.
Yes sir I do remember those cans thank you for the memories I used to keep marbles in mine. Nowadays if you showed something like that to a real young person they would say how are you going to do it how are you going to make it and I just don't understand. That sure did bring back some very good memories and I thank you for that it's actually a great idea because you can fill it with our kind of modern-day things that come small. Thanks again for the video always enjoy your videos. Please have a blessed and safe day.
Nother tip. You can further waterproof the wooden strike anywhere matches by dipping them in parifin. I've carried a little Doans pill box with matches like that for years, that and some shredded metal wool pads in another similar container. They burn quick and hot.
Wow, forgot all about those green doan's pills tins! I also kept a few barn burners in mine, plus a couple of different sized needles, thread, safety pins, paper clips and even a wooden clothespin (with metal spring, the snappy kind). And everybody kept a band-aid or sucrets tin with the needed mini first aid kit!
Those Prince Albert cans, along the bandaid and asperin tins were used everywhere. Even if you didn't smoke a lot of others did so if you get one directly. If all else failed then the local dump. People bought products because of the containers. I would say for good many years Prince Albert cans held matches in every cabin in North America. Even as a kid bandaid boxes carried your worms. As a group you had a coffee can but when you split up your shirt pocket had that box for worms.
Not only were they tougher, they were smarter too. They knew which bathroom to use and if they were a man or woman, unlike half the country today. Keep up the great work.
This one really caught my eye so I started picking these can up at antique stores from five to ten dollars each. I either paint them OD or make a canvas "pocket" for them. Smokey Mountain Knife Works sells the Marbles version of the GI pocket knife for six bucks. One of those knives along with a small button compass and a Bic lighter and a couple band aids round things out. they are fun to put together and they fit right into a pocket or a small pack.
We do carry alot now, Outdoor school, hunter safety courses, and gun clubs in the 70's got me hooked on gear...now though, pips leader holders, tinder boxes, mini stoves, etc. Being the norm, I appreciate that simple prince Albert can...and beeswax....boy that smells good!
A medium size needle magnetized put on a leaf in water makes a fair compass. Also can use the fishing line and needle to sew together serious gashes. Missing would be a 3×3 scrap of paper , stub pencil and a single edge razor blade. Good vid !
I thank you for this video. I asked for it and have just now got to it. Short story. I used to go out to Montana with my dad and his friend used to roll out of a Prince Albert can while driving down the road in a 1950 Chevy truck that he drove a couple or three times to move from Michigan to Montana. I Know this is not cool to promote but it was cool in my view back then. I'll give a thumbs up from a past Michigan man now an Arizona man.
James I am a retired vet and instructor I still use a slightly larger survival kit in an ammo pouch What i use all the years is a garden hose cut to length to go in the pouch instead of the stick you use. One end of the hose is closed off with a wood plug and the other end with a cork. The cork is used as a bobber. The line is also wrapped around the garden hose, but, the small hooks, split lead shot and swivels etc are stored INSIDE the garden hose. Two hooks are already set up on the line on the outside and are held in place with a small piece of duct tape wrap so its ready to deploy. When the bobber cork is used the duct tape closes off the open end. The great thing is everything you need is in the palm of your hand. If you have some bait ready its good to go in under a minute and you are not looking for tins and losing stuff. Pull the garden hose and its basically readyl Thanks
@WayPoint Survival hi James You are welcome to use it as you wish. If any idea can help anybody in our community then its well worth sharing. Thanks for all the good content you put out Anybody watching should gain valuable info and ideas Keep on keeping on Heads up Eyes open No fear
Hello I'm 52 in the UK , nice video sir compact kit never know when you might need it and could keep you alive in bad conditions as a back up. First time watching your video's. Cheers Scott
👍 I think Blackie Thomas did a video about these small kits and their drawbacks. I agree with Blackie, but liked this kit. I might replace the fishing gear with water purification tablets and add 3 days of my medication. Now I need to find a Prince Albert can. Thanks for sharing.
Indeed. These small kits have a place as they can ride in your pocket in just about every situation. If a survival kit is too large you probably won't carry it. If your skills are good enough something this size can go a long way to helping things go a lot easier in a survival situation.
@@WayPointSurvival I found a vintage Prince Albert canister and will start building my small kit. Still not sure I believe in these tiny “Altoids tin” kits as standalone items, but this idea has appeal to become part of a larger survival kit as a way to contain specific components. I believe an excellent kit can be created in a pouch a little bigger than a sunglass case as suggested by Cody Lundin in his 1st book. This Prince Albert can may become part of that depending on the actual size of the can. Having said that I was impressed enough by your idea to give it a try even though long ago I rejected the “Altoid tin” kits as gimmicks.
Awesome. Made these in band aid tins and plastic cigarette cases back in the late 60's/early 70's, as described in The Boy Scout Field Guide. Thanks for posting!
I recall hearing my cousin, he'd ask our uncle if he had Prince Albert in a Can. Uncle would answer in the affirmative, so my cousin joked that he should let Prince Albert out of the can. I try to keep an altoids tin kit, but I like the shape of this can. Thank you and God bless you and your family.
In my area, it was common to see a tobacco can with the middle 1/3 cut away with top and bottom pushed back together & used to carry strike anywhere matches or other useful items that would fit. Also, the full size (uncut) tobacco can would carry a drink of water for when on high dry ridge tops. It tasted like tobacco but it was wet. Thanks for stirring the memories.
As a kid in the 80's I would build similar kits using metal Band-Aid boxes, a Victorinox and an old yellow mustard bottle for water while in the cub scouts. By the time I was a Boy Scout, I had more modern and sophisticated gear (for the time) as we were camping every month but I still remember the old kits fondly, but glad for modern gear.
Loved this video! Really puts things in perspective of how we *think* we need all the bells and whistles but we don't. Are all the gadgets and things nice? Yes. But not always necessary.
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I’ve probably come across them before but didn’t realize the significance of them at the time, I’ll be sure to get one or more for pocket kit.
Great idea! Haven't seen one of those kitsch since I was a rug rat lol. Cool.
Appreciate you teaching others
if its strike anywhere matches, why yu need a matck striker
@@timcarley4515 good strikers used to resharpen fish hooks, Flies, use one additional use, second to hone the Awl sewing needles, stitching awl and trap darts.
I am 70 + and in my youth i was a Survival Instructor for the US Military. I always had a very similar kit to that in my pocket (add wire, Iodine Tabs). That an a K-Bar, a Zippo, Mil Canteen and cup, and two plastic Baby Bottles filled with water. That and a 22LR Kit Gun and I could thrive in most Non-Polar regions.
What was the reason for the baby bottles?
@@alimfuzzy Small water containers weren't widely available, 2 baby bottles fit in the lower Flight Suit leg pocket or in the thigh pocket of field pants. That was so you always had some water if separated from your Canteen, I always used the WWII Stainless canteen and cup that you could boil water in.
Excellent loadout! Thanks for sharing your kit and how you carried it.
@@alimfuzzy asked by someone Not 70 lol. Plastic water bottles weren’t available like today. Water used to be free. 🫣
@sidhendragon water's still as free as it used to be LOL 😆
Unless if you live in Flint Michigan.
Old school doesn't mean outdated. This is a great reminder!
Indeed!
"If all else fails, sometimes the old ways are the best."
Nature still rules
The great thing about "old school" is that it works just as well today as it did decades ago.
In the 1960s, with Boy Scouts, we used Baidaid cans. It was a great time. All of the Dad's were WWII vets and taught us a lot. Nice video. Good Luck, Rick
Excellent!
@@WayPointSurvival I don't know what your family status is but a trick that my Dad taught me was that going to Boy Scout Camp each summer with the Troop was a great vacation. I did it too. Good Luck, Rick
@@richardross7219Similar experience. Those WWIi veterans were different and extremely tough. We have surpluses tents with no floor and it took two scouts to carry them.
@@Sam2shamIt better prepared me for the Army too.
Wow this brings back memories!
I worked in grocery stores in the 70s...
Phone rings 'caller' "Do you have Prince Albert in the can?" answered "Yes Sir" caller "you better let him out!" Laughter and line disconnected! This was before caller ID
Had many a kit in those Aspirin boxes! My uncle was a career solder and taught me and my cousins to keep a few things in our pockets. I still have a p38 can opener that I removed from a C-rat when he took us camping.
Right? As a lot of other commenters have stated, those old tins evoke a lot of memories!
Miss c rats.
Built my first kit in 1975, using a Prince Albert can for boy scouts. Still have it, and a second in a Velvet can!
Excellent!
Would u sell it?
My grandfather carried that type of tin with him when he went hunting. He had pretty much what you had in there, but he added a couple double edged razor blades wrapped in wax paper (He always said "You'll never know when you need a razor blade, so carry one or two on you at all times." He also carried one in the corner of his wallet.) as well as a piece of paper and a 3" or so stub of a pencil.
Good idea!
That’s smart. I haven’t used wax paper in years, but it makes sense with small sharp objects.
I keep a lil emery cloth in wallet,or a piece of broken belt sander. Gave up on razor blades yrs ago tho. Usually rust & I go knife heavy.
Our parents(mine grew up during the "Great Depression) and Grandparents were more Woods Savvy than we are. That kit was all they needed. I read George W. Sears book and was awed by how little he thought was essential for survival in the wilds.
Yes. They were indeed a hardy lot!
We can definitely learn a lot from our ancestors especially in these troublesome times. Made pemican today.
Indeed!
How did it turn out?
Hope it turns out nice!
I think I have that very same "Prince Albert in a can" tin. It was my father's. We used to put worms in it to go brook fishing.
When I was flying B-52s, I made a kit real similar to yours that I kept in my lower leg pocket of my flight suit. I knew what the Air Force provided, and wanted more than that. Mine was in a metal Band-Aid box. Included a condom, that is, a water bag.
Excellent kit!
I imagine more than one metal "Band-Aid" box was turned into pocket survival kits as well. Wish they'd bring those back.
Those too if we couldn't get the tobacco cans
I'm guilty of making them from Band-Aid metal cans. Lol
Yes. That would be great!
I had an old metal BandAid box as a kid that I collected pretty rocks in. Then they were made of plastic, now paper. My grandmother's old SSN card was made of aluminum and numbers etched in.
@@recoveringsoul755 Every kid loved his Band-Aid box "treasure chest". I could be mistaken, but that aluminum SSN card was probably a durable replica that you could buy back in the day. They sold them then because the paper wore out pretty quick. I got my SSN at the age of 13 in 1968 and it was paper and only lasted about 2 years and I've never had a copy since. You don't find those metal cards being offered any longer because now we know how dumb it is to give out that number to strangers. A more trusting time that I wish would return with the Band-Aid boxes.
It's amazing to think how tough our ancestors were.
Indeed.
No, it's amazing on how soft we are today. Good times make soft people, hard times make tougher people.
They weren't tough they just lived the life they were used to. Same one I was taught as a kid in the early 50's
A lot of people still live like this you know
So true. If I had a dollar for every Nancy boy nowadays, I could retire right now 😂
I can remember the old timers having stuff in their pockets when I was a kid, they were the WW2, some WW1 and Great Depression people but I can't remember them having specific survival kits. They often had the surplus haversacks and canvas rucksacks with their gear in. My grandfather's idea of a survival kit would have been 20 Player's Navy Cut, half a bottle of Cutty Sark whisky and a ham sandwich.
Thanks for watching and sharing your memories!
Navy Cut and a bottle of whisky 😄 has got to be the first things you put in a survival kit. 🤣🤣🤣
Oh for smoke of a Navy Cut, I say putting another nicotine lozenge in my mouth. ✌♥️🇬🇧
@@lesallison9047 Yes, the ham sandwich was a little bit excessive.
@@jelkel25
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Just a little.
@@jelkel25 maybe grandpa wanted to be fancy. 😉
You hit the nail on the head. They were a tough bunch that relied on skills.
Thanks!
Wow, this takes me back! I think the first kit idea I was taught in about 1968 was exactly this, except the teacher used a bandaid tin that size. That may be when I heard the old joke, "Do you have Prince Albert in a can..." Loved this vid. I think one reason they were tougher with less and lower quality gear, living much more outside, was because the houses were smaller... and too hot or too cold! We were also taught, though I never had a reason to, to use the fishing line as cordage, especially for snares and repairs [hey, that has a ring to it].
Yes, that's one reason why the fishing line is a heavy one to increase its usability. Also, that was quite a common joke back in the day!
That can and aspirin containers are antiques for sure. Great video
Actually, they made the tins for Prince Albert up until 1987.
@@WayPointSurvival I remember having some as a kid
And half n half ....
James yet vids never stop teaching me and other about great survival skills ,with low cost...and yer voice so wise and likeable...keep it up bro.
Thanks 👍 Will do!
You are right we are weak compared to are for father's we have to have all the latest gear a back pack weighting in at ,30 pounds for a over night In the back yard
Thanks for the video God bless you and your family keep prepping and stay safe brother
Thanks so much for watching and God bless you too!
Old school! As an old guy, I absolutely approve! Well done.
Thank you kindly!
NICE! Now I know what to do with my old prince Albert tin. Thanks for sharing this. 💜
You’re welcome 😊
Dont forget to let prince albert out...
I am so happy that you showed this item . My Grandfather carried one . He also smoked a pipe. I always loved the smell . My Grandparents were the best they gave the world six children my Father was their son.
Thanks for watching and I'm glad it brought back good memories!
I love this video. In today's society people need a whole bug out or get home bag for an emergency. We really don't need that much! Just some mental fortitude and a few comfort items will get you through 👍
I went to a small 4 room country school in MT, one of our projects was making these, with our teacher Mr. Marlow. That’s when we had metal cans for bandages.
Excellent.
I remember those cans. I had one at one time as a kid.
You can still find them around for a pretty decent price if you look.
Back in the 60’s my grandad, from the Cascade/Rocky Mountains, was a snow plow/cat driver during winter and a log truck driver during summer. He has a few kits from back then that are pretty similar to this. Those old guys could cover 15+ miles, through back country, a day. Add that to having actual land nav skills and that everyone smoked back then so they carried a lighter and those light weight kits were as much a good luck charm as they were useful.
Yes, our forefathers would put most of us to shame with their outdoor skills.
From my Grandfather to my Great X3 Grandfather they were either coal miners or blacksmiths. Surely hard workers. My grandfather never left the house without a knife in his pocket and his fishing gear was always in the trunk of his car. The knife was used from cleaning fish to using it while foraging for mushrooms. The can you showed brought back some great memories. Thank you!
Thanks for watching, and I'm glad you liked it!
I enjoyed your show so much i hit the thumbs up twice! Lol. This brought back memories. Thanks.
Awesome! Thank you!
Nice kit James, Kool tin too.
Well said on learning from ancestors and history. It's amazing some of the things they've done without modern tech, tools, and gadgets.
Indeed!
I agree we should learn from those who came before us. That’s why I find “living history” so useful.
True. Thanks for watching, my friend!
Definitely a very cool video. I can remember grabbing up those tins every chance I could when I was a kid back in the 60's. We used them for everything from fishing tackle kit, small tools kit, fire kits and more. Thanks for sharing James.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Dude, where I grew up all the old guys at our church carried those. Always had little kits and things to help them do stuff around town and when we were kids we always thought you had made it when you finally had one and carried things in it. So useful!!
That's so neat! Thanks for sharing it!
Nice, Jimmy! I have an old belt camera bag with multiple zippered pouches I turned into a survival kit I keep in the car with a 6 can cooler and other emergency items.
Sounds great!
Thanks for showing - what I like most are the rounded sides of the can - put it in your pocket and you almost forget it's there. Yes, our ancestors were a lot tougher than we are, but creeks were much more safe to drink than nowadays - and they sure had a fixed blade knife, a steel bottle/cup/pot to boil water and several layers of warm clothing with them.
I'm sure that there were many variations on this kit based on one's location and experience in the outdoors. Thanks for watching!
The can for tobacco because airtight would be good to heat liquids
I enjoy your look at bushcraft, the way you explain what you do.
I appreciate that!
Love the reuse of old tins for projects like this! Another great video James!
Glad you like them!
That's a great tin. My great grandparents left us lots of old tools and cool things in their basement. I couldn't believe how valuable some of it was! THEY were very tough, as they NEVER had power or indoor plumbing. They built their farm from scratch, and it was my grandma who put in electricity. However, that wasn't until I was 10. In fact the Barn was nicer than the house for a long time!
Yes, I admire that generation very much!
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I'm only 53 and that's what I carried still have the container and few items in it someplace around here. I also carried a couple bike tube patches and cement as well as the tool to take valve out of tubes because we rode bikes everywhere
That's a pretty amazing old school kit. I absolutely love that vintage tin James! Excellent video my friend!!
Thanks so much! Those tins are actually quite common here in flea markets and second hand stores.
A few slivers of that candle added to tinder will make fire-starting easier, especially in wet weather. A small bottle of iodine will fit into that tin and can be used for water purification, as well as for wounds.
Good suggestions!
People get caught up today on gadgets when knowledge is the best survival tool you can have. Man a lot of this stuff was just regular life when I was growing up.
Right?
my dad had one like this, as well as one in the buttstock of his gun. (his bobber was made from a cork and toothpick!) Love seeing this old gear, you right about the old timers- they lived a lot different than we do now. Things were different back then.
I have often wondered what Davy Crocket or Daniel Boone carried into the woods. It was a lot less than we do. What we call survival, they called every day life. Thanks for the video and the look back.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing your pocket kit.
Thank you Sir. I have a strong appreciation for basic skills to survive. If folks need s great resource, I suggest a boy scout handbook and an Explorer hand book. Enjoy your vids MUCH
Once Again Another Awesome Video, Thanks James!
Glad you enjoyed it, my friend!
Man..my gpa and my uncles came popping up in my mind and heart ❤
Great video, I have same boy scout knife but with lanyard loop, got for free on a house clean out gig....Good knife
Excellent. Yes, it is a great knife with good quality steel.
In 1972 when I was 9, we need our own identical survival kit in Cub Scouts. Our scout leader was the father of one boy in the group. The leader still had his that he had made when he was in scouts and that was 25 years earlier. I still remember that day, wow I hadn't thought of that in some time. Our leader even taught us how to make our own Hobo Supper of seasoned ground beef, potatoes, and corn, along with pioneer skillet bread. We had small cast iron skillets in our kits. I still have mine, it's a Martin 3 from Florence ALA. I've taken that thing all over from the Keys in Florida to Washington state and many places in between as I was camping.
Very cool! Thanks so much for sharing your experience!
I like it ! I’m more comfortable with a bic lighter or Pharo rod than matches , my luck hasn’t been real good with em I’m not sure about there shelf life , but I like the rest of the kit ! And love the shape of the Prince Albert can , haven’t seen one in years , but I may swing by the flea market one weekend and cash in on your idea . 👍
Right on, thanks for watching!
Very nice 🎉 I am 76 . I used these in my school and college days .😊
Excellent. Thanks for watching!
I guess a pocket survival kit is better than no survival kit.
I don't know any one from 70+ yrs ago, that didn't carry a pocket knife, Handkerchief, and some pain meds with a stash of cash tucked away..and Identification of some kind, as their EDC.
The fish kit, matches, candle, were common place for most people outside the city.
Indeed. Thanks for watching!
Loved This. Seeing the Price Albert tin and The Fishing Line and Hooks Just Brought Back Some Great Memories From My Childhood.
Thanks, glad you liked it!
That was basically it. The can would fit in a back pocket leaving your hands free. The Boy Scout knife was a handy tool and later replaced with a Swiss Army Knife. Now the candle is a U.C.O. brass candle lantern since 1970. I carried a Single Shot Winchester 22 long rifle with about half a box of shells. The Prince Albert can has long vanished from back then. I'm still around at 79. The most fun later on was calling a store and asking them if they had Prince Albert in a can. If they said yes , then the reply was , You better let him out and hang up. Or call a person , Ask ..... is your refrigerator running ?. They would say yes. The reply was .. You better catch it. It was great fun till your parents found out about the calls.
Those were the days olive oil in a jar yes better let her out Popeye is on the way ha ha
Wow that really brings back memories, I remember those cans when I was young and starting to smoke. I did quite smoking at 25 and glad I did!!! I'm 61 now and still trompen through the woods and being ornery lol 😂. Many tin cans will make a good survival container But that one brought back some fond memories. Thanks for sharing that with me. God bless you and your family and keep up the good work.
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it and God bless you too!
This is a totally cool video! Thanks for doing it.
Glad you liked it!
things that will help you in life needs to be taught in schools. gardening, hunting, fishing, etc just skills that are needed to survive in hard times if needed. im so glad i learned how to find the square root of a number, but never learned anything that was really useful in life
Lol, right?
Very cool James. I love old-school kit! Thanks much for sharing. 👍👍👍
Thanks for watching!
I completely agree you don't need alot of fancy kit you just need your own skill!
Indeed!
I like to keep the Xmas mint tins we get often to make up a few kits to give away. On Xmas camping trip my old friend got a fire going as using 1 of these style kits as nobody smoked in the group.
Excellent!
Glad to see the can I kept a small magnifying glass in mine to save matches
Excellent!
Certainly true that the people that came before us were tougher. In fact given severe hard times (which it looks like we're heading into) I really have to wonder how many will actually be capable of getting through it. My grandmother on my mother's side was 4'8" and lived through the depression. She had a good hand in raising me, and had 5 boys, and my mother. Even with her stature, I knew as a kid not to mess with her or she'd kick my a$$. Found that one out the hard way a couple times. She was tough as nails, not only mentally, but physically despite her size. Good video. Thanks for the hard work.
Thanks so much for watching! Folks in bygone days were definitely a different sort than we are used to.
My mom was tiny too it was embarrassing to get spanked by here so I just did what she said and avoided her trying to spank me. My dad made a giant wooden paddle with holes in it for us to look at. It just took once for me. They had coorparale punishment still in high school with a similar paddle with names signed on the paddle.
My grandparents did the lions share of raising me to cuz my Dad worked a lot. My grandma was little as well, and she was from depression era.
OLD SCHOOL IS BEST SCHOOL !
True!
I love this channel!!! Thank you!!!
Glad you enjoy it!
Reminds me of the kits I used to make as a kid in the early 70s. Gramps smoked Prince Albert and Half and Half and I had a stesdy supply of tins. Still have some of those old kits around somewhere
Excellent. Thanks for watching!
Whoo. 😅 for a minute there I thought you were going to cut it up and make a cook stove out of it. That's a nice little nostalgic tin. Thanks for not cutting it up. I mean, if you gotta, you gotta. 👍
Right? Thanks for watching!
I'm 54. I remember pestering my grand daddy asking him what he was doing. He responded making you something to put your pretties in he meant pellets. Love and miss you sir. ❤
Very interesting! Thanks for watching.
Good luck finding a prince Albert can haven't seen one of those in years lol
I see them a lot at antique malls and flea markets
@@unoleagotiya5583 yup but probably expensive at an antique store why not just a small dry box about that size just curious are is the prince Albert can just a nostalgia thing
As another commenter stated, they're actually quite easy to find at yard sales and flea markets and antique stores. The most common ones can be found for around $10.
@@WayPointSurvival oh ok well might try and find one at least for the nostalgic look of it I had no idea you could still find them 👍👍👍👍
U haven't been to enough flea markets then ... C them everywhere .... Frederick Maryland
Fascinating kit. Love old school
Thanks!
All these survival kits have fishing gear. You can survive a week easy with no food, but no water and shelter could kill you over night or in a couple days…..but more importantly, please don’t paint over old tins like that. They’re pretty collectible, and a neat part of our history.
This is the copy of old gear that people used years ago in their pocket when they went wandering in the back country. You must have put it into a modern mindset. Also, these old tins are quite numerous, and there would be no harm in painting one.
Yes sir I do remember those cans thank you for the memories I used to keep marbles in mine. Nowadays if you showed something like that to a real young person they would say how are you going to do it how are you going to make it and I just don't understand. That sure did bring back some very good memories and I thank you for that it's actually a great idea because you can fill it with our kind of modern-day things that come small. Thanks again for the video always enjoy your videos. Please have a blessed and safe day.
You're welcome, and thanks so much for watching!
Those cans are worth Some money
Not very much. Only certain rare types are worth very much at all. Most of the common ones can be had for around $10.
This was awesome! Brought back some memories. My first survival kit I built was in a prince Albert can.
Thanks. Glad you liked it!
Great video, @WayPoint Survival is there still plans to release the Simple Theory Gear stove under your brand?
Yes, we are working on that.
Nother tip. You can further waterproof the wooden strike anywhere matches by dipping them in parifin. I've carried a little Doans pill box with matches like that for years, that and some shredded metal wool pads in another similar container. They burn quick and hot.
Wow, forgot all about those green doan's pills tins! I also kept a few barn burners in mine, plus a couple of different sized needles, thread, safety pins, paper clips and even a wooden clothespin (with metal spring, the snappy kind). And everybody kept a band-aid or sucrets tin with the needed mini first aid kit!
Do you have Prince Albert in a can?
Yeah
Well you better let him out.
Lol
that's the early version of the bug out bag, we used to make up a kit like that and keep it under the seat of our pick up truck.
This is a serious survival kit, NO JOKE, even though it is found in "Prince Albert in a can" 🤣
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@@WayPointSurvival Some haven't heard that old joke of Prince Albert in a can, they can google it.
Those Prince Albert cans, along the bandaid and asperin tins were used everywhere. Even if you didn't smoke a lot of others did so if you get one directly. If all else failed then the local dump. People bought products because of the containers. I would say for good many years Prince Albert cans held matches in every cabin in North America. Even as a kid bandaid boxes carried your worms. As a group you had a coffee can but when you split up your shirt pocket had that box for worms.
Yes. Switching everything to plastic has not been an improvement in my estimation.
Caller: Do you have Prince Albert in a can?
Store clerk: Yes, we do!
Caller: you better let him out, to breathe!😂🤣😂
Lol!
Yes, they were tougher then. Their lives were not as easy as we have it today. That old tin brought back memories. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Not only were they tougher, they were smarter too. They knew which bathroom to use and if they were a man or woman, unlike half the country today. Keep up the great work.
Thanks!
This one really caught my eye so I started picking these can up at antique stores from five to ten dollars each. I either paint them OD or make a canvas "pocket" for them. Smokey Mountain Knife Works sells the Marbles version of the GI pocket knife for six bucks. One of those knives along with a small button compass and a Bic lighter and a couple band aids round things out. they are fun to put together and they fit right into a pocket or a small pack.
I want to develop the self reliance old timers had. Great video! Thanks!
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When I was in the boy scouts in the 1980s, we had to not only build a similar kit but use it in a week end exercise.
Very cool!
We do carry alot now, Outdoor school, hunter safety courses, and gun clubs in the 70's got me hooked on gear...now though, pips leader holders, tinder boxes, mini stoves, etc. Being the norm, I appreciate that simple prince Albert can...and beeswax....boy that smells good!
Thanks. Glad you liked the video!
Thank you for a great video. I still have my first survival tin from about 63 years ago, thanks for some great memory's!
Glad you enjoyed it!
A medium size needle magnetized put on a leaf in water makes a fair compass.
Also can use the fishing line and needle to sew together serious gashes.
Missing would be a 3×3 scrap of paper , stub pencil and a single edge razor blade.
Good vid !
Yes. Good ideas!
I thank you for this video. I asked for it and have just now got to it. Short story. I used to go out to Montana with my dad and his friend used to roll out of a Prince Albert can while driving down the road in a 1950 Chevy truck that he drove a couple or three times to move from Michigan to Montana. I Know this is not cool to promote but it was cool in my view back then. I'll give a thumbs up from a past Michigan man now an Arizona man.
Buffalo robes, green earth, and blue sky.
That’s all anyone really needs.
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James
I am a retired vet and instructor
I still use a slightly larger survival kit in an ammo pouch
What i use all the years is a garden hose cut to length to go in the pouch instead of the stick you use. One end of the hose is closed off with a wood plug and the other end with a cork. The cork is used as a bobber.
The line is also wrapped around the garden hose, but, the small hooks, split lead shot and swivels etc are stored INSIDE the garden hose. Two hooks are already set up on the line on the outside and are held in place with a small piece of duct tape wrap so its ready to deploy. When the bobber cork is used the duct tape closes off the open end. The great thing is everything you need is in the palm of your hand. If you have some bait ready its good to go in under a minute and you are not looking for tins and losing stuff. Pull the garden hose and its basically readyl
Thanks
Thanks so much! If you don't mind, I may use your idea and even make a video about it!
@WayPoint Survival hi James
You are welcome to use it as you wish. If any idea can help anybody in our community then its well worth sharing.
Thanks for all the good content you put out
Anybody watching should gain valuable info and ideas
Keep on keeping on
Heads up
Eyes open
No fear
Hello I'm 52 in the UK , nice video sir compact kit never know when you might need it and could keep you alive in bad conditions as a back up. First time watching your video's. Cheers Scott
Thanks so much!
👍 I think Blackie Thomas did a video about these small kits and their drawbacks. I agree with Blackie, but liked this kit. I might replace the fishing gear with water purification tablets and add 3 days of my medication. Now I need to find a Prince Albert can. Thanks for sharing.
Indeed. These small kits have a place as they can ride in your pocket in just about every situation. If a survival kit is too large you probably won't carry it. If your skills are good enough something this size can go a long way to helping things go a lot easier in a survival situation.
@@WayPointSurvival I found a vintage Prince Albert canister and will start building my small kit. Still not sure I believe in these tiny “Altoids tin” kits as standalone items, but this idea has appeal to become part of a larger survival kit as a way to contain specific components. I believe an excellent kit can be created in a pouch a little bigger than a sunglass case as suggested by Cody Lundin in his 1st book. This Prince Albert can may become part of that depending on the actual size of the can. Having said that I was impressed enough by your idea to give it a try even though long ago I rejected the “Altoid tin” kits as gimmicks.
Awesome. Made these in band aid tins and plastic cigarette cases back in the late 60's/early 70's, as described in The Boy Scout Field Guide. Thanks for posting!
Thanks for watching!
I recall hearing my cousin, he'd ask our uncle if he had Prince Albert in a Can. Uncle would answer in the affirmative, so my cousin joked that he should let Prince Albert out of the can. I try to keep an altoids tin kit, but I like the shape of this can. Thank you and God bless you and your family.
Thanks for watching and God bless you too!
In my area, it was common to see a tobacco can with the middle 1/3 cut away with top and bottom pushed back together & used to carry strike anywhere matches or other useful items that would fit. Also, the full size (uncut) tobacco can would carry a drink of water for when on high dry ridge tops. It tasted like tobacco but it was wet. Thanks for stirring the memories.
Good stuff!
I actually ran across a Prince Albert can in my shed earlier today. Now I know exactly what to do with it!! Great videos.
That is awesome!
As a kid in the 80's I would build similar kits using metal Band-Aid boxes, a Victorinox and an old yellow mustard bottle for water while in the cub scouts. By the time I was a Boy Scout, I had more modern and sophisticated gear (for the time) as we were camping every month but I still remember the old kits fondly, but glad for modern gear.
Thanks for watching!
Loved this video! Really puts things in perspective of how we *think* we need all the bells and whistles but we don't. Are all the gadgets and things nice? Yes. But not always necessary.
Indeed. Thanks for watching!
My scout master had a similar kit in the 80's. Band-aid used to come in a metal can as well.
Indeed. Thanks for watching!