I use a Molle belt system for my short day hikes. I can add or subtract to it according to what the hike calls for. I like the look of the old military water bottle. But, if I am really thinking I might have to spend a night, I would probably have some sort of water filtration bottle. I also usually only bring Clif bars for snacks. I can live off those for days. I like to have a poncho if the rain starts. That way I can keep moving. My knife of choice is the Gerber Strong Arm. I love it. Belts are fun to put together though. I always end up carrying my wife's stuff as well. :) I also carry an extended charger for my cell phone. All Trails is a great app and doesn't require cell service to work.
Straightforward and to the point. Having backup items (most particularly when light weight) is a good idea. One can always think of any number of "add ons" but having served in the infantry I long ago discovered that what weighs an ounce in the morning weighs a pound at the end of a long day.
Thanks! You got that right, after a long day any kit gets heavy. I can easily add on lots of small items to this kit but I was looking for a bare bones hiking rig that would get me through a night and I think I got it...
My kit .... 1...I no longer carrying paracord , instead i have a spool of nylon upholstery thread from wal mart , i think its a $1 spool. Cheap price is not a factor why i switched from paracord to nylon thread. Reason is its more practical and easyer to use and have multiple application... i can use it as needle thread , flos, fishing line , animal trap trigger , ...... Nylon thread have about 8 lp breaking point . so if i swing it 10 times arround its going to be 80 lb of strength... more than enough. I did set my hammock once , using just upholsery thread , and its work just fine. !!! 2....instead of a tarp , i use plastic flor cover sheet for painters , also from wal mart. Its big and not heavy ... also i have 2 beewax candles 8 hours burning time each. In case if i get lost in woods , have to spend a night and fail to start a fire , i just lash 3 pols like a piromide , throw plastic cover on top and burn candles , with help of space blankets and wool blanket its get preaty worm incide.( military wool blanket , is always with me , even if im scauting for a few hours) 3....my gun is on my chest holster., i have ruger 357 magnum 4 inch barrel. I think 6 shots is enough to stop any predators. Also i have leatherman wave with me , i used it more than my primery knife.. And backo laplander saw , its not heavy, but very handy. Other than that my kit is very similar to yours !!! My kit is more like last resort kit , in case if i have to abandon my camp. Also my belt knife , is always rasor sharp , and i never use it. My philosophy is , i can bring all kind of knives with me in my backpack, and i do just to test them , haw they preform . But my belt knife is that knife which i will trust with my life on., so why obuse it ?? This knife is costome made with very high quality conrtoll. All other knives i have in my backpack as good as they are is stil mass production. Cold steel trail master is snapped, and chipped , because its mass production knife , there whole bunch of videos on toutube , about good knives fail on people. You might say they use them wrong ... in survival situation is not such thing , you have to do of wat you have ro do to get out from bad spot , and your knife must withstand all tusks you throw on it !!! My belt knife will never snap on me because of some factory fail to conrroll quality of their production. I hope you see my point !!! My knife is Battle Horse PLSK 1.
All good suggestions and good point about the knife. In FL there is little chance of freezing to death and high priority on water so my choices will be different than yours but tailoring your kit to your area is very important.
It doesn't take a huge bag to carry a few essential items. I like the idea of a belt kit or even a harness particularly when it's both hot and very humid. My very first knife was the Buck Woodsman, same general design and materials as your Buck 119. I paid $16.... now they're almost $50.
Hiya Mat, like your belt kit :) … now you mention this is for short hikes, which are mainly exploration type walks, be it from house or from camp. Now for this purpose i actually missed one essential C, which you may want to consider to reduce risk of being stranded somewhere … this would be a compass and a map of the area … now obviously most of us know the general area around us, and getting lost isn't a big risk, but if you are on a 3day outing somewhere new, and you go out for a couple of hours, i do think bringing a compass and map will be a great value… surely the spaceblanket can go in one of those bigger pouches, and that cellphone pouch seems like it will easily hold a compass. ;) Tnx for sharing and have fun out there :)
Absolutely. I don't bring that with me on hikes around here because I know the swamp like my backyard. But if I were to go to an unknown area I would definitely bring a compass and map.
Pretty good stuff! I'm in Montana and do my hiking and camping here and in Idaho, usually above 5,000 feet. I've learned to carry a fairly robust kit since even in the hottest summer days it can get down to 35 F-40 F at night. Definitely I believe in carrying some stuff in case I need to spend an unplanned night out (and I have). I carry a heavier warming layer but in Florida I suppose that's unnecessary.
Very good ideas. Thank you very much. I totally agree that people should carry some emergency supplies. For even just a day hike in the Adirondack Mountains, I carry all of Dave Canterbury's 10 C's plus 10 of my own. Cell phone, Care kit (first aid), Chow, Carbine with Cartridges, Cleaning kit for the Carbine, extra insulating Clothing (hat, gloves, puffy coat,etc), wood burning Cook stove, Combustable tinder ( fatwood,cotton balls with petroleum jelly, etc. ), and Coffee. Every year in every season people get lost and/or hurt out there. I try to have what it takes to handle any mishaps.
Thanks! That is a great list and reading through it I usually carry your additional 10 Cs with me also. I may make a video on that, thanks for the idea!
@@FloridaBoyBushcraftSurvival Feel free to publicize my supplimental additions to Dave Canterbury's 10C's. As mentioned, I always carry the Canterbury 10C's and all or most of my supplemental additions. Let me better phrase my additions. Cell phone (with Charger), Care kit (first aid kit), Chow, Coffee (and/or other morale beverages like powered soup, lemonade, etc), Carbine ( and/or other firearm or bear spray), Cartridges (or shotgun shells ), Cleaning supplies (for firearm, self, pots and pans, etc), lightweight Cookstove, Combustable tinder (fatwood, cotton balls with petroleum jelly, etc), extra protective Clothing (rain gear, insulating layers, sun hat, gloves, etc), and of course Common sense and good judgement. Once again feel free to share this list. Regards, Tom Nugent
Hi Matt. Great Video--like ALWAYS! When I was in Scouts, (you know all those decades and freaking years ago, and yes, it was back before the holes in the ozone layer), we used to use very fine grade steel wool and 2 batteries to light up the steel wool with which we could start a fire. You put steel wool on either end of the battery and the other battery generates the sparks to light it up. The modern equivalent is like sparking a ferro rod in a birds nest of very fine, very small tinder. Have you ever seen this done before? Have you ever tried it? It's REALLY lightweight and works every single time with no failures, ever! I think it would make a great addition to your tinder kit and char cloth kit. Tell me what you think Sir! Have a great day and thanks for the video! Hike on Brother!
You don't need paracord to hang a tarp. 100 to 200 lb test strength spectra or kevlar line is sufficient and lower in weight/volume. Why not chemical heaters and water purification tablets. The tablets eliminate the need for fire, time to acquire wood, prep it and the pit area. No whistle, signal mirror, knife sharpener? I carry my 4.05 ounce DIY floorless Dyneema tent on the back of my belt - lighter perhaps than most tarps providing inherent warmth and freedom from wind, cold, cold wind, rain, snow and critters both flying and grounded. Would you use the heat reflective sheet for a ground cover. What would you do for the cold other than the heat reflective sheet providing at best a 15 F degree temp improvement - a fire? That will keep you up all night gathering wood and stoking the flames.
I did not say that this was a definitive kit, I said everyone should have the 5 C's with them. How you choose to make these 5 C's is up to you. This is an example of one of the 5 C kits that I carry. My choices will be different from yours, especially if we live in different parts of the country...
@@FloridaBoyBushcraftSurvival I was born & raised in Florida. One of the most essential things I learned is that you need a generalized for gear solution, not for a specific part of the USA, but for any part of the world. Has it not rained and snowed in Florida? Does the sun not shine so you shouldn’t consider a signal mirror or could there never be another person on your favorite hiking trail when you end up near crippled that a whistle was ignored in your survival kit? Yes, we all have our preferences, but basic survival gear shouldn’t be ignored. A good majority of hikers ignore carrying survival gear. I’ve been on trails where hikers don’t carry water. Ignorance is in abundance. I wear a DIY 2 inch X 3 inch survival device around my neck with a retractable whistle, container of water purification tablets with a Silva compass mounted on its’ lid, a removable 650 lumen flashlight, a ferrocerium rod epoxied on a side, a container for tinder, a diamond hook/knife sharpener at the bottom and on the other side is the survival device mirror. The lanyard for survival device is a bungee for swift removal. No disrespect intended. We all have limited perspectives of what we consider essential for traveling in the wilderness.
@@ULperformance I understand what you are saying. However I choose which times that I go hiking and I tailor my 5 C's kit towards it. You are free to carry what you think is essential...
Love the buck knife, one of those things that stood the test of time.. I use to have one ,but i think it ran off... You kit kinda a mirror image to my day pack... great video my friend... curious to see whats in the level 2...
Thanks! That old Buck knife is at least 30 years old...lol. Yep this is pretty close to your day pack, I wanted to keep it really small for Level 1. I am going with a day pack for level 2....
Nice setup Matt. Looks you're covered by the five "seas". Just wondering, having lived my life i Northeast US, the humid summer's heat index is brutal. How do you get by with just one canteen?
Thanks! In the next video I show you a loadout of the kit. I also carry a couple of chlorine dioxide tablets that will make another 2 canteens of water if needed, plus I can always boil up some additional water. You are right about the humidity, it will kill ya down here if you are not careful...
Like a nice little piece of microwave chicken😂🤣😂🤣😂. If that was the only part of the video I watched it would earned you a like right off the bat lol. Nice kit man, I also have that 5x7 tarp in my EDC bag which contains all 5c's
Love the video, thanks for sharing the load out. One thing I do is wrap the tin with tape around the edge, I find this helps water proof it a bit instead of going around the top like you did, but whatever works for you. Here is how I have been carrying my 5 C's lately. ua-cam.com/video/E0FkMfqmvYo/v-deo.html
Well, the Buck can do most things, but not everything. It can't strike sparks from flint, and it has only one blade, so it's very poor carving knife, and it's too big to be a good skinning knife for small game. It's also made from 420HC steel, so it can chip or break a lot easier than good carbon steel, or higher quality stainless steel. Buy a good pocketknife that has more than one blade. Then you'll be just like real woodsmen and even survivalists, ones who lived in the wilderness when it actually was wild, have been for the last seventeen hundred years, including today, once you get away from UA-cam and into the real world. At any rate, you need two knives more than you need two legs, so why not make one of them the knife that has been the number one tool of hunters, trappers, campers, frontiersmen, pioneers, longhunters, mountain men, soldiers, sailors, survivalists and the general public for at least the last seventeen hundred years? Buy a large Stockman, which is far an away the best carving knife anywhere, or buy a Swiss Army Knife that has two blades. It won't do everything the Stockman will, but it can certainly do a lot of things your Buck either can't do as well, or can't do at all. And get a bigger, better medical kit. No medical kit that size is worth carrying.That's a boo-boo kit, not a medical kit. The 5 C's are great for what they are, but a pocketknife and a medical kit should be with you before you even think about the 5 C's. These two things, a quality medical kit,that has real bandage, blood clotting agent, etc., is a must whoever you are, wherever you are. So is a pocketknife that has more than one blade. A pocketknife with only one blade is a joke. It isn't even a knife meant to be used for real world tasks. The idiotic UA-cam flip knife crazy convinced beginners, and a lot of pseudo experts otherwise, but UA-cam is full of myths people believe. I have no clue what Dave Canterbury's 5 C's didn't start with a medical kit, then jumpo to a pocketknife before even considering cutlery as one of the 5 C's. Maybe he couldn't think oof a C to cover a high quality med kit, or maybe he just didn't think of med kit, which is horrific. And maybe he thought people would know cutting tool meant a pocketknife, and at least one other knife, plus a saw, plus an axe blade, if at all possible, and it's always possible. More likely, maybe he didn't know enough that early on, or maybe he doesn't worry about getting injured.
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YOU ALSO HAVE GUN POWDER IN THE BULLETS FIR FIRE STARTER ALSO.
I use a Molle belt system for my short day hikes. I can add or subtract to it according to what the hike calls for. I like the look of the old military water bottle. But, if I am really thinking I might have to spend a night, I would probably have some sort of water filtration bottle. I also usually only bring Clif bars for snacks. I can live off those for days. I like to have a poncho if the rain starts. That way I can keep moving. My knife of choice is the Gerber Strong Arm. I love it. Belts are fun to put together though. I always end up carrying my wife's stuff as well. :) I also carry an extended charger for my cell phone. All Trails is a great app and doesn't require cell service to work.
Cool thing about MOLLE or ALICE systems is that you can mix and match to make a perfect rig for your own use
Straightforward and to the point. Having backup items (most particularly when light weight) is a good idea. One can always think of any number of "add ons" but having served in the infantry I long ago discovered that what weighs an ounce in the morning weighs a pound at the end of a long day.
Thanks! You got that right, after a long day any kit gets heavy. I can easily add on lots of small items to this kit but I was looking for a bare bones hiking rig that would get me through a night and I think I got it...
My kit ....
1...I no longer carrying paracord , instead i have a spool of nylon upholstery thread from wal mart , i think its a $1 spool. Cheap price is not a factor why i switched from paracord to nylon thread.
Reason is its more practical and easyer to use and have multiple application... i can use it as needle thread , flos, fishing line , animal trap trigger , ...... Nylon thread have about 8 lp breaking point . so if i swing it 10 times arround its going to be 80 lb of strength... more than enough. I did set my hammock once , using just upholsery thread , and its work just fine. !!!
2....instead of a tarp , i use plastic flor cover sheet for painters , also from wal mart. Its big and not heavy ... also i have 2 beewax candles 8 hours burning time each. In case if i get lost in woods , have to spend a night and fail to start a fire , i just lash 3 pols like a piromide , throw plastic cover on top and burn candles , with help of space blankets and wool blanket its get preaty worm incide.( military wool blanket , is always with me , even if im scauting for a few hours)
3....my gun is on my chest holster., i have ruger 357 magnum 4 inch barrel. I think 6 shots is enough to stop any predators.
Also i have leatherman wave with me , i used it more than my primery knife.. And backo laplander saw , its not heavy, but very handy.
Other than that my kit is very similar to yours !!!
My kit is more like last resort kit , in case if i have to abandon my camp.
Also my belt knife , is always rasor sharp , and i never use it. My philosophy is , i can bring all kind of knives with me in my backpack, and i do just to test them , haw they preform . But my belt knife is that knife which i will trust with my life on., so why obuse it ?? This knife is costome made with very high quality conrtoll.
All other knives i have in my backpack as good as they are is stil mass production. Cold steel trail master is snapped, and chipped , because its mass production knife , there whole bunch of videos on toutube , about good knives fail on people. You might say they use them wrong ... in survival situation is not such thing , you have to do of wat you have ro do to get out from bad spot , and your knife must withstand all tusks you throw on it !!!
My belt knife will never snap on me because of some factory fail to conrroll quality of their production.
I hope you see my point !!!
My knife is Battle Horse PLSK 1.
All good suggestions and good point about the knife. In FL there is little chance of freezing to death and high priority on water so my choices will be different than yours but tailoring your kit to your area is very important.
And the 6th C : Compass. A really good compass.
Manatee County here. Great job on the gear and vid.
Yes, there are more "C" items that you can add...
The single use poncho ($1 each) is smaller than a pack of smokes and makes it easy to have a second type of cover . Quick to deploy too !
True, I have thought about those but haven't been able to find any...
@@FloridaBoyBushcraftSurvival amazon 10 for $10 !
It doesn't take a huge bag to carry a few essential items. I like the idea of a belt kit or even a harness particularly when it's both hot and very humid. My very first knife was the Buck Woodsman, same general design and materials as your Buck 119. I paid $16.... now they're almost $50.
No it doesn't. I really like the belt kit for average hiking and that old Buck knife is about 35 years old...
I like this set up. Its complete but basic. not made out of super high end over complicated stuff
Thanks! It works great and is very comfortable...
Great kit but when I overnight camp or car camp I like the 11 th C a cot for couching or sleeping. Have fun stay safe…
Lol that is one of the most important C's to have
I really like these kit and load-out videos.
Thanks! I am changing them up all the time
Great set up. But there are reasons for a bigger blade. Location. Sometimes you need a chopper to get through certain brush.
Thanks. This setup can easily be changed/expanded to suit your needs...
Hiya Mat, like your belt kit :) … now you mention this is for short hikes, which are mainly exploration type walks, be it from house or from camp. Now for this purpose i actually missed one essential C, which you may want to consider to reduce risk of being stranded somewhere … this would be a compass and a map of the area … now obviously most of us know the general area around us, and getting lost isn't a big risk, but if you are on a 3day outing somewhere new, and you go out for a couple of hours, i do think bringing a compass and map will be a great value… surely the spaceblanket can go in one of those bigger pouches, and that cellphone pouch seems like it will easily hold a compass. ;)
Tnx for sharing and have fun out there :)
Absolutely. I don't bring that with me on hikes around here because I know the swamp like my backyard. But if I were to go to an unknown area I would definitely bring a compass and map.
Pretty good stuff! I'm in Montana and do my hiking and camping here and in Idaho, usually above 5,000 feet. I've learned to carry a fairly robust kit since even in the hottest summer days it can get down to 35 F-40 F at night. Definitely I believe in carrying some stuff in case I need to spend an unplanned night out (and I have). I carry a heavier warming layer but in Florida I suppose that's unnecessary.
Awesome. Yeah we are at an entirely different extreme down here, but really cool to hear what you guys carry out west...
Very good ideas. Thank you very much. I totally agree that people should carry some emergency supplies. For even just a day hike in the Adirondack Mountains, I carry all of Dave Canterbury's 10 C's plus 10 of my own. Cell phone, Care kit (first aid), Chow, Carbine with Cartridges, Cleaning kit for the Carbine, extra insulating Clothing (hat, gloves, puffy coat,etc), wood burning Cook stove, Combustable tinder ( fatwood,cotton balls with petroleum jelly, etc. ), and Coffee. Every year in every season people get lost and/or hurt out there. I try to have what it takes to handle any mishaps.
Thanks! That is a great list and reading through it I usually carry your additional 10 Cs with me also. I may make a video on that, thanks for the idea!
@@FloridaBoyBushcraftSurvival Feel free to publicize my supplimental additions to Dave Canterbury's 10C's. As mentioned, I always carry the Canterbury 10C's and all or most of my supplemental additions. Let me better phrase my additions. Cell phone (with Charger), Care kit (first aid kit), Chow, Coffee (and/or other morale beverages like powered soup, lemonade, etc), Carbine ( and/or other firearm or bear spray), Cartridges (or shotgun shells ), Cleaning supplies (for firearm, self, pots and pans, etc), lightweight Cookstove, Combustable tinder (fatwood, cotton balls with petroleum jelly, etc), extra protective Clothing (rain gear, insulating layers, sun hat, gloves, etc), and of course Common sense and good judgement. Once again feel free to share this list. Regards, Tom Nugent
@@thomasnugent7602 You're spot on Thomas! I like your additional 10 C's or was that 12 C's? Ha Ha. Rock on Brother.
@@bartwalker474 Thanks. I know that I carry more than many other hikers, but I would rather be safe than sorry.
@@thomasnugent7602 Me Too Thomas! Doing that gives us piece of mind. What's in your care kit? Mine needs serious help.
Well done. I’ve got me a belt kit right now too.
Thanks! A good belt kit is all you need...
Thank you for taking the time to share!
Thanks!
Hi Matt. Great Video--like ALWAYS! When I was in Scouts, (you know all those decades and freaking years ago, and yes, it was back before the holes in the ozone layer), we used to use very fine grade steel wool and 2 batteries to light up the steel wool with which we could start a fire. You put steel wool on either end of the battery and the other battery generates the sparks to light it up. The modern equivalent is like sparking a ferro rod in a birds nest of very fine, very small tinder. Have you ever seen this done before? Have you ever tried it? It's REALLY lightweight and works every single time with no failures, ever! I think it would make a great addition to your tinder kit and char cloth kit. Tell me what you think Sir! Have a great day and thanks for the video! Hike on Brother!
Yep, I have done that battery trick lots of times. Works really well with a 9v....
Nice load-out, Matt. Looks like you've got all your bases covered.
Thanks! At least all of the bases for a short hike...
Thanks for the share , FBS. Great load out.
Thanks for watching!
Could actually make it a 10c belt no problem. Very nice.
Yes I could do that pretty easily. The 10Cs will be in my next level kit...
Great job my friend keep it up Bless on your family
Thanks! Level 2 Kit coming out soon...
Great selection of equipment. Level 2 is going to be great! Thank you for the video, Matt
Thanks! Working on the Level 2 kit right now....
Great set simple and practical
Thanks! Everything a young boy would need in the woods...lol
Very great job my friend keep
Thank you sir
You don't need paracord to hang a tarp. 100 to 200 lb test strength spectra or kevlar line is sufficient and lower in weight/volume. Why not chemical heaters and water purification tablets. The tablets eliminate the need for fire, time to acquire wood, prep it and the pit area. No whistle, signal mirror, knife sharpener? I carry my 4.05 ounce DIY floorless Dyneema tent on the back of my belt - lighter perhaps than most tarps providing inherent warmth and freedom from wind, cold, cold wind, rain, snow and critters both flying and grounded. Would you use the heat reflective sheet for a ground cover. What would you do for the cold other than the heat reflective sheet providing at best a 15 F degree temp improvement - a fire? That will keep you up all night gathering wood and stoking the flames.
I did not say that this was a definitive kit, I said everyone should have the 5 C's with them. How you choose to make these 5 C's is up to you. This is an example of one of the 5 C kits that I carry. My choices will be different from yours, especially if we live in different parts of the country...
@@FloridaBoyBushcraftSurvival I was born & raised in Florida. One of the most essential things I learned is that you need a generalized for gear solution, not for a specific part of the USA, but for any part of the world. Has it not rained and snowed in Florida? Does the sun not shine so you shouldn’t consider a signal mirror or could there never be another person on your favorite hiking trail when you end up near crippled that a whistle was ignored in your survival kit? Yes, we all have our preferences, but basic survival gear shouldn’t be ignored. A good majority of hikers ignore carrying survival gear. I’ve been on trails where hikers don’t carry water. Ignorance is in abundance. I wear a DIY 2 inch X 3 inch survival device around my neck with a retractable whistle, container of water purification tablets with a Silva compass mounted on its’ lid, a removable 650 lumen flashlight, a ferrocerium rod epoxied on a side, a container for tinder, a diamond hook/knife sharpener at the bottom and on the other side is the survival device mirror. The lanyard for survival device is a bungee for swift removal. No disrespect intended. We all have limited perspectives of what we consider essential for traveling in the wilderness.
@@ULperformance I understand what you are saying. However I choose which times that I go hiking and I tailor my 5 C's kit towards it. You are free to carry what you think is essential...
God load out thanks for sharing ATB
thanks! This is my favorite hiking kit...
Very good, thank you very much
No problem
thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Cool pack
Thanks!
Nice gear set
Thanks! I have collected soo much stuff....
Hey my friend you a little bottle of rye I have in my hunting bag if I ever get Lost you need that bless on your family
I usually always carry a little with me lol
Great lil kit!!!
Thanks! It works pretty well for a nice day hike...
Love the buck knife, one of those things that stood the test of time.. I use to have one ,but i think it ran off... You kit kinda a mirror image to my day pack... great video my friend... curious to see whats in the level 2...
Thanks! That old Buck knife is at least 30 years old...lol. Yep this is pretty close to your day pack, I wanted to keep it really small for Level 1. I am going with a day pack for level 2....
good load out
thanks!
Interesting
I'll have to put some thought into this.
Thanks for the video
Thanks! You would definitely have different items in your part of the country....curious to see what they would be
Great video. Gave me some good ideas
Thanks! If you come up with some good ideas let me know
I was surprised that one of the 'C's was not a compass
It could be. I usually go out in places that I dont need the compass...
Matt what are the larger bags called ???
They are the Condor GP Pouch.
Where did you get those small pouches, the ones closest to the belt clip.
Those are old 80's - 90's cell phone pouches that accept an ALICE clip perfectly. Try your local flea market, they should have some....
Nice setup Matt. Looks you're covered by the five "seas". Just wondering, having lived my life i Northeast US, the humid summer's heat index is brutal. How do you get by with just one canteen?
Thanks! In the next video I show you a loadout of the kit. I also carry a couple of chlorine dioxide tablets that will make another 2 canteens of water if needed, plus I can always boil up some additional water. You are right about the humidity, it will kill ya down here if you are not careful...
Like a nice little piece of microwave chicken😂🤣😂🤣😂.
If that was the only part of the video I watched it would earned you a like right off the bat lol.
Nice kit man, I also have that 5x7 tarp in my EDC bag which contains all 5c's
Thanks!
I go by the 10 Cs no matter what.
I usually do as well but if I am just out for a casual hike I drop it to 5...
Compass ??? :u
No compass in this kit. I am in an area that I know like my backyard. Compass will be in the Level 2 kit...
Cotton bandana. That's another c.
It is and I usually carry one but not this particular time
You pulled out a bandana. Was it not cotton?
@@schubacca8786 It was
There ya go. Cotton bandana. That's another c.
Everyone needs a giant survival knife haven't you seen Rambo.
Lol...I have a few big knives like that...
Just make sure it has a welded on tang like the real Rambo knife.
Love the video, thanks for sharing the load out. One thing I do is wrap the tin with tape around the edge, I find this helps water proof it a bit instead of going around the top like you did, but whatever works for you. Here is how I have been carrying my 5 C's lately. ua-cam.com/video/E0FkMfqmvYo/v-deo.html
Yep, you could definitely do that and it would help...
Well, the Buck can do most things, but not everything. It can't strike sparks from flint, and it has only one blade, so it's very poor carving knife, and it's too big to be a good skinning knife for small game. It's also made from 420HC steel, so it can chip or break a lot easier than good carbon steel, or higher quality stainless steel.
Buy a good pocketknife that has more than one blade. Then you'll be just like real woodsmen and even survivalists, ones who lived in the wilderness when it actually was wild, have been for the last seventeen hundred years, including today, once you get away from UA-cam and into the real world.
At any rate, you need two knives more than you need two legs, so why not make one of them the knife that has been the number one tool of hunters, trappers, campers, frontiersmen, pioneers, longhunters, mountain men, soldiers, sailors, survivalists and the general public for at least the last seventeen hundred years? Buy a large Stockman, which is far an away the best carving knife anywhere, or buy a Swiss Army Knife that has two blades. It won't do everything the Stockman will, but it can certainly do a lot of things your Buck either can't do as well, or can't do at all.
And get a bigger, better medical kit. No medical kit that size is worth carrying.That's a boo-boo kit, not a medical kit. The 5 C's are great for what they are, but a pocketknife and a medical kit should be with you before you even think about the 5 C's. These two things, a quality medical kit,that has real bandage, blood clotting agent, etc., is a must whoever you are, wherever you are. So is a pocketknife that has more than one blade. A pocketknife with only one blade is a joke. It isn't even a knife meant to be used for real world tasks.
The idiotic UA-cam flip knife crazy convinced beginners, and a lot of pseudo experts otherwise, but UA-cam is full of myths people believe.
I have no clue what Dave Canterbury's 5 C's didn't start with a medical kit, then jumpo to a pocketknife before even considering cutlery as one of the 5 C's. Maybe he couldn't think oof a C to cover a high quality med kit, or maybe he just didn't think of med kit, which is horrific. And maybe he thought people would know cutting tool meant a pocketknife, and at least one other knife, plus a saw, plus an axe blade, if at all possible, and it's always possible.
More likely, maybe he didn't know enough that early on, or maybe he doesn't worry about getting injured.
That's why this is America, my choices differ from yours. I have been carrying this Buck knife for over 30 years...
5 more C's.....
Cigarettes
Cans of beer
Cannabis
Cards
Clitoris
I will be adding those C's to my list lol