Absolutely coffee cans are big you can fit a lot of good gear in them! I love making my own kits they are fun to make! I am always more concerned about staying warm this time of year when it comes to my kits. So shelter and fire are extremely important to me this time of year when it’s only 19 degrees F out tonight I would want a good quality space blanket or bivvy and I probably wouldn’t leave the car if I didn’t have to. I would definitely be fire heavy also just in case the car couldn’t stay warm and you had to evacuate. Maybe I will make a coffee can kit in the future?
James Bender, over at Waypoint Survival, built a belt kit designed to ride in a Vietnam Era Army surplus pouch. A comprehensive kit that he packed into a small bread pan. The loaf pan was approximately 50% the size of a typical mass produced bread pan. It fit the rectangular belt pouch perfectly and provided water boiling capabilities as well as the ability to make bannock or roast whatever protein might be trapped, snared or hunted. My only comment on the kit demonstrated is that it’s pretty anemic. Yet another great motivator. A reminder to us all: check pre-packed kits on a rotational basis. Match heads can and do degrade. All of the poly vinyls, plastics and chemically produced whatnot begins breaking down the minute it’s manufactured. Foodstuffs get funky. Batteries go off. When I caught first glimpse of the demonstrated kit I thought surely there would be a button compass, small fishing kit, water tablets, some wire or cordage and a few Bandaids. What I do like about the “parka kit” is that it’s likely one component to be used in tandem with several other cross loaded tools and/or supplementary kits. Like John Wiseman did with British SAS. I have a hypothesis that when we start building kits we use every box, tin, repurposed packaging and bag imaginable. But later we develop systems whereby our pockets are our kits. A perfect example is keeping an ultralight tarp in a cargo pocket and an emergency bivy roll in another. Add a few belt tools , a Bic and a single wall steel bottle and as long as you keep your head you’ll survive most of what three seasons in North America can do. Rare is the locale that is more than three days walk from civilization. Oddly what most victims do is either give up and freeze overnight or walk in large circles; their dominant leg using trigonometry to ever so slightly lean footfalls off a direct course. Overcome those and learn to function on lack of calories and it’s pretty hard to walk 8-9 days in CONUS.
That’s an awesome amount of info I like the detail and attention you put into your comment it’s nice to hear people that use their first layer of cover for an edc survival kit. Cargo pockets are disappearing especially in pants. It’s not a trend anymore. I carry a edc pack put I do carry a fair share of compact gear on my body. I like tin style kits but it’s hard to fit everything in there that’s needed.
@@behindthespotlight7983 I had a mini just in case kit from my army days, in it I had a Swiss Army knife, some matches that I waxed kept them in a 35mm film case, in another 35mm film case I had some waxed cotton balls,. Bear in mind I packed these two cases in the early 80’s 1982 I think. After your comment about matches degrading, I dug the kit out, nipped outside and lit a waxed cotton ball, with a match I waxed in 1982, 👍 The matches were slightly furry, I had put some cotton ball in the film case to stop them rattling, we took noise discipline very seriously 🤫🪹
@@behindthespotlight7983 the trick with walking in circles is to make your path object based, ie pick a landmark, in the woods it’s harder to do in the jungle this is pretty much impossible without a compass. In most scenarios it’s better to stay put if you are lost, the only reasons to move are; 1. You didn’t tell anyone where you were going and what time to expect you back, ie help isn’t going to be on the way anytime soon. 2. Location isn’t ideal, above the tree line say, which leaves you exposed to the elements, nor do you want be be at the bottom of a valley, flash floods and cold and mist settles there in the morning. 3. To close to water, mozzies etc.
Thanks I appreciate it! It’s awesome to hear people actually had a used these kits. There was a guy in the comments that couldn’t believe there was vinyl bags in the 1970’s. Vinyl was made in the 20’s 😆
I have seen those plastic envelopes used for shipping documents and 'shop tags' (documenting work needed or completed etc.) at military repair facilities.
Something about these old kits that just really enjoyable to see unpacked. You have companies now that have good kits but a lot of cheap ones too seems back in the day everyone put more effort in choosing the items packed which is really good. Nice video 👍
Yea you’re totally right. I think it’s incredible to see what were packed into these when they were made. You’re also right about how some of the kits are cheap and not great quality. I like to see what’s in them for sure
I saw another one on eBay last night it randomly showed up same kit as this I just cannot find the link again but there was definitely one more on there
Man, that instruction manual brings back some foggy memories. I think my dad had one of those. Makes sense considering I grew up in the Seattle area. There was another similar one I remember being common at the time, a kit in a yellow metal can, made in Tacoma (my home town). Storm survival kit, I think?
Yea I went over the Tacoma kit a while back that video is on here too go back through the video and find it they had two models of that kit also one had a few more items in it. I wanna go over it too
The beef was not supposed to rattle! It was like that new and it made beef soup and it was good! I used it on a field maneuver in northern Germany! And it was cold!
Fantastic condition for a 40+ yr old kit. Glad the original owner did not "Disassemble it NOW." Seems like the few commercially available (non-military) survival kits pre-1980s were quite simplistic compared to the 101-item type kits we see nowadays. I do wish this one had more stuff from the era just because vintage camp gear is kinda my thing. Add some gear, replace the comestibles & waterproof bag (Coghlan's is similar) and this is a survival kit for the 2020s. GREAT find & review!
Thanks I appreciate it I’ve been sitting on this one for a while a lot of my audience likes to see the vintage stuff I think it’s cool to see one in this good shape. I think it’s incredible how some stuff holds up for that many year
@@whitetailsurvival2430 I wish I were that organized with my gear, good idea. I like cold weather porch camping and tonight I'm testing the Snugpack Bivy with a Get Out Gear double puffy basket! Huge fun, you know.
@@cynthiawigington1236that sounds awesome let me know how it works out! Do you make videos also? It’s going to be 32F here tonight. It should be good down to that temp?
@@whitetailsurvival2430 I did get a lot of sleep. it got down to 20º F. I'm in Vermont. I was sold enough that I burrowed down into the blvy and blankets. I guess it's more breathable than I thought because I'm still here. I need to get my sleeping bag from the guy in NH who makes the super Trifecta bivy, good reuseable ponchos (reflective), a fantastic tarp. The Get Out Gear down blanket is solid, but the Double Puffy left me quite cold. After I got up once I had a terrible time getting those two blankets to cover me. I may keep the down one still snugged around and under my head, but I'm back to Brian's sleeping bag for sure. The cold spots were quite freezing. I was elated though spending the whole night out in my gear. It's a piece of heaven, you know?
@@cynthiawigington1236absolutely thanks for letting me know how it worked. Seems like you had a rough night. What’s your coldest weather sleeping bag that you have?
Hypo and hyperthermia are the most common killers in any survival situation, these two can kill you within as little as 3 hours. Closely followed by dehydration, 3 days. In US for example on average 40,000 people a year die of hyper/hypothermia 50/50 split and most of these are not in the classic “wilderness survival situations” Good kit covered all the important basics, with very helpful guide book.
Very helpful booklet. Cool kit. The booklet definitely inspires creativity and reminds you of what it’s important. Anything is better than nothing in survival, however I find a lot of modern kits are full of crap really. 5c’s definitely cuts back on the crap. Little rubber bands could definitely have some use but when you’re freezing you’re freezing your bits off or rapidly overheating, you just want shelter and a hot/cold drink. Gives you time to think and consider your situation. A deck of cards is cool to have but I’d worry about being in a survival situation where I can make use of cards, rather than getting out of the situation.
I had this deck of survival playing cards one time that were made from plastic and had survival tips on the back so they were multi use. You could play blackjack and learn survival tips
@ haha yeah those are pretty cool. Tbf they’re not a bad thing to carry around with you. Just not a necessity in small survival kits which I’ve seen them in
@@Lightfur in most cases staying put is the best option, if you were sensible then someone knows where you were going and what time you were expected back. Moving a short distance to acquire a water source is OK. unless you like the cold or being eaten alive by insects set up shelter a short distance away. Bouillon cubes, coffee and hot chocolate pouches, make life a lot more bearable.
Hypo and hyperthermia are the most common killers in any survival situation, these two can kill you within as little as 3 hours. Closely followed by dehydration, 3 days. In US for example on average 40,000 people a year die of hyper/hypothermia 50/50 split and most of these are not in the classic “wilderness survival situations” Good kit covered all the important basics, with very helpful guide book.
Awesome stats to hear it’s good to know. I feel like they were on the right path back in the 70’s. Shelter is definitely a number 1 importance. Keeping your body at a regulated temperature is how you stay alive! Thanks for the comment!
a.co/d/31dAr7B You can find them they are typically under cell phone dry bag. They do have ones that have a zip just like the one i reviewed. It is the same thick vinyl material
You can take the candle out and use the tin to make potions from different plants and roots . Seriously though, you probably could make some stuff like ungents
I was afraid to get sick I know it’s potentially life threatening if you eat something super bad but so far it seems like the salt content would make it ok to eat
@@whitetailsurvival2430 I don't think so. I had some *very* old stuff from the 60s - i tried a very small portion of it, and it was still good and not threatening. The chicken brawl often isn't dry. 🙂
They may have done that. I seen one more On eBay for sale right now that’s slightly different from this one same manufacturer but I think it’s a newer model. I might get it to go over and show the differences
@@whitetailsurvival2430 I still have my Sierra Designs 60/40 Parka from that period. The vinyl pouch w/contents would have slipped quite easily into either lower front pocket.
@@whitetailsurvival2430 Not much. It's bright Orange. I used to be an active volunteer member of a search and rescue, mountain rescue organization in the late '70s thru early '90s. [My knees are shot now.] The parka has SARA and Mountain Rescue patches on the shoulders, my EMT Cert patch, my nametape and other organizational paraphernalia. Wearing it in public would be not appropriate, as I'm no longer a Rescuer. If there were a huge snowstorm, locking Tucson in a blizzard, I might use it, layering up, but winters have been milder than in decades past, due to drought and climate change.
@@HootOwl513yea your right for sure definitely has been a lot warmer in the winters and far less snow. It seems like we get 6-12 inches then it melts in a week then the same things happens and it’s just a muddy mess all winter time
That’s awesome! That’s great information to know! I had another person in the comments claim this style bag was not available at that time period but with the condition of the kit I’m saying this is the way it came the vinyl material was fairly weak at the zipper. I will have to respond and let him know that you had one and this is the way it came. I love finding the information on these old kits
Honey can last for thousands of years if stored properly. Those plastic containers though won't. Even if they aren't leaking, I wouldn't trust it not to have had leaching from the plastic. And the bullion, might be awesome, might be botulism. But this is a really good kit, so long as you remember to bring a knife and firestarters.
That’s really cool! So basic but so useful. Is it possible that the chicken and beef broth never was powder? Here we have powder veggie broth but most beef and chicken broths are more like a pâté.
That I am not sure of but I believe in the past I have seen old rations unpacked that had powder in them older than 1972 maybe I will open it and hydrate it and see how it smells
Sorry but iam more interested in your Man cave Scotch collection.👍But i do have a vintage ALPHA PARKA.Some of that Scotch would go down nice in my parka.😉👌👍
Haha 🤣 there’s a collection of different alcohols down there. Whiskeys, bourbons, rum, vodka, there’s even some home made wine down there I did myself. I actually designed and built that room myself I’m still adding to it but its definitely usable now
I have piles of bullion packets that are powder. The cubes are just pressed powder. When they get old they absorb water because of the high salt content they turn sludgy are you telling me the bullion packets are supposed to be hard and slightly pliable? Think it’s edible?
@@whitetailsurvival2430 Beef and chicken bouillon, probably good, has pemmican still good 100 years (A guy named Steve, Steve1989MREInfo, eat Civil War pemmican and still alive)
@@whitetailsurvival2430 if they are absorbing water than they are no longer air tight. and yes with that amount of salt content it should be safe to eat, might have and old or strange after taste
The package was never opened and the date said 1972 on the package. I haven’t investigated too deep into it but I was basing it off the contents and the listing I picked it up from if you know something different let me know
@whitetailsurvival2430 no I don't know different but the seventies is when I got into survival and I never saw a bag like that until the eighties. I could certainly be wrong. But I will point out that just because the booklet says 1972 doesn't mean it was packed in 1972. I have no idea how many years that kit was manufactured. They wouldn't change the date in the book every year. Suppose someone twenty years from now builds a kit and includes a tiny survival guide. Fifty years later someone reviews it and gives it's age as thirty years more than it was? Because of the copyright date on the guide? I'm just playing devil's advocate here. I was disappointed I expected a mylar parka in the kit.I remember coghlans selling a mirror like that. As for her ox back in the 70s they sold five cubes in a clear tube with a thumb off lid. Made a great match case. Once after playing in the muddy Rio Grande river all afternoon a heavy wind came up and we we very cold. My matches and tinder were dry and we got a fire going.
Well according to what I researched clear vinyl was actually invented in the 1920’s so it’s not rare that something like that could exist then. Even if the kit wasn’t packed in 1972 the kit still contains the same contents as the kit that was made in 72. I’ve never seen that same booklet in different kits. Other than bear grylls stuff most of the other kits use their own survival instructions and most of the instructions have some kind of trademark that links it to that kit. Even beyond that typically when the kit changed contents so did the survival instructions. Especially when the instructions included stuff from the kit that is replaced. Most of these kits really only last 10 years or less so saying the kit is from the 70’s is a safe bet and even if it was from 82 then the contents never changed from the beginning.
@whitetailsurvival2430 if it ain't broke don't fix it. I bought a commercial kit in a tin back in the 70s. Wish they still made them. As I said I could be wrong about the bag. And I guess I was. I see some things in bags like that today. I wasn't aware they had mylar tube tents back then either. I did notice none of the food had expiration dates which fits the seventies
Yes that’s true. It’s actually amazing the materials they had back then that we still use today. I guess you never really know until you come across a material from something in the past and have a reason to research the history. We learn something new everyday is a honest statement
Not very useful, a far cry from the parachute survival kit. 5.3 grams (0.2 oz) of broth with 12 Cal, will not take you anywhere! The 4 hooks and the 6' wire would be much better. Not to mention the much more useful and non existing pocket knife in this one! This one has salt, for what? The broth? This one has to be made from or to a Karen type person! The signaling mirror makes a lot of sense though, even for a Karen, so they can retouch their makeup, so not everything is bad here... 🤣
Hello I have an instagram page with a chat feature that’s typically how I get peoples information. If you have one just type in whitetail survival and send me a personal message
Like the show....i do have a passion on kits...i have several crash kits made out of coffee cans. You have good ideas. And tips tkx 😊😊😊
Absolutely coffee cans are big you can fit a lot of good gear in them! I love making my own kits they are fun to make! I am always more concerned about staying warm this time of year when it comes to my kits. So shelter and fire are extremely important to me this time of year when it’s only 19 degrees F out tonight I would want a good quality space blanket or bivvy and I probably wouldn’t leave the car if I didn’t have to. I would definitely be fire heavy also just in case the car couldn’t stay warm and you had to evacuate. Maybe I will make a coffee can kit in the future?
James Bender, over at Waypoint Survival, built a belt kit designed to ride in a Vietnam Era Army surplus pouch. A comprehensive kit that he packed into a small bread pan. The loaf pan was approximately 50% the size of a typical mass produced bread pan. It fit the rectangular belt pouch perfectly and provided water boiling capabilities as well as the ability to make bannock or roast whatever protein might be trapped, snared or hunted. My only comment on the kit demonstrated is that it’s pretty anemic. Yet another great motivator. A reminder to us all: check pre-packed kits on a rotational basis. Match heads can and do degrade. All of the poly vinyls, plastics and chemically produced whatnot begins breaking down the minute it’s manufactured. Foodstuffs get funky. Batteries go off. When I caught first glimpse of the demonstrated kit I thought surely there would be a button compass, small fishing kit, water tablets, some wire or cordage and a few Bandaids. What I do like about the “parka kit” is that it’s likely one component to be used in tandem with several other cross loaded tools and/or supplementary kits. Like John Wiseman did with British SAS. I have a hypothesis that when we start building kits we use every box, tin, repurposed packaging and bag imaginable. But later we develop systems whereby our pockets are our kits. A perfect example is keeping an ultralight tarp in a cargo pocket and an emergency bivy roll in another. Add a few belt tools , a Bic and a single wall steel bottle and as long as you keep your head you’ll survive most of what three seasons in North America can do. Rare is the locale that is more than three days walk from civilization. Oddly what most victims do is either give up and freeze overnight or walk in large circles; their dominant leg using trigonometry to ever so slightly lean footfalls off a direct course. Overcome those and learn to function on lack of calories and it’s pretty hard to walk 8-9 days in CONUS.
That’s an awesome amount of info I like the detail and attention you put into your comment it’s nice to hear people that use their first layer of cover for an edc survival kit. Cargo pockets are disappearing especially in pants. It’s not a trend anymore. I carry a edc pack put I do carry a fair share of compact gear on my body. I like tin style kits but it’s hard to fit everything in there that’s needed.
@@behindthespotlight7983 I had a mini just in case kit from my army days, in it I had a Swiss Army knife, some matches that I waxed kept them in a 35mm film case, in another 35mm film case I had some waxed cotton balls,.
Bear in mind I packed these two cases in the early 80’s 1982 I think. After your comment about matches degrading, I dug the kit out, nipped outside and lit a waxed cotton ball, with a match I waxed in 1982, 👍
The matches were slightly furry, I had put some cotton ball in the film case to stop them rattling, we took noise discipline very seriously 🤫🪹
@@behindthespotlight7983 the trick with walking in circles is to make your path object based, ie pick a landmark, in the woods it’s harder to do in the jungle this is pretty much impossible without a compass.
In most scenarios it’s better to stay put if you are lost, the only reasons to move are;
1. You didn’t tell anyone where you were going and what time to expect you back, ie help isn’t going to be on the way anytime soon.
2. Location isn’t ideal, above the tree line say, which leaves you exposed to the elements, nor do you want be be at the bottom of a valley, flash floods and cold and mist settles there in the morning.
3. To close to water, mozzies etc.
That’s awesome to know that your old kit held up that well. I guess noise is a huge concern in unfriendly territory.
Really interesting kit, I actually remember these kits or just like them, I was 15 in 1970 and in the scouts, happy days. Peace from Scotland
Thanks I appreciate it! It’s awesome to hear people actually had a used these kits. There was a guy in the comments that couldn’t believe there was vinyl bags in the 1970’s. Vinyl was made in the 20’s 😆
I have seen those plastic envelopes used for shipping documents and 'shop tags' (documenting work needed or completed etc.) at military repair facilities.
I see this material used in phone dry bags now and they are pretty much the same shape
Something about these old kits that just really enjoyable to see unpacked. You have companies now that have good kits but a lot of cheap ones too seems back in the day everyone put more effort in choosing the items packed which is really good. Nice video 👍
Yea you’re totally right. I think it’s incredible to see what were packed into these when they were made. You’re also right about how some of the kits are cheap and not great quality. I like to see what’s in them for sure
What an awesome old kit ! I'd love to find one of those !!!
I saw another one on eBay last night it randomly showed up same kit as this I just cannot find the link again but there was definitely one more on there
Man, that instruction manual brings back some foggy memories. I think my dad had one of those. Makes sense considering I grew up in the Seattle area. There was another similar one I remember being common at the time, a kit in a yellow metal can, made in Tacoma (my home town). Storm survival kit, I think?
Yea I went over the Tacoma kit a while back that video is on here too go back through the video and find it they had two models of that kit also one had a few more items in it. I wanna go over it too
Thanks!
No problem! Thank you also for your contribution!
I'm in my 40s. Not old enough to have had this kit funny guy.
😆 I was wondering when this comment was going to surface. Believe it or not a large portion of my viewers are over 50 I was surprised by my analytics.
The beef was not supposed to rattle! It was like that new and it made beef soup and it was good! I used it on a field maneuver in northern Germany! And it was cold!
That’s awesome to hear! I guess it’s not like the beef broth powder packets we have today! Thanks for letting me know!
Fantastic condition for a 40+ yr old kit. Glad the original owner did not "Disassemble it NOW." Seems like the few commercially available (non-military) survival kits pre-1980s were quite simplistic compared to the 101-item type kits we see nowadays. I do wish this one had more stuff from the era just because vintage camp gear is kinda my thing. Add some gear, replace the comestibles & waterproof bag (Coghlan's is similar) and this is a survival kit for the 2020s. GREAT find & review!
Thanks I appreciate it I’ve been sitting on this one for a while a lot of my audience likes to see the vintage stuff I think it’s cool to see one in this good shape. I think it’s incredible how some stuff holds up for that many year
Sweet. l always would like two of such kits - one to open and play with, and one to keep as if in a museum.
That’s an awesome idea I want to build a rack for the ones I have opened I think it would be a cool thing to have!
@@whitetailsurvival2430 I wish I were that organized with my gear, good idea. I like cold weather porch camping and tonight I'm testing the Snugpack Bivy with a Get Out Gear double puffy basket! Huge fun, you know.
@@cynthiawigington1236that sounds awesome let me know how it works out! Do you make videos also? It’s going to be 32F here tonight. It should be good down to that temp?
@@whitetailsurvival2430 I did get a lot of sleep. it got down to 20º F. I'm in Vermont. I was sold enough that I burrowed down into the blvy and blankets. I guess it's more breathable than I thought because I'm still here. I need to get my sleeping bag from the guy in NH who makes the super Trifecta bivy, good reuseable ponchos (reflective), a fantastic tarp. The Get Out Gear down blanket is solid, but the Double Puffy left me quite cold. After I got up once I had a terrible time getting those two blankets to cover me. I may keep the down one still snugged around and under my head, but I'm back to Brian's sleeping bag for sure. The cold spots were quite freezing. I was elated though spending the whole night out in my gear. It's a piece of heaven, you know?
@@cynthiawigington1236absolutely thanks for letting me know how it worked. Seems like you had a rough night. What’s your coldest weather sleeping bag that you have?
I love the survival book from that kit. We need to make that old font popular again!
I like that font they put on the old stuff like this. It gives everything an important government lik look and feel
Classic 70s hypothermia focused with the addition of signal whistle and mirror. Still a very good design.
Hypo and hyperthermia are the most common killers in any survival situation, these two can kill you within as little as 3 hours.
Closely followed by dehydration, 3 days.
In US for example on average 40,000 people a year die of hyper/hypothermia 50/50 split and most of these are not in the classic “wilderness survival situations”
Good kit covered all the important basics, with very helpful guide book.
I think it’s a cool feature for back in the 70’s I think they hit pretty good basics in this kit. I really like opening these old kits
Very helpful booklet. Cool kit. The booklet definitely inspires creativity and reminds you of what it’s important. Anything is better than nothing in survival, however I find a lot of modern kits are full of crap really. 5c’s definitely cuts back on the crap. Little rubber bands could definitely have some use but when you’re freezing you’re freezing your bits off or rapidly overheating, you just want shelter and a hot/cold drink. Gives you time to think and consider your situation. A deck of cards is cool to have but I’d worry about being in a survival situation where I can make use of cards, rather than getting out of the situation.
I had this deck of survival playing cards one time that were made from plastic and had survival tips on the back so they were multi use. You could play blackjack and learn survival tips
@ haha yeah those are pretty cool. Tbf they’re not a bad thing to carry around with you. Just not a necessity in small survival kits which I’ve seen them in
@@Lightfuryes maybe a long term or inch bag they would be a good entertainment option
@@Lightfur in most cases staying put is the best option, if you were sensible then someone knows where you were going and what time you were expected back.
Moving a short distance to acquire a water source is OK. unless you like the cold or being eaten alive by insects set up shelter a short distance away.
Bouillon cubes, coffee and hot chocolate pouches, make life a lot more bearable.
Love that you showed us the pages! That is super cool.
I wanted to document this one fairly well just in case something happens to it but I love the old text it looks so important
i love the classic ones 🙂
Me too they are awesome to unpack and see how they have held up
Hypo and hyperthermia are the most common killers in any survival situation, these two can kill you within as little as 3 hours.
Closely followed by dehydration, 3 days.
In US for example on average 40,000 people a year die of hyper/hypothermia 50/50 split and most of these are not in the classic “wilderness survival situations”
Good kit covered all the important basics, with very helpful guide book.
Awesome stats to hear it’s good to know. I feel like they were on the right path back in the 70’s. Shelter is definitely a number 1 importance. Keeping your body at a regulated temperature is how you stay alive! Thanks for the comment!
It would be nice to find a bag similar to the you here.
a.co/d/31dAr7B
You can find them they are typically under cell phone dry bag. They do have ones that have a zip just like the one i reviewed. It is the same thick vinyl material
You can take the candle out and use the tin to make potions from different plants and roots . Seriously though, you probably could make some stuff like ungents
At the very least used to boil water or make pine needle tea. I thought this thing was awesome for the age
That's so cool! I would try the chicken, i'm sure you still can eat it. 🙂
I was afraid to get sick I know it’s potentially life threatening if you eat something super bad but so far it seems like the salt content would make it ok to eat
@@whitetailsurvival2430 I don't think so. I had some *very* old stuff from the 60s - i tried a very small portion of it, and it was still good and not threatening. The chicken brawl often isn't dry. 🙂
That’s good to know. That may be the way it was supposed to be
It’s like survival kit archaeology
Me too I got. Another old one to do I can’t wait to do it also
Sporty's Pilot Shop might have sold this item in their mail order catalog.
They may have done that. I seen one more On eBay for sale right now that’s slightly different from this one same manufacturer but I think it’s a newer model. I might get it to go over and show the differences
@@whitetailsurvival2430 I still have my Sierra Designs 60/40 Parka from that period. The vinyl pouch w/contents would have slipped quite easily into either lower front pocket.
That’s awesome that you are able to keep that parka for such a long period of time do you still use it once in a while?
@@whitetailsurvival2430 Not much. It's bright Orange. I used to be an active volunteer member of a search and rescue, mountain rescue organization in the late '70s thru early '90s. [My knees are shot now.] The parka has SARA and Mountain Rescue patches on the shoulders, my EMT Cert patch, my nametape and other organizational paraphernalia. Wearing it in public would be not appropriate, as I'm no longer a Rescuer.
If there were a huge snowstorm, locking Tucson in a blizzard, I might use it, layering up, but winters have been milder than in decades past, due to drought and climate change.
@@HootOwl513yea your right for sure definitely has been a lot warmer in the winters and far less snow. It seems like we get 6-12 inches then it melts in a week then the same things happens and it’s just a muddy mess all winter time
I remember a kit my mother bought me very similar to this one in 90s made by Coghlan's
That’s awesome I wonder if I could find one somewhere to pick up! I was looking for something from the 80’s and 90’s also
@@whitetailsurvival2430 You can still find the Coghlan tins for sure. Pretty good little tin.
Please do more multi tools leatherman victorinox thanks buddy
I have a brand new preorder coming from roxon with removable tools. It can be made into any tool you want it’s going to be a video for sure
i had one back in the day it was made my sierra lines you could get from REI stores back In the day
That’s awesome! That’s great information to know! I had another person in the comments claim this style bag was not available at that time period but with the condition of the kit I’m saying this is the way it came the vinyl material was fairly weak at the zipper. I will have to respond and let him know that you had one and this is the way it came. I love finding the information on these old kits
Right o. Brother have an awesome day
Thanks you also!
Honey can last for thousands of years if stored properly. Those plastic containers though won't. Even if they aren't leaking, I wouldn't trust it not to have had leaching from the plastic. And the bullion, might be awesome, might be botulism. But this is a really good kit, so long as you remember to bring a knife and firestarters.
Yes always a supplement to your edc!
That’s really cool! So basic but so useful. Is it possible that the chicken and beef broth never was powder? Here we have powder veggie broth but most beef and chicken broths are more like a pâté.
That I am not sure of but I believe in the past I have seen old rations unpacked that had powder in them older than 1972 maybe I will open it and hydrate it and see how it smells
@ can you film it? Maybe heist a short video of the broth
@@TheRubenkj i definitely could film it and post it as a video if people really do wanna see that. It does seem like a lot of people are curious
@@whitetailsurvival2430 how can people not be curious to see how 52 year old broth looks like 🤣
@@TheRubenkjhaha maybe I will cook it up then and show what it looks like
Sorry but iam more interested in your Man cave Scotch collection.👍But i do have a vintage ALPHA PARKA.Some of that Scotch would go down nice in my parka.😉👌👍
Haha 🤣 there’s a collection of different alcohols down there. Whiskeys, bourbons, rum, vodka, there’s even some home made wine down there I did myself. I actually designed and built that room myself I’m still adding to it but its definitely usable now
Nice kit, thanks for the review 👍 😀 ❤
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Thanks I think you were 3rd today 😂
Older generation! Bloody puppy... 🤣
😆 one day I will be the older generation too there’s no way to stop it
@@whitetailsurvival2430 I intend to live forever or die trying!
@@crouchingtadpole5158haha that’s a great way to look at it! I plan to do the same!
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The beef and chicken are not supposed to be power, its bullion
I have piles of bullion packets that are powder. The cubes are just pressed powder. When they get old they absorb water because of the high salt content they turn sludgy are you telling me the bullion packets are supposed to be hard and slightly pliable? Think it’s edible?
@@whitetailsurvival2430 Beef and chicken bouillon, probably good, has pemmican still good 100 years (A guy named Steve, Steve1989MREInfo, eat Civil War pemmican and still alive)
@@whitetailsurvival2430 if they are absorbing water than they are no longer air tight. and yes with that amount of salt content it should be safe to eat, might have and old or strange after taste
I love that channel he also ate something one time and got hospitalized it wasn’t good.
I don't think they had dry bags like that in the 70s.
The package was never opened and the date said 1972 on the package. I haven’t investigated too deep into it but I was basing it off the contents and the listing I picked it up from if you know something different let me know
@whitetailsurvival2430 no I don't know different but the seventies is when I got into survival and I never saw a bag like that until the eighties. I could certainly be wrong. But I will point out that just because the booklet says 1972 doesn't mean it was packed in 1972. I have no idea how many years that kit was manufactured. They wouldn't change the date in the book every year. Suppose someone twenty years from now builds a kit and includes a tiny survival guide. Fifty years later someone reviews it and gives it's age as thirty years more than it was? Because of the copyright date on the guide? I'm just playing devil's advocate here. I was disappointed I expected a mylar parka in the kit.I remember coghlans selling a mirror like that. As for her ox back in the 70s they sold five cubes in a clear tube with a thumb off lid. Made a great match case. Once after playing in the muddy Rio Grande river all afternoon a heavy wind came up and we we very cold. My matches and tinder were dry and we got a fire going.
Well according to what I researched clear vinyl was actually invented in the 1920’s so it’s not rare that something like that could exist then. Even if the kit wasn’t packed in 1972 the kit still contains the same contents as the kit that was made in 72. I’ve never seen that same booklet in different kits. Other than bear grylls stuff most of the other kits use their own survival instructions and most of the instructions have some kind of trademark that links it to that kit. Even beyond that typically when the kit changed contents so did the survival instructions. Especially when the instructions included stuff from the kit that is replaced. Most of these kits really only last 10 years or less so saying the kit is from the 70’s is a safe bet and even if it was from 82 then the contents never changed from the beginning.
@whitetailsurvival2430 if it ain't broke don't fix it. I bought a commercial kit in a tin back in the 70s. Wish they still made them. As I said I could be wrong about the bag. And I guess I was. I see some things in bags like that today.
I wasn't aware they had mylar tube tents back then either. I did notice none of the food had expiration dates which fits the seventies
Yes that’s true. It’s actually amazing the materials they had back then that we still use today. I guess you never really know until you come across a material from something in the past and have a reason to research the history. We learn something new everyday is a honest statement
Not very useful, a far cry from the parachute survival kit. 5.3 grams (0.2 oz) of broth with 12 Cal, will not take you anywhere! The 4 hooks and the 6' wire would be much better. Not to mention the much more useful and non existing pocket knife in this one! This one has salt, for what? The broth? This one has to be made from or to a Karen type person! The signaling mirror makes a lot of sense though, even for a Karen, so they can retouch their makeup, so not everything is bad here... 🤣
This kit was from like 1970 it was an old one also idk if Karen’s existed then or not that was before my time for sure 😅
Hi mate, How can I send you a product for review? (Outdoor knife) and your email as well?
Hello I have an instagram page with a chat feature that’s typically how I get peoples information. If you have one just type in whitetail survival and send me a personal message