1950s Boy Scout Survival Kit! [ LitePac ]

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Step back in time with our in-depth exploration of the 1950s Boy Scout LitePac Survival Kit, an ultra-lightweight, pocket-sized essential for Scouts and outdoor enthusiasts, weighing just 1.3 ounces. Discover the vintage charm and practicality of this unique kit, originally featured in the LitePac Camping Equipment insert and reprinted from Boy's Life Magazine. Join us as we delve into how this classic piece of scouting history can still be a valuable addition to your modern-day outdoor adventures.
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@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much for watching! Please leave me a thumbs up and a comment in the section below. Also, check out the website at www.waypointsurvival.com. This is where you can sign up for the survival and bushcraft classes we teach as well see the required gear list.

@TMc348 6 месяцев назад

Hello Sir ! Love your and channel and videos. This video immediately took me back to 1979, sitting in my grade school cafeteria with Cub Scout Pack # 74. We made Scout Survival Kits in match boxes. We had to get signed permission slips to handle matches, fish hooks and single edged razor blades. In that meeting we made melted wax covered matches, cut fishing line and thread holders from card board, stuffed it all into the boxes and filled the remaining empty space with band-aids. I'm 53 years old, and tonight I time traveled. Thank you Sir, keep up the GREAT work !

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Very cool memory! Thanks for watching!

@PeaceofMindEnterprises 6 месяцев назад

Yes, this does bring back memories of the 70s. As Jehovah witnesses ,my mom raised us with the belief that Armageddon was just around the corner in October 75. One of her favorite saying was “ I need to know where you are in case Armageddon comes.” I never left home without survival supplies,matches, a knife, fishing line and whatever I could cram into my pockets. Today when I carry my backpack here in Winston-Salem, I carry a bleed kit and also a small road flare, amongst battery packs, cords for phone etc.. Thank you for your comment Peace.

@choccolocco 6 месяцев назад

Awesome, I thought we were the only cub scouts that met in the school lunchroom….

@masonbrooks4274 6 месяцев назад

As a Boy Scout, I greatly appreciate this! I have been collecting old BSA gear for a while now, and I’m hoping to have a full kit, this might just add to it😅❤

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Excellent! Glad you liked it!

@sineriafrankenstein7316 6 месяцев назад

In Girl Scouts we made 'buddy burners' and cooked homemade stew on them. Have you ever done a 100% scout equipment campout? I still have my old GS mess kit, canteen and utensil set. But I lost the jacknife and my poncho eventually disintegrated:( I never outgrew the love of outdoor adventure though and am grateful that girl scouts taught me many useful skills at a young age!!

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Very cool! No, I have not done a video with a 100% Scout equipment campout. Thanks for the suggestion!

@recoveringsoul755 6 месяцев назад

Buddy burners are great, and reusable

@sineriafrankenstein7316 6 месяцев назад

@@recoveringsoul755 I'm going to try some out soon. I recently made some in different sizes to fit different small to tiny stove configurations. Id like to know whether they function well or make food taste funny and how long they last etc in the event i might actually need them someday.

@bsherman8236 Месяц назад

I wanna learn so i can teach, education is the best gift

@philsmith2346 6 месяцев назад

I'm 75 years young here in the Parkersburg, West Virginia area, and am still active in Scouting, in Kootaga District, Buckskin Council. Loved seeing your Boy Scout survival kit. I can imagine there being several people who are poo-pooing the kit for no other reason than it being terribly insufficient, and well, it's the Boy Scouts. 1950s, of course. My compliments to the Troop! I'm certain if they were still around right now, they'd be putting together far better ones to help others BE PREPARED better. Thanks so much for showing us what a kit may have looked like back in the day, and not trashing the thing. Please keep up the outstanding work!

@philsmith2346 6 месяцев назад

I've spent some time reading responses to your video, and was thrilled to see see a delightful number of Scouters and former Scouts making observations. So much fun! As the saying goes, "Once a Scout, always a Scout. " Great to see you get the love and respect you rightly deserve. I first noticed your neckerchief and neckerchief slide. It can be tied into a loose knot. NOT BY ME, OF COURSE! That's way above my pay grade! (Social Security...ahem!) I still wear a neckerchief. There's a whole load of things you can can do with them. Happy New Year, and thanks for all you do, Sir. ~Phil Smith, Troop and Crew 479, Ravenswood, West Virginia (Do you have senior and Veterans discounts for your courses? Lol! Sorry. I had to be cheesy enough to ask... 😂)

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so very much and for all the kind words as well as for your many years of service to the scouts and to your community!

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

@philsmith2346 Thanks for watching! At this time we do not offer money off for our courses because they are already fairly inexpensive compared to other schools and what they charge. However, it never hurts to ask!

@carlray4809 6 месяцев назад

HEY COOL VIDEO ! I WAS A CUB SCOUT IN THE 60'S. WE HAD A FLINT ROCK AND PIECE OF STEEL. IT WAS HEAVY BY TODAYS STANDARDS , BUT IT WAS AN OFFICIAL ISSUE ITEM.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Excellent. Yes, and there are Flint Strikers that are well over a hundred years old and still working well!

@independentthinker8930 6 месяцев назад

Decent kit for back in the day

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

True!

@PREPFORIT 6 месяцев назад

Very Nostalgic-cool. That list of contents was definitely made with a Typewriter. Not the easiest thing to do,. Tiny kits like that have saved lives.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Indeed!

@sineriafrankenstein7316 6 месяцев назад

Omg AMAZING that plastic is still intact!!! I remember those little boxes!!

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Yes, I have been trying to be careful with it during handling.

@shawnsadventures2852 6 месяцев назад

I love survivor and antiques.. this video hits both interests.. cool

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Indeed. Thanks for watching!

@SDMountainMan 6 месяцев назад

Very cool you find the neatest kits

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much!

@justjackfromsc 6 месяцев назад

I would love to see if you can catch a fish with that fly. Thanks for the video. God bless.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching and God bless you too!

@markrobinson5511 6 месяцев назад

I really enjoy the boy scout/ cub scout info.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@becca318 6 месяцев назад

🇺🇸🙋‍♀️🐴🍃 .. Loved this little kit. Could add more if inclined. The cotter pin was greatly inventive!

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Indeed. Thanks for watching!

@BarryHope-bj5um 6 месяцев назад

I remember the neckerchief slide kid found in the Boys Life mag. Now THAT was cool.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Right!

@brujero13 6 месяцев назад

Awesome, thanks for this tidbit of survival history.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@b1laxson 6 месяцев назад

Pocket, Pouch, Pack. One concept is for survival and first aid is to have different sizes of kits. Pocket should be on you all the time and do that needs to be small enough for a pocket. Pouch is belt pouch with a low weight so you have it most times you are out of camp/home. The pack is then the heavy set which is your backpack, rucksack, haversack. With this idea when you head into the bush you have 3 of each critical items in different locations so are unlikely to lose/break/consume all of them at once. What you showed is a great pocket level kit. You could even stuff it in a shorts or with a sandwich bag and an elastic even in a swimsuit.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Absolutely! The idea was that it was small enough that you could always have it with you in a pocket no matter what happened.

@dorseyblack9833 6 месяцев назад

What a cool find! I remember putting my own similar kit together 50 years ago.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Great! Thanks for watching!

@johncrouch8988 6 месяцев назад

Hi 👋 I did the same about 50 years ago. I read a comic called Bullet and the hero had a small survival tin in his pocket 😮 So of course I was going to put one together. Great fun and useful stuff in a small package. Yes I still carry my tin and a knife where ever I go!😂

@user-hx9tp9cn2h 6 месяцев назад

Another good one & another walk down Memory Lane since I was in Scouting from 1949 to 1956. Years later I was an adult volunteer Scout leader. Thanks a million.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

You're most welcome!

@RickBelt 6 месяцев назад

I am an 50 years old boy scout and thank you for show us a little but important part of our history. Stay safe!

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

You're welcome and thanks!

@dougbotimer8005 6 месяцев назад

Around 64 or 65 my Cub Scout pack made little kit in aluminum 35mm film canisters. It had an eye screw through the top, onto which we braided a little lanyard. We also shortened and waterproofed kitchen matches to go into the kit. The center was 4 or 5 aspirin tablets wrapped in a bit of foil. A bit of wide medical tape was wrapped around that bundle. Next a couple ordinary bandaids were wrapped around and that was stuffed in the canister. The waterproofed matches were stuck in where they would fit. Finally the most important component, a dime for an emergency phone call. I thing this is what sparked my interest in kits. And the C. B. Colby books in the school and city library added fuel.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Very cool! I do indeed have a couple of those old film canisters and that would make a fun video, I believe!

@normjohannsen9121 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for reminding me about putting the dime in the bottom. Had forgotten that,😊

@SheepDogActual 6 месяцев назад

Well done. Boy Scout leader here. Going to share this with my troop, 262.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Excellent!

@haroldmiller6853 6 месяцев назад

Great vid sir as Eagle Scout and former scout master of troop 677 and former cub master of pack 66 this vid took me back thank you for sharing

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!

@ryanreay4167 3 месяца назад

This reminded me of my great grandfather who grew up at that magical time around WWI. He was a lifelong Boy Scout, and his home was inundated with army surplus and any BSA equipment available. Much of the gear grandpa made himself. When I see such items on antique store shelves or online, it takes me back to grandpa teaching me scouting skills and making our own survival kits.

@WayPointSurvival 3 месяца назад

That's great! Those are wonderful memories for sure!

@ronaldrose7593 6 месяцев назад

James, thank you my friend for sharing this informative video. Stay safe and healthy. 😊

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

You're very welcome!

@sherrybillings6311 6 месяцев назад

Now that's nice. Love old school survival . 💜

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@sherrybillings6311 6 месяцев назад

@@WayPointSurvival Very welcome 🙏

@williammccaslin8527 6 месяцев назад

We use to make those back in the 60's when I was a boy scout, don't remember everything thing we put in them, an I think the ones we built were bigger. Thx for the vid James

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

You're most welcome!

@Frank7748124 6 месяцев назад

The Litepac reprint from the Boy Scouts of America is one of my favorite items left over from my younger years. I built a survival kit as a youth following this article but using a Sucrets metal box. I never needed to use it, thankfully. About 7 years ago I decided to test out my ability to start a fire with just the items in the kit. The matches dipped in wax had softened over the years and I was unable to strike them to get a fire started. If I was in a true survival situation I may not have made it. Good lesson learned. Remember to update your equipment; you never know when you might need it.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Absolutely true!

@pnyarrow 6 месяцев назад

Hi James. Thank you for that blast from the past - brings back memories. Stay safe. ATB. Nigel

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it, my friend!

@giantskunk 5 месяцев назад

We made survival kits out of plastic soap dishes in our scout troop back in the 70’s. Good times!

@WayPointSurvival 5 месяцев назад

Indeed! Thank you for watching!

@keinlieb3818 6 месяцев назад

I have one of these kits mixed in with my grandpa's scouting box that I received when I became an eagle scout. They definitely are incredibly cool. I'm sure I need to replace the bandaids and fishing line though, but everything else is good to go.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

That is excellent! What a great way to remember your grandpa!

@robertbates6057 6 месяцев назад

Cool James. I was a Boy Scout 1971 - 73 in GA. Great memories. My first troop kind of resembled the troop in Follow Me Boys lol. We had to buy everything. The troop did have some central gear but that was it. My Mom saved S&H Green stamps for me. I got a lot of my stuff through them at their stores. I was and still am a woods lover and never forgot...Be Prepared.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Very cool! Thanks so much for watching!

@TerryC69 6 месяцев назад

Hi James! Another excellent video. Thanks!

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

You're very welcome!

@leearmstrong2743 6 месяцев назад

Hello!! Love your videos!!

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Glad you like them!

@jamesmcgee2447 6 месяцев назад

That’s pretty cool 👍🏻👍🏻

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@michael-ms4ho 6 месяцев назад

Jersey boys here born and raised about 15 minutes from Montclair… will be in Monclair on Saturday… thanks for sharing that fun to watch

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@grimbo73 6 месяцев назад

as a former Scout up here in Canada, this is pretty cool. I think I still have the one scout manual kicking around here somewhere. That cotter pin idea is pretty clever...

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Yes, I also really liked the cotter pin trick!

@jimstillwell4668 6 месяцев назад

Thats a great find on your part. I really enjoy your old days finds. That brings back many memories. You should put this one in your museum. I also love looking and finding these items.🎉

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Yes! So much of this is being lost to the dim pages of History.

@peterbailey6930 6 месяцев назад

James this is very impressive. I've never seen anything like this. I was in the scouts. The videos you mark are absolutely amazing. Keep up your great work.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thank you very much, my friend!

@MichaelR58 6 месяцев назад

Nuce find and kit James , thanks for sharing YAH bless brother !

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

You're welcome and God bless you too!

@pinetree9343 6 месяцев назад

I wonder if there's any way to contact scouts from that troop in 1955. That would sure be interesting. Great video, as always

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks. That would be interesting for sure!

@BBQDad463 6 месяцев назад

If they were Boy Scouts in 1955, they would be about 75 to 85 years old now. You likely could still find a few.

@hedge313 6 месяцев назад

Never thought about just cutting pcs of I shaped cardboard. Very cool little pack. I have Altoid tins that I use.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@arhtwhl 5 месяцев назад

So cool. I would have loved this when I was in scouts. We did survival campouts but all of our gear had to fit in a 5lb coffee can.

@WayPointSurvival 5 месяцев назад

Excellent!

@BBQDad463 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for this video. Those kits from the old days are, to me, endlessly fascinating.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Glad you like them!

@branch_preparedness 6 месяцев назад

You're becoming a real historian, my friend. Great job.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much, brother!

@willames363 6 месяцев назад

Hello, thank you, sir! Really appreciate these older survival kits. Thank you very much for your effort in preserving this aspect of history.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Glad you like them!

@alicerafferty9595 6 месяцев назад

Very cool! It has everything you need. It is surprising it all fit in tiny box. A safety pin and a needle might be nice if it fits. I guess you want to keep it original. Thanks for sharing this.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Yes, I was attempting to stay with the original plan but those items would be a nice addition!

@NewHampshireJack 6 месяцев назад

Pressing the like button is not enough for this video history lesson. There is no way to like this video X10 or X100. It is said that "it is the thought that counts." Well then, here is my thought about this wonderful video! Bravo and great work James.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so very much and I really do appreciate the support and the kind words, my friend!

@jbeachbob58 6 месяцев назад

Great stuff again James. Dad an Eagle Scout and I was a Scout. Never had a mini kit this cool. Loved the cotter pin tweezers and carrying a fly. God Bless and Happy New Year to all.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much, and I'm glad you enjoyed it! God bless you, and Happy New Year as well!

@dianatrott5359 6 месяцев назад

Loved your video tonight! I think that plastic box looks like it was recycled from an old emergency clothing mending kit. Too bad it has a crack. You are such a blessing to the world for doing these videos. Thank you.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much! You're very welcome!

@rick.7075 6 месяцев назад

Great video! Awsome vintage kit

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much!

@wiktorolssonski5447 6 месяцев назад

I’m from Ukraine and I learn English. Your videos are awesome and I understand everything ❤

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

That's awesome! So glad I can help!

@SandysSerenityCorner 6 месяцев назад

Nice! I love these tiny emergency kits!

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Indeed!

@Blrtech77 6 месяцев назад

Thanks once again, James! Another amazing video to start 2024 off right.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so very much!

@clintstinkeye5607 6 месяцев назад

Mr James, I like all of your videos. They are interesting and remind me of some good years I've had. Thanks.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

You're very welcome!

@Sh311Sh0ck3d 6 месяцев назад

That's really cool. Those items are all still in modern survival kits which just show whoever put that kit together knew what they were doing. Great video, very interesting.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Very true! So much of what we do today came from the folks who lived much closer to the outdoors than we do nowadays.

@Sh311Sh0ck3d 6 месяцев назад

@@WayPointSurvival The way things are going that might be about to change. I miss my Grandparents and their wisdom so much. I wish I had listened to them when they were still here. My Grandfather was born in 1923 and my Grandmother in 1925. They took so much of what they knew with them. I don't know the half of what they did but they didn't have internet and they probably didn't think they knew everything already lok Take care

@peterott-tn6pf 6 месяцев назад

Another vintage kit....absolutely awesome James!!!! Great content my friend! I love seeing old school/vintage kits!!

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much! I'm glad you liked it! God bless!

@peterott-tn6pf 6 месяцев назад

@@WayPointSurvival you're very welcome buddy! Yes it was extremely enjoyable and God bless you and yours as well!!

@Oldsparkey 6 месяцев назад

As an 80 year old person that likes the outdoors you videos bring back memories of some really good times. Now in modern times it's an standard size Altoids box that is used. Old habits are extremely hard to break , Thankfully.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Indeed. Thanks for watching!

@theadventuresofdaveandrc1447 6 месяцев назад

Cool kit!!! Love that type of stuff. Great video.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much! I really appreciate the views!

@johnredburn3760 6 месяцев назад

Great stuff!!! I went through the whole Canadian Scout Program and was an adult leader, I appreciate the old gear .

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Excellent!

@oxxnarrdflame8865 6 месяцев назад

Wow that is very cool. Back in the day those plastic boxes were quite common. I still have some with odds and ends in them. Also we made our own waterproof matches , dipped strike anywhere matches( actually the only kind sold) in candle wax. I still have some, probably 60 years old, luckily I never had to use them. 😊

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Yes, it's good to be able to say that you never had to use your survival kit!

@jdboswell3308 4 месяца назад

My Scout Troop made these from this very instructions in the 1960s and 70s. I love the one man trap tent.

@WayPointSurvival 4 месяца назад

Excellent!

@richschwartz8004 6 месяцев назад

Thank you James for another interesting and educational video. God bless and stay safe.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

You're welcome and God bless you too!

@BurnieThompsonShow 6 месяцев назад

Enjoyed, as usual. Thanks for researching and presenting. 👏🏻

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

You're welcome!

@rozilmer 6 месяцев назад

This reminds me of the " AB Päckchen" ( translates to " All Timme Ready Pack") we use to have at the german Boy Scout when I was a boy. Ours where put together individually by every Scout himself. But it had to have at least the following items and be build to be beltcarried: A little bit of cordage, bandaid and bandage for more serius wounds, matches, pen and a paper, needles, thread and safetypins, two or three buttons, a small sissor. a very little candle and at leat a little bit of cash. Every Boy scout makes his own beltpouch for it and adds what he thought he might need. I added a little microbottle of iodine and a compass. Together with a SAK and some sort of beltknife this was my Boy Scout EDC.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

That's very interesting! Thanks for watching and for sharing your old time kit!

@indyoutsider 6 месяцев назад

That is cool, i love vintage items like that. Your videos are getting so interesting, I can't wait to see the next one. Thanks for the video, and sharing. May God bless your endeavors.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

You're very welcome and thanks so much for watching! God bless you too!

@topperboggs214 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing. I always had a cotter pin in my kit, but never thought about using it as a tweezer. The next step up kit should be the Prince Albert Tobacco Tin kit. I found a rusty tin in a flea market last year. They only wanted $20 for it! I'll stay with my soap holder.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

I actually did a video on that!

@michaelwaller7365 6 месяцев назад

Very cool little kit. By the way, I counted 5 matches.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Yes, I miscounted, lol. I figured I'd hear about that. Thanks so much for watching!

@michaelwaller7365 6 месяцев назад

@@WayPointSurvival Your historical slant in the videos is extremely informative & fun.

@danquigg8311 3 месяца назад

The 6th match is wrapped into the medical tape.

@r.tomrobison8307 6 месяцев назад

My dad was a Scout Master and I would go to meetings. I got to big for my britches. Thought I knew all I needed. But I would like to try make an updated kit. Keep the knowledge coming.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Will do and thanks for watching!

@KevinsCampingAdventure 6 месяцев назад

That was really nice. Thanks for sharing. ✌️

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

You're welcome!

@Ami_Decristo 6 месяцев назад

This was great! I have an Eagle Scout and a Life Scout working towards Eagle. We do lots of Scouting over here. I think some of your survival videos making cooking tools out of cans would be really fun for our boy Scout Troop. As always thanks for another fantastic video. ⚜️

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

You're welcome!

@sherrybender8763 6 месяцев назад

Very interesting and very well presented 😃

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@rodbowden9086 6 месяцев назад

Awesome James. A great journey to the past and still very relevant.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@ExcuseMePhoney 4 месяца назад

I actually made my own micro/pocket survival kit a few months ago. I wanted a very small, but very tough, preferably waterproof container that could be opened with one free hand. After years, I settled on one of those waterproof lighter cases. I even has a keychain loop so I dummy cord it to my pocket. Inside, I keep: ·spare house key ·strike anywhere matches, sealed in plastic straw ·micro red led keychain light (generic for Photon micro light) ·X-Acto knife blade with improvised handle and sheath ·mini whistle ·ferrucerium rod ·mini file ·mini handcuff key ·barret/stealth tool/lockpick ·button compass (May or may not include in the bottom) ·a few inches of strong but thin cord ·rubber band ·paper clip ·additional safety pin

@WayPointSurvival 4 месяца назад

Excellent! Thanks for watching!

@clivedunning4317 6 месяцев назад

Another great video. Brought back many happy memories, thank you.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

You're very welcome!

@chado_outdoors 6 месяцев назад

Wow, that's actually a very useable and versatile kit for the size. I may just put a few of these together for my daughter and I. Thanks, James!

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

You're welcome!

@SDMountainMan 6 месяцев назад

Very cool you find the neatest stuff

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much, my friend!

@susanp.collins7834 6 месяцев назад

This is ENTHRALLING!

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much!

@sbcinema 6 месяцев назад

great, I love these old things

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@John-ib1zo 6 месяцев назад

We made similar kits at spring Scout-o-Rama back in the 1980’s, packing almost the same items into a film canister or Sucrets tin. I carried it for a couple years as a scout.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Excellent!

@Eddie_fuckin_Money 4 месяца назад

Very interesting. I wish I still had my Boys Life magazines.

@WayPointSurvival 4 месяца назад

Those did have a lot of amazing articles and insights!

@dustin7562 6 месяцев назад

Wish they still made kits like these. Very well thought out and not just cheap junk you get with alot of premade kits these days. Best glide is closest thing we got now to the old BSA kits. Great vid thanks for sharing

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

You're welcome!

@matthewsmom010902 6 месяцев назад

Thank you brother ❤

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

You're welcome!

@keithricketts4867 6 месяцев назад

It really is coop to see these old kits, and how much of a minimalist mindset we had in our youth.. but I still have to say, in today's world, just give me a good knife.. I'll be fine..

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

You must be very skilled!

@keithricketts4867 6 месяцев назад

@@WayPointSurvival not sure if I'd call it skill..?? I grew up between a dairy farm and a tobacco farm along a river in the hills of Virginia... in a far different time than we live in now.. I've spent a good 70% of my life living with my knife on my side and down in the woods.. what most people call "survival" today isn't what it really takes to live in a more simple manner.. you know this sir, with the experience you have recreating the 20s and 30s and true hobo life.. 95% of what I see either through videos or items for sell in my opinion are just gimmicky novelties.. I love your work sir..!!

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks very much! I really appreciate the kind words!

@jameskelly1680 6 месяцев назад

Snappy looking hat! Great video. I remember making little EDC kits like this one when I was a kid.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@tomconway8881 17 дней назад

Good video. Thanks

@johnburgin7478 6 месяцев назад

That’s a very cool item to add to your collection. Have a great day

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks! You too!

@pek5117 6 месяцев назад

I started scouting in 1990 and became a troop leader of my scouts in 99 or 2000. Great Lil kit we were always making these. Might be a squeeze but I'd add a sewing and suture needle and some thread. I've slipped my thumb over a razor and had to stitch myself in the field before and having a needle and thread for a wound if only a tiny bit is a godsend. I also had the iodine from the last Lil kit you had so it was enough. The fish I caught didn't have scales but I'd need the razor to gut them, I've definitely caught cleaned and cooked a fish with what's in that kit and with the compass would find my way to be able to get home. Thanks for the video

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching and that's a great idea about adding the needle and thread!

@thedriftingspore 6 месяцев назад

Right on James, very cool little kit.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@debluetailfly 6 месяцев назад

Looking dapper!

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@bholdr----0 6 месяцев назад

Wow! My Dad, who was an eagle scout way back when, had a 'survival pack', we carried: it was something like this! In the early 80s through the 90s, we always had a kit like this on backpacking trips. It was eventually lost somewhere/sometime... I still do have a couple of the 'ten essentials' kits (mandated first by the Mountaineers Club, then by the Scouts in Washington- which we used to carry, always. (I still keep a variation on it in my pack, and car!) What a great vid- it took me all the way back! Thanks!

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much for watching!

@playnhrd 6 месяцев назад

Once again, I am entertained. I too am a history buff, unfortunately some of what you are displaying is not history for me, just some of the things I did back in the day. I like your niche, I am an eclectic youtube viewer, and have many different interests, but you give a nice and positive presentation, have substance to back it up and you seem to enjoy it. I wish you continued success. Thank you. Steve

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so very much for the kudos and the kind words, Steve!

@OriginalZo1 6 месяцев назад

Dude, I fuck with you you spread the knowledge that used to be common 😊

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching.

@jimhale3879 6 месяцев назад

Very cool little kit, thank you for sharing !!!

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@wetcanoedogs 6 месяцев назад

i was a scout in the 50's-early 60's.we made lost kits because we were told you would not have to survive because we will find you.mine was in a round metal fish hook box.i still have parts of it including a tiny bottle of halazone tablets.

@WayPointSurvival 6 месяцев назад

Very cool!