The survival black belt is a progression toward a condensed yet enhanced survival kit. The survival lanyard previously discussed is truly bare bone basics. This second kit has many more great survival goodies without breaking your back. Ready? Let's start dissecting this survival tool left to right.
1. Belt.
The belt itself is a leather Bianchi 2 inch duty belt. It comes with the Sam Brown buckle. Believe me, police belts like this are really odd to the normal civilian. Maybe I'm a bit dense, but I had to youtube police belts to find that the buckle fits on the opposite side normal buckles sit on. Overall the belt seems very tough and durable enough to last many years. In the past I have always used military web belts, so this is a new venture. The duty belts are too wide to accept ALICE pouches but MOLLE pouches will work, just probably will hang rather loose.
2. Mag Pouch.
I love this mag pouch foremost because instead of a belt loop it has clips like the M-9 holster, that make removing and installing it on the belt so much easier and more secure. The pouch has two snap positions and also is just right to fit in an Altoid metal tin container snug inside. This mini survival kit packs a lot so I will probably cover that in depth later.
3. Flashlight Loop.
This flashlight loop is also handy since an axe can also slip into the ring. Currently I have my mace to combat bears and my streamlight flashlight snapped on the oval plastic ring.
4. Baton Pouch.
In the Baton pouch I currently use it to hold a light stick. The pouch seemed sort of useless but it is big enough to stick in a slim flashlight or maybe some tall skinny container of hand sanitizer. I'm still not set on what this pouch will eventually hold in the end.
5. Camera Case.
I was recently at a thrift store when I happened to see this nifty camera case. I had never really considered how useful such a case could be. This is now my first aid kit. In the back pouch are my band aids, alchohol pads, and antibacterial packs. In the small front section I crammed in a roll of gauze. This case also snaps off easily.
6. Glove Pouch.
In here we have a lighter and a hand sanitizer container. Of course both these items combine to make a nice fire starter kit. Hand sanitizer is one of my most used survival items. Thankfully I have never needed my wire saw in my survival tin, but I have used the sanitizer. Also a lighter is pretty much a must. It's so compact and can literally be a life saver.
7. Utility Pouch.
In here I stashed my Kobalt multi-tool. I already discussed this nifty tool in another post so I won't bore you with all its functions.
8. Handcuff Pouch.
Bringing up the end of the line is this circular pouch in which we can just fit a compass and a candle. A compass of course helps avoid the need to survive by helping you, "unlost," yourself! The candle is not for nice, fuzzy, euphoric, romantic, wood lore nostalgia. Rather the candle helps multiply the burn time of your lighter. It gives you those few extra minutes that might save your life, while your numb fingers strive to build a fire.
There you have it, the black belt of the survivalist!
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