My Hard Kit (pic heavy)

Hard Kit is all other accoutrements that are not clothing, weapons or armour. This includes pots and tents, and flint & steel, and other things like that.

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Eothain
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My Hard Kit (pic heavy)

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The following contains pictures and descriptions of the items I use in my hard kit.

A pouch I purchased from Medieval Collectibles, made by Epic Armoury. I use it to carry modern day things such as car keys, wallet, phone, ect. - http://www.medievalcollectibles.com/p-5 ... pouch.aspx

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A canteen and canteen holder I purchased from Medieval Collectibles, also made by Epic Armoury.

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I use this as my need wallet, or what I call my ranger fanny-pack. It is a handlebar bag I purchased from a local Motorcycle shop. The belt was taken off of a useless piece of armor and the rings are from an old pair of Harley boots that my dog chewed up.

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My fire kit. An old tin with charred punk wood, some flint from the local river, a striker I purchased from a local Pow Wow, some dried cedar bark that I wrap in an old cloth and a little pouch that I made to contain it all.

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My weapon cleaning and sharpening items. A pocket sharpener I purchased from a local hardware store, some polish I keep in a metal tin, two different rags and an old Patron bottle containing mineral oil.

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My sewing kit. An icepick (I prefer it over an awl), some nice strong string wrapped around a broken stick, pioneer scissors I purchased at a local Native American store and a pouch containing a variety of needles.

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A blowing horn I purchased from The Horn Store - http://www.thehornstore.com/ - You never know when you might need to call reinforcements, or damage the enemies morale. I added a new strap to it and some braided leather strips.

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A suede bag I made for carrying food and other small things I gather as I go.

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My bedroll. I purchased oilcloth from Jbook, and a wool blanket from Amazon. I also bought two belts to put together for a strap, and took two smaller ones off of old wall-hanger sword scabbards.

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These items I carry inside of my bedroll. My cooking kit... and a gunsock to put my sword in overnight. I purchased the small boiler cup from a local camping store, bought the small kettle from my workplace, recieved the larger canteen I use for collecting and boiling water from a passed workplace and purchased the cutlery set from Medieval Collectibles. I also carry rope and underclothes in my bedroll.

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This is how the bedroll looks slung over my shoulder, it looks a bit wide, but is actually not uncomfortable.

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Re: My Hard Kit (pic heavy)

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that is some great gear. love the sewing kit and water bottle,
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Great set up Eothain!
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Thank you kind sirs!
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Solid stuff! Glad it's all coming together so well! Hope you love the oilcloth...it'll serve you well!
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Again, wonderful, we have the same bottle too. I love using it.
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Greg wrote: Hope you love the oilcloth...it'll serve you well!
Sadly I haven't been able to spend an overnight with it yet. Work has kept me extremely busy. Hopefully soon though!
Rifter wrote:Again, wonderful, we have the same bottle too. I love using it.
Thank you! I almost thought the bottle and holder was a bit out of place, but I really do like it.
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