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This essential survival knife features a db rescue whistle, ultra-bright LED light integrated into the handle and an AUS-8 steel drop-point blade designed for the precision cutting you need during survival emergencies. Welcome to the future of survival - the OriginT is mandatory equipment for any outdoor adventurer.
Illuminate Your Work Ultra-bright LED light aims down the blade for task lighting; 15 hours of run time and easily replaceable batteries for extended use. It would've been a few years later, and harder more enterprising lads, who sussed out how to make knives actually pay. Ah, innocent age. All that surviving has paid off now that I've lived long enough to see a brave new world. No longer must you assemble your own; today's survival kits come purpose-designed.
The SOL 'Survive Outdoors Longer' Origin is g of minimalist self sufficiency, neatly nested in a palm-sized case with all the whistles and bells well, a whistle but no bells. There's even a knife, and quite a decent one. Don't get me wrong. Adventure Medical Kits, the company behind the SOL Origin, also offer some excellent products for wilderness medics and first aiders, a range of comprehensive kits in tough waterproof cases; stuff you could be really glad of if it all went pear shaped.
But while the SOL Origin is a small boy's dream, and a nifty piece of design too, I'm not sure it sits well with these more serious kits. The lid of the case doubles as a signal mirror made of durable polycarbonate, with a hole in the middle for easy aiming at passing police helicopters for instance. I've never played with one of these before, and at close range at least it works surprisingly well — you can direct a bright spot of sunlight at will.
The cat loved it. This is said to be visible over 20 miles, though I haven't dared test the limits for fear of dazzling pilots on the Edinburgh flight path. My young self would have called that wussy.
The underside of the case is where things get clever, with three key items of equipment that each slide into their own special slot, locking in place with a reassuring click. It's like Transformers. Why are they external at all though? They'd be safer inside and there would be plenty of room for them if the case had a deeper storage area. Mini compass: This should point north, but my sample was a little off. Either that or several proper compasses need replacing. Of course at the size of a button even if it did work it'd be less than ideal for conventional hillwalking use paired with a map.
Then again if you'd thought to bring a map wouldn't you be busy using it to walk out to civilisation or the nearest Travelodge whichever came first rather than wasting time faffing around with snares? Let's assume you forgot your map and GPS, but luckily you remembered to pack the Origin.
You're not sure exactly where you are but you know that if you can just keep heading east through the wilderness you'll eventually hit the road to Ambleside. Bet you're glad of that compass now. Except of course, it's slightly skewed so you end up in Windermere by mistake. This is survivable but a bit of a blow since the shops aren't as good. It's a similar shape to a cigarette lighter, rather small, and recalling my childhood obsession with needlessly elaborate ways to fail to start fires I did briefly wonder why SOL hadn't just included a lighter instead.
But this sparker is waterproof and windproof, and it won't run out of gas I don't know how long the spark will last. Though it's small and fiddly it does work, sending a good shower of sparks over your tinder. Or your fingers. I like the ultralight knife. It's got a short but razor sharp locking blade made of something called Japanese AUS-8 steel, which is claimed to be harder and stronger than commonly used 'high carbon' steel blades, and to hold an edge longer. It's great for little jobs but with a blade less than 2 inches long and a handle that's a bit small to grip properly I can't see this tool doing much heavy work.
Preparing a trout? Building a shelter out of branches? Well, maybe. Still, if you're in a tight spot it's much better than a sharpened stick. There's a pea-less dB whistle built into the knife handle, and ear splitting it is too. There's also a pretty bright single LED light at the cutting end, with batteries that have a hour burn time. If there was any way to clip it to your harness I can see this knife proving useful in a crap-hits-the-fan climbing fix.
But there isn't. Still, if I had to pick just one item and leave the rest I'd definitely go for the knife. My weapon-obsessed younger self would have approved. Survival experts need an animal name.
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