Phase Shift Keying?
The minimalist in me says "do you need a pencil sharpener, or will a knife work?"
I'd take out the stoves, too. I would keep whatever metal container you planned on cooking in.
get one of those spark blasters of whatever they are called. you can use them one handed, and that might be all you have in SHTF situation.most of your gear also should be able to use one handed too.some tin cans of tuna with new pull top cannot be opened one handed. try out your stuff one handed, and with weak hand too.you never know when you might be injured.you cant use SS (stainless steel) knife for flint spark making, its too hard, the sparks come from the steel ,not the flint.broken hacksaw blade works good wrap with duck tape too.
Why the handcuff key?
What's the advantage of flint over say a magnesium fire-starter? I hear a lot of folks swear by flint over anything else, but I've not seen it used by most of the people I know (possibly out of laziness or convenience of magnesium).
I'd really like to see some resources on starting a fire with flint to be honest - its a skill that's probably very useful to know (I've tested the bow-drill like Les Stroud uses, with the properly cut wood and a bearing block, its still a B!@#$ to get started, but it works - but I've never been able to get flint started).
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