My first BOBs

It looks like you have a good start to a basic kit. Your thought process of a kit inside a kit is along the lines that the boy scouts teach of "a bag full of bags" . This helps keep a thought process straight. Have you tested out your BOB yet on a trial run? Either a full fledge mock bug out or even a stay at home back yard weekend test will help you improve on your bags contents.

 

Was laughing a bit, Jeff, when I was going through your thread. Not at you, for what you've built. Rather, for the fact that we almost matched each other, perfectly, in our choice of weapons! I, too, have the G17 pistol, the Cold Steel Kukri, and the GI Tanto knife (well, it's on its way!). The only difference is that I decided to go with the Zippo 4-in-1, since it offers me an axe, bow saw and mallet (plus tent stake puller ) all in one tool.

 

Zippo's hatchet-saw-mallet – the multitool for axe men

 

Oh, wanted to let you guys know, too (and will find the thread that someone put up for it, and update it with this info too).

I joined a site called dvor.com, a while back. They offer 7-10 types of deal categories, per day (for 3 days each), with the occasional week long deal category. It's usually just something I look through, determine that I either don't need it, don't want it, or can find it cheaper somewhere else.....but they had a helluva deal, yesterday, on this 4-in-1 Zippo tool.

This tool usually retails, online for $75 to $80, which was a bit more than I was really willing to spend (at least at this time). But dvor website had a Zippo category of deals yesterday, and had this on sale for $51!! They charge $9.95 shipping, but that's a flat-rate charge, and it's good all day long, so if you find other stuff you want to buy, lump it all into one day's worth of purchase (keeping in mind the 3-day limit for deals), and it all ships for that one shipping charge.

That puts this a good $14-$19 cheaper than anywhere else I could find it online. I added a Zippo lighter (always a good add to a BOB, since even if it runs out of lighter fluid, it still makes good sparks) and belt "holster" for it, and paid less than I would have, anywhere else, for the 4-in-1 tool by itself.