Rough Camping & Survival Tips

SWISS ARMY KNIFE

...you don't need much more knife 80% of the time....

Another different and easier model of the plastic bottle "survival" cordage cutter made with my trusted Swiss army knife (SAK)

another model..

.....another plastic bottle rope cutter completed with only my S.A.K. Huntsman....

The rubber primitive slingshot.
A very good survival tool to master and have...

The modern copy of this primitive survival hunting tool is maybe even more effective and deadly ?

Porcupine quills are long, sharp and strong enough to serve under the right conditions as survival/primitive hunting tools, as seen here, it can kill...

PAPERCLIP FISHING HOOK?



Improvised/survival fishing hooks made from a paperclip.

Interesting idea, I get 2 x hooks out of a medium paperclip and my S.A.K. Huntsman is ideal to help me make them!



It is surprisingly strong even if its only a paperclip!



My attempt...

For interesting sake...

Here are my paperclip fishing hook 'survival/emergency ' experiment scenario findings for what it is worth.

[Finished hook +_ 2.5 cm from top to bottom]

I took a common paperclip to see what the possibilities could be in a fishing set-up....

[Yes other types of wire may be much more suitable and a real fish hook is the best, but what if you only have a paperclip handy?]

1] First ,in the small fish hook format [1/2 of a medium paperclip wire] it is surprisingly strong with the bend, though with force I could pull open this 'hook' somewhat at around 2 1/2 kg [6 lbs].



2] The smaller 2 x bend 'eye' on top where I fastened the sisal rope held up to this force.

3] As the paperclip is made of a 'soft' wire, sharpening the hook tip on a rock [cement slab] was relatively easy.

4]To made this hook with my S.A,K. pocket knife took less than 5 minutes start to finish.

5] I think as an emergency hook it can work on smaller fish, though on you-tube they show some big fish caught with [a different type?] of paperclip.

6] A paperclip as a fishing hook is not ideal, but in a pinch it can work!

7] Do anybody here have any practical experience in actually catching a fish with a paperclip fishing hook---photo please?

Just to satisfy my own curiosity, I am now going to make a fishing hook out of a bigger paperclip [bit thicker wire] with my Swiss army knife to see what its lbs/kg strength is.



Maybe the bigger paperclip will do better ?[still soft wire!]

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Now, this is the way to do it!
Heat the rock up first to cause the moister trapped in the rock to cook-off, you will most likely end up with a flat surface like this one to cook on and no more danger of exploding rock.