Woodbite Custom Knives

Alright, I finally took some pics of my current mess kit / PSK.  I’ll call it my PSK after I pick up a new molle compatible canteen case.

Anyways, this is really more about my mess kit than anything else.  I have messed around with alcohol stoves for years now and always had issues.  I have come up with a few great designs out of aluminum budwieser bottles, that have also been thought up by other people and are for sale on ebay.  I got my stove concept from Tinny at mini bull designs and found something that I like and that works.  My cup is a battlefield tested US issue canteen cup.  That thing rocks and will hold up for ever.  I have played around with beer can (Heineken) pots and other various pots, but I always fall back on the good ole canteen cup.

Now I’d like to state that I’m not an uber ultra lighter and a little weight for performance is fine with me, nor am I a jetboil kinda guy.  My stove is simple and its light and it works.

Ok lets get going with some pics.

This my current carry all, like I said I’m looking for a new molle canteen holder with a couple of pockets and I should be able to fit everything in that.

Whats inside:  A ripstop poncho, which I dub my temporary shelter.  Some coordage to make my shelter.  Some alcohol and my mess kit.  I have other things to add like my freak’n fork, but I forgot about it.

A little peak at whats inside my pot/cup.

Like I said this bad boy is a true multi fuel set up.  I gots some esbit, trioxaine, my alchy stove, a cheap flashlight (will be replaced with my surefire), but it fits, my altoids PSK, some tubing and a piece of arrow shaft.

You can also see my windscreen/ wood burning stove inside the cup and I shot a pic of inside the altoids tin, but there is way too much shit in there to list it all out.

This is a pic of my basic pot stand (old aluminum cateen reconfigured CF style).  I use the bit of arrow and tube when I’m using wood.  I blow air thru the base to heat the bitch up like a forge.

And here we come to my alchy stove.  I made this out of 2 travel size “axe” spray containers.  Mashed 2 halves together and stuck 4 pieces of tiki torch wick in there.  This is simple, cheap and it works.  Of course I’m too cool for axe so I sanded off all the coating.

OK got 2 cups of water in the cup, got my lid ready.  The cool thing with the axe spray is that the cap holds exactly 3/4 ounces of alcohol, so I use that as my measuring cup, brilliant if I do say so myself.  Oh the lid is a new product and works pretty good, I’ll do a full review on it later when I have time, but its made my Heavycover.  It’s rubber so don’t let the flames creep up on it.  I wouldn’t use it if I was using wood, but the for the alchy stove it works good.

To avoid spillage, I put the stove upside down in the lid to soak up some fuel and then poor the rest of the fuel in.

Ok were off and running.

A little dark action.

With the heavycover, I was able to get a rolling boiling inbetween 7.5-8.5 minutes, which is not too bad.  I did use cold tap water, but I’m not scientific enough to actually take temps and shit.

With 3/4 ounces of alcohol this stove will burn for over 13 minutes, but losses strength around 10 1/2 minutes.  anyways should burn long enough to get cold creek water boiling.

Hope you enjoyed my post.  I’m always refining, but this is my go to set up and will be until I come up with something different.