My Everyday Carry
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Lip Balm Applications in Survival Situations via theprepared:
- Chapped lips
- In extreme cold weather, you can rub it on the exposed parts of your face. The thin layer helps prevent heat loss by limiting radiation and air convection.
- Lubrication for your fire bow drill, etc.
- It is a great firestarter! It works just like petroleum jelly. You can rub it on a piece of cloth, lint from your pocket, a cotton ball, gauze pad from your first aid kit, or even on natural tender. I always have a cotton ball or two stuffed in my matchcase to keep the matches from ratteling around and in my little pill vial I use to carry some basic medicines.
- Emergency waterproofer. You can even use it to plug a small hole in your tent, poncho, or tube tent that is leaking in the rain.
- Rub it on a hot spot on your foot to help prevent a pending blister (lubricant).
- Mix it with some black ash and rub under your eyes to keep the glare down (great for desert or snowy terrain).
- Do the same above to camo your face for hunting, works much better than mud and is kind of water resistant.
- Not as good as oil, but I think it is a decent expedient rust preventitive to rub on carbon steel knives.
Editor’s Note: I know a lot of you guys probably carry chapstick and don’t even think of it as “EDC.” However, with a little creativity and resourcefulness, you can find utility in almost anything you carry. My personal favorite application of chapsticks is using the cap as a diffuser for single AAA lights. It makes a diffuse beam pattern and works like a small candle:
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