I carry:
(1) real knives, assorted scissors,
(2) knife handles (bard parker #3 and #7),
(3) assorted blades (bard parker #10, #11, #15, #20,
(4) spools of pure silk thread #100, #50, #25 (and a small spindle),
(5) straight sewing needles (a small bottle with several hundred of them -- keith's, & a few curveds),
(6) a speed handle,
(7) codman perforator (6)
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gigli saw handles and 5 blades
(9) dykes and safety wire
(10) 3 of peons, ochsners, tonsils, 2 of atragrips, adsons, rat tooths, vascular clamps, penfield dissector #3, chisel, ribbon retractors, metzenbaums, mayos.
(11) MSIR
(12) AgNO3 sticks (6 bottles)
(13) aspirin
The above fills the bottom of my helmet bag. I then add as much rum (my personal fav), whiskey and scotch in fifths to fill. I'm golden. I'm handy. I'll trade my skill set for safety from you guys who have actually prepped.