Unchained Preppers
General Category => Gear Review => Topic started by: kindredspirit on September 04, 2011, 07:39:35 AM
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30 Uses for a Bandana
I found this on survivalcache.com thought it was interesting.... I love stuff that has multiple uses.
A bandana is another one of those things that is useful for a thousand things but nothing specific. It?s right up there with duct tape and rope. The things only weigh a couple ounces, they are dirt cheap, and are a must have in your Bug Out Bag or Urban Survival Gear. Here is just a short list of possible uses for a bandana.
1. Signal (also see signal mirror)
2. Neck Gaiter for cold weather
3. Tourniquet (But for Snake Bites use a Sawyer Extractor)
4. Pot Holder
5. Collecting Wild Edibles
6. Sun block for neck
7. Sling (first-aid)
8. Sling (as in David and Goliath)
9. Sling (for a staff )
10. Cordage (strips or as is)
11. Washcloth/Towel (Bathe out of a Collapsible Bucket)
12. Sweatband
13. Waist pack/pouch
14. Hobo Pack
15. Padding a hotspot
16. Cleaning Patches for Firearm
17. Bullet Patches for Muzzleloader
18. Gun Wipe Cloth (with oil)
19. Toilet Paper
20. Mark a Trail
21. Dish Rag
22. Napkin
23. Eye patch
24. Pre-water Filter (like Coffee Filters)
25. Clean Glasses and other lens
26. Ear Muffs
27. Bind a stone and toss a line over a limb
28. Dust Mask (in Urban Survival)
29. Wet and wear for Hot Weather
30. Sneezing
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Excellet Post
Those are uses we seem to forget the Cow Boy in earlier times used daily!! Thanks for a Great Reminder of thongs we do but forget?
RON
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Wick for a molotov cocktail grenade. (apply gas and motor oil for extended burn time)
Burning In general. (multi purpose)
Food Storage (if that wasnt covered already, specifically dry foods)
Now this is for you roughnecks out there. but if you are high in body temp and need to cool off. (desert) You can peen on it, let it cool, and apply to head, neck and chest. The smell is terrible, most likely the taste, but it can save your life.
Bar bending. Anyone remember that Shanghai Noon movie? He wets it(with urine) wraps around iron bars, uses a stick to spin and tighten. Eventually bending the bars to escape jail. this is real, it can be done. I did it once to my rod-iron fence once. Why? For no reason whatso ever.
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good stuff!
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Those are uses we seem to forget the Cow Boy in earlier times used daily!!
Last time I was in Iraq, a buddy and I would muse about, 'Things we learned from Cowboys'
-Have a big hat
-Have a bandana (desert scarves or shemaghs in our case)
-Your guns are important
-Carry your pistol on a separate belt
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you also forgot about wrapping it around your head covering most of your eyes to look like a bad ass vato
seriously though yall, look into cowboys and mountain men they lived wrol in AMERICA they got 99% of the answers to your questions
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