Mini Fire Starting Tin

This is a small tin which was once a mint tin.

What I did was sand the paint off. It is loaded with a few items which could aid you in fire making, a key element in survival. It is 2 1/2 in wide, 2 in long and 3/4 in high. It could easily fit in a small coin pocket on a pair of jeans.

This tin was a small mint tin made my an advertiser given out at a convention. After sanding I filled it with the fire starting items.

Pretty straight forward, attach your striker to the lid with electrical/duct tape.

Here is the stuff in my mini fire kit

1. Cotton ball w/ vaseline
2. Book of paper matches with striker (spare striker)
3. Small piece of a cotton pad soaked in wax, burns for nearly 6 minutes
4. Razor blade in the bottom, you never know when you will need a blade
5. 28 extra paper matches
6. Bandaid (Had extra room, though you can put whatever you'd like in here instead.)
7. Striker
8. Tin

In order to waterproof it, wrap duct tape around the lip of the tin. Also, you could wrap a thick rubber band around the lip, like the kind that come around asparagus. I always have a small ferro rod and knife on me too, and the cotton ball and firestarter can be started with the ferro rod.

I hope you enjoyed this, it was my first instructable. It is pretty basic, but I'm hoping it helped someone! Feedback in comments? Thanks