A tested Archers Hard Kit
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 11:16 pm
Hey Rangers!
I have a long way to go (and a lot to learn) to making a complete Hard Kit, but I do have a very thoroughly tested smaller chunk of a hard kit. Here is the kit expanded:
![Image](https://s3.amazonaws.com/archery_vids/Archery+Photos/FullSizeRender.jpg)
Working from the top left:
-Bracer
-Beeswax Candle (for melting glue)
-Glue
-Leather Strop for helping to melt wax into string
-A smaller pouch to hold the above
-Stringer
-Shooting Glove
-Pair of fingerless felt Gloves (bottom left) for cold weather shooting, which fit nicely over my shooting gloves
-Main Pouch
-Klass medium fixed blade knife (good for skinning, birds, fish, utility)
-Bastard file with orange osage handle
-Sharpening stone
-P-51 style can opener (I use this thing more often then not at camp... someone always forgets one)
-sheath for the knife, file, can opener and sharpening stone.
Here it is all closed up. I normally wear the arm guard when I'm out with my bow, but if for some reason i'm not it folds up nicely under the flap of the pouch.
![Image](https://s3.amazonaws.com/archery_vids/Archery+Photos/FullSizeRender%281%29.jpg)
I did want to point out the importance of the file in an actual hunting situation. I can not tell you how many times i've missed a shot and skidded my broadhead off a rock or tough root. If you bend, chip or ding a broadhead in the field, its almost impossible to fix with a normal sharpening stone. The file makes quick work of any chips or bent pieces of steel.
Not pictured, but normally in my kit:
*1 Extra broadhead
*Extra bow string
This has been my hunting kit for years and I have to say it has held up to a lot of tough weather and was able to skin/gut small game and fish with no problem. The file has not only sharpened my broadheads countless times, but many other archers who had the unfortunate luck of skipping their broadheads off a chunk of quartz rock.
I have a long way to go (and a lot to learn) to making a complete Hard Kit, but I do have a very thoroughly tested smaller chunk of a hard kit. Here is the kit expanded:
![Image](https://s3.amazonaws.com/archery_vids/Archery+Photos/FullSizeRender.jpg)
Working from the top left:
-Bracer
-Beeswax Candle (for melting glue)
-Glue
-Leather Strop for helping to melt wax into string
-A smaller pouch to hold the above
-Stringer
-Shooting Glove
-Pair of fingerless felt Gloves (bottom left) for cold weather shooting, which fit nicely over my shooting gloves
-Main Pouch
-Klass medium fixed blade knife (good for skinning, birds, fish, utility)
-Bastard file with orange osage handle
-Sharpening stone
-P-51 style can opener (I use this thing more often then not at camp... someone always forgets one)
-sheath for the knife, file, can opener and sharpening stone.
Here it is all closed up. I normally wear the arm guard when I'm out with my bow, but if for some reason i'm not it folds up nicely under the flap of the pouch.
![Image](https://s3.amazonaws.com/archery_vids/Archery+Photos/FullSizeRender%281%29.jpg)
I did want to point out the importance of the file in an actual hunting situation. I can not tell you how many times i've missed a shot and skidded my broadhead off a rock or tough root. If you bend, chip or ding a broadhead in the field, its almost impossible to fix with a normal sharpening stone. The file makes quick work of any chips or bent pieces of steel.
Not pictured, but normally in my kit:
*1 Extra broadhead
*Extra bow string
This has been my hunting kit for years and I have to say it has held up to a lot of tough weather and was able to skin/gut small game and fish with no problem. The file has not only sharpened my broadheads countless times, but many other archers who had the unfortunate luck of skipping their broadheads off a chunk of quartz rock.