That's understandable, SF, knowing my love of machetes. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I have been testing gear (kit to you) for an upcoming trip down into the Swamps again. My little EOD bag rides too high, and I am wasting space by putting a canteen inside it. So I strapped two canteens and a knife to the outside, added modified LBE suspenders to it after cutting off the bottome Y straps. It rides much better. And my old GI canteen has a stainless steel cup I can boil water in. It does look a bit military, though. Not sheeple friendly at all.