JV Survival Card

Exclusively developed for Bushcraft Essentials by survival expert Joe Vogel, this survival tool ensures you’re fully equipped for emergencies, drawing directly from Joe Vogel’s extensive experience with extreme situations. The JV Survival Card offers swift access to high-quality food during emergencies, featuring a versatile array of hooks and skewers for fishing and hunting.

The „JV Survival Card“ in detail 

• The JV Survival Card is enriched by Joe Vogel’s exceptional expertise in 'primitive hunting,' accumulated through expeditions across all continents. This solidifies its status as a tried-and-tested tool for practical use in real emergency scenarios. 
• The card provides a diverse range of hooks and spear designs tailored for catching fish, birds, snakes, amphibians, mollusks, crabs, and hunting small mammals. Additionally, this survival tool serves for cutting and sawing purposes.
• Caution: Use only in emergency situations or with appropriate licensing!
• The card is small and compact – ideal for keeping in your wallet or EDC kit.
• Chisel, saw, and blade are on the outside of the tool. All other parts can be broken out of the card in an emergency.

The JV Survival Card features the following parts:

• Special saw for guide grooves with raker teeth and rounded first tooth.
• Sharp blade in chisel grind
• Chisel for making fastening holes
• 5 hooks in 3 different sizes (including 4 double hooks) 
• 3 small single spikes, suitable as hooks or harpoons for small fish and amphibians 
• 3 large angled spikes, for the construction of tridents, eel-spears, etc. 
• A special hook, support, and spear rest for the construction of a spear thrower (Atlatl)

Technical data

• Weight:  60 g
• Dimensions: 12 x 7,3 cm
• Material: 100 % stainless steel (1 mm)
• Made in Germany

Legend for the schematic drawing

• A winding edge – To carry fishing line, Paracord, Dyneema etc.
• B Chisel – For drilling fastening holes for the safety pins of K and J
• C Saw – With raker teeth and rounded first tooth for sawing with the fiber
• D (not applicable)
• E Blade – For field dressing animals, carving
• F Small Single Spikes – For bending hooks (grind tip on a stone on one side) and as harpoons for amphibians and small fish
• G Small Double Hooks – For bending hooks, as double pointed hooks for hunting birds and other animals
• H Large Double Hooks – Like G
• J Large Single Spikes – for the construction of tridents, eel-spears, etc.
• K Sling Hook – To build a spear thrower
• L Suspension Line Loop and Hook Bender – For bending the hooks and for attaching a lanyard / suspension line
• M Large Hook – For catching heavier animals up to 10 kg
• N Spear Rest – To support the spear of a spear thrower
• O Spear Rest Support – Support for the spear rest

Examples of use:

Eel spear (eels, snakes, and catfish)

Punch a hole in the centre of the spear with a chisel, fit a large double hook, secure with line, saw two opposite longitudinal grooves, punch a securing hole in the wood for the spike of the single spears, fit the large single spears and tie them in place.

Trident

Saw three longitudinal grooves around the spear, drill a hole at the location of the safety pin, break out the skewers and insert them into the grooves. Then tie the spears in place and thread the string through the securing holes.

Spear slingshot (Atlatl)

Saw off a branch the length of your forearm, saw a long channel (at least as long as the sling hook), insert the sling hook (with the hook towards the long end) – press firmly. Tie down the sling hook, saw in two opposite support notches, insert and press in the support, thread the support holder into the recess, tie down and fix the support with the support holder, cut a recess at the thin end of the spear with the cutting edge (for the sling hook), insert the recess at the end of the spear into the hook, place the spear on the support, fix in place with one hand – only accelerate when throwing at the animal with the sling.

OTHER PRODUCTS SHOWN ARE INTENDED FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY AND ARE NOT PART OF THE OFFER.