Making a kit like this is a fun and easy way to make an inexpensive but useful cook kit for your outdoor adventures. Thanks for watching and please leave me a comment in the section below!

As soon as I saw a spoon with a bent handle...I knew this guy is legit!

I've always shied away from those pots with the plastic handles while shopping at the thrift store. Now I will be giving them a second look. Thanks James.

Love these hobo tips video. They make more sense than 99% of all the other urban survival videos our there.

I'm pretty sure every American will need this the way things are going.👍

That's a fantastic way to have an emergency kit for like a car or to camp or to put one together for planning ahead reasons

Only thing I would do differently is screw the screw back on the handle in pan. Less chance of losing it

As an alternative to using black pepper. Maybe try a small bottle of Mrs Dash original. They also sell the Mrs Dash in a packet form that, if I remember correctly, comes with 20per box. Adds a lot of flavor and a small bottle of olive oil for cooking. They make small bottle pump spray bottles. You can also add a couple of mint as well. The ideas are endless with a kit like this.

Tip I picked up from my dad; if you rub the bar soap on the outside of the pot before cooking over a fire, it makes cleaning off the soot much easier.

Hi James! When we are talking a budget of ten dollars are less, this puts viable kit within the reach of anyone that wants to get started with outdoor activities. Excellent!

That is a nice hack. The way things are going we all might be hobos wandering the country.

Great follow up on the rocket stove 👌

Love the cookset.Hobo's always knew how to survive.GOD BLESS

The screw modification is outstanding. I made a hobo stove out of a large Folgers coffee can, with tin can nesting pots. I’ll post a video of it soon. Maybe make a cup of coffee or warm up some chili on a cold day.

I like how you made the thumb screw, if you drill a small hole in it and attach a lanyard you can attach it to the hole in the end of the pot handle so you don't lose it. Extra insurance.

My nickname is Scrounge. I sooo can relate to your videos. I appreciate how you see through all the glitzy new stuff and fabricate useful tools from second hand treasure stores. That comes from years of experience in the field and know-how. Good on you👍 I have just a couple select fancy items. Most are retro cheap or altered.

Great setup! I would add a big double ended carabiner to where the handle bolts on so you can hang the kit from your pack!👍🏻😁

The flat screw idea was awesome !

Thanks James there's another tool for survival kit. I would like to have known about this kit when I was 12 years old and in the Boy Scouts. I would probably still have it. But as it is now I have enough cook kits to probably Supply a scout troop right now. Since I have given my grandson his first cook kit maybe I'll see if he wants to build his own and I'm sure he's probably going to say yeah. So James on that note I certainly appreciate the video I'll let you know if he decided to build his own cook kit. Have a great day and stay safe and keep your powder dry and the ideas coming!

Great idea. Not a coffee drinker so I’d include chicken or beef bouillon powder packets. Awesome video as usual.

apart from you instantly making me smile every video you make!this is a brilliant design i just found a beautiful solid iron meyer tensyl steel pot brand new in a second hand store for four pounds that will last my life and is a good defence item ,your idea of flattening the screws to use by hand is pure genius man !we would love to visit you one day but if u want to visit the mountain and forestry of north wales u always have a room man!bless james,your a legend mate!

I'm 59 years old and I'm still learning! Thank you for these great ideas! I'm always looking to put together the ideal 'survival kitset'!

Thanks for another very practical video. You thought of everything, with the soap etc. The only thing I'd need is some teabags!

i lived like that for forty years... you need to put a little can opener in there.... but you are doing a great job....keep it up...

Solid little hobo cook kit

As always a great video. I really am enjoying the hobo series. I would enjoy watching a video of you utilizing this complete cook set including using the hobo stove and preparing a simple meal utilizing this cook set. God Bless my Friend!

I really like your channel and your videos. No waffle. No BS. Just straight to the point with lots of great, handy, easy tips. Kind regards from 🇬🇧

3rdWorld Prepper.... binging off your videos.. 👍

Better alternative to the “bag” is a sock missing a mate… you can use it a wash/dry cloth

Good video James. Making our own gear is the way to go!

Great KZfaq James! As always. Love the bent spoon handle and flattened screw.

Man you are one clever Huckleberry Finn Bush Dude. That screw is simple genius.

Great hobo kit! Replace the pot and cup in something other than aluminum. I know it will weigh more but aluminum should be out for cooking, imho. You could add more stuff (firestarting, emergency and survival things) if this were for a car OR if you bury this as a survival cache. And yes, the buried metal pot would be easy to find for metal detectors but that could be a plus if and when you might really need this.

I was wondering if there was going to be a hobo cook kit. This was totally awesome James!!!!! I love that cook kit. And the hack with pounding out that screw...EPIC!!! Thanks a bunch for doing this video. Mam I can't wait to make my own hobo kit!!!

Quickly becoming one of my favorite KZfaq channels! God bless you and all you do

I cut the handles completely off, including carefully grinding off the welds. Then I use a pot lifter. I found two pots that telescope nicely so I have two pots in the same space.

I love your enthusiasm and the details you provide, great thumb screw idea making it possible to break things down. Something worth noting is possibly incorporating a Bindlestiff (Hobo Stick).

James, I enjoy your videos. Concise and direct to the point. Great ideas. Thanks!

Good job. Thanks

Thanks for this video. I really like the improvised thumbscrew. Great kit!

Hi James, a load of brilliant ideas went into that cook kit. Being an ex Boy Scout from back in the day we did use Billy cans and the suggestion here is to further modify this and make a Billy handle to hang it over a fire 🔥. It's also worth using a small tin or an old metal mug with an old rolling pin to crunch up coffee beans and drink your health.

brilliant. absolutely love this series. the way things are going we will all be poor , jobless and homeless

Love your channel Pure and simple.

the screw idea is genius

Amazing!!!! I’ve been teaching wilderness survival for years. Thank you for a wonderful video

Such a great idea. Your videos are always fantastic, thanks again!

Wow, I took your advice and rescued an old pot I put out in my shed for a may need it one day!😂 Turns out I do! Took the handle off, bent the lid a bit to fit better with a multi tool then found an extra large heavy duty rubber band to secure the lid and presto, I’m a hobo!😊😊

It's a good kind of pack for anything that doesn't like water on it, too. I figure this kind of stuff is what the internet was made for in the first place - passing on not only high science but also skills for surviving rough and low days.

Great little setup right there . Thanks to you both for showing a small yet capable kit for numerous uses.

Really impressive innovation with regard to the handle screw and I was truly impressed with your hobo rocket stove build . I like this cooker idea as it leaves huge potential for personalizing the load out inside due to all the spare space inside .thanks ..

That’s good old fashion, hobo, ingenuity

I wish I could go back to my youth this would be fun

Glad I found this channel. You have the most practical, useful, and inexpensive ideas and tips. Can't wait to start using.

Fold up some heavy duty foil and put in the bottom.

Absolutely brilliant! Love the self- made thumb screw. No tools needed.

beautiful thankyou

You are truly amazing with coming up with showing us these awesome ideas 👍🏼

I would add a component. Put the kit in a dry bag. The bag will hold the kit, but will also serve as a campsite container for water or food, or gathered tinder, or whatever.

Only changes I would make is always find a lightweight stainless steel pan because aluminum pans Leach aluminum into your food and that can cause health problems. The second one is to take a file and make triangular shape groves on the front end of the spoon so it becomes a spork.

Looks Delicious!!! ! One of my best recipes was handed down by my grandfather from Ohio who was part of a traveling band of clowns which toured the country in the 1930s and 40s. Not only did he fully participate as a performer (juggling and spraying seltzer mostly) but he was also in charge of the Clown Chuckwagon, and over the years, came up with a nice selection of mostly campfire stews (or "or stewge" as Gramps used to call them),, soups and casseroles. One of my favorites, casseroles, which I still prepare frequently, consists of baked beans and wieners (for the KETO portion of the meal), macaroni and cheese. and a couple handfuls of those big orange circus peanuts - a sweet yet savory bake-up that's a hit with everyone who tries it. Gramps had one clown name for performing with his fellow troupers at carnivals, civic events, etc., throughout the central Midwest ""Antsy Pants" - but around the campfire at breakfast or suppertime, when most of these talented vagabond buffoons had removed their make-up and hung their giant shoes in their campers, (but oddly enough not all of them) Gramps was affectionately known among the boys as "Yummo." He told me how it wasn't unusual for farmers to donate a hen or two and maybe a couple of dozen eggs, in return for a brief barnyard slapstick performance by a couple of the boys for the farmer, his family and his hired hands.. He also told me as soon as he got back to camp with the chickens, the alcoholic Geek who traveled with them would inevitably beg permission to bite the heads of the pullets when Gramps was ready to get those birds cooking. Seemed that this particular Geek actually not only savored the taste of the live chickens he was required to eat (which were usually provided by the promoter of the event at which the troupe was performing) - but craved more when "off=the-clock" Talk about a Carnivore diet!! Wow!!! Reportedly, he was known to comment that "live chicken pairs well with a pint of Carstairs White Seal Blended." By the way, Grandma also traveled with Gramps. She was the seamstress - making a good number of the clown suits from her own design and repairing all them when required. So of course Gram and Gran rolled along from town- to -town with a big foot pump operated sewing machine in their trailer, - in addition to all the pots, pants, cutlery, stirrers, etc. My Dad was born in a campground in Posey County, Indiana, delivered by a local midwife and plopped into a casserole baking dish as soon as Gramps cut the umbilical cord with his second best onion chopping knife. As for me, I married young and did well for myself in doing so. My wife is the daughter of an outdoor parking lot magnate in a major city in Ohio. I was dowried with three downtown lots. I've had a comfortable life pretty much doing whatever I want all day while other people collect money on my behalf while sitting down in booths, watching TV, reading (or even snoozing between customers arriving and honking the horns to wake 'em up). Consequently, for awhile, I was able to open a couple of storefront business which specialized in selling "clown suits for the whole family," including custom made if somebody wanted them - and even clown suits for the family pets. The seamstresses I hired used Gram's patterns, of course. . The stores were called "Hem and Ha!" - and with every sale, I usually threw in a copy of one of Gramps' recipes for a clown casseroles, "silly stew," "buffoon bread, "Punchinello Porridge,," or what have you. Of course, they all pair well with seltzer water. Thank you WayPoint Survival for allowing me to share!!

First! Awesome James! No foil?

I found a set of pots at a garage sale (yard sale in USA). 3 x detachable handles & room for stove kit & utensils. I like a quick brew if I am travelling & now buy all in one coffee sachets that just need sugar / hot water for those car trips. I do drink tea but black so need just hot water / sugar. These kits can be life savers when taking a break from driving or picnics when facilities are limited.

Im 60 + years old and my grandpa had a kit alot like you made , When we would go walking threw the woods in Pa .. Great minds think alike pard 😃👍👍

Another WayPoint piece of genius! Hopefully you'll do more in your hobo series one of these days using all this stuff! 🙂 Incidentally James - what's your preferred method (tool) for heating the metal items? Thanks!

Nice setup. Appreciate you always finding new tricks and hacks . Shows that you don’t have to have a $ 150 titanium cook set to enjoy the outdoors. Have a great evening

God bless you thank you for sharing your time and your video I discovered after compiling multiple mess kits that G I mess kit was the most convenient 🙏✝⛪

I like the hobby cook kit, I’m for sure going to copy it.

That's neet.

Salt and pepper take up way too much room. Just use packets like the coffee and sugar

Another great idea. I keep something like that in the back seat of my truck

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Awesome and epic video ❤️

Mr binder when is the next episode of the 1790s traveler coming out hopefully it soon I like that idea I want to see you where he ends up and what type of cabin he builds. God bless my friend I hope you had a wonderful weekend happy Memorial Day and God bless America and those who served

Another good video and idea 🎉

The only thing I would change is the rubber bands for bungee cords. Just because they are more durable and useful. Great video!!

I managed to find two stainless steel pots that nest nicely at the local thrift store. They both have SS riveted handles and lids. All-in weight with 2 spoons, a few herbs and spices and a small cutting board is about 4lbs. It is stowed in its own bag under my pack. No rattling, no bulkiness and right-in-the-coals ready! Aluminum may be lighter, but I'm a bit concerned about the aluminum possibly contaminating my food. Why two pots? One for meat/vegetables and one for biscuits, corn bread etc. cooked at the same time. It is enough for 2 or 3 that might be bugging out or travelling with me if shtf. The additional weight is of no consequence to me. Winter or summer, foraging in the bush can keep us relatively well fed/nourished with or without meat sources. Cheers.

A nice looking little kit.

What's not to like, ya don't have to be a HOBO. THIS IS JUST GOOD STUFF 👍. THANKS!

Some nice pointers.. thanks for the ideas for my own cook kit. I make bags to keep the components and food stuffs so I can order in the pot, I have a heavy parcel paper to wrap sooty items and a source of emergency fire making fuel as well as a close woven bag..

I love the rubberband clamp. I'd need Tabasco too.

Love your kit Sor but was thinking a bandana, a striker rod and a couple of tea bags or hot chocolate could go nicely too. As always you cover the base's and thanks again

Another great one. I like the way you think.

Great kit, especially for when the every day comforts of our lives have vanished.

Great poor man’s cook kit and the most important part is it comes with COFFEE! Great ideas from a great outdoorsman. Thanks for another terrific video!

Very nice little travel kit, sir.

I find your videos more interesting then 90% of what's on the idiot box. In my youth I use to hop a train when I could walking home from High school before getting a beater car to drive. Were I grew up it was pretty common to hunt rail road track as they had plenty of game living along them. Back in the days when toilet emptied onto track literally spread various seeds the eventually grew along the the tracks. I remember once while out hunting with 2 friends & had a few pheasants & rabbits in our game pouches when we came across a hobo jungle. Probably not the best term for it rather more of a bum camp, way out in the middle of nowhere. We entered the camp & received mixed greetings. Looking back there could have been more then a few Vietnam vets who for various reasons chose a hobo lifestyle. The had some pretty rough structures built & may have been 12-15 guys sitting around a fire (it was hunting season in the midwest) staying warm. A few where wondering if we had any luck hunting & wondering if we would trade some game for their mix of Thunder bird wine & rock gut booze. We actually had all had bottles to keep the cold away that was of better quality, One guy made the comment about taking our booze & game which was met with laughs seeing as we we totting shot guns. We sat down with them figuring it wouldn't hurt us in giving them our collection of booze after taking our last drawl from & a few critters. We did notice that a few stayed in the far background that seemed pretty shifty & left out of there watching our back. I guess from walking the rails home & seeing the tracks littered with cheap booze bottles & that above mentioned encounter I still see the Hobo/ Bum/ Homeless in different eyes. Latter in Life after moving to Houston I lived near the VA. There was a huge track of undeveloped lad near by & I ventured onto it to stump shoot my hunting bow. It was there that I came across a group of veterans that for whatever reason choose to camp out, verses staying inside. They were a mixed lot of guys some with real demons haunting them, but for the most part a better bunch then those I encountered in my late teens back home.

I love these hobo videos. The coolest!

WOOHOO! Way Cool! Thanks, building my set tonight!

Great little hobo kit, really simple 😁 Ok man... Where's episode 14.. I've been jonesing for it! One of the best Ohio river valley stories I've seen in a long time..

thumbs up my friend

Another outstanding piece of kit on the cheap! Well done, James!

Your ideas are always inspiring. It’s good to think outside the box.

Great video! Perfect and I've rocked this kind of setup before with all my years spent off grid. Very easy to change and customize to your change in needs and experience. 🎉

Definitely great thing to have on hand in these crazy unpredictable times. Thanks for sharing knowledge. God bless.

I'm a old hobo . We used pop or beer cans. Or big coffee can , food cans to cook in . Shopping cart work good for a grill. Peace ✌️

Very good video. Thank you 👍.

Pretty cool project

F-ing brilliant. Cheaper than Walmart

Just a tip, a cotton disk with some Vaseline or dipped in paraffin makes a great fire starter lightweight and tiny. Great video and great idea with the screw and bolts.

it is indeet real fun to make outdoor cooking Sets from everyday items i live it thank You for sharing Greetings from Germany Javor peace and out!