Rule #1 Do NOT Get Caught! - Always Carry a Personal Escape Kit!

FIRST RULE: Don't Get Caught! But If You Do, Escape Using a Personal Escape Kit Like This One!
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[@MasterK9Trainer]

This is the kind of stuff that people should learn about

[@campsiteministries]

Yeah, someone should make a video about it!!........... Oh wait......... Never mind.....

[@MasterK9Trainer]

@@campsiteministries 😁 when I watch movies these are the kind of things that come to my mind. I always tell myself if they only knew or if they only had something in their pockets they could save themselves

[@shannonevans8426]

For what?Why?

[@MasterK9Trainer]

@@shannonevans8426 people should know things that can save their lives

[@arthurcutaiar9994]

​@@shannonevans8426if you don't know what or why you should work on un brainwashing yourself and see what's really happening world wide. Remember your life and your families lives are in your hands. If your not capable your just dead weight. Learn, NOW!

[@saritaford3667]

The button key is plastic, so not only will it not be picked up by a metal detector, but it will not make any noise that a metal key will make. Silence is golden!!!

[@raulduke7142]

I have a razor blade, a bobby pin, kevlar string wrapped around the bobby pin, a small neodymium magnet with a hole in it thats attached to the kevlar string, and a hand cuff key. All duct taped to the inside rear of my belt(s). Obviously paracord laces are a must. Great video.

[@canadafree2087]

More towards the sides allows you to access it from both front and rear bondage, and may also help if your hands are tied/taped to a chair.

[@campsiteministries]

If you have them all hidden in one area on your person and it becomes compromised then chances are you will lose all of it. It would be better to use different areas in your clothing for each thing, and some of it can be hidden in plain sight. If it's all bundled together then it might be more obvious to a captor that it's for escape and evasion.

[@denisbelair8988]

Ya 50/50 chance they won't take your shoe laces and belt in a situation like this

[@canadafree2087]

@@denisbelair8988 Similar to not putting it in your cell phone case or your wallet. Both are ok for EDC but not for real escape as your phone and watch are both common items to steal.

[@jordanmariam8984]

Thank you Andrew for thinking outside of the box.

[@richardkibler3870]

Good Manual Dexterity come's to mind here.If you don't have it,Practice flipping things around 1-handed without dropping it.Practice using your thumb & middle finger,rather than your index finger to hold things such as keys to unlock a pad lock,door lock,etc. Do this with screwdriver's,butter knives,etc.this will go long way's to get your manual dexterity in order.As said above,Don't get caught! Many Thank's Andrew for this "touchy" subject,lol! Cheers!

[@ross.58008]

I thought about joining the Rangers, recon marines, navy seals or SAS, but decided that this guy's videos teach me all I need to know😊

[@tomcatt998]

i learned a lot when i was in the salvation army,, dem bums know "stuff"

[@richardtibbetts574]

@@tomcatt998 “Dem Bums”😂😂

[@stevec5576]

You pruved you won’t survive !

[@keenanmoore4163]

Lol the salvation army. Didn't see that coming. ​@tomcatt998

[@adventureswithdaylan7161]

I started practicing picking handcuffs a few months ago after I saw one of your other videos. I found that paper clips work really well for picking handcuffs. Not necessarily to use as a shiv but you can get it in the keyhole and push the mechanism down to open the cuffs. And paper clips are very inconspicuous. Anyway thanks for the video share. I appreciate all of your survival insight. I've learned a lot of neat stuff from watching your channel. Keep up the good work.

[@pyrosmoak53]

I believe you mean "shim" rather than "shiv", fourth line down.

[@jamescrowe7892]

Wyle E. Coyote never had very good luck with Acme products. But now I know where to find ceramic blades. The shims work well on hand cuffs. The hair pin takes a little doing. But practice makes perfect and perfect practice promotes perfect performance. Nicely done, Ranger.

[@user-rn4wo3ci3e]

Not if deadlocked

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

It would be very helpful to see a demonstration of these tools in action, especially with hands restrained behind the back. I'm especially curious about how that cermaic razor blade ca be unwrapped from 100mph tape without cutting up fingers trying to free it and how long that would take. Also worth noting that being caught in possession of a handcuff key is a crime in some jurisdictions.

[@DetPaddyOC]

Take the High Risk Travel course at Tactical Rifleman!

[@lloydh1100]

Excellent info! I tie bowline loops on each end of my kevlar cordage that fit my feet. Ready to go for the saw action.

[@Metalheaddoc]

I would love to see you expand on this topic with examples of how to hide these things and how to use them to get out of the restraints .

[@garypointing5825]

After being arrested at a soccer match in Wales in the 1980s, the tip about zip ties would have been useful as the police zip tied me by one wrist to the ceiling!

[@user-kx9mt1kb5k]

Thank you for your service Major Houdini ! ! !

[@hunterrick4]

The fiberglass reinforced packing tape would probably be the best tape for such activities. That stuff is tough.

[@RR4711]

We kept dedicated scissors for that stuff at work. It would eat up scissors in no time, you could even hear it “crunching” as you cut the tape.

[@gregdonner1378]

As usual, Major, thanks for the tips.!!!

[@unfi6798]

Thanks for the updates Major. Cheers from Australia.

[@ssnerd583]

if you KNOW what clothes you will be wearing if/when you get detained, you are all good.....if you DONT....then you would have to have every pair of pants and every pair of boots and every jacket and every belt and on and on ......but, for myself, I always have my boots loaded up with supplies, and my outdoors pants have goodies in them. The hard part is making things accessible when restrained

[@billclancy4913]

Great video! As a DID contractor deployed overseas, kidnapping. Is always a concern. In Afghanistan, I had a gold coin sewed into my clothing as well.

[@nauticalknotcraft]

Excellent! Thanks Andrew.

[@christiansnyder8761]

Thanks Andrew!

[@THENEWWRANGLER]

Man, I’ve taken to caring so many handcuff key is made of plastic like that they’re everywhere. Also got premade Kevlar cord stashed in a variety of places ready to go. There’s some interesting handcuff key options out there that hook onto the end of a shoelace super ultra small stuff. You can carry eight of them and not even know you’ve got them.

[@Ferrari_M5]

I’d like to see how you use the paracord to escape restraints.

[@user-eg3yv3xr7s]

Awesome video filled with good sound advice !!!!

[@gq_aquatics]

Nice. Thanks for the tips!!!!

[@marine13447]

Another great video, thank you Andrew.

[@friendofcoal]

Another good video with valuable information and knowledge. Thanks again, sir.

[@hiramhaji7813]

Outstanding value

[@lightfiendish]

"Lot of stuff going on in the world" Yep, that sums it up. Pretty tense and honestly scary time. Videos like this, how to handle potential enemy encounters, are very appreciated!

[@ashleymarie7452]

Excellent. Very relevant. Thanks.

[@JPMerolla001]

Very cool video. Great tips. Thank you.

[@M21Karl]

Great ideas. I'm having trouble visualizing how to use the cord to cut the zip ties with your hands zipped behind your back.

[@ARAW-__-]

Maybe tiying a loop at each end of the cord, thread it through the ziptie cuffs, put one foot in each loop, and start pedaling. Never done it, sounds like a struggle, but I guess if it comes to it, it's still better than what lies ahead 😅

[@M21Karl]

@@ARAW-__- Thanks. I can see that now.

[@ARAW-__-]

@M21Karl No worries, I spent the videos wondering the same question 😅

[@jackthetripper868]

Check out ed calderon he and shawn ryan have a video of it

[@M21Karl]

@@jackthetripper868 Thanks

[@VaDeR-411]

Awesome -outstanding

[@darrensmall4313]

Thanks for the info! I didn't realize there were ceramic razor blades. That's going on the list.

[@johnovanic9560]

Excellent video! Maybe you could do a video like the handcuffs show us how to get out of the zip ties with the cordage

[@Badassest]

Cool! Never seen a button cuff key before. That's interesting!

[@alexbuilds706]

Excellent video. Definitely helpful and got me thinking in the right direction 🥂

[@capthappy345]

Excellent info!

[@artoliver8740]

Another great informative video. Something I'm interested in is your opinions on radios. Could you consider doing a video on radios for rescue and escape and evasion ?

[@dougcfrary]

Good stuff here, very interesting!

[@rustynail7609]

Good job.

[@brandonmousseau2020]

Badass as always!

[@dw.bushcraft2780]

They should call you, Mr. s.e.r.e outstanding video Andrew keep them coming

[@erinhellebuyck7527]

Thank you

[@caseydarrah]

You include my favorite multipurpose tool in there. A bobby pin can become a host of things in the right situation- I've picked locks with them (though it's harder than with actual picks), and though I haven't tried I'd wager you could pick a set of standard handcuffs pretty easy.

[@richardsmith7539]

Andrew has some good information here, some of which correlates with my Camp Mackall tutelage, but more that I learned OJT as a prisoner for 13+ years in NE Asia. One thing he did not elucidate upon was that if your captors do have their shit together, they WILL at the very least take your boot laces and belt. (I believe this is common practice at most US jails, as well.) And should you face becoming a long-term captive, count on being deprived of ALL your clothing, which will be exchanged for whatever prison garb they dole out. In such case, it might behoove you to consider a full on Papillon style kit, called a "plan", which means having some sort of unbreakable, watertight vial, which will hold some bare essentials. From my personal experience, you should include: good tweezers, a tiny Swiss Army knife, a couple wire saws, sewing needles, a universal handcuff key, a small ferrocium rod, ¹/10 and ¼ oz. gold coins and maybe some small gems. (Gems can often be traded with jewelers sans any exchange of identification, especially in the armpits of the universe.) Do not store medicines or candles, as the heat from being stored up your back passage will render them useless.

[@Jeffroh]

Thats a lotta kit up your ass

[@PrinterMatt87]

Nice Nail polish 8:02 😂. keep your nice work

[@henryslab]

Great video.

[@frankwuzinsky447]

excellent andrew it is the first time I have seen the button cuff key and the ceramic razors

[@elevatorman7750]

Great video buddy

[@Gbo45]

Escape...drive on...no factor💯

[@dlighted8861]

I wonder how long those ceramic blades stay sharp. 🤔

[@jeffhowell3310]

Great stuff

[@MichaelR58]

Good video Andrew, thanks for sharing YAH bless !

[@shaynehawkins713]

Rope or cordage me and other kids tied each other up. Sometimes it toke awhile getting free. A couple of years ago while in those rivet leather handcuffs I used a bench and almost had it ripped in half. But they caught me. A lot of escape techniques use leverage.

[@arkanglegeibriel]

4 rogue law enforcement

[@user-ld6yz9hv6j]

Good vid and info

[@Joinordie718]

Major Andrew very nice ideas 💡👍🇺🇸

[@simplefieldcraft]

The handcuff key only works on cheap store bought cuffs as demonstrated. The cuffs issued to the police here in Australia have a more complicated locking mechanism. I have tried after asking a police officer friend to show me her cuffs. So this type of kit is for use when escaping bad guys with low end resources or in a low resource non permissive environment

[@frankfaubert1927]

Most quality handcuffs are dual locking so the key has to be turned in one direction to disable the safety lock and then turned in the opposite direction to actually unlock the cuffs. This stops shimming. Anyone who uses cuffs will know to cuff your hands behind you, palms outward and the keyhole facing up. Nasty people will bend your elbows so your fingers are pointing up and aligned with your spine, palms out and the keyhole facing down. Extremely uncomfortable.

[@spiritwhispers667]

brilliant

[@outdoorlife5396]

I am an old war horse. I think you missed a few, maybe a later video. Double locked handcuffs, Knuckles that are made from plexiglass, making a few weapons. Also while traveling use a deep v cut of wood, for double protection on a door. Great Video.

[@namesdontmatter6313]

It would be cool to see an escape and evasion scenario. Maybe with pre-set up caches.

[@matthewferreira2176]

Awesome

[@johndalessandro6433]

Can ya do a demo of someone or you actually cuffed and show ya gettin' a cuff key out and gettin' yourself free? I see videos on this but never see it applied in a more realistic scenario

[@BaritoneUkeBeast4Life]

There was a lot of great info in this video and I found it quite helpful. I just seem to be missing one important detail here, if I had said items on my person, say in a pants pocket, in my shoe, or taped to the back of a belt, and I am handcuffed, or zipped tied behind my back ad possibly duck taped to the chair I am sitting in as well, how would one gain access to any of the items , and how do I create any leverage enough to utilize them efficiently? To me it's like a catch-22 you first need to escape out of your bonds in order to be able to even access your items that can set you free.

[@j.robertsergertson4513]

Great video 👍. Here's how I keep real hand cuffs in my glove compartment (JIC) without attracting attention if my car gets searched by leo' s . Glue some hot pink fun fur to the cuffs ,put them and a tube of astro glide in a Ziploc bag . Toss in the glove compartment. The look on the cops face when he /she Finds them is priceless , and no questions asked 👍

[@jeffhaddox2239]

If properly handcuffed,behind the back,palms out, and double locked, the shim would be the best option but still difficult. So try to keep your palms together. The more dexterous can slip the cuffs or step through them getting them to the front.

[@canadafree2087]

NO! The shim is the worst option! Shims only work on single locked cuffs dude. Best option is always the kay made for the cuffs most common to where you are going.

[@georgesimeone6292]

How about showing us the actual use of these?

[@SparkSurvival]

Handcuff swivel can be broken in seconds using nothing but leverage against the 2 links when they're kinked against each other. No need to pick or carry a shim. At that point you have bracelets.

[@ragingwillie483]

demonstrating the techniques would have been great

[@ExcuseMePhoney]

And you're good to go

[@jaredharris1970]

I rely on the Macguyver method use whatever u can find around u to get out of a jam

[@dutchbachelor]

I never quite understood the need for a compass in such situations. If you know your stars and where moss grows on buildings, trees etc, you know the direction well enough to know where you are going unless you are in a desert or other wasteland without discernible landmarks. That's where having a compass makes complete sense. Our Sergeant Major taught us this during what was "an day of SERE briefing" for us as draftees and ever since this advice served me well.

[@lalacrypto1]

I think a cloudy night or sunny day at noon in an urban environment would ruin those navigation plans

[@DONTTREADONMEAR]

I have been watching a TV show called "Alone". Where they have people go into the Canadian arctic for 60 day with just 10 things. If you last the 60 days you get $400,000. I REALY think you should do it. You would do great. What restraint should I keep in my car? Thank you!

[@shanhutchison7332]

💯

[@forgive.them.]

I've been thinking about this all day, guys. Hide that key.

[@rogueraven7603]

Very important these days.

[@doubled2288]

Where can you find one of the plastic cuff keys?

[@eireanneruss2311]

Saw a WW2 movie where the British soldiers on a special mission all had piano wire in the hem of their tunics to be fitted with a button on each end used as a garrotte. Could this be done with a cable saw instead.

[@turn-n-burn1421]

Before I even watch today, there's something not right. Of course I'm a subscriber and I have the notification bell activated but I never get the actual notifications.

[@tomcatt998]

Same here

[@Dragonslayer-zq8qp]

I've been getting notifications on certain channels instantly or up to a day later, lately it's hit or miss which channels and no rhyme or reason. it's nuts.

[@turn-n-burn1421]

@@Dragonslayer-zq8qp I'm used to certain channels having a new vid up on certain days, so I just check.

[@shaynehawkins713]

The tape can be ripped using body leverage. The zip ties as well. Maybe not that thick one. The handcuff chain can be wrapped around itself and use leverage against both cuffs too snap the chain. The videos exist on KZbin how too do these and real examples.

[@AoW7]

A paperclip is the best handcuff key.

[@deskmat9874]

Please elaborate how in the world a para cord would saw through the zip tie

[@InkedCarpenter1776]

❤❤❤❤

[@willbedone777]

👍👍

[@xShoOtGuNx93]

👍

[@worldtraveler930]

I'm just here to read the comments about the fingernail Polish!!! 😳💅

[@PatrickKQ4HBD]

All my handcuffs have a fuzzy cover...

[@rick4922]

I haven't seen the green military duct tape in 30 years

[@eightsprites]

magnets on a string as compas was a near idea

[@victormindfield]

Where did you get the flat little flashlight from? Whats the name of it please? ty

[@RangerSurvivalandFieldCraft]

I picked it up in the base exchange/store. But I know you can get them at Bass Pro or Scheels.

[@victormindfield]

@@RangerSurvivalandFieldCraft Awesome, tyvm! I've been trying to find that exact one for a while now. Thanks again man

[@tweebthelerker3952]

A small dangle bag hanging down around your junk would most likely be missed in a field search.

[@shermrock345]

Highly suspicious but not illegal 😂so...

[@RT-fb6ty]

Prison cuffs use a different key.

[@johntimlin6664]

A shin into cuffs will work as long as it is NOT double locked

[@Chass9999]

combine thumb cuffs to the zip ties or handcuffs...

[@sonicplanet9193]

Paper clips, bobby pins, razor blades...

[@washburnbilly]

20# power pro will cut through almost anything and is a 4# test diameter.

[@UniversalSovereignCitizen]

Hmmmm... Fine kevlar string, woven into my sock. Bingo!

[@1acroyear1]

Is it typical for captors to take away your shoes? Because that seems to me like the best place to hide this stuff. What's your experience with that?

[@RR4711]

Most people are uncomfortable to run barefoot in an unfamiliar environment especially if it’s dark so it’s common for captors to remove shoes from hostages. Belts are often taken as well to discourage escape. Inside the hem of clothing is preferred for concealing.

[@KellyGordonUSA]

Where can I buy a button key?

[@RangerSurvivalandFieldCraft]

Handcuff warehouse.