I just made a pair of survival kits in Altoid tins. I got the idea from various articles I've read here and there.
http://www.survival.com/best.htm
http://www.fieldandstream.com/fieldstream/photogallery/article/0,13355,1225788_1,00.html
http://www.bestglide.com/comsurvtin_info.html
Mine is sort of am amalgamation of those. I was unhappy with the "food" section mostly relying on being able to fish. Anyone who lives anywhere that natural bodies of water is scarce, knows it's pretty retarded to base your survival strategy on something that doesn't exist where you might be. Also, who the fuck knows how to use a wire snare?
I'm also pretty sure Field & Stream is on crack. After hours of arranging and rearranging, I don't know how the fuck they fit all that shit into their tin. Either they've got a miniature TARDIS or they're lying bastards.
So, because I know you want to know, here is what I have in my Altoids survival tin:
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2 birthday candles (F&S lies...a tealight won't fit!)
5 matches with striker (Wal-Mart has no strike anywhere matches, the cunts)
2 pieces of firestarter
5 fish hooks
8 sinkers
4 swivels
2 flys
50' of 15lb test fishing line
20 water purification tablets
3 multivitamins (each with at least 100% DV)
10' snare wire (how the fuck does that work?)
1 hand sanitizer packet
2 butterfly closures
1 bandage
4 aspirin tablets
1 glue stick (fuck if I know what do do with it but ya never know)
2' x 1.5' aluminum foil sheet
2 safety pins
2 sewing needles
10' heavy duty thread (though I got distracted so one might have 15')
1 jigsaw blade
6 ziploc bags with 3Tbsp volume
1 rubber band
10' parachute cord
1 card on how to tie various knots for fishing line
I don't have a button compass because Wal-Mart's sporting goods department is run by morons. I left enough room in there though. I also don't have a signal mirror for the same reason, but the foil should adequately serve. I also discovered that it is not easy to wrap fishing line onto a floss bobbin, and after two miserably failed trys, I just wrapped it around my fingers. I also discovered that while galvanized wire might rust before it gets used to catch helpless bunnies, at least it doesn't leave grease over everything like the fucking wire I used.
Alas, I couldn't fit a hand grenade into the Altoids tin.