Lol . That’s a good story .

Yeah, turn it upside down and hang the burner. We used to do that too.

awesome mate

I am Polish and can prenounce better English then most Americans 😅😁becouse i learn English for a very long time 😎

@@Radoslaw731 You must understand that within The United States there are many different peoples with many different accents as you can imagine. You would not understand most southern people and most definitely Cajuns. Now if you would just work on your spelling lol.

Aluminium isn’t pronounced or even written in the same way in the US as the rest of the English speaking world.

@@buckshot4428 Try to understand Boston,Mass accent!

​@@buckshot4428Oh THANK-YOU!!! At long last somebody who isn't too damn' woke to haul somebody up on their spelling!

In English... grot pot

I believe it was the other way around. The original version was intended to be made out of aluminium but when the war came, there was a aluminium shortage and everything went to the aircraft industry, so they made the mess kit out of steel. Something Sweden could produced easily. Later, after the war, they went back to aluminium again. The steel version hanged on for quite bit though, in the depot and guard units, where the alcohol stove wasn’t needed. For the rangers and more specialised units, a different mess kit was issued. One that could sustain a soldier for a longer period of time in the field. It had, besides the wind shield and the burner also two proper sauce pans and a frying pan as well as a plate or snow platform for the stove. The shape was also more conventionally round.

because I have a dishwasher, and she takes care of it

@@verysurvival That's what i guessed so far :-)

it's a different translation. But dirty box is better because to native English speakers it better represents the spirt and tone of snuskburken. A native English speaker would find dirty box carries the implicit meaning of snuskburken far better than filthy can.

Greetings Gestur, I am Retired from the U.S. Army after having served 20 years. Like you I served with the Army Rangers (2 Battalion 75th Airborne Infantry ). Unfortunately I was medically retired due to injuries and wounds. Our mess kit was not near as good as yours as they held very little without spilling and next to impossible to cook in! During the Vietnam War (I was there 1970-72) they issued us C-Rations or also called “C-Rats”. They were canned meals that consisted of 3-4 cans and a foil packet all in a little box. If you wanted warm food you usually used hexamine fuel tablets or build a small fire ( NOT RECOMMENDED in field). They then came out with LRRPS ( pronounced “LURPS”) which were the dehydrated freeze dried meals (much better) which required water to rehydrate. Hot or warm water was better but cold water was all we were allowed on most mission. So by doing this the Army more or less did away with the need for mess kits on missions or patrols. They were used in garrison areas. Like yours they were still or could be “filthy cans” . By the way, as an American Indian, love your “Kokopelli “ “the Flute Player”. My son in law is Navajo and it is one of their deities. Take care from one Vet to another! Bob StrongBear

@@verysurvival Yeah I see that. Good point.

@@strongbear9304 Kokopelli is one of my favourite deities from original America. I like the story. I wrote Ranger because most people know what that is. We call it Jägare ("hunter") which is our name for it. All the best brother!

@@verysurvival In English.... grot pot..... we worked that out like more than 10 years back on one of the early vids ....didn't go viral though lol

Glad I could help

Translations should always be done by a native speaker that is a rule. You see Dirty Box in English means dirty vagina, dirty in this context meaning sexually adventurous and this makes it funny, since snusk in Swedish has a sexual vulgarity meaning, calling it dirty box keeps the sexual vulgarity in the translation. A correct direct word for word translation is not as effective as a translation of context and meaning keeping the humor of the soldiers that coined the phrase

Modern travel mugs work just the same way. Don't HOLD the handle - slide your hand under it and wrap your hand around the mug with your THUMB clamped over the top of the handle. Try it - far more comfortable.

Thanks for the info!

Glad you enjoyed it

Interesting

Great tip!

No problem!

Great 👍

I will check it out

Not as good as yours brother!!

Thanks 👍

cheers!

Good tip!

Cut a disk out of an old rubber mouse pad and glue it to the inside of the cap. The rubber foam compresses when you put the cap on and presto- no more leaks.

Use a Listerine bottle ...strong and leakproof and rated for alcohol

great

I got mine for $10 from the Spirtsmans Guide mail order over 30 years ago! Detroit, Michigan, USA

Beers and 🍻

Good luck 👍 hunting on eBay

@@verysurvival cheers man, it’s flooded with German miltec stuff, or pay £100 for one that may be genuine, fuk that.

Thanks, you too!

Indeed!

Cool.

will do the trick

As far as I understand it. If it is Alu it is m/44

Thank you! Cheers!

Sounds great!

Nice 👍

Go for it brother

Thanks for the tip

svea is not a company, svea is the name of the country sweden. as far as i know, all of the military burners are stamped svea, i have never seen a military burner stamped trangia. it's the same with united states military gear, it's all stamped 'us' and sometimes also has the manufacturer's name but not always.

@@marzsit9833 Not wanting to get into a debate but say you are correct in Svea is not a company but as I understand is rather a brand name owned by Optimus. My burner has the 3 crowns indicating Swedish issue ( ie. like US indicating USGI), below it model # and then manufacture mark "SVEA".

@@marzsit9833 I have the complete kit minus the meths bottle. It has the original military burner which has the three crowns on the bottom and also says "Trangia:!

Cool

you are a classic sir

@@verysurvival Ha ha ha .... good 1

I've tried everything mate , I always end up with a tiny sip or soup down my chin

@@verysurvival I guess they work for some people and not for others👍🏻

i normally get around 15 - 20 mins with one fill, boiling time depends on the air temps

Very nice

IDK; let me know

What parts are you missing?

You can find later aluminium versions and parts in Swedish surplus stores. They ship abroad. If you need help I can direct you.

@@Jonsson474 OKAY, I think I’ve been “taken”. I finally was able to sit down for a while and compare the “Swedish Mess Kit” that I purchased from eBay with the video, and the two don’t match. The Wind shield appears correct. The Spirit Bottle appears to be correct with the three crowns on it as does the brass Trangia Stove (Spirit Burner). The cook set is missing the cup. The Mess kit is NOT Oval shaped like the Wind Shield but rather it is “ Kidney Shaped” and it has a Square Bale with a notch dead center and no other notch. Also it is missing the hook on the bale. The sauce pan has only One loop (to put a non conductive handle{stick} into it and it does not appear to be made for that purpose. It actually appears to be made to accept a strap to secure the kit. The Large vessel besides missing the correct bale and hook is also missing the loop where the hook would go to make the three point carrying handle. The handle on the Sauce Pan has no opening for the loop that is supposed to be found on the Large vessel. Neither the Sauce Pan or the Large Vessel has any markings on them. After doing a little more research, it appears that the Polish Company that I purchased the “Genuine Swedish Army Trangia SVEA Stove Camping Cooker Spirit Burner & Mess Kit” used a genuine Wind Shield, Trangia Stove, and Alcohol fuel Bottle and put a Polish Army Mess Kit with it! UNLESS The Swedish Army changed Mess kits. What do you think? All I know is that this is not what I thought I was ordering. Yes, if you can assist me or if you have any ideas as to how I can obtain the correct kit, I would be very Thankful. Respectfully, Bob StrongBear

@@verysurvival , Hi Dave, I thought that I was replying to you and listed what I found. It is the reply to the other reply to me, Thanks, Bob StrongBear

@@strongbear9304 Yes, It sounds like they’ve put the polish mess kit in the Swedish wind shield. I’ll get back to you later with some links to original parts. Also, check the stove. It should have the three crowns stamped on the bottom. Another tell is the size. The military alcohol burner is almost twice the size of the civilian version. There is also an indentation on top of the container to burn fuel in in order to preheat the burner during cold weather.

Good question. I don’t have them with me to test. But I am gonna guess that yes they do. They are really cheap so if you try it you and it doesn’t work it’s no big deal

@@verysurvival UPDATE - I bought some genuine Trangia o-rings from Amazon. They appear to fit the Army burner just fine, but I haven't done a thorough leak test just yet. I'll post my results once I have.

UPDATE #2 - EDITED - I had mixed results. The commercial o-rings fit the military burner lids, but aren't as tight as they could be. I had one fall out when I opened the burner. As I was working in low light, I didn't see the escaped o-ring sitting on top of the Trangia as I lit it. The o-ring caught fire, reeked pretty badly, and left a sooty mess on the bottom of my stainless Swedish Mess Kit pan. The commercial o-rings seem to do an adequate job of preventing leaks. Still, it's probably best to seal one's Army burner in a plastic bag so as not to ruin the taste of food cooked in the Swedish Mess Kit. Your mileage may vary, but I would say the commercially available Trangia o-rings WILL work with the Army burner. Just keep an eye out for runaway o-rings when you open the burner.

That is interesting, I’ve not seen that before

good luck I hope you find

cool

That was my reason for watching. Is it possible to use thorns/twigs inside wind shield instead?

Yes 👍 it can !

Awesome

Mine are steel

interesting

if a mug has a special place to drink out of it, that kinda proves my point. can't beat a round mug, its an amazing invention any part of it can be used ;-)

@@verysurvival Just trying to help. Anyway, a round mug with the same volume wouldn't have been able to fit into the mess kit, so you've got to prioritize, I guess.

right

aluminium is fine for cooking in. it is exagerated that it is bad for you

It was an earwig.

way over priced

gross, just because you are camping doesn't mean you have to become a cave man. A brush or sponge weighs a few grams and should be in every camping kit.

Howdy Pardner!

My base is steel

@@verysurvival Yes yours is the older steel model, I have the later aluminium model.

@@Order4627 cool

agreed, the prices started going up past reasonable 5 years ago

Humble Trekker it was a perfect storm of the surplus supply drying up just as the world’s bushcraft community got the word they were out there. I got my pair of stainless steel models for $5 apiece. I think that is under their value for sure. Now I could probably sell them and buy a car!

The surplus market was quite good in the late 90s-00s. Expansion of Bushcraft and Preparedness communities online and a change in equipment of militaries dried up the market. I wish I could find a decent GI style poncho that was milspec. MRE style meals killed the need to issue mess kits. Militaries tend not to issue canteens much anymore, let alone sets because of CamelBak style bladders.

the survivalist gun nut retards in the usa discovered them and now they are in very high demand. the anti-aluminum nuts really drove up the price of the stainless version, i've seen some sell for over $200 us dollars on ebay.

yep!

everyone is foreign to other foreigners.

Hi no offence intended. Either way good review

i tried that

@nick sweeney who asked kid dont like comment go fart your self

Everyone says !@#€