Skills before gear! You can have all the survival tools and gear in the world, but if you don’t know how to use them, you might not survive. There are dozens of survival skills you can learn, but some are more important than others.
Regardless of what skill you’re looking to master, you’re probably going to find it in one of the articles below.
When it comes to knives and knife maintenance, keeping your knife sharp is probably the most important part. There are many ways to do this, electric and pull through sharpeners are probably the easiest systems to use. On the other hand, if you want to go for something more traditional; then using a sharpening stone …
Wearing a neck knife is a great way to incorporate a blade into your everyday carry routine in a low profile location that is likely to escape casual observation and even a lazily done frisk. The small, flat and compact nature of the neck knife along with this positioning allows a relatively quick ambidextrous draw …
Bad things happen to good people. This is one of the many mantras of preppers. We look out for those bad things around every corner. If you are a student of the threat matrix, you rank order the catalog of bad things based on probability. Then you spend the rest of your life chipping away …
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Part of prepping is gathering the tools, materials and resources you think you’ll need to survive a disaster, or long- or indefinite-term SHTF situation. When there is no telling what sort of problem you’ll need to solve next using your own ingenuity and the items you have close to hand, you’ll need to be adaptable, …
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If you are a DIY sort of person, you have probably already dealt with charging your vehicle’s battery when it goes dead. It is an entirely common problem and one that every driver should know how to handle. Unfortunately Mother Nature sometimes conspires against us or we might live in a setting where we cannot …
The double constrictor is a slightly stronger knot with an extra riding turn. This is particularly useful for tying the knot in a slippery line like baling twine, because it adds friction. On the other hand, it can be more difficult to tighten properly. Check out the quick animation below, then you can go ahead …
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Prepping is a rewarding lifestyle change that will help disaster proof you and your family. But it is still a lifestyle change, with all of the effort and hardship that such an undertaking entails. Considering that most of us don’t have any sort of job or upbringing that would have us learning all the many …
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Once again, winter is fast approaching, and just as season follows season that means the arrival of cold and oftentimes treacherous weather. You might like winter or you might resent it, but one thing you must do is respect it if for no other reason than it is statistically one of the most dangerous seasons, …
The icicle hitch is perfect for securing a line to a rod. This is a slide and grip knot, meaning the load can be moved from one line to another. This is the loop method variation. You can find the “end method” of tying it here. Below are the steps for the loop method… Steps …
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Trusty Bic lighters are a stalwart of many bug out bags and everyday carry kits because they’re so affordable and lightweight. But, are Bic lighters refillable, or are they meant to be thrown out when they run out of butane? According to Bic, their lighters are single use tools that are not refillable. However, ingenuity …
