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.
Every camper, homesteader and prepper likely has that one, trusted tool that they carry with them absolutely everywhere they go. They’re cherished, reliable pocket knife. From camping expeditions to training days or just running errands around town, we call on our pocket knives for all sorts of tasks, from the mundane slicing of tape to …
If there is one thing that everybody wants more of, it is money. Acquiring the money is one thing, hanging on to it is another; and if you want to keep your cash you’ll need to store it safely. How does a smart, well-adjusted person completely in touch with modernity store large amounts of cash, …
Prepper side hustles are a great launching pad for preppers who want to work from home. Working from home is the best option for any prepper… unless you win the lottery and do not have to work at all! Some folks are fortunate enough to be able to transfer from a traditional job to a …
We’ve all been there. Expecting or currently fielding an important call and the conversation dips in and out before terminating with that sad little bloop. Or worse yet, we are stranded on the roadside somewhere on the back 40 with no fellow travelers in sight, and even less in the way of cell phone reception. …
We have all been in that old, familiar situation before: You are out in the field, maybe on a job, maybe on a recreational endeavor, and you are missing that one tool you need to perform some task. One of the worst tools to forget if you are out camping or working in the woods …
The Fisherman’s or Grapevine Bend is essentially just two hitches: one from the first line onto the second, and another from the second line onto the first. This makes it a strong, reliable knot, and fairly good for lines of different thicknesses. Especially in modern ropes it can have a tendency to jam shut and …
Single Fisherman’s Bend Knot – Step by Step How to Tie It Read More »
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 …
How to Get out of Handcuffs Using Picks and Shims Read More »
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, …
7 Surprising Survival Uses for Potassium Permanganate Read More »
