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How To Make A Monkey Fist Knot For Survival and Preparedness

The Monkey Fist – A Badass Knot For Survival

There’s no telling when or where you’ll fall into a bit of trouble.

It could be while you’re walking home from a friend’s house late at night.
Or maybe it’s while you’re wandering around a town on vacation.
It could happen when you’re walking back to your car in a deserted parking lot.

Wherever you are or whatever you’re doing, you need a means of self-defense. Something to protect yourself from an attacker. One who pops out from the shadows and demands your wallet, or threatens your life.

There are many self-defense tools for such a situation.

pepper spray
pocket knives
keys
firearms
tactical pen
etc.

But one self-defense weapon that’s overlooked, but highly useful, is a monkey fist. Heck, most people don’t even know what a monkey fist is, let alone how to use one or how to make one.

They’re a time-tested self-defense tool that’s both dangerous and effective. [Read more…]

Best Survival Bracelet – The Accessory That Can Safe Your Life

By Will Brendza 1 Comment

Helping You Find the Best Survival Bracelet For Survival and Preparedness

Few fashion accessories can save your life.

Survival watches and survival belts are two that come to mind. But there’s one survival accessory I like even more.

It’s the mighty survival bracelet.

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5 Best Survival Knots – Strong Life Saving Knots You Need To Know

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These Five Survival Knots Can Save Your Life in the Wilderness

Whether you’re an avid camper, a determined mountaineer or a wilderness explorer, there’s one critical skill you need to have in your repertoire. It’s something you did as a kid for fun and now it can save your life as an adult – tying knots.

Various expert sources place emphasis on the same types of knots as lifesavers in outdoor situations. Well, today I’ll tell you about a few of those important knots and show you how to tie them like a pro.

Here are the top five survival knots you should master:

Figure Eight Knot
Bowline Knot
Clove Hitch
Sheet Bend
Taut-Line Hitch

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Paracord Uses: How To Actually Use Your Survival Paracord

By Andrea Gonzales 10 Comments

The Ultimate Guide to Paracord Uses For Survival

Name one survival item with more uses than some high-quality survival paracord.

Go ahead, I’ll wait…

Done? Well, I bet the first items that came to mind were a good survival knife, a survival hatchet, multi-tool or duct tape; and you’d be right. However, today I’m going to argue that paracord belongs in this “many uses” category as well.

When left intact, paracord has lots of important survival uses and if you unweave the threads of the cord, the number paracord uses grow. Honestly, the real number of paracord uses is only limited by our lack of imagination.

In this article, we are going to cover the 35 best survival paracord uses. [Read more…]

17 Amazing 550 Paracord Projects Perfect For Survival

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Paracord is one of my favorite survival tools.

It’s strong, it won’t deteriorate over time and doesn’t absorb water. In my opinion, it’s a survival tool that all serious survivalist’s carry.

So I want to share 17 paracord projects that are useful for survival. These projects are not for “show” or “fashion”, they are paracord projects that are highly useful for survival.

Each one of these cool 550 paracord projects creates a survival tool and puts lots of paracord at your disposal should you find yourself in a dire survival situation.

Here’s the entire list of 550 survival paracord projects that I’m going to cover.

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