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How To Make A Monkey Fist Knot For Survival and Preparedness

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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. [Read more…]

7 Best Knife Sharpeners For Survival and Preparedness

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The Best Knife Sharpeners To Pair With Your Survival Knife

“A dull knife is more dangerous than a sharp one.” – Ancient Proverb

That old saying is true on many levels:

A dull knife is harder to control than a sharp one.
A dull knife requires more force to cut with, and thus lends itself to slipping and injury.
If you cut yourself with a dull knife, the wound takes longer to heal.
And of course, a dull knife is less effective for survival situations, when you need it most.

Knives are one of the most useful survival tools.

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9 Best Gun Cleaning Kit For All Your Survival Firearms

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Finding The Best Gun Cleaning Kit For Your Survival Firearms

Keeping your firearms clean is not a matter of choice.

If you’re into survival, you’ll keep them as clean as possible because it’s part of being prepared.

Being ready for anything.

It’s also a part of being a responsible gun owner.

It’s a matter of maintaining the effectiveness of your survival tools.

Whenever you shoot a gun, explosives and heat are expelled through the barrel.

If allowed to remain, this debris can be detrimental to the status of your gun’s barrel and chamber. [Read more…]

9 Best Survival Blankets For Real Winter Emergencies – 2019

By Just In Case Jack 2 Comments

Call them what you will – space blanket, mylar blanket, survival blanket, or emergency blanket.

You should own at least one.

Winters where I come from, are harsh.

The Rocky Mountains are not gentile – especially if sheltering in snow and ice.

Becoming trapped in freezing temperatures is a recipe for disaster.

In Colorado, it’s a fairly standard practice to keep an emergency blanket inside of your glove box.

It’s a smart survival insurance policy if you happen to get stuck overnight in frigid conditions. [Read more…]

7 Best Credit Card Knives For Survival and Preparedness

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Finding The Best Credit Card Knife For You

They are sleek, slender, sneaky, and serviceable.

They are affordable, easy to come by, and even easier to conceal.

Credit card knives – aptly named for their small shape – are very cool survival gadgets.

That’s why they’re becoming popular in the survival community.

Why?

Well, there are a lot of reasons. But namely: utility.

Credit card knives are extremely useful to have on hand. [Read more…]

4 Best Canvas Tents For Camping, Hunting, and Outdoor Excursions

By Just In Case Jack 2 Comments

How To Find The Best Canvas Tent – One That Will Last A Lifetime

If you’ve been thinking about purchasing a canvas tent you’ve come to the right place.

First off, let me start out by saying – good for you.

Canvas tents are hidden gems that tend to be low on the popularity scale – which is a shame.

In our current throwaway society, we overvalue the cheap stuff.

While undervaluing the high quality – long lasting.

And canvas tents fit into that second category.

Because it’s difficult to be popular when the alternative seems so much more affordable. [Read more…]

12 Best Survival Knives For Those Who Take Survival Serious

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How To Find The Best Survival Knife For You

First off, I want to get one thing out of the way; there is no such thing as the “best survival knife.”

It doesn’t exist.

However, there’s quite possibly a “best survival knife for you.”

That difference may seem slight, but it’s of utmost importance.

Why? Because no two survivalists are alike.

We all have different goals and unique survival skills that make some survival knives better for you than others.

However, there are many great survival knives and some poor ones as well. [Read more…]

5 Best Survival Bracelets For Those Who Take Survival Serious

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.

Survival bracelets are typically made from paracord, and most include useful survival tools.

But survival bracelets have only recently gained popularity for civilians while the military’s been issuing paracord for a very long time. [Read more…]

5 Best Survival Matches – Stormproof Matches For Survival And Preparedness

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Finding The Best Survival Matches Because Not All Matches Are Created Equal

If a dog is man’s best friend, fire is surely his best survival tool.

According to archaeologists, we’ve been using fire for over a million years.

We cook with it, hunt with it, and stay warm on countless nights because of it.

There’s no telling where humanity would be today without the discovery of fire.

But it’s safe to say; our survival would have been a lot harder.

Today, fire remains and will always remain an essential survival resource. [Read more…]

How To Build A Get Home Bag From Scratch

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Building The Ultimate Get Home Bag For Across Town Emergencies

As a prepared survivalist, you should build a get home bag and take it with you whenever you leave your house.

No excuses.

Because if you can’t get back home to your supplies and family, even the best preparedness game plan fails before it gets started.

You need survival tools and supplies to help you get back to home base safe and fast.

Even if traffic is at a permanent standstill.

So let’s cover in detail the following Get Home Bag topics: [Read more…]