Survival and Emergency Preparedness

Some of the old military bolt guns are not so slow if ya know how to run 'em.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_a7pXWi6xo

David wrote: ↑Sun Feb 28, 2021 12:55 pm I'm curious what kind of ammo they were using in this video? You can actually see the bullet traveling tot the target which is cool.

They're shooting tracers.

These are cheap and easy to make, weigh very little and are easy to carry while keeping your hooks, split shot and needles organized. I use gaff tape because the glue is not as gummy as duct tape, but duct tape will work. https://i.imgur.com/7VgTV8y.jpg I use a safety pin wrapped with spyderwire wit...

Not all of the spec plus knives are ready to go – most of them have edges that are way too thick. I had one of ontario's air force bolt knives with a ka-bar style handle that had a edge and blade grind too thick for a splitting axe – took it down on a belt grinder to where I could put a 40 deg. edge...

One of the few large fixed blade knives that I would consider using in the woods: https://i.imgur.com/l3zjM5Z.jpg ...SP5 bowie. It's ground thin enough that it actually cuts, chops OK for what it is, though it is out performed by a 12” ontario machete, also not too heavy or expensive. The rubber han...

The serrations were the only part of the blade that cut on my prodigy, thinned the plain edge down to where it would cut with a work sharp, but also took off part of the tip - not a fan of the work sharp, should have used my belt grinder.

Drilling a hole through the clip to attach a 550 cord neck lanyard worked out pretty well, https://i.imgur.com/OjDNtrk.jpg https://i.imgur.com/col40vk.jpg Light enough to be pretty much unnoticeable, but it's about as big/bulky as I would go for a neck knife - definitely not something to wear under ...

I think I am going to carry the Finn Hawk as a neck knife - it's light enough at 4.5 oz with the sheath and I generally prefer neck knives to belt knives if they are not too heavy. LT shows a way to do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP3AExuFZxg But, I am going to do it without removing the belt...

https://i.imgur.com/x5gOwln.jpg Well finally got a Cold Steel Finn Hawk that I have wanted for some time. Glad I did, the Finn Hawk seems nicer than my Mora Clipper and Swedish Army knife, has a nice solid feel to it with a very comfortable handle. Came shaving sharp, but not TP slicing sharp - a q...

In Scandinavia, they used to sell Mora knives by the bucket full to craftsman and the construction trades. When they got gunked up or went dull, they would pull another one out of the bucket and toss the old one, much like we do in the USA with Stanley knife blades. The main advantage was that they ...