Monthly Archive: August 2013

Survival Skills for Hunting and catching your Food

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How use Survival Skills to Set Snares and Traps Along With Fishing and Hunting Having enough survival skills to obtain food in the wild is very important to any prepper – While you can survive for weeks without food, it is not recommended you try. You can always obtain food if you have the skills …

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How to Find Water and Filter and Purify or Distill Using the Sun

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How to Find Water and Filter and Purify or Distill Using the Sun Knowing how to purify water can literally save your life. You may think that because you are miles from civilization that any water source would be safe to drink but this is not the case. After obtaining shelter, water is your next priority and regardless of …

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Be an expert Fire Starter Using Foraged Materials Found In Your Environment

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How to be an expert Fire Starter Using Foraged Materials Found In Your Environment There are literally hundreds of ways to start a fire if you have the time and resources. However, once you find yourself miles from home needing a fire your fire starter material must be readily available and your methods uncomplicated. Hikers, …

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How to build a Survival Shelter

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Build a Survival Shelter and Set Up Camp  A survival shelter is a priority once you find yourself lost or stranded or you simply realise you cannot make it back home before dark. The rule of three for survival state you will need a shelter within three hours. However, if in a cold climate, you …

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Gorilla Tape for Survival

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Gorilla Tape for Survival  We all know the sticking power and versatility of Duct Tape and its many uses, especially for emergency and permanent repairs. But for preppers, there’s only one tape you can rely on to give you peace of mind and know it’s going to work – so much so that every prepper should be …

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My Prepping Plan

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Guest Article:   My Prepping Plan, by Fango  As with most preppers here in the UK, I struggle to build up my supplies and prepping equipment. With the recession only just starting to fade it’s been a very difficult few years to even survive the day to day running of my home and family, let alone splash out …

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UK Survivalist

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What is a UK Survivalist  There are many terms used to describe Preppers here in the UK. Doomsday Preppers is one such term, but another name occasionally used is being known of as a UK Survivalist. A survivalist conjures up quite different meaning to your normal, run of the mill, average Joe just pottering around …

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Gerber’s Bear Grylls Ultimate Fixed Blade Knife (Fine Edge) Review

Gerber’s Bear Grylls Ultimate Fixed Bladed Knife (Fine Edge) Review    Keep in mind this review is not on the Ultimate Pro but on the Bear Grylls Ultimate Fixed Bladed Knife only. I do have my review of the Ultimate pro – use the links at bottom of the page.   Knife Features: Full Fine …

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Buck Survival Knife, Punk, 5160 Carbon Review

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Buck Survival Knife, Punk, 5160 Carbon Review  Specifications of the Buck Survival Knife, Punk, 5106 Carbon: Comes with a heavy duty M.O.L.L.E. compatible nylon sheath that includes a storage pouch The Knife undergoes a heat treatment process in specific temperature controlled atmospheres, which optimizes the steel’s edge retention and strength, corrosion resistance, and allows the …

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Tom Brown Tracker Knife Review

Tom Brown Tracker Knife Review  This is my review of the Tom Brown Tracker, Gray Micarta Handle, 6.25″ Black Blade, Kydex Model TPT010   Manufactures Description and Specifications Made from 1/4″ 1095 High Carbon Alloy Coated in traction epoxy to help prevent rusting 11.5″ long overall length 2.5″ carving blade 3.5″ chopping blade Handle is …

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