Just thought it'd be cool to do a quick survey of what knife everybody's carrying at this present moment, so: Which knife or (let's be honest - with a lot of you that'll be) knives*, are you currently EDC-ing? If you've got two in your pocket, list 'em. If you've got one in your bag & one in your pocket, list 'em and state where each is housed. Want to go a bit more into detail in your ...
Prepper Lessons from Hurricane Harvey
It's been a few weeks since Hurricane Harvey began wreaking havoc in the south of the United States, and now we have word that Hurricane Irma will be coming from Cuba toward Florida to wreak havoc as well. Seeing photographs, footage, and hearing stories about Harvey has been heartbreaking, and though we don't live in the United States ourselves, I feel like watching the hardship Harvey has ...
Kershaw Emerson CQC-10K Folding EDC Knife Review
Ever since Kershaw announced their collaboration with Ernie Emerson, I have been waiting for a knife like the CQC-10K to arrive. The first Emerson collabs were in the same vein as the previously reviewed CQC-6K, a true-blue Emerson design, but in a smaller-than-Emerson package. I figured Ernie would want to keep the full size "proper" Emersons with his own company and instead offer a taste of the ...
Do You Have Plans to Bug In, Bug Out, or Both?
We've spoken a bit about bugging in versus bugging out on this blog. Quite a long time a go, Thomas wrote up an article about the advantages and disadvantages of each option. There are of course many reasons why you might choose one option over the other - or might choose to split up your preps for the potential to do either down the line. I've been of the mind that if you at all can make your ...
August 2017 EDC Pocket Dump
Minimalist EDC in my grandmother's garden. Nope, the CQC-10K is definitely not UK legal, but private property = I get to carry it anyway. Review coming soon, but spoiler alert - it's freaking amazing. As a side note, I removed a lot of my "extra" mini-tools that were on my key chain. It just got too damn heavy! Everyday Carry Item Breakdown EDC Folding Knife Kershaw Emerson CQC-10K > ...
Helle Temagami Les Stroud Survival Knife Review
TV personality knives have always gotten a bad rap from the bushcraft community. Far too often companies overplay their hands and throw in marketing crap into a tool that is supposed to be practical in nature. This pessimism isn't helped with products like the first "Survivorman" knife I reviewed, which if you remember didn't go down so well. When I heard Helle had teamed up with Les to create his ...