While I haven't been prepping for very long in comparison to most of you, I'd like to think I've learned quite a lot over the years through mistakes I've made with prepping. Honestly, mistakes make some of the most valuable lessons resonate with you, even when you probably knew better to begin with. I feel that getting something wrong often pushes you to be better in the long-term, and that they ...
The Value of Dehydrated Foods & MRES in a Prepper’s Food Stockpile
So I've spoken about this briefly before, but basically my opinion on rotating through a food stockpile has actually changed since I first began prepping. I used to think that - in an ideal situation - I 100% wanted to rotate through every single item in my prepper food stockpile. It made sense to me from so many different angles. If you rotated through all your food: your food had less of a ...
How Often Do You Change the Gear You Everyday Carry?
My personal EDC habits, especially in terms of how often I swap in and out the things I carry, have changed considerably over the years. I know there are many who like to change what they take out with them daily, but I've never been the type to change what I EDC very much. Thomas is one of those people who likes to change his gear, and at one point actually used up to 5-6 folding knives in a ...
Canada Essentially Bans the Import of Every Folding Knife In Existence…
The insane have taken over the asylum folks. The geniuses over at the Canada Border Services Agency decided that they weren't going to let the United Kingdom beat them in the Stupid Olympics and have opted to ban the import of basically all folding knives (if the new law is applied indiscriminately). Oh boy. Spyderco Sage 2 Titanium Plain Edge Knife - Amazon / Blade HQ So let's break down ...
December 2017 EDC Pocket Dump
When it comes to gear, I feel I have settled into a groove. I rarely experiment with tobacco these days (same with the pipes) and just stick to what I know I like. Hope you had a merry Christmas, and we'll see you in the new year! Everyday Carry Item Breakdown Folding Knife Spyderco Roadie > Read my review of the Spyderco Roadie Pipe Tool Generic Czech Pipe Missouri ...
Chosen By Our Readers: Victorinox’s Best Swiss Army Knives to EDC
Picking out the best Victoriniox Swiss Army Knife is not at all an easy feat considering just how many options Victorinox gives you, and how many variations of those different there are to choose from. There's no way I could have mad up a list of the top SAKs on my own, so I reached out to you guys, asking which Victorinox options you thought were the cream of the crop. While I didn't get ...