When Elise and I started MTJS, I began by reviewing my extensive Spyderco collection. Over the years, due to constant bugging by you lot, I started reviewing knives from brands I never really had much interest in. A good example would be Cold Steel. After much reticence on my part, I finally snapped and bought one. Then another and yet another. The best thing about MTJS really is its community. ...
We Need to Talk About the Cape Town Drought & Human Stupidity
As some of you may know, Cape Town is running out of water. The local government has quite literally stated that in less than 100 days, they may have to turn off the taps entirely and water will be rationed out at designated outposts. Here's the thing folks, South Africa is a relatively developed economy (by global standards) and they had plenty of time to see the coming issues. Yet everyone is ...
Prepper Lessons: What Mistakes Have You Made & Learned From?
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 ...