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Choosing a Knife for the Outdoors

A knife is the most important tool for outdoor survival. Before steel knives, our Stone Age ancestors would have used cutting…

6 years ago

Just Like Our Ancestors: Preparing Food With Stone Tools

While steel tools are generally considered essential if you are heading outdoors nowadays, it’s also useful to remember that our…

6 years ago

Wagon Trains – The Pioneer’s Survival Team

The idea of a survival team is nothing new. Throughout history, people have gathered together both formally and informally for…

6 years ago

Survival Shelter – The Amazing Technology Behind the Igloo

Almost everyone is familiar with the Igloos of the Eskimos. These unique dome-shaped buildings made of blocks of packed snow…

6 years ago

Old-Time Skills in a Post-Disaster World

I’ve been hearing for years about the various threats to our power grid. Whether talking about the potential of an…

6 years ago

Making Salt Fish: One of the Oldest Survival Foods

We humans can survive in a wide variety of situations. This is partly because we are omnivores: able to eat…

6 years ago

Repurposing – A Way of Life on the Frontier

Modern society has brought with it a lot of modern problems, some of which didn’t even exist in the past.…

6 years ago

Ancient Weapons – The Indians’ Use of the Tomahawk

The tomahawk has become a popular weapon or perhaps a fad amongst the survival community. Not anywhere near as effective…

6 years ago

Refrigeration Before the Refrigerator

Apart from a limited number of people, few Americans understand anything about preserving food. Even fewer actively preserve their own…

6 years ago

Survival Shelter – Squaring Beams by Hand a Great Skill to Learn

When we think of a log cabin, the image that usually comes to mind is that of a rustic cabin…

6 years ago