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I have quite a few folding knives but only a couple fixed blades. I have a cheap survival knife and a quality benchmade, I wonder how this one would stack up against the Kabar?

Benchmade 141 Nimaravus

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Maj

I’m totally with you, blame the parents. That sucks about your wife’s car but I’ve been in those shoes. I’m sure it was stupid teens who egged our house (and many others) about a year ago, and then spray painted signs and other objects (to include vehicles) in our neighborhood a few weeks ago. It’s one of the primary reasons for me installing my camera system outside.

I can say that while I don’t know you that well, I’m pretty sure those kids would have been worked like crazy if they would have taken the deal. Turning big rocks into little rocks, moving them across the yard…..repeat. 🙂

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E5C

I keep an extra roll of TP in my car, besides the one in my BOB. I have had to use it…in places where there were no restrooms. Driving along some desolate road for miles and nature calls, what other options does one really have?

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Brandon – I should clarify that by “source fire” I mean scavenging something which will allow me to NOT have to use primitive methods.

I really like the choice of a pot and the canvas, both good items which have value. I guess for me while the compass might not be a popular choice, having been out there in the dark with a sinking feeling (where am I?) I just hate being lost. I was on a land nav course once which happened to be much larger than most I had ever attempted. While the points where not that far apart by some standards, 5 – 7 clicks between points including swamps wasn’t exactly fun (in the dark). I made the mistake of getting ahead of myself and relying on terrain association, I ended up doing clover leafs for WAY too long trying to find a point that wasn’t there. I got lucky somehow and passed but only barely.

I’m not sure how much that could apply to a real world bugout / survival situation, but there is something about a compass which gives me comfort. 🙂

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I’m assuming clothing would be taken into account (although I value good shoes as J has said). If i’m bugging out that means I’m going somewhere and since I’ll be going somewhere I won’t want to get lost. I would like to have a map (MGRS) and compass but if it could only be one: compass.

I could find shelter and probably source a way to make fire, but through any sort of thick forest the only way I’d keep from walking in circles would be to watch my azimuth.

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Filipinos definitely know how to handle knives, of this I’m quite certain.

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I’m watching the Russia situation with particular interest. One thing I’m certain of, the populace doesn’t have the stomach for the type of casualties that would be involved in that type of conflict. The #’s put up by the wars in OIF and OEF would probably be eclipsed in a month.

Draft would be mandatory and almost instant.

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Great point J and one that is often brought up in personal defense courses. Attackers can often close the distance and inflict injuries much faster than one could draw and engage with a gun, and quite honestly that’s scary.

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It really is interesting watching all of this unfold and those who are all too willing to simply let it happen. I actually spoke about this with one person who conceded that everything probably was monitored but that we shouldn’t worry about that, we just “need to live and enjoy life.”

“War is peace, Ignorance is strength, Freedom is slavery.”

-George Orwell, 1984.

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You forgot unicorns, rainbows and fluffy carebears if all guns are banned in the USA. The gangsters will lay down their arms and sign up for pottery classes too.

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Muleskinner: Much respect for driving truck, my dad does that and I really don’t know how he tolerates being gone OTR M-F every single week (away from my mom). The miles that he logs are ridiculous as you well know, takes a special type of person to sit in that seat for hours on end.

Brandon: I think J is spot on it the recommendation to learn some basic land navigation. There are several articles on this blog but taking a class offered by an outdoorsman would be much better. Even knowing how to orient a ROAD map in order to find your way will put you head and shoulders above most of those who are completely reliant upon GPS.

As for the bow / drill fire method: I’ve done it and even with help under optimal conditions it sucked. I’m glad I did it because it only reinforced the need to carry matches, lighters, flints and other ways to make fire versus rubbing two sticks together.

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Good point Maj. Although you can subscribe to these threads as well and get email notification when someone posts 🙂 🙂

I think you might have to be a wordpress user and logged into see the “notify me of follow up replies” box below though?

Anyways I edited the original thread title to widen the scope…any prepper deals online that might be worth sharing.

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I totally agree with respect to the cyber threat and it worries me as well. Solar flare or EMP could hit the grid but that’s less likely than a human triggered event IMO. Carnage would be right around the corner once electronic forms of payment were wiped out. As for being independent of the grid, that’s my LONG term goal, wish I had enough scratch to make it happen tomorrow.

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Maj

I truly think a societal collapse in some form or another is not outside of the realm of possibility. Everything is held together by such fragile “support structures” and it only takes one to fail for the entire house to come crashing down.

Brandon

I’m glad you enjoy the blog and forum, much thanks goes out to all who read and contribute. I commend you on your efforts, even though times can get rough (trust me I KNOW). Keep up the good work!

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