Backyard Bladesmithing 101 Part 2
Part 3: Backyard Bladesmithing Getting It Hot Enough To Shape You must have a good base of coals. The best fuel source for forging a blade is charcoal. You do…
Backyard Bladesmithing 101 Part 1
Part 1 An Introduction to Backyard Bladesmithing 101 If you have ever needed a tough, strong, hard-use knife but either couldn’t or just didn’t want to spend a small fortune…
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Product Review: Elysium Adventure Bars from a Marine Force Recon Veteran
Elysium Industries was founded in late 2014, by Matthew W. Shelley, a veteran of Marine Force Recon. It is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business located in the foothills of…
DIY: Fighting Shirt
To understand why I am writing this article and why I have sewn this shirt myself, we have to take a short trip back in time. My family had a…
Planting a [Security] Hedge Row is a Manly Thing
by Frank Moss Once again, we talk a lot about protection for your home. You can be good with a gun and great on the bench press, but are you…
The Abolition of Man: Public Manipulation is Becoming More in Vogue
“We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition…
Survival Tip: Sewing and Repair Kit
A stitch in time saves nine. Anyone who has spent enough time using their equipment has experience knowing it can fail on you the moment you need it most. Check…
Closing the Gap More Even When it’s Crowded
Airports are strange places. A somewhat representative microcosm of society forced to be in the same place out of a need to get to a different place. People who have…
Gear Sustainability, Take a Look at What You Need to Maintain
by Frank Moss Imagine this, it’s two weeks after the SHTF and you running low on AAs and there isn’t a D cell around for 200 miles without a paranoid…
Tent Review~The Fjällräven Abisko View 2
There are a lot of different kinds of tents from different manufacturers, but not all tents are created equal. My wife and I had been looking for a new tent…