Category: Knives & Tools

When you’re going to be camping or hiking out in the wilderness, there are certain items that you simply have to have with you, such as a GPS and compass for navigation, and a clock for telling the time. Camping watches, also known as survival watches, come with each of these items and more. They’re…

One of your top priorities in any survival situation is to be able to make fire. A fire is the only thing that can keep you warm, give you light, provide a means to cook food and purify water, enable you to defend yourself, and offer you badly needed morale all at the same time.…

When did the neck knife originate? No one really knows, but it is known that it has been around for thousands of years all the way back to the first tribal people of Africa. Back then, neck knives were little more than a sharpened bone attached to a vine that was then set around the…

Also known as dummy cartridges, snap caps are devices that are in the shape of a normal cartridge but that lack a primer, powder, or an actual bullet. They are perfect training tools for conducting reloading and malfunction drills, and for also testing whether you have a flinch when you pull the trigger. Snap caps…

An entrenching tool can be one of the most valuable tools that you have in a survival situation.  Not only are they lightweight and compact enough to be easily carried around in your pack when out in the wilderness, but they also make things a whole lot easier when it comes to building shelters and…

Even though meat grinders were initially used primarily by butchers, they have recently started to find great popularity among hunters who like to grind their own venison. It’s always cheaper to grind your own meat versus hiring a butcher to do it for you. However, a meat grinder is only a viable option for you…

A survival shovel can be a true lifesaver when you are stranded out in the wilderness. At the very least, they will make braving the elements out there significantly easier. Survival shovels are lightweight and small, so they can be easily carried around without weighing you down. They can help you construct shelters, dig a…

Many people wonder what the difference is between a fighting knife and any other ordinary or regular knife. After all, both have a grip and a blade, don’t they? The reality is that while the fundamental design between a fighting and a regular knife is obviously the same, there are still many differences between the…

The balisong, often reported as a butterfly knife, is a type of folding pocket knife with two handles that are counter rotating, allowing the blade to be concealed within the grooved handle when closed and then flung open very quickly with only one hand. Originating in the Philippines, the balisong is equally at home as…

There are many who say that the Scandinavian Mora (named for a town in Sweden) set the standard for woodcraft knives when it first came to prominence about a thousand years ago … and continues to do so today. But does that mean that you can just go ahead and purchase any Mora knife and…