Review: We check out the ITEHIL filter system for fast safe drinking water

Staying hydrated is not an option. This water filter can purify “rain runoff, springs, lakes, ponds, rivers, swimming pools, swamp water, soda, coffee, sweat, and even urine!”

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Why Anglers Need a Fishing App: Key Benefits and Essential Features

Anyone who claims he or she has never been skunked fishing is either a liar, or has never been fishing. This app may help reduce the chances of going home empty-handed.

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Worth reading | Countdown to Preparedness

Where do you start preparing for disasters, when you don’t have a clue  of where to start? This book, written by survival and preparedness expert Jim Cobb, is a good beginning point.

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Review | The Hults Bruk American Felling Axe should be part of your preparedness gear

If you only had one tool to use for clearing land, building a cabin and possibly self defense, chances are you’d pick an axe. Take a look at this axe for inclusion in your emergency gear. A quality ax may be worth its weight in gold.

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Update: Is the Beretta Long Sleeve Shooting Shirt the best choice for hot weather?

Update: The Beretta Long Sleeve Shooting Shirt is my first choice for hot weather wear.

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Review | Bravo-6 Generation 2 may be the big knife you need

The Bravo-6 Generation 2 is the latest in Bark River’s wildly popular Bravo line. Is it the big knife you’ve been looking for?

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Why bother learning primitive fire making skills? Here are several reasons why

There are incredibly-effective fire making survival tools on the market. So why invest the time in learning the old-time methods? There are several good reasons why.

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Review: Bark River Yukon Skinner can double as survival knife

The Bark River Yukon Skinner may become your favorite hunting/EDC knife.

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Five reasons Scouting America participants should use rigid blade knives

Many Scouting America councils and camps ban fixed-blade knives. Here’s why they shouldn’t. (And why the well-prepared survivalist/prepper should consider adding a fixed blade to their survival gear.)

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Possible lifesavers | Know how to identify edible flowers in urban settings

In an emergency which edible flowers are available in urban areas?

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