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Video: Dryer lint as wilderness survival firestarter? No way!

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03/31/2024

You stake your life on your firemaking kit components. My recommendation is to substitute cotton balls in any application you might be using dryer lint.

Video: Fight the heat and stay hydrated with this Water-to-Go™ filter bottle

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09/25/2023

Staying hydrated is not optional. You drink or you die. This water bottle/filter system may be what you need, and it helps cut down on single-use plastic bottles.

La Pine, Oregon veteran recalls Omaha Beach landing on D Day

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06/06/2023

On this 79th anniversary of D Day, I hope to honor my friend, the late Bob Shotwell, by posting his recollections of the D Day amphibious assault.

A2 steel | Is it the best choice for your knife blade?

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04/08/2019

A knife with inferior steel is a waste of money. But paying too much for the blade steel when you don’t need it may also be wasteful. What steel will work best for your hunting/ bushcraft/ survival cutlery needs? Don’t overlook A2 for your next knife.

Check out the Survivalcommonsense interview on the Doom and Bloom podcast

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06/07/2016

I was interviewed on the Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy podcast at the Mother Earth News Preparedness Expo last weekend in Albany, Oregon. Check out the interview! (I’m on about 8:30 into the podcast.)

I still use the 15-foot canoe that carried me all the way to the gulf.

About Leon Pantenburg

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12/19/2009

Leon Pantenburg is a wilderness enthusiast, and doesn’t claim to be a survival expert or expertise as a survivalist. As a newspaperman for four decades, covering search and rescue, sheriffs’ departments and outdoor emergencies, Leon learned many people died unnecessarily or escaped miraculously from outdoor emergency situations when simple, common sense may have changed the outcome. Leon now teaches common sense survival techniques to the average person in order to avert potential disasters.