• Leon Pantenburg | Survival Common Sense

  • SEARCH

Posts Tagged :

survival kit

Prepare, practice these tips to keep kids safe outdoors

 600 400 Survival Common Sense Blog | Emergency Preparedness
0

Here are some steps to make your child as safe as possible outdoors. The outing preparation should start long before you arrive at the trailhead.

read more

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

 600 300 Survival Common Sense Blog | Emergency Preparedness
2

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.

read more

Hatchet or saw: Choose the best portable survival kit woodcutting tool

 600 300 Survival Common Sense Blog | Emergency Preparedness
1

Should you carry a hatchet or a saw? It depends. When choosing any tool for wilderness or urban survival, anticipate where you might be when you may need the tool, and what tasks it will need to perform.

read more
A 55-gallon trash bag can make a quick, effective emergency shelter.

Video: Make a trash bag shelter part of your survival kit

 448 300 Survival Common Sense Blog | Emergency Preparedness
0

No piece of survival equipment is worth anything if you don’t have it with you! A trash bag shelter is compact, lightweight and convenient to carry. Consider including one in your survival kit!

read more
make charcloth, survival firemaking

How to Make Charcloth: A miracle material for catching sparks and making fire

 600 300 Survival Common Sense Blog | Emergency Preparedness
0

Catching a spark and blowing it into a flame is a skill that can save your life. Charcloth is a material that has been “cooked” like charcoal is at high temperatures until it becomes black. Properly-made charcloth will easily catch a spark and grow into an ember. This ember can be transferred to a tinder bundle and blown into a flame.

read more
This knife and The knife and cardboard sheath were made 44 years ago. The sheath still does its job quite well!

How to make a quick, safe knife sheath out of cardboard and duct tape

 600 400 Survival Common Sense Blog | Emergency Preparedness
0

Every one-piece knife needs an edge guard or sheath for safety if it is going to be used outdoors. Here’s how to make a quick sheath out of a paper towel roll and duct tape.

read more
A drainage ditch might be the only source of water you can find.

Make A Practical Water Purification System Part of Your Survival Kit

 600 400 Survival Common Sense Blog | Emergency Preparedness
0

In a disaster, no single item or piece of gear can guarantee your ability to purify water for drinking. But combining several carefully-chosen pieces of water purification equipment might give you a fighting chance!

read more

Choose the best three knives for big game hunting

 300 241 Survival Common Sense Blog | Emergency Preparedness
0

Every prepper, survivalist and big game hunter needs knives for processing the meat of large animals. Here’s how to make a good choices in what you buy!

read more
Dutch oven survival kit, dutch oven, make survival kit

Video: What you need to make a Dutch oven survival kit

 600 300 Survival Common Sense Blog | Emergency Preparedness
0

Beginners frequently ask for a list of tools to get started in Dutch oven cooking. So, here’s a basic, bare-bones list.

read more
use concrete bricks to make rocket stove, concrete bricks, make brick rocket stove

Video: Make a brick rocket stove for emergency situations

 600 300 Survival Common Sense Blog | Emergency Preparedness
0

If you can stack bricks, you can make an effective biomass rocket stove. The materials are cheap, and usually readily available during a disaster. Most importantly, it is a very simple survival skill to learn.

read more
  • 1
  • 2