DIY

Review of Smith’s Diamond Precision Knife Sharpening Kit

September 4, 2012

Those of you that really know me, know I cannot sharpen a knife worth a damn. I’ll get it right on one side of the blade, and on the other side mangle the angle so badly you would assume the blade is worthless afterwards, if you just give me a sharpening stone and honing oil. [...]

Tagged as: DIY, General, Knife, Knives, Preparedness, Reviews

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Filling a Hole In My Preps, Fruits, Vegetables, and the New Dehydrator

June 18, 2012

I always knew I had a damaging hole in my food preparations. I have quite a few proteins. In fact I consistently rotate my proteins because I use them in every day life. I also need to boost some of the protein preps, as an aside. However, what are/were missing are critical preparations because they [...]

Tagged as: dehydrating, dehydration, Food Storage, Preparations, Preparedness, vegetables

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Portable DIY Power Cart

January 6, 2011

In doing some research on a portable power source in the event there is no power, (since I am trying to save money, rather than spend it), I came across this two nights ago and wanted to share it with you. According to the website, it said these instructions are a work in progress, but [...]

Tagged as: DIY, Energy/Power

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The $10.00 Jerky Maker (from SurvivalMonkey.com)

November 15, 2010

So, while on the SurvivalMonkey.com forum this morning, I came across a post called “The $10.00 Jerky Maker.” I am sure many of you have seen these cardboard box jerky maker/driers in the past… After my first skeptical look, I was impressed with the simple design of how the designer built this, and even with [...]

Tagged as: DIY, Food, Food Storage

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Kydex Sheath Information

November 10, 2010

I have a few knives that have nylon sheaths. I am really not happy with the nylon sheath. Besides keeping costs down, they breathe and allow the water to evaporate off the knife to prevent it from corroding. However, I am not really happy with a couple of them, and have been investigating sheaths online, [...]

Tagged as: DIY, Knives, Kydex, Sheath

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DIY – Making Makeshift Shoes Out of Tires Post SHTF

September 30, 2010

NOTE: I found this post here, and thought it interesting enough as a DIY project you can file in the back of your head or put on your USB drive to carry around with you: This seems sort of odd…but in a post disaster world that may not get back to producing things like shoes [...]

Tagged as: Clothing, DIY

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Lessons in Preserving Meats and Poultry

September 13, 2010

This past labor day weekend, a buddy and I went camping. Not like real camping, however, in the woods with no facilities, and no one around for miles, but to a piece of property his family owns that he will likely use as a Bug Out Location. It has a 5th Wheel on it, as [...]

Tagged as: Cooking, DIY, Food, Preparedness, prepping, Preserving meats, Self Reliance

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DIY – Make an Altoid Tin Stove for Your Bug Out Bag

August 17, 2010

Instructables .com has instructions on how to build an Altoids Tin Stove that you can throw in your car, bug out bag, etc… I am probably going to build one of these to drop in my Get Home Bag in my car, because I already have a hiking stove in my Bug Out Bag.

Tagged as: bug out bag, Cooking, DIY, Stoves

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Smoked Turkey Update, Turkey Is Smoked and Resting Before Dinner

August 13, 2010

Well, the Smoked Turkey experiment is almost done. We are fully smoked, and the picture to the left is the turkey as I unplugged the smoker. I took the temperature, and it seemed good to me by sticking the thermometer in the thigh of the turkey. The turkey is resting in the smoker right now off heat [...]

Tagged as: Cooking, DIY, Food, Personal

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My Altoids EDC Emergency Kit

August 13, 2010

I carry an Altoid EDC Emergency Kit just about everywhere I go. I have one that can get through airline security (no razor blade or knife, but it does have a fire steel and scraper in the kit that makes it through security with no issues). The one I carry every day however has a [...]

Tagged as: EDC, Gear, Preparedness

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