Kydex Sheath Information

by suburban | Nov 10, 2010 | DIY, Personal

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... Read more

DIY — Making Makeshift Shoes Out of Tires Post SHTF

by suburban | Sep 30, 2010 | Clothing, DIY, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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... Read more

Lessons in Preserving Meats and Poultry

by suburban | Sep 13, 2010 | Cooking, DIY, Food, Personal, Preparedness, Self Reliance

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.... Read more

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

by suburban | Aug 17, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, But Out Bag, Cooking, DIY, Preparedness, Stoves, Urban Survival

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... Read more

Smoked Turkey Update, Turkey Is Smoked and Resting Before Dinner

by suburban | Aug 13, 2010 | Cooking, DIY, Food, Personal

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... Read more