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SRT-1 Survival Rescue Tool

Brass knuckle and knife had a love child.

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Pocket Survival Kit Idea - in an Altoids Tin

5 Cs of Survivalism:

Cutting

Combustion

Container

Cover

Cordage

Bonus: Compass

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Fixing Your Wounds...with Super Glue?

Did you know? Super glue was originally used as a treatment for wounds during the Vietnam War!

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Forging a Knife Blade from Raw River Ore

All done in field conditions!

1-2. Searching and collecting the bog iron ore from the bottom of the river.

Cleaning the iron ore by burning it.

Burned iron ore, there's about 4 kg of it.

5-6. Materials needed in the melting: iron ore, lime and wood charcoal.

Melting ongoing. Furnace is made mostly from soapstone blocks and clay.

View to the furnace at end of the melting.

Decrypted furnace.

Lump that contains slag and iron. Something gone bit wrong in melting as the iron and slag were mixed in one lump, instead of two lumps where one contains mainly iron and another the slag.

Iron (on the left) separated from slag.

Crosscut of the iron piece.

Iron pieces that are forged flatter. These are put together by forge welding.

Folded piece of iron. The iron piece must be folded and forge welded solid again many times. That makes the iron piece more homogeneous and condensed.

Chiseling the iron piece, so that it can be folded again.

Knife blade is starting to take shape.

17-18. After three days of work: finished knife blade made from the local iron ore.

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Learn How to Science: Make a Matchless Survival Fire Kit!

How to start a survival fire without matches, using chemistry!

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Bites

Prevention is better than cure. How to avoid getting bitten and how to survive one.

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How to Make a Water-Proof Container in under 3 Minutes!

Here's how to turn a couple of water bottles, into handy little containers, that can be made in as little as 3 minutes, and can be as cheap, as free!

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Squirrel Pole

Find a tree with a lot of squirrel activity, and you lean your squirrel pole against it at an angle — in theory, squirrels tend to prefer this new, easier "ramp" up the tree compared to just going up the trunk.

The squirrel pole has wire (preferred) or cordage snares up its length. As the squirrels climb up, they become entangled in the snares and eventually fall off from the squirrel pole, fully tightening the snares around them.

Smaller/head level snares with loose loops! That squirrel shouldn't have a chance to figure it out.

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How to Make a Survival Stove

Cut two 330ml soda cans, use the bottom third (concave side)

Punch 6 holes around the rim of one

Stuff filler (i.e. fiberglass, cotton, etc) in the other

Put the two together, with holes side up and over the filler side

Punch 3 more holes in the 'bowl' of the holes side

Pour alcohol (e.g. spirit, denatured, isopropyl, etc) into the 'bowl'

Enjoy the heat! (for about 15 minutes)

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How To Upcycle Your Broken Phone

When the satellites drift off and batteries die out, survive with your "useless" phone. (Nokia 3310 also doubles up as a throwable weapon)

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Steel Wool + 9 Volt

Step 1: Stab your steel wool with a 9V cell

Step 2: Awesome fireworks display

Step 3: Fire!

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Twinkies and Hostess Cakes

Give me some of that delicious, post-apocalyptic, prepper gold and silver!

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What My _____ Think I Do: Prepper Edition

Honestly, I don't care what others think.

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Our Unsung Hero

This literally saves your ass, as well as your crotch and feet.

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Bamboo Water Bottle

It's BPA-free, survivalist-savvy, and caveman-cool.

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Estimate remaining daylight

1 finger = 15 minutes

1 hand = 1 hour

When the Sun is less than two hands' width from horizon, START LOOKING FOR SHELTER!

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Fishing with rocks!

Look past the hoodie and shopping cart, this is actually a pretty awesome skill to have outdoor as a survivalist.

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