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G-10 Handles Do More Than Just Provide Some Traction

G-10 isn’t the latest business jet that all the iced-out rappers are flying in these days. It’s a durable material that’s popular as handle scales for knives.

Avoiding Natural Disasters

Real estate website Trulia researched reams of data on earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes, calculating which cities faced the lowest risk of these natural disasters.

Build Your Own Faraday Box

One potential attack on our electricity could come in the form of an electro-magnetic pulse (EMP), so we show you how to make an EMP proof faraday box.

Two-Wheel Road Warrior

When properly equipped, the right bicycle can take you and your heavy survival gear, or possibly another passenger, over a number of types of terrain.

Stashing Essential Gear, Just in Case

There are a few things in life that are just necessary evils - and building a cache full of essential gear is just one of those things.

A Look at Multi-Purpose Shovels

Shovels have come a long way since they were just simple tools used to dig holes in the ground or clear snow from driveways.

Beyond Bug-Out Bags

If you’ve already prepared a bug-out-type bag, congratulations, you’re already ahead of the curve — but you shouldn’t stop there.

What If An Electromagnetic Pulse Hits Your Town?

Three different approaches to one of the strangest disaster scenarios that humanity might ever face,