Great Survival Books

Wilderness Survival: 2nd Edition

Product Description
Completly updated with information on keeping yourself safe and healthy in the wilderness A comprehensive, well-organized, and user-friendly guide to staying alive in the backcountry With concise explanations and detailed illustrations, survival expert Gregory Davenport covers the five basic elements of survival--personal protection, signaling, finding food and water, travel, and health--providing the reader with complete information on how to stay calm and alive until rescue arrives.... More >>




When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikes


Product Description
Survival expert Cody Lundin's new book, When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikes is what every family needs to prepare and educate themselves about survival psychology and the skills necessary to negotiate a disaster whether you are at home, in the office, or in your car. This is not your father's scout manual or a sterile FEMA handout. It entertains as it informs, describing how to maximize a survival mind-set necessary for self-reliance. According to the book, living through an emergency scenario is 90 percent psychology, and 10 percent methodology and gear. Relevant quotes and tips are placed throughout the pages to help readers remember important survival strategies while under stress and anxiety. Lundin also addresses basic first aid and hygiene skills and makes recommendations for survival kit items for the home, office, and car. Watch naturalist Cody Lundin in "Dual Survival" on The Dis... More >>

SOG SEAL Pup Elite, black TiNi finish and Kydex sheath


Straight edge version

Blade length- 4.85 inches
Overall length- 9.5 inches
Weight- 5.4 ounces
Blade- AUS 8 steel
Handle- Glass reinforced Zytel
Made in Taiwan



So this knife is designed for, as per the name the US Navy SEALs so a huge part of this knife is to be able to perform in salt water so corrosion resistance is a huge factor.
The handle has a great and I mean great feel to it an especially when wet it still seems to stick to the hand with the textured handle.
Now this version is an upgrade to the SEAL pup and has thicker steel stock (.185)
the handle is longer, the blade is shaped slightly different and the rasping allows better thumb placement.
This knife has great balance in the hand and in combination with the Velcro kydex attachment can be placed almost anywhere.
The sheath has a notch built in which allows you to cut cordage without removing the knife which is a great feature.
While kyaking this past summer I used the velcro sheath to attach to my lifejacket which was very handy!
The knife comes with a Nylon sheath as standard and I paid extra for the Kydex option.
I was looking for a "survival" knife and this blade seems to have hit the target for me.
I highly recommend this knife.

Hi,

Thanks for checking my blog out, the purpose of this site is to provide information on survival.
I have recently started my journey into the world of survival be it in an Urban enviroment or in the wilderness. I have always been a fan of "Gear" relating to survival and have never really thought about the possibility that I would ever be in a true survival scenario, I mean I dont travel the Jungle, climb mountains, swim in shark infested oceans,but you know what, never say never!
Im originally from the UK where there are very few dangerous animals apart from the human ones, the weather is pretty mild and predictable but over the last twenty years the country has started to see the firsts, first eartquakes, tornadoes, major floods, hurricanes, now not on a massive scale as in other parts of the world but its heading that way.
We are also all aware of the energy crisis thats been looming over us for over twenty years, how much longer will we have the ability to flick that switch and have electricity flow out to power all of our gadgets and toys? How long will we have heat at a flick of a switch? most living dwellings no longer have fireplaces so the option to provide a heat source for your self in the home is gone. How much longer will we have petrol(gas) to run our cars and SUVs?
Food...food is no longer the cheap item it has been for so long, rising fuel costs and the turning over of food crops to fuel crops is rising, which in turn raises the price of the raw ingredients.
So basically our easy western lives are gonna change dramatically at some point because we can no longer meet demand with the limited resources the planet has to offer us.
Survival, my thoughts have returned to the basics, water, Fire, shelter, first aid,food, navigation.
Now all of these skills mankind used to possess, and in lots of areas of the world the skills required for day to day survival are used.
Western living has destroyed the need for these skills to be taught/learnt although there is a growing number of people who are waking up to the idea that re-learning these skills could be beneficial.
Hence the demands for information regarding survival all over the net and places like you tube.
With the advances in technology the "Gear" you can purchase for survival is amazing,but remember all the gear in the world will not replace the knowledge you need to use it or if you are in a situation with limited or no gear knowledge is all you will have!
I have no military background or survival training so Im going to show my journey into the world of survival and share my thoughts and ideas with anyone who wants to listen.