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Shtf pocket knife
- Thread starter beehappy
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With the SHTF thread I forgot to post this last night. 
wait for 1:17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkdH0nuDWX4
wait for 1:17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkdH0nuDWX4
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Seriously?? Again??? I think the S has already HTF and none of you have a freaking clue what you'd do. Yo guys freaking post pics of your incidental little kn ife bites proudly on this forum. If the SHTF truly you'd all be hiding in your basements with your pristine CRKs.
Gimme a freakin break.
Gimme a freakin break.
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Actually that should be "I think the S has already HTF and none of you have a freaking clue what TO do (as it has already hit the fan). Yo(U) guys freaking post pics of your incidental little knife bites proudly on this forum. SINCE THE S HAS ALREADY HTF YOU"RE PROBABLY ALL hiding in your basements with your pristine CRKs.
Gimme a freakin break.
All that said, I don't own or plan to own any CRKs but, depending on what S Hing the F means from one person to the next, staying where you already are with all of your stuff is a much better plan than most yahoos have, which is to "bug out" to some super secret "secure location" where they can "ride things out." That right there... break-worthy.
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That would be my dcd and I always have 2....an XL Cold Steel Bowie Voyager and an Spyderco Stretch VG-10.
Well to be fair to the bug out folks it could work... if the secure location is set up and maintained like a second home so all you need to take with you is a toothbrush for the road. It is the road warriors and bug out backpackers that are really fooling themselves. The logistics of getting the stuff required to survive long term when you get there is the problem, not the logistics of getting yourself there per se.
That's true. I don't want to derail the thread too much but even with the bug out option you have to plan it really well to avoid major traffic congestion (even on what would have typically been less used roads) and other hiccups. But I agree it's less problematic than "go survive in the woods on your own", something which I think very, very few people could actually do if it came down to it.
Agreed. Getting there could be tricky and slow going. Still, having a destination and end plan is so much more desirable than aimlessly wandering out the door for some camp site you visited back in college or whatever. Ideally (in terms of system failure survivability) we would all live self sufficiently in the boonies but the comforts of city living keep us willingly manning the stations in town. The most people can aspire too is a well stocked retreat and the inevitably chaotic commute there if bugging in for some extreme reason is not possible. Cities themselves with all the concentrated human and economic capital are pretty darn resilient.
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You're right Sideways, I've thought about that a lot, how to get the items there and keep them maintained, i.e. food, water. Its not very probable that most folks could have this set up.
They are indeed. I know we like to assume in the movies that "avoiding the cities" is the thing to do... but I would imagine we'd quickly find ways to restore power to small parts, get food production up, inasmuch as we can, again probably for small pockets, and I can almost guarantee we'd set up the means of entertainment, whatever that may be, soon as possible too.
My Lochsa or large Sebenza. My reasoning is if the SHTF, that they wouldn't be home when I arrived. That's assuming there would still be a home to go to. If I'm going into a disaster, I figure I might as well have my best stuff with me and not leave it for the looters. Just my 2$
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If the scenario is truly "SHFT" + "Can't get home" + "pocket", it would be either of these two:
(key word = pocket)
Fox Col Mochin small version N690Co:
Pohl Force Bravo One Survival D2:
(key word = pocket)
Fox Col Mochin small version N690Co:
Pohl Force Bravo One Survival D2:
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Yup. Relief efforts tend to start in core areas and work their way out from there. It could be weeks to restore power in the boonies where it took hours or days in the city. You will probably never see a fema truck down that old dirt road while cities are constantly being resupplied from uneffected areas. Come to think of it... probably the safest place to live is between the president of the utlity company and a sitting senator.
Yup, the resource drain means you will be sacrificing a lot for the survival retreat lifestyle choice.