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Tools List Essential Tools List
Water List

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Blog Newbies

http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/tools/index.html

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 Book List

You should probably have nearly every book on my Bookshelf page. For some, you will want to have two or three copies, suc

Title:
First Tier Books:
KJV Version Reference Bible with Apocrypha
First Aid -- (American Red Cross Handbook) Responding To Emergencies
Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook by David Werner
Where There Is No Dentist by Murray Dickson
The Encyclopedia of Country Living (Tenth Edition) by Carla Emery (See review, below)
Making the Best of Basics - Family Preparedness Handbook by James Talmage Stevens
Ball Blue Book of Preserving
Cookin' with Home Storage by Vicki Tate
Nuclear War Survival Skills by Cresson H. Kearney (Available for free download.)
The Alpha Strategy by John Pugsley. (Out of print, but a PDF is available for free download.)
Boston's Gun Bible by Boston T. Party (See review, below)
Survival Guns by Mel Tappan
Tappan on Survival by Mel Tappan

Second Tier Books:

Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables by Mike Bubel
Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills, Third Edition by Abigail R. Gehring
Putting Food By (Plume) by Janet Greene
Stocking Up: The Third Edition of America's Classic Preserving Guide by Carol Hupping
Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook by Peggy Layton
Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times by Steve Solomon
All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew
Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners by Suzanne Ashworth
Small-Scale Grain Raising by Gene Lodgson
How to Find Your Ideal Country Home: A Comprehensive Guide by Gene GeRue
Possum Living: How to Live Well Without a Job and with (Almost) No Money by Dolly Freed
Starting a New Life in Rural America: 21 Things You Need to Know Before You Make Your Move by Ragnar Benson
The Fifty Dollar and Up Underground House Book by Mike Oehler
Emergency War Surgery (NATO Handbook:- Third United States Revision, 2004) by Dr. Martin Fackler, et al.
PDR for Nonprescription Drugs, Dietary Supplements, and Herbs, 2008 (See review, below)
Physicians Drug Handbook
Physicians' Desk Reference 2009 (PDR, 63rd Edition)
The Merck Veterinary Manual
Where There Is No Vet by Bill Forse
The ARRL Operating Manual For Radio Amateurs (ARRL Operating Manual)
Passport to World Band Radio, 2009 Edition
Outdoor Survival Skills by Larry Dean Olsen
Essential Bushcraft by Ray Mears
SAS Survival Handbook by John "Lofty" Wiseman
Ultimate Sniper 2006 : An Advanced Training Manual for Military and Police Snipers (2006 Updated Edition) by Maj. John L. P
Total Resistance by H. von Dach
The Survivor book series by Kurt Saxon. Many are out of print in hard copy, but they are all available on DVD. Here, I
must issue a caveat lector ("reader beware"): Mr. Saxon has some very controversial views that I do not agree with.
Among other things he is a eugenicist.

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Other Nonfiction Books Recommended by SurvivalBlog Readers:

Crisis Preparedness Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Home Storage and Physical Survival by Jack A. Spigarelli
The Foxfire Book series (in 11 volumes, but the first five are the best)
When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency by Matthew Stein
Preparedness Now!: An Emergency Survival Guide (Expanded and Revised Edition) by Aton Edwards
Five Acres and Independence: A Handbook for Small Farm Management by Maurice G. Kains
How to Stay Alive in the Woods by Bradford Angier
The New Organic Grower by Eliot Coleman
Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness Survival
Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking
Tom Brown's Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants (Field Guide)
Ditch Medicine: Advanced Field Procedures For Emergencies by Hugh Coffee
Living Well on Practically Nothing by Ed Romney
The Secure Home by Joel Skousen
Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life, by Neil Strauss
98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive by Cody Lundin
When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikesby Cody Lundin
The Last Hundred Yards: The NCO's Contribution to Warfareby John Poole
Camping & Wilderness Survival: The Ultimate Outdoors Book by Paul Tawrell
Engineer Field Data (US Army FM 5-34) --Available online free of charge, with registration, but I recommend getting a
hard copy. preferably with the heavy-duty plastic binding.
Great Livin' in Grubby Times by Don Paul
Just in Case by Kathy Harrison
Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance by John & Martha Storey
Adventure Medical Kits A Comprehensive Guide to Wilderness & Travel Medicineby Eric A. Weiss, M.D
Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: The Indispensable Green Resource for Every Gardener
Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook (it superceded the very out-of-date ST 31-91B)
Wilderness Medicine, 5th Edition by Paul S. Auerbach
Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Longby Elliot Coleman
Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills, Third Edition by Abigail R. Gehring
The Weed Cookbook: Naturally Nutritious - Yours Free for the Taking! by Adrienne Crowhurst
The Modern Survival Retreat by Ragnar Benson
Last of the Mountain Men by Harold Peterson
Primitive Wilderness Living & Survival Skills: Naked into the Wilderness by John McPherson
LDS Preparedness Manual, edited by Christopher M. Parrett
The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-
First Century by James H. Kunstler
Principles of Personal Defense - Revised Edition by Jeff Cooper
Survival Poaching by Ragnar Benson
The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated
Greenhouses by Eliot Coleman
The Blacksmith's Craft: A Primer of Tools & Method
The Complete Modern Blacksmith (Paperback)
The Making of Tools (Paperback)
Metal Casting: A Sand Casting Manual for the Small Foundry, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
Iron Melting Cupola Furnaces for the Small Foundry (Paperback)
Sheet Metal Forming Processes and Die Design (Hardcover)
"Five Acres and Independence " by M.G. Kains

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"Be Ready to Barter" Reference Book List:

Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms and Their Values
Blue Book of Gun Values
The Official Red Book: A Guide Book of United States Coins 2009
2009 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-2000
2010 Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001-Date
Antique Trader - Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide
Wristwatch Annual 2009: The Catalog of Producers, Prices, Models, and Specifications
Jewelry & Gems the Buying Guide: How to Buy Diamonds, Pearls, Colored Gemstones, Gold & Jewelry With
Confidence And Knowledge

Jim Rawles Books:

"Rawles on Retreats and Relocation" -- this book has details on selecting the locale for a self-sufficient survival retreat.
The "Rawles Gets You Ready" preparedness course (co-authored by JWR)
"How to Survive the End of the World As We Know It". A detailed guide to family preparedness for turbulent times

"Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse" and my screenplay "Pulling Through".The latter is currently

Recommended Books on Current Events and Economics:

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nick Taleb
Government By Emergency by Dr. Gary North
Crash Proof 2.0: How to Profit From the Economic Collapse by Peter Schiff
Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes by Michael J. Panzner
When Giants Fall: An Economic Roadmap for the End of the American Era by Michael J. Panzner
The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide by Martin Weiss
Financial Reckoning Day Fallout: Surviving Today's Global Depression by Addison Wiggin and Bill Bonner
The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-
First Century by James H. Kunstler

Fiction with Survival and Preparedness Themes (Some of these are out of print but usually available via inter-library
Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank (A classic nuke scenario)
The Rackham Files by Dean Ing (includes the text of "Pulling Through" a more modern nuke scenario + a mini nuke
survival manual) Not to be confused with my screenplay--also titled "Pulling Through".
Some Will Not Die by Algis Budrys (Plague total wipe-out scenario)
No Blade of Grass by John Christopher (Massive crop disease/social breakdown scenario, from the British perspective.)
Enemies Foreign and Domestic by Matthew Bracken
Molon Labe! by Boston T. Party
Earth Abides by George Stewart
Vandenberg by Oliver Lange (Invasion scenario. Note: It was later republished under the title: Defiance: An American Novel)
The Weapon by Michael Z. Williamson (SurvivalBlog's Editor at Large)
Unintended Consequences by John Ross (This otherwise excellent novel was marred by some vulgarity and
gratuitous sex scenes. Beware!)
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

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Wolf And Iron by Gordon Dickson
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
Fire and Ice, by Ray Kytle

Survivalist Fiction Recommended by SurvivalBlog Readers:

One Second After by William R. Forstchen (An EMP scenario.)
World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler
Last of the Breed by Louis L’amour
Survivors by Terry Nation
Conquistador: A Novel of Alternate History by S.M. Stirling
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Warday: And the Journey Onward by Whitley Strieber and James Kunetka
Malevil by Robert Merle
Farnham's Freehold by Robert Heinlein
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
Tunnel in the Sky by Robert Heinlein
King Rat by James Clavell
Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

The Rawles Kids' Favorite Books for Young Adults:

Nonfiction:
Hatchet
My Side of the Mountain
Robinson Crusoe
Treasure Island
Kidnapped
The Swiss Family Robinson
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
Little House on the Prairie Series
The Chronicles of Narnia Series
The Tripods Series
Johnny Tremain

Fiction for Young Adults Recommended by SurvivalBlog Readers:

The Tomorrow Series
Life As We Knew It
Escape from Warsaw (Original title: The Silver Sword)

The Late Memsahib's Top "Must Have" Book:

The Encyclopedia of Country Living (Tenth edition) by Carla Emery. Sasquatch Books. (Get the Ninth or later edition.) This b
country survival knowledge. The Memsahib (1964-2009) wrote: "The first time that I butchered chickens, I used this book. W
zucchini I turned to this book, when I wanted to make soap, pickles, jelly, bread from scratch, butter, and cream cheese, I fou
book!"
Other Books Recommended by The Late Memsahib:
How to Survive Without a Salary: Learning How to Live the Conserver Lifestyle by Charles Long Small-Scale Grain
Raising by Gene Lodgson
The Family Cow by Dirk van Loon
Raising a Calf for Beef by Phyllis Hobson
Small-Scale Pig Raising by Dirk van Loon
Raising Rabbits the Modern Way by Bob Bennett

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Raising Sheep the Modern Way. Updated and Revised Edition by Paula Simmons
Ducks and Geese in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide by Rick and Gail Luttmann
The Complete Medicinal Herbal by Penelope Ody

Recommended Magazine Subscriptions:

Backwoods Home
Countryside & Small Stock Journal
Home Power

Some of JWR's Favorite Practical and Tactical Training DVDs:

Clinton Anderson: On the Road to the Horse Colt Starting
The Art of the Tactical Carbine
Knifemaking Unplugged

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or three copies, such as Carla Emery’s "Encyclopedia of Country Living". This is because these books are so valuable and indispensable th

Link:

n) by Maj. John L. Plaster

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A. Spigarelli

Matthew Stein

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later edition.) This book is 845 pages of valuable 'how-to'

I used this book. When I needed 15 different ways to fix
cream cheese, I found everything I needed to know in this

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 Barter and Charity List
For your barter list, acquire primarily items that are durable, non-perishable, and either in small packages or that are easily
favorites are ammunition. [The late] Jeff Cooper referred to it as “ballistic wampum.” WTSHTF, ammo will be worth nearly its
for decades. Stick to common calibers, get plenty of .22 LR (most high velocity hollow points) plus at least ten boxes of th
sporting goods shop about their top selling chamberings). Also buy at least ten boxes of the local police depar
Any supplies necessary for operating a home-based business. Some that you might consider are: leather crafting, small ap
(preferably two!) that they can depend on in t
Need:
Ladies supplies.
Salt (Buy lots of cattle blocks and 1 pound canisters of iodized table salt.)
(Stores indefinitely if kept dry.)
Two cycle engine oil (for chain saw gas mixing. Gas may still be available after a collapse, but two-cycle oil will
probably be like liquid gold!)
Gas stabilizer.
Diesel antibacterial additive.
50-pound sacks of lime (for outhouses).
1 oz. bottles of military rifle bore cleaner and Break Free (or similar) lubricant.
Waterproof dufflebags in earth tone colors (whitewater rafting "dry bags").
Thermal socks.
Semi-waterproof matches (from military rations.)
Military web gear (lots of folks will suddenly need pistol belts, holsters, magazine pouches, et cetera.)
Pre-1965 silver dimes.
1-gallon cans of kerosene.
Rolls of olive drab parachute cord.
Rolls of olive-drab duct tape.
Spools of monofilament fishing line.
Rolls of 10 mil "Visqueen", sheet plastic (for replacing windows, isolating airspaces for nuke scenarios, etc.)
I also respect the opinion of one gentleman with whom I've corresponded, who recommended the following:
Strike anywhere matches. (Dip the heads in paraffin to make them waterproof.)
Playing cards.
Cooking spices. (Do a web search for reasonably priced bulk spices.)
Rope & string.
Sewing supplies.
Candle wax and wicking.
Stock up on additional items to dispense to refugees as charity.
Gold testing kit for dealing with gold.
Gold key for dealing with gold.

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ackages or that are easily divisible. Concentrate on the items that other people are likely to overlook or have in short supply. Some of my
mo will be worth nearly its weight in silver. Store all of your ammo in military surplus ammo cans (with seals that are still soft) and it will store
us at least ten boxes of the local favorite deer hunting cartridge, even if you don’t own a rifle chambered for this cartridge. (Ask your local
s of the local police department’s standard pistol cartridge, again even if you don’t own a pistol chambered for this cartridge.
: leather crafting, small appliance repair, gun repair, locksmithing, et cetera. Every family should have at least one home-based business
t they can depend on in the event of an economic collapse.
Recommendations:Link:

http://www.centercoin.com/jewelry_supplies/gold_silver_testing_kits.htm
http://www.fisch.co.za/operation.htm

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hort supply. Some of my
are still soft) and it will store
artridge. (Ask your local
is cartridge.
ne home-based business

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When selecting radios buy only models that will run on 12 volt DC power or rechargeable nickel metal hydride battery packs
can be recharged from your retreat’s 12 VDC power system without having to use an inverter.)
As a secondary purchasing goal, buy spare radios of each type if you can afford them. Keep your spares in sealed metal boxe
If you live in a far inland region, I recommend buying two or more 12 VDC marine band radios. These frequencies will probab
be monitored in your region, leaving you an essentially private band to use. (But never assume that any two-way radio
communications are secure!)

Need: Recommendations:Link:
Shortwave Transceiver

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kel metal hydride battery packs (that
to use an inverter.)
your spares in sealed metal boxes to protect them from EMP.
s. These frequencies will probably not
assume that any two-way radio

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Each rifle and pistol should have at least six top quality (original military contract or original manufacturer) full cap

Need: Type: Reason:

Guns:
Bolt Gun (308cal) Winchester Model 70 or Remington 700 Compliment M-14
Bolt Gun (.223cal) Remington Model 700 Training and varmint
Black Powder Squirrel Gun.32 Cal Flintlock
Black Powder Pistols .50 cal Flintlock
Black Powder Rifle .50 Cal Flintlock

Ammunition 10,000 rounds per battlerifle, 5,000 rounds per Hunting rilfe
Web gear
Eye and ear protection
Cleaning equipment
Carrying cases
Scopes
Magazines
Spare parts
Gunsmithing tools
Targets and target frames

Body Armor

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t or original manufacturer) full capacity spare magazines. Note: Considerable detail on firearms and optics selection, training, us

Link Ammo: Link:

7.62x51 (308cal)
g and varmint 5.56 (.223cal)

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Need: Recommendations:
Link:

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When tailoring this list, consider your neighborhood going for many months without power, extensive use of open flames
elements. Then consider axes, chainsaws and tractors being wielded by newbies, and a greater likelihood of gunshot woun
doctors or high tech medical diagnostic equipment. Put a strong emphasis on burn treatment first aid supplies. Don’t overlook
kit, extraction tools, et cetera.) Buy a full minor surgery outfit (inexpensive Pakistani stainless steel instruments), even if you
learn, or you will have the opportunity to put them in the hands of someone experienced who needs the

Need: Recommendations:
Link:

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wer, extensive use of open flames, and sentries standing picket shifts exposed in the
reater likelihood of gunshot wounds. With all of this, add the possibility of no access to
nt first aid supplies. Don’t overlook do-it-yourself dentistry! (Oil of cloves, temporary filling
ss steel instruments), even if you don’t know how to use them all yet. You may have to
meone experienced who needs them.) This is going to be a big list!

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Need: Recommendation: Link:
Oversize Skillet
Huge Stew Pot
Several Huge KettlesTo heat water on your wood stove for bathing, dish washing, and clothes washing
Meat Saws
Gambrels
Skinning Knives
Gut Buckets

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Need: Recommendation:
Salt 10lbs of salt per member of your family

Rice 30lbs per adult, per year.

220 pounds whole wheat per adult, per year (Part of
Wheat this can be in the form of pasta.)
Whole corn stores much longer than cracked corn or
corn meal. (Grind your own.) Get 50 pounds per adult,
Corn per year
Oats 20 pounds per adult, per year

Buy the nonfat variety. Store about 20 pounds per

Powdered Milk adult, per year
rotate stock continuously, two year supply per family
Canned Fruit and Vegetables member
rotate stock continuously, two year supply per family
Canned Meats member

honey, sugar, molasses, sorghum, maple syrup, and

various jams and jellies. The combined weight of
Sugars these should be about 50 pounds per adult, per year.
Canning lids and rings buy plenty of extras for barter
Sulfur for drying fruit.
Vinegar Buy a couple of cases of one-gallon bottles
Spices What you usually use already.
Baking soda
Yeast
Food storage bags. freezer and vacuum
Aluminum foil Buy lots! 101 uses, including making improvised solar ovens
Deer bags/Meat Bags
Canning lids and rings—buy plenty
of extras for barter

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Storage Life: Link:
Indefinite
Storage life is +/- 8
years.
Whole wheat storage
life is 30+ years

whole corn is 8 to 12
years
3 to 7 years
nitrogen packed dry
milk has a 5+ year
shelf life

2 Years

2 Years

Various

ovised solar ovens

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Now that you have all of those flammables on hand (see the previous list) and the prospect of looters shooting tracer ammo o
department. Even without looters to consider, you should be ready for uncontrolled brush or residential fires, as well as the
kerosene lamp
Need:
Fire fighting rig with an adjustable stream/mist head

2” water line from your gravity-fed storage tank

(to provide large water volume for firefighting)
Smoke
Upgradeand COretreat
your detectors.
with a fireproof metal
roof.
Strike Anywhere Matches
Thermite Fire Starters

Refined Fuels:
Lots of 2 Stroke Mixing Oil

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mmables on hand (see the previous list) and the prospect of looters shooting tracer ammo or throwing Molotov cocktails at your house, thin
rs to consider, you should be ready for uncontrolled brush or residential fires, as well as the greater fire risk associated with greenhorns wh
kerosene lamps!
Recommendations:
stream/mist head

LOTS of them, stored properly they wont go bad, they are also good for barter
Starting fires in the woods or used to easily start a larger thermite reaction.

It cannot be substituted, get a LOT (chainsaw, lawn mower, dirt bike etc...)

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hooting tracer ammo or throwing Molotov cocktails at your house, think in terms of fire fighting from start to finish without the aid of a fire
ial fires, as well as the greater fire risk associated with greenhorns who have just arrived at your retreat working with wood stoves and
kerosene lamps!
Link:

re also good for barter

http://www.dbcpyrotechnics.com/servlet/the-949/Thermite-Fire-Starter--dsh-/Detail

wer, dirt bike etc...)

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h without the aid of a fire

with wood stoves and

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Need:
Materials for a deer-proof and rabbit-proof fence
Top Soil/Amendments/Fertilizers.
Tools+ spares for barter/charity
Long-term storage non hybrid (open pollinated) seed.
Herbs
Herrloom seeds

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Recommendations:
it-proof fence

See Tools page

Non-hybrid “heirloom” seed assortments tailors to different climate zones are available from The Ark Institute
Get started with medicinal herbs such as aloe vera (for burns), echinacea (purple cone flower), valerian, et cetera.

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Link:

Tools
The Ark Institute
wer), valerian, et cetera.

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Need:
Compound Bow
Crossbow
Piano Wire
Steel Traps
Fishing Equipment
crawfish traps
trot lines
fish traps

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Reason: Link:
Hunting
Hunting
Snares
Hunting/Trapping Gander Mountain has a nice selection of good traps for sale, at a reasonable price.
Quality

for non-labor intensive fishing

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Accessories:
Arrows
Bolts

sonable price. “Buckshot” Bruce Hemming has produced an excellent series of videos on trapping
and making improvised traps. (He also sells traps and scents at very reasonable
prices.)

Night vision gear, spares, maintenance, and battery charging

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Need: Recommendations: Link:
Sacks of powdered limeFor the outhouse. Buy plenty!
Toilet Paper Lots of it, either that or use Phone Books!
Soap in quantity hand soap, dish soap, laundry soap, cleansers, etc.
Bottled lye for soap making
Ladies’ supplies
Toothpaste (or
powder).
Floss Unless you have health objections to the use of
Fluoride rinse fluoride
Sunscreen.
Anti-fungal spray
Painkiller What works best for you, Ibuprofen is what the military uses.

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Need:
Nuclear:
Dosimeter
Rate Meter
Charger
Radiac Meter
Rolls of Sheet Plastic
Duct Tape
HEPA Filters
Potassium Iodate Tablets
Outdoor shower rig
Geiger Counter

Biological:
Disinfectants
Hand Sanitizer
Sneeze masks
Colloidal silver
generator
Natural antibiotics

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Recommendations:

For isolating airflow to air filter inlets and for covering window frames in the event that windows are broken due to blast effects

And Spares
To prevent thyroid damage
Decontamination

spare supplies (distilled water and .999 fine silver rod.)

Echinacea, Tea Tree oil etc...

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Link:

broken due to blast effects

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Need: (Separate List for each Individual)
Spare glasses.
Prescription and nonprescription medications.
Birth control.
Keep dentistry up to date.
Any elective surgery that you've been postponing
“Comfort” items

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Recommendations: Link:

n medications.

been postponing
To help get through high stress times. (Books, games, CDs, chocolates, etc.)

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One proviso: In the event of a “grid down” situation, if you are the only family in the area with power, it could turn your
house into a “come loot me” beacon at night. At the same time, your house lighting will ruin the night vision of your LP/OP
pickets. Make plans and buy materials in advance for making blackout screens or fully opaque curtains for your windows.
When possible, buy nickel metal hydride batteries. (Unlike the older nickel cadmium technology, these have no adverse
charge level “memory” effect.)

Need: Recommendations: Link:

Kerosene
plenty
lamps
of extra wicks, mantles, and chimneys

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ower, it could turn your

ght vision of your LP/OP
rtains for your windows.
these have no adverse

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Need:

Security-General:
Sandbags
Barbed Wire

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Recommendations:
Locks, intrusion detection/alarm systems, exterior obstacles (fences, gates, 5/8” diameter (or larger) locking
road cables, rosebush plantings, “decorative” ponds (moats), ballistic protection (personal and residential),
anti-vehicular ditches/berms, anti-vehicular concrete “planter boxes”, razor wire, etc.)
http://www.survivalblog.com/2008/11/letter_re_advice_on_sources_fo_1.html
For use as tangle foot wire, as much as you think you might need for defense as well as stakes to put it down with.

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Link:

o put it down with.

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Need: Recommendations: Link:
Half Barrels For working in (washing cloths etc)
Salt Blocks Lots of them (20+) for hunting and farm animals
sewing gear
Twine Lots of it
Velcro Available cheap at Walmart, something not easily made
Mimeograph If you find a working one cheep http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimeograph

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Need: Recommendations:
Link:

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Adjust your wardrobe buying toward sturdy earth-tone clothing. (Frequent your local thrift sto
Dyes. Stock up on some boxes of green and brown cloth dye. Buy some extra for barter. With dye, you ca

A Starlight scope (or goggles, or a monocular) literally amplifies low ambient light by up to 100,000 times, turning nighttime da

If you live in the boonies, piece together nine of the USGS 15-minute maps, with your retreat property on the center map. Mou

Need:
Burlap Sacks
Save those wine corks
Cold weather and foul weather gear
Mosquito repellent.

Synthetic double-bag (modular) sleeping bags for each person

Night vision gear + IR floodlights for your retreat house
Subdued flashlights and penlights.
Sandbags
Range cards and sector sketches
Wiggys FTRSS for every member

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ur wardrobe buying toward sturdy earth-tone clothing. (Frequent your local thrift store and buy extras for retreat newcomers, charity, and ba
e boxes of green and brown cloth dye. Buy some extra for barter. With dye, you can turn most light colored clothes into semi-tactical clothin

lar) literally amplifies low ambient light by up to 100,000 times, turning nighttime darkness into daylight--albeit a green and fuzzy view. Starl

ne of the USGS 15-minute maps, with your retreat property on the center map. Mount that map on an oversize map board. Draw in the prop

Recommendations:
For Ghili Suits. You can get bags for free from supermarkets
Burned cork makes quick and cheap face camouflage
buy plenty, since you will be doing more outdoor chores, hunting, and standing guard duty. Don’t overlook ponchos and gaiter
Unscented
The Wiggy’s brand Flexible Temperature Range Sleep System (FTRSS) made by Wiggy's of Grand Junction,
Colorado is highly recommended.

For your retreat

http://www.wiggys.com/

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wcomers, charity, and barter.)
into semi-tactical clothing on short notice.

en and fuzzy view. Starlight light amplification technology was first developed during the Vietnam War. Late issue Third Generation (also ca

p board. Draw in the property lines and owner names of all of your surrounding neighbor’s parcels (in pencil) in at least a five mile radius. (G

Link:

rlook ponchos and gaiters.

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Emphasis on hand powered tools.
Systematically list the things that you use on a regular basis, or that you might need if the local hardware store were to ever d
nuts and bolts, weather stripping, abrasives, twine, white glue, cyan
Need:
Adze
ASSEGAI WITH LONG SHAFT
Assorted Planes
Auger
Axes
Bag Balm
Bevel
Bit Center
Bolt cutters--the indispensable “universal key.”
Bowl adze
Brace
buck rake
Bucksaw
bulk grain and sweet feed
Bushman (or Bushman Bowie)
carding combs
Carpentry Hand Saws
Chain
Chainsaw Bar (1 Spare)
Chainsaw Bar Oil
Chainsaw Chains (at least 6)
Chainsaw lumber mill
Chisel Morticing
Chisel paring
collars
Come Alongs
Copper-tox
Crosscut saw sharpening kit
Don’t forget to buy plenty of extra work gloves
Draw knife
Draw Knives
elastrator and bands
feed buckets
Froe
Full Size Hay Scythe
Gauge
goat milking stand
Gouge
Grind Stone
Hacksaw Blades (lots of them)
Halters
hand sheep shears
hay fork
hay hooks
Heave Duty Hand Drill
heavy duty two wheel garden carts

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Hi-Lift Jack
hoof nippers
hoof pick
Hoof rasp
horse brushes
Lathe Spring Pole
Lathe Treadle
leads
leashes
Leather Punches
Leatherworking
MACHETE W/ SHEATH
manure shovel
nail clippers (various sizes)
Nails
Pendleton Lite Hunter
Plane jack
Plane Router
Post Hole Digger
saddles
Several hand Scythes
sickle mower
Skidding Tongs
Small Broad Axe
Small Welding Rig
Spading Fork
Spike Hawk
SWOT fly repellent
tack repair tools
teat dip
Timber Jacks
Two man Crosscut saw
udder wash
various tack
Wedges
Wet stones.
Wheeled Cultivator
Wood Chisels
Chisels
Pick
Green River Skinning knife
Set of good Files
3 in 1 Oil
Anvil

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gular basis, or that you might need if the local hardware store were to ever disappear: wire of various gauges, duct tape, reinforced strappi
nuts and bolts, weather stripping, abrasives, twine, white glue, cyanoacrylate glue, et cetera.
Recommendations:

X4

Assorted Sizes
Large broad axe, Felling Axe, splitting maul

Dont forget assorted bits to go along with it.

drawn behind horses

(store in galvanized trash cans with tight fitting lids to keep the mice out)
X 10 for use and barter

Cross cut,Rip, and one person crosscut for felling trees

Several heavy duty chains for pulling and strapping

At least 3 gallons
For the chainsaw you own

Several, plus replacement parts

plus replacement parts

A manually powered round wetstone for sharpening tools.

and a good hacksaw for them to go on

with a chest plate

convert the wheels to solid rubber tires or foam filled "no flats" tires

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X4

lots of them, various sizes but with emphasis on the 10 Penny (the most useful constructions size.
X 10 for use and barter

drawn behind horses

And extra rod/wire

X2

For Splitting wood

Varying types and sizes/shapes

Stone and wood

Use and Barter

Redundant and several styles for different material
Several Gallons of it, multiple uses.

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e to ever disappear: wire of various gauges, duct tape, reinforced strapping tape, chain, nails,
glue, cyanoacrylate glue, et cetera.
Link:
http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/product_info.php/cPath/36_103/products_id/1646

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php/cPath/2_3_18

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php/cPath/525_526

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/product_info.php/cPath/36_103/products_id/2926

http://www.crosscutsaw.com/4.html
keep the mice out)
http://www.coldsteel.com/bushmanseries.html

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/category_logging+saw-milling

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php/cPath/36_104

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php/cPath/36_387
http://www.scythesupply.com/articles/beautyofscythes.htm#

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/product_info.php/cPath/355/products_id/1933
"no flats" tires

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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00042KG3A?ie=UTF8&tag=survivalcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325

10 Penny (the most useful constructions size.

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php/cPath/36_339
http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php/cPath/525_526

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/product_info.php/cPath/36_306/products_id/3560

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/product_info.php/cPath/39_92_338/products_id/579

http://www.everten.com.au/product/dexter-russell-green-river-15cm-hg-skinning-knife.html

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Need: Recommendations:
Water Filter “Big Berkey” British Berkefeld ceramic water filter
Heavy Duty Work Buckets Metal or Rubber
4-6 Gallon Water Containers Military Surplus
Bleach For water treatment
Several Barrels for storing water long term on location

House downspout conversion sheet metal work and

barrels.

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Link:
Ready Made Resources

http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/shop/camping-equipment/flasks-containers/new-high-density-new-british-489211.html

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