tools

Anybody have advice for how to make your own bike tools, particularly the fourth hand cable stretcher tool? That bastard is expensive ( cheapest I found was $32 ) and I'm kinda broke.

I randomly came across this video today, and I figured that it might be quite useful to those of us who are of the rubbertramping/homesteading inclination. :D

http://www.knifeup.com/knife-laws/ Good thing to know

If you're traveling on foot, you're probably going to eventually find the need to be on the other side of a fence...and if you're like me you don't carry cutting tools. Over the years I've become pretty handy at exploiting weaknesses in fences without tools. I think this is an important skill...

You know that part on the back of a knife that looks like itd be nice to have sharp but isnt? Well im trying to sharpen that with a carbide Speedy Sharp because it takes a bit more metal off then a stone but im wondering what other easily accessible things i could use to sharpen this

Ok, before people send links to other threads I have done EXTENSIVE research both on this site and elsewhere about the legality of open carry of large knives. I am aware that most states do not place restrictions on length for fixed blade knives carried openly as long as the blade is question...

So I just stumbled on this video, and I thought it could be useful to you guys! Check it out! My flash player is too much of a dick to let me get the audio, and the subtitles are in french, so in case the audio is also in french: All you need to do is to scratch the top of the can against...

I'm planning on forging a tomahawk head that slips on and off of handles of any length. A train Graff writer i met would carry a tomahawk head and handle separately in a satchel - both are legal to carry so long as they're not attached. I'm curious whether this is true everywhere? I'd make a...

mfssupply sells a set of keys that will open most doors in the united states. this set will not open every door but they will work on 50% of the doors in the us today. this is the set that realtors use to get into houses. this is the set that hud inspectors use. they sell for $9.99 plus...

if anyone is caravaning it, or traveling via wheels, i've got my gear with me.. can help out with significant & minor repairs (engine teardowns unlikely, though). in ND, heading south to NM, maybe a bit east on the way.. dunno.. in NM for august, then to cali/OR/WA.. may still look at...

anyone else on here have a Permit to carry? I have my Pennsylvania concealed now and hitched last week for nearly 5 days with my .22 revolver stowed away in my pack. good for 5 years. I've traveled without a gun more than a concealed now and really just carry for more hunting eventually and for...

Do you carry a fixed blade knife? Where? Why? I'm considering carrying one in my bag since I do try and camp in the woods and other wilderness areas.

I key less website will ship you keys to any car but the keys are sometimes expensive. Walmart website will ship you an auto slims for $12 which can be used for opening many older cars. Lock pick shop website will ship you car jigs for $24 which work for starting many cars. I actually don't...

The quickest way to get past pad locks and key safes are bolt cutters. This is so much quicker than lockpicking. It'll take you less that 5 seconds to cut the lock off. Get a small pair that aren't so obvious. They are like around $15 at Home Depot. The larger pairs of bolt cutters can...

Ive heard from a few people that its legal to open carry a machete, or that its only legal to carry it in plain sight on your belt or something. How true is this?

Staff sling, not mine but still a neat concept, one would obviously use it as a walking stick then if need be could huck the heaviest object near by at a distant threat, the stick itself could be used for close to mid range defense, and it can be used for hunting. not even just that, one could...

posting this for those that get into bad situation and need a safe place to go. ie in a building. bump keys its has advertising but pretty comprehensive these are quick sticks of the diy version and the commercial version. probaly the best way to open a single catch padlock fast. come double...

This looks like a pretty cheap and easy method to do this if you have the materials and equipment.

I've been walking with a hickory cane for awhile now, not just because I have a limp but because despite it's image as an assistive medical device, it's a handy weapon. Now if you get one of those light weight aluminum deals, forget about it. But a good, solid wooden cane is three feet of pain...

Alright, I'm thinking of train hopping in the near future. I already have two small three inch knives since I know anything over that in most states is illegal. I would like more protection though not that I'd need to use it but I would think a small hand gun would get me out of any predicament...

enjoy... secrets of lock picking

ok. like many of you i have spent many hours around the rr tracks. i recently looked up, and made myself a sling. you know like david and goliath. the first one was made of paracord, and was about the length from my fingertips to my elbow (1 cubit). i could toss things almost 3 times as far...

Figured id post this up as i find this kinda stuff fun.I found an old spent lighter yesterday beside the road as i was ridding my bike and i figured id write up a how to.On how to get a fire out of one of these pieces of garbage you find all along the road. With my own firestarters i can...

So in a majority of states, open carrying a fixed single sided sheathed knife is legal for out door purposes, but is that a good idea? I've always kept mine in my bag out of fear of pigs deciding to mess with me or not getting rides because the driver sees a knife. Thoughts? Experiences?

Hey all! Sorry if this is the wrong section. Assumed this would go under tools. I recently decided to learn the skill of lock picking and have been thinking about the uses of it. Aside from the obvious usage of popping squats, you can pick locks on dumpsters as well. While their are many other...

I may be trying to go on a more wilderness oriented adventure sometime in the next few years, however I would still be hitchhiking and likely be making trips into town(s) for supplies/human contact etc. I have a sporting/hunting style Mauser rifle chambered for .30-06 springfield and was...

but this page was the best:http://www.specialforces.com/law-enforcement-gear/lock-picks

how fucking amazing sog multi tools are they are great. i got a sog powerlock EOD... and holy fuck. yeah sure the knife isint as exsessible as say a leatherman charge, but nothing beats its compound leaverage. cuts through chainlink like butter. in a pinch at a yard? lost and need to get...

Anyone know of any links that list the legality of various weapons in different states? I have a night stick and wanna have an idea of how much I could get fucked with.

This list is ever-expanding; this is really just the stuff that fits in pockets of a small pack; basically just stuff i've been accumulating, but i went ThROUGH it in prep for my biiggg trip. :) So, anyways. i plan on trading a lot for what i need/want, etc - smash the corporate death structure...

i carry a medium size ballpin hammer on me and ive had it since alabama and have been to florida all the way to california and no one had ever said anything to me about it just dont wrap the handle with tape this it illegal for some reason but you dont want one to large then you cant swing it...

10+ years ago during my prime hobo travels me and several others on the streets never went anywhere without our trusty smileys. But now it seems no one ever carries a smiley anymore and I'm just a little curious why? I remember a time when some idiots drunk on everclear threatened to come back...

anybody on here do any martial arts more specificly jiu jitsu? just currious if theres any fellow martial artist on here. also wanted to say its not a bad idea for any tavler to take some jiu jitsu or some oher form of self defense lessons, id recomend jiu jitsu tho (desinged for a smller...

I was looking at the knives on the road thread and thought, would carrying around a small handheld tazer be efficient? I'm not worried about anything happening to me, as I am tall and of a medium build. I'm just thinking worst case scenario. I know a knife is a very versatile tool regardless...

Does anyone have any info/suggestions/experience in making a folding/collapsable walking stick/staff? I was thinking of maybe getting a nice wood stick and cutting it into 3 or 4 pieces and using metal threading to re-attach them for a more portable stick. Think it would hold up?

The world of knives is such a vast one that all serve so many amazing purposes I know we must all have preference of which blades we prefer to carry on us and why? My favorite folder is the H&K 14700 push-button full auto: My favorite fixed has been my SOG SEAL Team Elite, it is very...

I recently purchased one of these with the plastic carrier with alice clips. I used it yesterday digging out interesting rocks and am posting my impressions of this shovel. Am well pleased with the shovel; quite simply, it works! If you have occasion to feel you need a camping/hiking...

So I was wondering. If you could have any weapon you can hold in your hand(s) (excluded: nuclear football, civil war cannons and gatling guns and guns that are only really seen in funny video games and cartoons), what would you take? Consider this, because one day, you may have to choose. Pick a...

I don't climb trees (yet) or know anything about grappling hook launchers but I came across this awhile go and thought some climbers here might appreciate it. http://www.instructables.com/id/Grappling-Hook-Launcher/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_apocalypse http://www.zombiehub.com/zombie_weapons.html Whether the zombie apocalypse is caused buy man or another way(most likely by our own means) how will you prepare for it? What will you do and what are your plans...

Hey Yall Im sure a surplus of you have played with explosives here and there and I wanted to know if anyone could share some fun but farely safe ways to make explosives. I really want to prank my friend by puting an explosive in a box covered in frosting which would look like a cake for his...

any one have one? know some one who had one? have any info on them? got some $$ thinking about buying onefor shits and giggles

i looked around for a thread related to this and found nothing I was wondering if anyone has any practical tips for actually defending yourself with a knife??? I carry one on me, but I've never actually had to use it, and to be honest i dont really know what id do with it.... and yeah, i know...

So you are chosen to compete against 9 other people. All ten of you are locked in a standard Home Depot, that is dark except the emergency lights above the exits. The goal is to kill one another to become the last man standing, last person alive gets to leave. You are allowed to choose 3 pieces...

does any body know if you can bring a flick knife into the country is you dismantle it first and spread the partsaround ya pack?

so I tried to make my first slingshot today and failed miserably. I used pecan wood for the handle witch is a very hard wood. I used a mountain bike inner tube and cut it in half and tied it to the wood. well the rock didn't go very far and I couldn't get very much pullback the tube wasn't very...

so lately me and my group of friends have been terrorized by this group of assholes who call they selves "punks." they've been beating up my friends left and right for something that happened(not to them) but their so called "friend" about a year and a half ago. about a month after this started...

http://www.rei.com/product/775079 Anyone ever used one of these before? A friend of mine had one a few days ago and used it to cut up a log when we couldn't find firewood. Holy Shit, what a handy tool.

Does anyone buy their weapons online? I want to get pepper spray and maybe a baton, but I can't find any good websites that have paypal. Anyone know of one?

So here is a craft that I learned as a kid, but still think it is cool. Fun thing to do while waiting for a train! -Collect up about 80-100 bottle caps Bars are a great place, go in and ask the bartender for em' -Don't use bent ones, they will not work out in the end -Stab a small hold...