Comments on: Urban Vs Wilderness Bug Out Bag: Choosing The Right Gear

By: Frank Laflamme

Frank Laflamme — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 04:56:30 +0000

Thanks for the kind comments, all. I apologize for not checking these responses and comments until now. I encourage you to contact me at my email address: EMPAUTHOR@GMAIL.COM.

Frank L.

By: Claude Overstreet

Claude Overstreet — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 19:36:39 +0000

Frank, I loved your book and have been hoping for a sequel.
This was a great article! Items well thought out.
I work at a County hospital near where your character experienced the EMP.
Live in Westchester. With SAR in Malibu. Know the whole route!
Would love to meet you!

By: Chris Ruiz

Chris Ruiz — Thu, 12 May 2016 01:47:30 +0000

In reply to Penrod. Hi Pernod, Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience! The tomahawk is a fantastic tool for bushcraft work, give one a try next time you are out in the woods. Here is our guide on choosing a tomahawk in case you were interested: How To Choose The Best Survival Tomahawk As for the 11″ KaBar Cutlass Machete, that looks like an awesome blade!

By: Penrod

Penrod — Wed, 11 May 2016 20:31:55 +0000

Good article. It’s nice to see someone with real world experience discuss the differences between gear useful for urban vs rural scenarios.

I really have not given any serious thought to a tomahawk, and you make a good argument for one.

We did think a bit about a good pair of wire cutters, especially for my wife’s GHB, for going through chain link fences if she is caught at work during a major earthquake. A truly bad quake is low probability here (biggest on record on Oahu is an est. 7.0 in the late 19th century), but if one did happen, being able to get through a fence might be critical as she is not capable of going over one with her disabilities.

I agree entirely on the virtues of a great big knife vs a hatchet. I am an aficionado of the 11″ KaBar Cutlass Machete for chopping and batoning. Not so convenient for processing food because of the deep belly, but I’d rather compromise that than on processing wood. It would also make a decent defensive weapon, perhaps without being quite so strong a LEO magnet like something along the lines of an Ontario Marine Raider knife might be.