It's just a Walmart knock off of the Army shovel. I REALLY want this one...

Cant ever go wrong with a standard issue etool. Every military surplus store has them

Indeed, got one that I think might be old German, it's still got the wood handle and the like, but it feels like it could probably stop some pistol calibers.

@PASSIVE DEAD CAT BOUNCER SMH

You guys have any tips for a young, greenhorn prepper currently living with their folks (as much as I hate to admit it) in a suburban area?

Skills to learn and practice, food and water storage/ procurement, maybe communications?

It kind of depends on region, but I suppose let's start with what do you already know?

I know some basics, like how to start a fire. I have some idea as to what kind of food I should buy, I know a little bit about water purification and filtration but not much

I know the layout of the area that I'm in very well

Like ham radios, gas masks,filters, and nbc gear

?

I'm not at that point yet. I guess I'm trying to figure out how to solidify my foundation

The situations I envision potentially having to contend with are civil war and economic collapse

Ammo, guns, MREs, water purifiers, and bam

Everything basic 😅

I need to save up to buy some survival stuff

I need a tarp because it doubles as a cover and water collecter

Shit, tarps are a good idea

Make rainwater catchment with that

Yeah even a small one is good really. Make a lean-to and place a tarp on with some rocks on top for shelter

For water catching digging a hole and placing it in is the most basic as long as it's in an open area

I got enough yard back here to put up several tarps

Nice! As long as it rains 🤣

We get some rain, but only in winter and spring

Ah

I've also seen people use tarps to distill water

So I would need to engineer a way to store it

Fortunately I have a hot tub

Nice

That's about 300 gallons

Nice!

I bought a countertop water filter with a ceramic and carbon element in it, so it should take the chemicals out of the hot tub water if I need to drink out of that

Yeah that's cool

Oh I would also recommend a bowie knife lol. I've gotten a pretty nice Elk Ridge one from Big 5 for 10 dollars when it was on sale

Normally $30 ?

So that was a steal

I got blades, guns and ammo covered

Oh cool cool

I have a sog tech bowie as a primary knife

I have blades covered but not ammo or guns lol

Oh nice