M-J’s Survival Tools

Elegant Survival – Survival Tools

Hemorrhage-Control Bandage

Posted on December 5, 2011 at 9:35 AM

A large hemorrhage-control bandage for application to gaping wounds has been developed by the Israeli Army. These are survival tools that everyone should have in their bug-out bags and first aid kits.

©M-J de Mesterton

Elegant Survival

Stylish Living on a Shoestring

Self-Defense Tools Recommended by Elegant Survival

For self-defense and personal protection products, Elegant Survival highly recommends J-Ray Traders.This is the country’s most reliable dealer of survival and safety products for personal and home use.

Stock up on Survival Supplies: Very Important Video

Best Prices Storable Foods Dehydrated, Dry Foods and Canned Goods for Emergency Situations: an Elegant Survival RecommendationDisaster-Survival Preparation Links

An Effective, Barking Burglar Repellent

Home Security: Burglar Repellent that Barks to Prevent Home Intrusion

This barking dog needs no food and no walkies–just a bit of electricity. Click on the picture below, then look for the search-box and enter “Electronic Secure Dog”.

Believe me, these are fun to play with, and very scary to intruders!

Burglar Repellant, home protection, barking dog, electronic barking dog

Elegant Survival: Disaster Preparedness

Survival Tools

Wheat
Walton Feed Store, Montpelier, Idaho: Survival Foods
Swedish Survival Tools for Making Fire
Sprouting Wheat and Seeds
Santa Fe Sticks
Preparedness Nuggets, Pre-Y2K–Remember?
Toasty Feet Insoles are made of material developed by NASA. They are thin, lightweight and will keep your feet warm in the winter under the coldest conditions. Please visit Nolan and his son at
The Perfect Present.

Elegant Survival’s Recommended Source for Self-Defense Tools
Non-Electric Food-Processor
Millenium Ark
Meat and Wheat Grinder
Massad Ayoob on Firearms
Making Bulghur from Wheat Berries
How to Travel Safely
Herbs Etc., Santa Fe
Health 9-1-1
Full-Spectrum Lighting for Optimum Health
Food-Sources of Iodine for Thyroid Health
Coffee Mill (non-electric)
Bike Trailers
Backwoods Home on Self-Reliance
Anti-Aging Doctor in Santa Fe
Abdominal Muscle Tighteners: Easy Exercises

Friday, March 7, 2008

Basic Survival Manual

This is the Complete Collection of Bison Newsletters by James Dakin, and available on-line in a great PDF that you get instantly for $4.00 US via PayPal. Also available at the Lulu site linked here is The Frugal Survivalist by James Dakin, in a $3.00 PDF file, instead of for $11.00 or more on Amazon.com. I’m almost done reading The Frugal Survivalist. It’s a store-room of ideas, amusing, philosophical, and above all practical. It could benefit from some professional editing, but you’ll get used to that. Witty James Dakin has written bare-bones book with an arsenal of valuable information.

~~M-J

Survival Storage

October 26, 2009

CPS Container and Packaging Supply has the necessary tools for storing your survival foods and materials.

Food, Tools and Supplies

Monday, May 26, 2008

Survival Preparation: Non-Electric Tools

In the event of a power-outage, or complete disaster, you will need certain non-electric kitchen tools. Let’s say that you’ve successfully put away a stock of wheat. You will need to grind it for flour, or crush it for salads and pilafs. The traditional heavy metal meat and vegetable grinder, which attaches by vise to a table or counter-top, is necessary. If you have stored-up a load of coffee beans (whole coffee beans, like wheat “berries”, have a much longer shelf-life than their ground forms), you will need a high-quality, hand-operated coffee grinder. See my Survival Tools link-list on the blog of this website for sources.
Hand-Operated Meat and Wheat GrinderHere is a photo of my sprouted grains and seeds, showing my hand-operated coffee-grinder.
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Photo Copyright M-J de Mesterton, 2008Emergency Foods

A great way to always have some form of cheese, without refrigeration, is to buy economy-sized containers of grated Parmesan cheese–the kind which comes in the plastic cylinders. Kraft has a nice product; check its packaging for shelf-life prospectus. As in my previous posts about dehydrated foods, et cetera, I’m not posting this information for food-snobs, but for people who wish to be prepared for disaster!

You would do well to lay in a supply of pasta and powdered eggs, as well as olive oil and nuts. It may not be the most nutritious food, but there’s a lot you can do with pasta. A recipe I devised years ago is this: sauté some walnuts and chopped garlic in olive oil until they are brown. Add it to your cooked pasta, together with shredded or grated Parmesan cheese. Eggs, of course, are nature’s perfect food, in my opinion. Adding Parmesan cheese to an omelette yields a delicious dish, especially when it also contains tomatoes, sun-dried or fresh. Both pasta and egg dishes are enhanced by dried parsley and chives–two other items to have on hand when it seems that the end is at hand!

~~M-J de Mesterton

Survival Candles

Here is my source for survival candles: Coghlan at Vitacost

Survival Preppers Listen on-Line to These Shows

Family Preparedness Podcast, with Survival Author James Talmage Steven

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The Survival Podcast, with Jack Spirko

Home Security

Home Security: Click on the picture below, then look for the search-box and enter “Security Cameras”.

Wilderness Survival

Here is an informative site, with a bulletin-board and regular contributors/participants, the theme of which involves basic survival skills: Wilderness SurvivalI’ve joined…. Update: a member name erunkiswildernesssurvival links us to a great series of videos:

Trapper Jack Survival Videos

And there is this vitally important, pocket-sized survival tin that you pack carefully and put into a zip-locking bag to waterproof it. The suggestions in this thread are very useful for composing your personal kit.

The Society of Primitive Technology

Sprouts: the Grow-Your-Own Survival Vegetable

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Sprouting Wheat, Beans and Seeds

Grow your own tiny, highly nutritious vegetables in a few days, anywhere.

Put into glass storage jars, or plastic tote-bins, a year’s supply of alfalfa seeds, mustard seeds, wheat berries (whole wheat kernels) and the beans of your choice. The best ones for sprouting are pinto beans, adzuki beans, small red beans, mung beans, peas, lentils, and any small red or white kidney beans. The smaller the bean, the better crop of sprouts you will have. You are certainly able to sprout large kidney beans, but they may sour faster once sprouted.

Use sterile glass jars with relatively wide mouths, and some nylon, cheesecloth, or plastic window screen material (it’s soft and comes on a roll, available at big hardware stores) attached to their rims with rubber bands. Put a half-inch or so of little beans or alfalfa seeds at the bottom of a jar, and add clean water up to half-jar full. Soak the beans or seeds overnight. The next morning, drain the jar through the porous material attached to the rim. Rinse seeds or beans with water through the top of the jar, no need to remove straining material; drain well, and set in a place with little light. Rinse again in the evening. Repeat this process daily, and on the third or fourth day, you’ll have sprouts.If you would then like to enhance the sprouts with a little chlorophyll, or green leaves, set the jars on a windowsill for a day.There’s a variety of ways to prepare and eat sprouts. One is in salads, another is in sandwiches. I like to put them on whole-grain bread that has been spread with labneh, or strained, thickened yogurt.

Some people grind up sprouts and cook them into meatless spaghetti sauce. Sprouts can be baked into breads, as well.

Sprouts are the perfect survival food, if one has the little bit of water required to soak and rinse the seeds or beans. Seeds and beans are easy to store in glass jugs or plastic bulk-bins. They have longevity, just as you will if you treat yourself right.