What Cap said plus my trusty Sebenza. (prolly strap a 28 to my leg also.) Hell, I'm too old to fight with a knife or anything else, so a Glock 19 and a Remington 870 would be in order.

Beautiful horses and country, Max. I like your chaps too.

Almost a couple of decades ago, folks were prepping for Y2K.

Now, they're prepping for "Federales" to come to their neighborhood, and take them to those concentration camps that FEMA has hidden so well.

Seems like every couple of decades, the "Survival Merchandising" folks look for new ways to separate $$$$$ from the gullible or the tormented or the paranoia folks.

Not much has changed since Y2K.

Just sayin' my "two sense".

The major flaw of most people that carry a GOOD bag is that they have no place to bug out to. Instead of planning to run you should be prepping your home and carrying a get-home bag. To answer the original question, a 25-5 is a do-everything knife for me.

Tom, did you have any involvement with the Harley-Davidson test riders at the FEC? I was a test rider for 16 years but never worked at Naples. I usually went to the Ford Proving Grounds in AZ when we did hot weather testing. I have over 9k miles on that track.

thanks Tom,

great country to pack in. the chaps are 3/16" thick pig hide. I raised them, killed them, ate them and had the chaps made. took two pigs to make them. need that in mesquite country. we have everything that sticks and bites.
max

Well for me it's an 18 5.5, O1, knurled grip that's got duck tape, fishing line and patacord wrapping it, the stone is gone and leatherman micro with a firestarter, needle some cotton and a bit of tinder is in its place, the handle holds a compass and fish hooks, sinkers, more tinder, matches and a striker, some safety pins, and another needle, seems to do the job...

I think Buck's "two sense" makes pretty good sense. Hell, better to build an ark, the sea level is going to rise any day now!!

The only "prepping" I do is food prep and whittling hot dogs sticks for the kids.

This seems to work...

Unless you're 100% self-sufficient with food and water, you're just buying time. These suburbanite preppers may last a couple of weeks longer than someone who's got 2 days worth of food stored, but you're just delaying the inevitable.

Anyway, here's my end of the world Randall. And a couple of other things that might come in useful.

Remember, save the last bullet for yourself.