This weeks preps check-in

[Kenprep1979]

well i guess my latest venture could be considered a prep! recently made a drum forge for heat treating knives im starting to make! also went and got a benchtop belt sander for doing my edge bevels have a few blanks made up im going to start working on soon . i will most definately post some pick when i start getting blades out!

 

[Brent S]

well i guess my latest venture could be considered a prep! recently made a drum forge for heat treating knives im starting to make! also went and got a benchtop belt sander for doing my edge bevels have a few blanks made up im going to start working on soon . i will most definately post some pick when i start getting blades out!

I've always enjoyed the satisfaction of making things with my own hands.

 

[Marv.Schmitz87]

Got some more hunting gear at dunhams. They r having a 48h super sale. Got a nice 30$ back pack for 14.99$, some ammo, doe p, and a face cover my bow hunting camo suit is complete now. Im going to a new property tomorrow to hang stands, cams and create food plots. Hope to get some meet in the freezer...

 

[Silent Earth]

I've always enjoyed the satisfaction of making things with my own hands.

Yes we re told you ALWAYS have your hands on your thing !!!!!!

 

[Marv.Schmitz87]

I picked a few tomatos, peppers and hot peppers from our bucket garden to whip up a quick salsa.

Turned out to be more than i thought...

 

[Marv.Schmitz87]

I got a call from my local archery shop today that my arrows were done. I had them make 9 hunting arrows for me and they got em done today. Oh boy, archery sure is addicting and shuts up your common sense. If half a year ago somebody would have told me that i would happily spent 100 bucks on 9 arrows i would not have believed it. But here i am...

 

[Mountain trapper]

I picked a few tomatos, peppers and hot peppers from our bucket garden to whip up a quick salsa. View attachment 4620

Turned out to be more than i thought...View attachment 4621

That looks really good! But where are the habaneros and ghost peppers?

 

[Marv.Schmitz87]

That looks really good! But where are the habaneros and ghost peppers?

I didnt plant any this year and bought habanero and jalapeño flakes. Those went in the salsa. Moderate tho, im a big baby mouth when it comes to spicy. Lol.

 

[Joe SA]

There is nothing moderate about those two chillies, they are grown on the fence line with hell, some are planted closer to it than others. For me the only use thay have is to mush boil and strain them to have something to throw in their face tht will burn the living dailights out them. Wont put them in my mouth, i hate pain. [emoji15]

 

[Brent S]

I picked a few tomatos, peppers and hot peppers from our bucket garden to whip up a quick salsa. View attachment 4620

Turned out to be more than i thought...View attachment 4621

Nice! Are you water bath canning them so they don't need to be refrigerated? I mostly did canned tomatoes this year, but did a couple cases of salsa. I have to add the kick to it at the table so that my wife can enjoy it too.

 

[Brent S]

Yes we re told you ALWAYS have your hands on your thing !!!!!!

I always say, if you want something done right.......

 

[Silent Earth]

Know what you mean exactly Marv, with the gun issue in the UK being so intrusive and repressive many of our prepper confine themselves to archery, Many of us will not apply for gun or ham licences because of the Persec issues, but there are no constraints on archery ( though bow hunting is illegal) but I too often find myself lashing on on a dozen high quality arrows for my preps.

I got a call from my local archery shop today that my arrows were done. I had them make 9 hunting arrows for me and they got em done today. Oh boy, archery sure is addicting and shuts up your common sense. If half a year ago somebody would have told me that i would happily spent 100 bucks on 9 arrows i would not have believed it. But here i am... View attachment 4622

 

[jimLE]

i finaly found these at academy sport yesterday.in which i've been looking for,since 2013.they costed me $1.07 with tax.i'll be buying more of them when i have more money.and i'll also be looking into other forms of cooking and heat as well,when the 500 gallon propane tank runs out after a shtf situation.

 

[Brent S]

i finaly found these at academy sport yesterday.in which i've been looking for,since 2013.they costed me $1.07 with tax.i'll be buying more of them when i have more money.and i'll also be looking into other forms of cooking and heat as well,when the 500 gallon propane tank runs out after a shtf situation.

View attachment 4623

I couldn't see what they were Jim.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Got an offer on our house yesterday. If the deal goes through we'll be in our new, and finial place by the end of October.

 

[Maverick]

Since we are staying at the house in town Lisa gave me the smallest room in the house for our prep stuff, yesterday I gone up on the property and pulled more supplies for the house here in town so basically I have a mini store room of the larger one up on the property, that was my project this week.

 

[jimLE]

I couldn't see what they were Jim.

it's the p38,bottle opener and spoon rolled up into 1 item..

 

[jimLE]

i got 6 more AA and 6 AAA more rechargeable batteries 2 days ago.gonna stop at lowes for some 1x2's for my tomato plants.i figured i wouldn't get any tomatoes this year,on account i got a late start on getting the plants started this year.but i have 1 tomato already showed up..and it looks like i'll be getting more as well.pluse my jalapenos and habaneros are come along real great.

 

[jontte]

don't know if I could afford it,but I'll have to make a detour tomorrow when coming home and get some .22lr ammo

 

[jimLE]

i got 2 switches for my battery charges yesterday,this way i can turn them off when not in use.then turn them on when needed.the reason for that,is i got tired of unpluging them,then pluging them back in.just to turn them on.plus i dont care for the idea of turning off the power strip,then back on.on account i have my window unit pluged into it.i already spliced one switch into my main charger.and it works great..

 

[jimLE]

I got me a brick of 22 ammo today..$27 something with tax..and they have it,out on the shelves now.instead of behind the counter..i'll deffently be back when i have the money

 

[Mountain trapper]

I got me a brick of 22 ammo today..$27 something with tax..and they have it,out on the shelves now.instead of behind the counter..i'll deffently be back when i have the money

Not a bad price, for now days. A couple weeks ago Gander Mountain had some on the shelves with a 2 brick limit. My wife and I both picked up 2 apiece. As I was placing it in my stock, I noticed a price tag on an old brick; $6.99.

 

[Michael HM Murdock]

I recently got a bunch of two ounce liquid nitrogen and hydrogen bottles. Also got a bunch of arrows. Had my rice harvest last week, about eighteen kilograms of rice. And the testing for my make shift thagomizer-inator laser is not going so well. I took a bunch of xenon and radon lights put them in a ten inch spot light with two sixteen inch old TV screens as a concentrator. It can set things on fire and blister steel but cannot cut it though it would do hell to human.

 

[Maverick]

Picked up a few of these Military water proof shell carriers that should make good cache canisters.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Got an accepted offer on the house yesterday. This morning I went down and bought a 25' FB trailer, and tomorrow I'll start loading it. I hate moving, especially 2200 miles one way, but it will be our last move.

 

[Maverick]

Got an accepted offer on the house yesterday. This morning I went down and bought a 25' FB trailer, and tomorrow I'll start loading it. I hate moving, especially 2200 miles one way, but it will be our last move.

You coming back down to the lower 48?

 

[Mountain trapper]

You coming back down to the lower 48?

Yep. To an undisclosed location out west. Actually, we'll be neighbors, kind of..

 

[jontte]

and I bought that little brick of .22....I could have spent a lot more time at that shop..so much to look....and touch....

 

[jimLE]

i love buying the 525 round bricks..so many places to hide them..and not enough time,in which to do so..

 

[Brent S]

I siphoned off the wines I've got fermenting right now. These are 3 Concorde, a white grape and one blackberry batch. I'm eagerly awaiting tasting the blackberry as it's the first time I've made it. I still have another batch of Concorde grapes frozen, and I just started picking the muscadines. The 5 jugs I have going now are 125 bottles when done, but I'll get close to two hundred more from the muscadines. The root cellar is perfect storage for it, not only do I have a lifetime supply, but plenty to share and barter with if the economy goes south.