Urban Schlub: Redux
Yesterday’s April Fools post was, we hope you realize, firmly tongue in cheek. Satirical though we were being, we also hoped to make a point as well. Recent releases in the “tactical” clothing… Read More
Category Archive: Awareness
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BFE Labs Urban Schlub
For several years now we’ve been intensely focused on the “Grey Man” concept. Through our study and development, we’ve come to possess a robust and proven ability to disappear into the urban landscape.… Read More
Woods Competency
Recently, a client made the comment that he was a “student of wilderness survival, not a bushcraft type”. This struck me as sort of odd, so I asked him a bit about how… Read More
Awareness Notes: Training for Blindness
In our quest to better ourselves and hone our necessary skills for staying alive in our field, we should be training often and hard. From time to time, in our efforts to train… Read More
Awareness Notes: “Satisfaction of Search” & Multiples
In a short 2010 paper in i-Perception, Dr. Daniel Simons noted the following; “[The finding] is consistent with the phenomenon of ‘satisfaction of search’—people are less likely to search for additional targets once… Read More
Cultivating Awareness
“[...]a man becomes his attentions. His observations and curiosity, they make and remake him.” William Least Heat Moon Our last post was on April Fools Day. We posted an appropriate post, saying our… Read More
Observation is Important, M’kay?
There is perhaps no skill, trait, attribute, or ability of more value to survival than simple observation. If you are not aware, and you are not able to grasp the meaning of what… Read More
A Visual Addition to Theory of Ultra-Small Combative Knives
Much of the attraction (and danger) of ultra-small knives is in the opportunities, often unconventional, they present for concealment. This would be much better executed with an appropriately sized locking folder, or a… Read More
Be More Bad Ass Than Jack Bauer!
It’s been asked, “WWJBD”, or, “What Would Jack Bauer Do?” – Well, after watching tonights premiere of 24 I believe the answer has been found: Jack would carry an empty, but ever so… Read More
Spotting a Hidden Handgun
This was posted on Total Protection Interactive, and archiving it so that it wouldn’t disappear into the internet void was mentioned. In keeping, and to further spread the tactical good news, I’m posting… Read More
