Continuing with our “Knot of the Week” series, we present the Highwayman’s Hitch. This knot is another interesting one to talk about, due to its history. The Highwayman’s Hitch was supposedly used back in the late 1800s by stagecoach robbers. According to Wikipedia, Highwayman describes a robber who traveled by horse rather than foot.
The Highwayman would tie up his horse alongside the stagecoach he was robbing using the Highwayman’s Hitch, enabling him to make a fast getaway. The hitch will hold fairly strong, yet will release very quickly with a simple tug on the free end.
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A good survival kit is one of those things you just don’t leave the house without. It’s a small insurance policy for what we may run into in life, and the kit we’ll be reviewing today is definately “small”.
As a way to introduce ourselves to the community, we’re giving away a brand new Blue Force Gear Vickers Combat Applications Sling in Coyote Brown. We here at ITS swear by the Blue Force Gear two-point VCAS, and have never had one fail on us.
Tactical Driving is starting to gain in popularity, and we’d like to give it some attention here at ITS. Tactical Driving, Evasive Driving or Technical Driving… Whatever you decide to call it, is an important skill set to have. Believe it or not, learning these techniques will make you a better driver out on the road amongst the sheeple. It will enable you to respond quickly to any situation that arises and know the limits of your vehicle.
Lock Bumping is quickly becoming a popular way of bypassing a lock without the need for picking. The method uses a key blank from the particular lock you’re wanting to gain entry to. The key blank is then filed with a square file to let the key pins drop to their furthest position on the lock.
Parachute Rigger’s Rubber Bands are seldom talked about, but are extremely beneficial to aid in securing gear, and numerous other uses. The primary purpose of these rubber bands is to hold parachute 550 line securely in order to allow an easy deployment of the lines when a chute is opened. If you’ve ever packed a chute, or been around one when it was, you’ll surely recognize these. We primarily use them to hold tourniquets and strobes to our gear. 
