The Hardest Kit On The Planet

Welcome to Episode 8 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast, brought to you be Heinnie Haynes!  This weeks episode is an interview with Andrew Packer who is a primitive survival and bushcraft expert. He runs two companies; one called Stone Age Life and the other called Nomad Survival. With his companies he teaches people all over the world how to make use of their environments and skills that can help them out in nearly any given outdoor environment.   As always if you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to drop us an email anytime to podcast@heinnie.com

Welcome to Episode 7 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast, brought to you be Heinnie Haynes!  This weeks episode is an interview with a guy called Christopher Fire who is the CEO of the global brand Lansky Sharpeners. They specialise in designing and manufacturing some of the best sharpening systems in world. They have also branched out recently into collaborating on their own knife designs.    In this episode I chat to Christopher about all things Lansky and knife sharpening. Looking at how to sharpen your knives and tools. What sort of sharpening system will suit you, and some of the techniques you can use to look after your edge. As always if you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to drop us an email anytime to podcast@heinnie.com

  Welcome to Episode 6 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast, brought to you be Heinnie Haynes! Looking at why prior preparation, and honing your skills can survive and thrive in the great outdoors. This weeks episode is an interview with a a really cool ex-Royal Marine Sniper called Aldo Kane who now owns a Safety and Security company called Vertical Planet. They specialise in looking after camera crews and presenters on location right across the world, from the Arctic to the Desert and everywhere in between.   In this episode we have a really interesting chat about some other things Aldo and his company do on their jobs, and extract some really great insights and knowledge that could really help you be better prepared for the great outdoors. Whether it's diving, tracking, rock climbing or just walking there is something in this episode for everyone! As always if you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to drop us an email anytime to podcast@heinnie.com

This is episode 5 of the Hardest Kit on the Plant Podcast. This weeks episode is an interview with a pepper known as the Real Survivalist (Rob Harvey). He is currently preparing for a year long prepping challenge, which will involve him living completely alone for a year, whilst also having to be self sufficient. As well as his challenge Rob also talks to us about the basics of prepping and some of the essential skills that are needed to survive, and to help other survive.  There is so much information given out in this podcast, you'd be mad not to listen!  

Welcome to episode 4 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast! In this episode we chat with Allen Elishewitz, who is a household name in the knife industry. It was really good to get Allen of the show to talk all about his experiences in the knife industry, specifically looking at how he got into knife making and the advice he has for others wishing to get into the industry. He also talks about some of the innovations he has brought other market, which are really cool! This interview is full of really useful insights into all things knives, knife making and how to design knives. There is no school like the old school, and Allen really gives some great tips and advice throughout the show! It's a really awesome conversation, and we hope you get some great insight from it! As always if you have any questions or suggestions for us please email podcast@heinnie.com

This is episode 3 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast! In this episode we chat with former Special Forces Green Beret, Mykel Hawke. This guy is mad, and shares some really cool insights into his life, including he former special forces days, his survival school, and how he got into presenting survival shows on TV. This interview is full of really useful insights into all things survival and prepping, including what gear you need, what skills you need to have and how you can be as prepared as possible for any given scenario. It's a really awesome conversation, and we hope you get some great insight from it! As always if you have any questions or suggestions for us please email podcast@heinnie.com

Welcome to episode 2 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast! In this episode we chat to Lindsey Phelps from CRKT (Columbia River Knife and Tool). She is the international Sales Manager for the company and shares some really awesome insights into the company, how it works, and how they became and remain one of the best knife companies in the world. During the interview we talk about numerous things concerning CRKt including how they started, how they come up with their designs and what innovations they have brought the the knife industry. We also talk a little about knife safety and how come of the features built into modern knives help improve user safety. It's a really great conversation, and we hope you get some great insight from it! As always if you have any questions or suggestions for us please email podcast@heinnie.com

Episode 1 of the brand new Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast! In this very first episode we chat to Robin Smith who is a wildlife cameraman. Robin has travelled all over the world filming people and animals in some of the hardest places on the planet. During the interview we talk about what sort of kit Robin takes on his various trips, how he chooses that kit and even how come of his kit has helped save his life. Anyway we hope you enjoy this very first episode! If you have any questions or suggestions for us please email podcast@heinnie.com