Ready Answers from Ultimate Survival Tips
David Polczynski, Founder of Ultimate Survival Tips
David Polczynski is the founder of Ultimate Survival Tips, host of the Ultimate Survival Tips YouTube channel and The Survival Show podcast, and the designer of the MSK-1 Survival Knife System. For more than a decade he has taught practical survival, camping and family preparedness skills to hundreds of thousands of people, and he designs the gear he teaches with.

What David does
- Teacher: host of the Ultimate Survival Tips YouTube channel (450K+ subscribers, 65 million+ views, 460+ videos) and The Survival Show podcast (240+ episodes).
- Knife designer: creator and designer of the MSK-1 Survival Knife System, first launched on Kickstarter in 2016, including the MSK-1 Elite X, MSK-1 Warrior X and MSK-1 Ranger X.
- Author: creator of the Tiny Survival Guide, the Tiny First Aid Guide and the Tiny Disaster Guide, credit-card sized guides that put core skills in your wallet.
- Product designer: designer of the exclusive gear sold at Ultimate Survival Tips and Tiny Survival.

Why it matters
David's focus is simple: someone is counting on you to be ready. Every answer, video and product here is built to help you prepare for everyday emergencies, the outdoors and disasters, and to practice the skills before you need them.

Start with David's work
- MSK-1 Knives, Sheaths, Kits and Accessories
- Tiny Survival Guide
- Tiny First Aid Guide
- Tiny Disaster Guide
- David's story: It All Started with Cub Scouts
Connect
Be prepared, because you never know.
David, Ultimate Survival Tips