Primitive Skill Interests?

[sniper69]

It is always good to learn primitive skills. One never knows when these skills might be needed.

[Red Jacket Firearms]

Originally Posted by sniper69

It is always good to learn primitive skills. One never knows when these skills might be needed.

To true . Hike in the hill's of Colorado last spring , got caught by a very bad storm . A b.i.y. shelter and the old school techniques came in damn handy for keeping everyone dry and warm . well , maybe not warm , but we all lived through it lol

[Robert_Redbeard]

I have been experimenting with fire starting skills lately.

I am about a quarter of the way through production on a video about it. It has been really fun.

My favorite so far is the old technique I learned from a military buddy.

Cotton Balls and Petrolium Jelly Tinder. A tiny spark and it roars to life. Burns good and long if your are not shy with the Petrolium Jelly.

Primitaive skills are something I have been very interested in since an early age. Too bad it took growing up and having to track down the knowledge all by myself.

I have been passing the knowledge on to my kids. Because knowing is not nearly as important as sharing.

[Robert_Redbeard]

Originally Posted by Lt762x39

I think that there is an interest in all of us" tender foots" to be able to get back to the land so to speak. I was wondering if any of you had used a fire piston to start a fire....... [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] this thing is based on a cool primative fire starter that uses compression as a means of starting a fire. Sorta like a hand held deisel engine...... its a cool thing to

Wow!

This is very interesting. I may have to try this for my Fire Starting Video.

[magnus392]

SurvivalMonkey.com is a good source for a lot of info on primitive and survival skills.

[Freebore]

Another good reference, thanks Magnus!