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The concept is so simple it will surprise you. In this video he demonstrates his favorite construction techniques. Jeff Schmidt has built more than two dozen of these bows. The bows were made with horn and sinew glued to a wooden core to make a bow capable of casting an arrow over half a mile. These were short and powerful bows that could be used with a long, heavy arrow. Centuries ago the Asiatic Composite Bow was used to kick butt. How-to Construct the Asiatic Composite Bowīy Jeff Schmidt and John McPherson. Note that these are not quick, survival-type shelters you could build in a hurry, but rather these are long-term shelters, the kind that take a little more effort to construct up front to establish a quality primitive dwelling for an extended wilderness living situation. Then he and Geri (+ one friend) head out and make four different styles of semi-permanent homes from a variety of natural materials. In this video, John spends plenty of time explaining the rules, concepts and materials of good shelter building. Along with fire, shelter is one of the most important survival that you will need in any primitive living and/or survival situation. This is the video companion to Chapter Ten of John & Geri McPherson's book Primitive Wilderness Living and Survival Skills. With this video you will see how easy it is to transform a fresh carcass into many months worth of good eating.
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(Since a deer was not available at the time of filming, they used a goat instead, but the process is the same.) They show you how to skin, how to remove the sinews, and how to "debone" the animal, taking the meat off with a knife, rather than cutting through the bones with a meat saw. Using only common knives found in most kitchens, John McPherson demonstrates how to butcher a deer-sized animal from the moment of the kill all the way until the meat is wrapped and ready to put in the freezer.
This is the video companion to Chapter Six of John & Geri McPherson's book Primitive Wilderness Living and Survival Skills. McPherson outlines the essential rules of making good arrows, and shows you how to make your own from start to finish. Once you understand these rules then you can make a bow from just about any piece of wood. The critical part of the process is understanding the basic physics of bow-making, so McPherson spends much of the video in front of the chalkboard, making diagrams that illustrate how to shape a piece of wood so that it will bend efficiently to make a bow. In this video John McPherson details every step of the process to make a primitive bow and arrow. This is the video companion to Chapter Three of John & Geri McPherson's book Primitive Wilderness Living and Survival Skills. That's why cordage making is included in this video, to show you how to make functional bowdrill strings from natural materials. Under the harshest conditions, when you need fire the most, then the bowdrill is easier-assuming all the necessary materials are available. There are only two components-the drill and the hearth, sometimes from the same wood source. It was the most common method of fire making by aboriginal peoples throughout the world because it is so simple. The McPherson's prefer the handdrill technique.
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The video covers the hand drill and bow drill, plus cordage, and the bamboo fire saw. This is the video companion to Chapter Two of John & Geri McPherson's book Primitive Wilderness Living and Survival Skills.
If stuck in a real primitive situation, they want the easiest, most efficient (both for time and energy) method. As with every skill they do, they look for function before art. They explored many methods of tanning and adopted the most simple, time efficient processes they ever encountered.
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In this video the McPherson's detail the tanning process from raw skin to finished Buckskins. This is the video companion to Chapter One of John & Geri McPherson's book Primitive Wilderness Living and Survival Skills.
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