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| Useful survival skills videos How to make useful items, video instruction which show you how to make solar ovens, fishing tools, food, hunting supplies and other useful equipment for rugged living. |
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| Solar Oven | |
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| Solar ovens are a great way to cook without electricity or firewood. They produce minimal signature effect and can be constructed of commmonly available materials. Understanding the principles of a solar oven is quite useful knowledge. | |
| Solar Cooking | |
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| Cooking with solar power is a great technique, but knowing how to use this to produce tasty food is worth studying | |
| Soda Pop Fishing Trick | |
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| If you are near a lake or river and don't have access to fishing line, but happen to have something similar to a plastic soda bottle available, you may find yourself dining on some tasty and nutritious sea food. | |
| Make glue from tree sap and pine tar | |
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| Glue is one of those commodities which is useful enough to get scarce fast. If you live in a forested area, knowing how to make glue from pine tree sap can be a great and somewhat unusual survival skill | |
| How to make cheese | |
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| Most people get their cheese from the grocery store, but knowing how to make cheese can be useful if you have access to dairy. This is a lost skill for most people, but there was a time when it was relatively common knowledge. There are reasons for this, cheese is tasty, nutritious and makes a great additive to a meal | |
| Bronze age archery skills | |
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| Archery is an ancient sport which evolved from hunting game. A bow and arrow can be constructed from trees and rocks if necessary, and can greatly increase your capability to acquire food. Archery takes some familiarity, but is a great skill | |
| Flint Knapping | |
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| Flint knapping is the art of shaping flint into edged surfaces. This usually done to create razor sharp arrowheads, spear tips, and cutting blades. Its so easy, even a caveman can do it, although it does require the right type of rock in your area. | |
| Earthenware pottery firing techniques | |
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| One of the first advances of most civilizations was the ability to create earthenware pottery. This skill enables manufacture of drinking vessels, food plates, cooking surfaces and building blocks as well as a wide variety of other clay items. | |
| Improvise a forge using a brake drum | |
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| The forge was a bronze age invention and is extremely useful as it provides a way to construct metal objects when traditional manufacturing techniques aren't available. This is a skilled operation, but is also highly useful and interesting to learn about. | |
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