Emergencies can arise at any point while off on a wilderness excursion. Electronics can die, lighters may not ignite, and your water source may run low - suddenly, you're in a wilderness survival ...

The key to fire-by-friction methods like the bow drill and hand drill is to use soft, non-resinous wood. So a wood like pine, while being soft, is not going to work due to the sap, which causes ...

In this video, we explore the ancient craft of primitive pottery, demonstrating techniques to create functional pottery using natural materials. This is part of a series on primitive technology skills ...

Learn three primitive fire-making techniques: the hand drill, bow drill, and bamboo fire saw. Discover the step-by-step processes behind each method and the materials and skills required for creating ...

IN NATURE for June 10 (p. 140) there was an abstract of a monograph upon drills, dealing, among others, with those used in ancient Egypt. May I be permitted to point out that the object shown in Fig.