Survival Training

Survival Training

Always be prepared for the worst case scenario! Become an expert survivalist. Learn how to build a fire in the woods or extinguish one in your home. Survive an earthquake or a flood, keep the wilderness at bay, make an emergency stove, kill insects, make weapons and tie a variety of knots. Sharpen your survival skills whether you are stranded on a desert island or the next contestant on Survivor.

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How to make flaked stone tools with flint knapping
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Make flaked stone tools with flint knapping

Check out this video to learn how to use flintknapping to make flaked stone tools. Find an angle that is less than an ninety degree angle ...more

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How to flint knap flaked stone tools
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Flint knap flaked stone tools

Check out this video to learn how to do flintknapping with flaked stone tools (The stones look like obsidian.)

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How to make a wood gas stove
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Make a wood gas stove

Make a small stove to burn wood chips using the wood gas method. Get tips from this how to tutorial.

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How to use a compact wood burning stove
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Use a compact wood burning stove

Use a compact wood burning stove. Check out this how to tutorial to learn how the features function.

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How to assemble a fire spout mini
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Assemble a fire spout mini

Assemble a fire spout mini. The Fire-Spout-Mini is a wood burning camp stove for the camper and backpacker. It will make a roaring fire ...more

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How to use pop can survival tips
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Use pop can survival tips

Could an empty pop can save your life? Sure it could! Just build a fire with a can using tips from this video.

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How to use biface thinning basics
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Use biface thinning basics

Take a quick look at biface thinning for novice knappers. Learn how to locate a mass on a biface, find a ridge to that mass, set up a ...more

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How to flint knap a stemmed point from Texas chert
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Flint knap a stemmed point from Texas chert

Check out this video to learn how to flint knap a stemmed serrated point from central Texas chert.

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How to punch knap chert arrowheads
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Punch knap chert arrowheads

Scalp creek uses antler punches and antler billets to punch a base on a point and work edges with new a leather "trough pad." Learn how to ...more

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How to flintknap with a thick leather hand pad
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Flintknap with a thick leather hand pad

This one inch thick leather hand pad is very comfortable for grasping a biface. Due to arthritis, people cannot always close their fingers ...more

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How to use a moose billet percussion technique
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Use a moose billet percussion technique

Learn how to do flint knapping with percussion antler billets. Scalp creek discusses the method of "peeling" flakes off the bottom by raking ...more

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How to make a paleoknife from Peoria chert & mesquite
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Make a paleoknife from Peoria chert & mesquite

Make a blade from Peoria chert with "abo" tools (moose antler and stone) then haft the blade with pine mastic into an aged Mesquite handle.

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How to use melted pine sap to haft points
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Use melted pine sap to haft points

For hafting points, melt pine sap and strain it while it is mixed with some turpentine. Then, mix the clean sap with horse, cow or rabbit ...more

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How to flint knap irregular pieces of spall
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Flint knap irregular pieces of spall

Check out this video to learn how to reduce odd shaped spalls and make a point from them. Yes, you can save large pieces and make more ...more

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How to start a bow drill fire with an outside spindle
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Start a bow drill fire with an outside spindle

Try moving the spindle to the outside of the string and tightening the string to improve your fire starting speed.

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How to make fire with primitive and non-primitive tools
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Make fire with primitive and non-primitive tools

Use a non-primitive magnesium stick, a primitive fire drill, and a magnifying glass for fire making.

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How to flint knap a stemmed darl point
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Flint knap a stemmed darl point

Take a piece of river cobble chert from central Texas and knap it to look like an archaic "Stemmed Darl" point from north Texas.

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How to pressure flakes with a copper tip Ishi stick
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Pressure flakes with a copper tip Ishi stick

Check out this video to learn how to do some pressure flakin' with a copper "screwdriver" tipped Ishi stick.

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How to carve Hixton Silicified Sandstone for flint knapping
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Carve Hixton Silicified Sandstone for flint knapping

Check out this video to learn how to carve Hixton Silicified Sandstone, or Hixton quartzite, like the orginal specimens from Wisconsin.

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How to detail or finish a point for flint knapping
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Detail or finish a point for flint knapping

Check out this video to learn how to do the final detailing of a point with jeweler head magnifiers, tiny pressure flakes, serrations, etc.

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