THE FIR RESIN MATCH: A Little Known Secret from the Boreal Forest July 24, 2023Wayne Russell Comment Follow me I wanted to share a technique I created that uses fir resin as an effective fire tinder. I call it, The [...]
Survival essentials: 5 Bushcraft skills for preppers May 9, 2023Zoey Sky Comment Follow me There are many bushcraft skills that can benefit preppers. Detailed below are five skills that can help you survive when SHTF. (h/t [...]
Fire Pit Construction January 7, 2023January 7, 2023Jedidiah Forsyth Comment Follow me Fire pit construction is an important skill that varies quite a bit depending on your needs. I’ll focus on an impromptu [...]
Survive and Conquer: A Newbie’s Guide to Surviving the Wild July 15, 2022July 15, 2022John Anderson Comment Follow me Though we all want to live, most of us do not have the skills to conquer a world where the adage [...]
Handdrill: Making Fire With Friction March 12, 2022March 12, 2022Filip Tkaczyk Comment Follow me The handdrill friction fire method is very old, and was used by many different cultures for millennia. It is a deceptively [...]
Survival Gear Checklist December 18, 2020December 18, 2020Chris Byrd Comment Follow me A survival gear checklist will help you prepare for your next outing. Knowing bushcraft or “primitive” survival methods is an excellent [...]
Basic Survival Skills April 10, 2020April 10, 2020Filip Tkaczyk Comment Follow me There is so much information on basic survival skills that you might be asking “Where to start?” Here are 6 primary [...]
Making Fire with a Bow and Drill January 6, 2020January 6, 2020Filip Tkaczyk Comment Follow me There is nothing quite like using a bow and drill to make your very own fire completely from scratch! Of the [...]
5 Easy Ways to Start a Fire Using Water December 4, 2017tpd Comment Follow me Starting a fire with water may seem counterintuitive, but water is actually a very useful tool for starting fires in emergency [...]
How to NOT have to Rub Sticks Together to Start a Fire! July 26, 2017tpd Comment Follow me A google of “how to start a fire with sticks” produced 26,800,000 results a few days ago. Don’t know that I [...]
How to Make a Fire When It’s Raining June 9, 2017tpd Comment Follow me If there’s one bad habit that we all share, it’s a lack of imagination when it comes to thinking through survival [...]
FAT GUYS IN THE WOODS: BLOG SKILL SERIES: Become a Fire Walker – Apache Match July 14, 2015July 14, 2015Creek Stewart 1 Follow me You’ve probably noticed that I’ll often send the guys off on the morning of their solo day with some kind of [...]
Making Fire With a Bow Drill June 28, 2015June 20, 2017Jarhead Survivor 3 Follow me Imagine you’re hiking with some friends on a day hike on a trail you’ve never been on. The trail is well [...]