 | Primitive Technology: A Book of Earth Skills
Buy new: $17.15 / Used from: $17.15 Great collection of information on various primitive skills. One can find surprising bits of important information even after years of use.
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 | Primitive Technology II: Ancestral Skill - From the Society of Primitive Technology
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $22.38 Number two in the series. Again, great collection of information on various primitive skills. One can find surprising bits of important information even after years of use.
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 | Primitive Wilderness Living & Survival Skills: Naked into the Wilderness by John McPherson
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $19.99 John and Geri have done it since 1970´s! For this book and the following "Primitive Wilderness Skills, Applied & Advanced" they have collected their incredibly convincing personal (and often entertaining) life experience on primitive skills. Must have.
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 | Primitive Wilderness Skills, Applied & Advanced by John McPherson
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $13.00 See above. Must have.
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 | Earth Knack: Stone Age Skills for the 21st Century by Bart Blankenship
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $15.85 Although somewhat dated in appearance, "Earth Knack" is a solid book on basic primitive skills and beyond. Good starting point for anyone interested on the subject.
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 | The Traditional Bowyer's Bible, Volume 1
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $12.90 The name says it all! Although this book is ´only´ about bows and arrows, it gives the reader good opportunity to develop analytical perspective on any traditional craft with natural materials. If making primitive bows and arrows can cover three (now four) major volumes, how about the rest of ´sticks & stones´ as one might say? Must have.
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 | The Traditional Bowyer's Bible, Volume 2
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $11.21 The name says it all!
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 | The Traditional Bowyer's Bible, Volume 3
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $13.99 The name says it all!
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 | Bushcraft: Outdoor Skills & Wilderness Survival by Mors Kochanski
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $10.44 Book on basic woodland bushcraft that is so detailed and thorough, that unlike many others it is about actual how-tos and skills needed in the real world. Great reference material for students on safe axe use, felling trees, saw maintenance etc. Emphasis on metal tools rather than ´sticks & stones´, but still highly recommended.
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 | Deerskins Into Buckskins: How To Tan With Natural Materials, a Field Guide for Hunters and Gatherers by Matt Richards
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $12.57 One of the best books on one of the most fundamental of primitive skills... tanning. Highly informative, easy to understand, and great fun to read! 2nd edition recommended, since the author has improved on certain aspects of tanning process since the original.
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 | How to Make Primitive Pottery by Evard H. Gibby
Buy new: $8.95 / Used from: $4.58 Outlook and scope of this book is somewhat modest, but it manages to give the reader just the right amount of right information to really get one going on making primitive pottery. Its almost sneaky how Edvard Gibby manages to boil down the essentials - sign of undisputed command regarding the subject matter. Recommended.
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