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Knife
& Tomahawk Throwing
by Harry K. McEvoy
This 28 page booklet is PACKED with
information about throwing knives and 'hawks (tomahawks). Author has
photos and drawing discussing types of weapons, how to throw consistently
and accurately. There is even a picture of a wild boar killed with a
bowie thrower!
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Brain
Tanning the Sioux Way
(Step by
Step)
by
Larry Belitz
This amazing little 17 page booklet
gives you all the information you need with good detail to brain tan your
hides successfully. It is now in it's 17th printing, so you know
it's a good one!
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Blue
Mountain Buckskin
2nd Edition
- revised & enlarged
by Jim Riggs
A working manual of dry scrape brain tanning. A classic and very
popular instruction manual for brain tanning and smoking buckskins.
Covers procedures in easy to follow step by step instructions. Good
pictures and illustrations. 137 pages
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Buckskin - The Ancient Art of Braintanning
by Steven
Edholm & Tamara Wilder
Great book! Covers a multitude of methods and various related
subjects. Learn how to skin, wet scrape, dry scrape, all about
different tools to use, fleshing, graining, membraning, braining,
softening, smoking, sewing holes, vegetable tanning and dyeing, making
clothing and much more including uses for bone and hoof parts. A
super addition to any primitive skills library! Has a complete
glossery, 148 pages of pictures and illustrations, complete index, trouble
shooting sections, and step by step instructions in each chapter.
307 pages
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Deerskins into Buckskins
by Matt
Richards
This is a very popular manual about how to tan with natural
materials. Discusses storing hides, use of ashes, scraping,
skinning, smoking and more. You get easy to follow instructions with
good pictures and illustrations. A neat feature in this book is a
Resource Index giving names and contact information of individuals and
companies for classes and helpful products. A 'must have' for any
primitive skills library! 160 pages
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Brain Tan Buckskin
by John
McPherson
My best seller! Loaded with pictures;
it is clear concise and to the point. With this book in hand, the
uninitiatd can go from raw deer skin to finished soft buckskin in as
little as 10 hours in two days! Plus a chapter on preparation and
use of sinew for threads - written with the pilgrim in mind.
46 pages
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Tan
Your Hide the Alum Way
by Kent
Klein
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Plains Indian & Mountain Man Arts & Crafts
by Charles W. Overstreet
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Plains
Indian & Mountain Man Arts & Crafts II:
An Illustrated Guide
by Charles W. Overstreet
Neat book! Has tons of how-to
illustrations for such things as Blackfoot Fish Trap, Arikara Fire Drill,
Lakota Cradle Board,
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Permanent & Semi-Permanent
Shelters
by John &
Geri McPherson
Could you make it out in the
wilderness? Learn how to make shelters with what is "at hand" for
your survival. Book illustrates how to make simple lean-to's and
more - even up to an elaborate thatched wickup!
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Primitive Wilderness
Containers,
Book 1
by John &
Geri McPherson
Learn quickly how to make all sorts of
handy and useful baskets, cordage, and other what-nots for your wilderness
experience. Other materials discussed include deer hide, small
animal pelts, tree bark, stone and more.
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Primitive Wilderness
Containers,
Book 2
by John &
Geri McPherson
Learn how to make primitive pottery
and utensils from clay to cow dung materials and much more! Book
discussing mixing materials, shaping, firing, etc, with tons of pictures!
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Deer
from Field to
Freezer
by John &
Geri McPherson
Tired of paying high meat
processing fees for that big buck you just shot? Here you can learn
proper fast field dressing, leg and sinew removal, removing the loin and
tenderloin, carcuss and meat cutting.
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Makin'
Meat-2
by John &
Geri McPherson
Learn how to obtain subsistence in
nature using deadfalls, snares, fish traps, the atlatl and more.
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Primitive
Tools
by John &
Geri McPherson
Learn how to make and use all sorts of
primitive tools. Many pictures along with good instruction show
you how to haft stones, make a stone adze, mortar and pestle, mano and
metate and much more. Book shows how to make all sorts of tools,
bowls, utensils from wood and antler, too.
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Uses
of Plants by
the Indians of the Missouri River Region
Out of Stock
Temporarily
by Bellamy Parks Jansen
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The
Indian Tipi - It's
history, construction and use - VERY detailed information - you
will be pleased!
by Reginald & Gladys Laubin
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Cherokee
Words with Pictures
by Mary U. Chiltoskey
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Cherokee
Plants - their uses - a 400 year history
by Paul B. Hamel & Mary U. Chiltoskey
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Native
Plants Native Healing
by Tis Mal
Crow
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143 pages
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Handbook
of American Indian Games
by Allan & Paulette Macfarlan
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Traditional
Indian Bead & Leather Crafts
by Monte Smith & Michele VanSickle
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Indian
Sign Language
by William Tomkins
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How
Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine & Crafts
by Frances
Densmore
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397 pages
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Making
Powder Horns Book II 1996
by Robert D. Byerly
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Guns
and Gun Making Tools by John Rice
Irwin
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Musical
Instruments of the South Appalachian Mountains
by John Rice
Irwin
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Primitive Technology II, Ancestral Skills
edited by David Westcott
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Primitive Wilderness Living & Survival
Skills by John & Geri McPherson
It is all right here, by the people who LIVE it, John and Geri
McPherson! Learn how to survive in the wilderness from the people
who teach many of our Special Forces guys. This 408 page book is
filled with information that is supported by dozens and dozens of how-to
photographs and diagrams.
Chapters include:
- Brain Tan Buckskin
- Fire and Cordage
- Making Meat 1
- Making Meat 2
- Primitive Wilderness Cooking Methods
- Deer from Field to Freezer
- Containers 1
- Containers 2, Primitive Pottery
- Primitive Tools, Making & Using Them
- Primitive Semi-Permanent Shelters
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Note, McPherson dedicates the book to:
Robert R. Ecker, KIA 1967, A Company, 1/503 Infantry, 173rd
Airborne Brigade, Sep. |
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Participating in Nature ~
Field Guide to Primitive Living Skills
by Thomas J. Epel
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How to Scrimshaw & Carve Ivory
by Blackie Collins
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Decorating
Gourds, Carving, Painting & More by Sue
Waters
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Making
Gypsy Willow Furniture by Bim
Willow
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Dream Webs by
Suzanne McNeille
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Carving
the Native American Face by Terry
Kramer
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Carving
the Elk by Dale
Power
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Carving
the Coyote
by Dale
Power
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Carving
the Historic Western Face
by Bob Lundy
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Hopi
Approach to Kachina Carving
by Eric
Bromberg
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Leatherwork Manual
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