Flint Public Library (Middleton)

Advanced bushcraft, an expert field guide to the art of wilderness survival, Dave Canterbury

eng

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non fiction

Advanced bushcraft

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895338068

Dave Canterbury

an expert field guide to the art of wilderness survival

"Meant to follow "Bushcraft 101" by providing more advanced techniques for making tools, traps, shelters, and more, in the wilderness"--, Provided by publisher

Ch. 1 Building Your Kit -- Plan the Scope of Your Trip -- Ten Cs of Survivability -- Core Temperature Control -- Tools -- Comfort -- Convenience -- Tips and Tricks -- ch. 2 Natural Resources -- Pine -- Willow -- Poplar -- Oak -- Sassafras -- Birch -- ITEMize -- Medicinal Preparations -- Tips and Tricks -- ch. 3 Wooden Tools And Simple Machines -- Throwing or Digging Stick -- Anvil Stump -- Spear or Gig -- Maul or Mallet -- Wedges -- Simple Woodland Machines -- Tips and Tricks -- ch. 4 Advanced Firecraft -- Primitive Fire Starting -- The Bow and Drill Method -- Flint and Steel Method -- Solar Fire -- Tips and Tricks -- ch. 5 Sheltering -- The Four Ws -- Establishing a Base Camp -- Roving Camps -- Permanent Shelter Options -- Earthen Structures -- Camp Amenities -- Tips and Tricks -- ch. 6 Knots, Bindings, Weaving, And Looms -- Cordage and Ropes -- Knots -- Basket Weaving -- Weaving -- Tablet Weaving -- A Simple Peg Loom -- Inkle Loom -- Waist Loom -- Nets and Net Making -- Tumplines -- Tips and Tricks -- ch. 7 Trapping -- Animal Behavior -- Animal Sign -- Lower-Food-Chain-Resources -- Water-Type Traps -- Types of Primitive Traps -- Trapping Birds -- Hunting -- Tips and Tricks -- ch. 8 Preserving Food Sources -- Flours and Meals -- Nuts -- Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs -- Fruit Leather -- Plant Sources of Storable Foods -- Saps -- Meat -- Tips and Tricks -- ch. 9 Hid Preservation, Tanning , and Clothing Repair -- Small Hides -- Large Hides -- Rawhide -- Making Leather -- Clothing Repair and Reproduction -- Repair Stitches -- Simple Clothing Patterns -- Tips and Tricks -- ch. 10 Woodworking -- Tools -- Dimensional Lumber -- Workbenches -- Besom -- Axe and Tool Handle Replacement -- Making a Wood Bow -- Making Arrows -- Tips and Tricks -- ch.11 Blacksmithing -- Blacksmithing Tools -- Sources for Metal -- Working with Hard Metal -- ch. 12 Containers and Conveyances -- Water Containers -- Baskets -- Clay Vessels -- Boats -- Pack Frames -- Tips and Tricks -- Appendix A: Tarp Setups -- Appendix B: Dutch-Oven Cooking -- Appendix C: Cloud Charts -- Appendix D: Primative Navigation -- Appendix E: Mineral Hardness Scale -- Appendix F: Measurement Conversions -- Index