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Wannabe Bushcrafter
Добавлен 23 фев 2015
Join me in my quest to learn all about the wonderful world of Bushcraft!
As a complete newbie, I am going to use this channel as a journal to record my efforts to master a range of natural living skills such as:
Crafting primitive tools
Building Primitive Shelters
Making Stone age traps
Collecting wild edibles and herblore
Starting fires under adverse conditions
Neolithic gardening
Camping and woodcrafting gear reviews
And much more!
As a complete newbie, I am going to use this channel as a journal to record my efforts to master a range of natural living skills such as:
Crafting primitive tools
Building Primitive Shelters
Making Stone age traps
Collecting wild edibles and herblore
Starting fires under adverse conditions
Neolithic gardening
Camping and woodcrafting gear reviews
And much more!
A Year of Adventures!!!!
A montage of video clips from various outdoorsy excursions that we had this year!
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Amentum War Javelin: Primitive Atlatl Killer?
Просмотров 37 тыс.2 года назад
The Javelin is a primitive weapon that predates the Atlatl spear thrower. But while Atlatl darts disappeared from Eurasia thousands of years ago, the Javelin, also known as war darts, remained in widespread use up until the 19th century. Today, I want to share some observations as to why this is the case. First let's talk about Construction The javelin shaft needs to be relatively straight, aro...
The Ultimate Sub $100 Dollar Bushcraft Survival Kit!
Просмотров 4,6 тыс.2 года назад
A comprehensive, durable, and effective kit for practicing bushcraft and wilderness survival skills for under 100 dollars. This kit covers the 7Cs of survival and more. It is composed of some high quality, reasonably priced bushcraft gear along with a range of free or low cost items commonly found at home. Now I’m not a Bushcrafting expert but after 7 years of this hobby, I believe this kit cov...
Bolas survival weapon: throwing and crafting tips!
Просмотров 53 тыс.2 года назад
The Bolas or Boleadoras is a primitive survival tool used to entangle animals. Today, I will share a number of construction and throwing techniques that made the Bola a really effective improvised hunting weapon for me. First some crafting Tips: Consistent weights allows the bola to spread out more predictably. One trick is to saw off 3 identical billets of wood. This enables weight consistency...
Lockdown woodland adventures!
Просмотров 8553 года назад
This has been a crazy year. Due to the various covid quarantine laws in our region, we have been unable to travel much outside of our local area. So we've been stuck in our small corner of the world for the last 9 months and we're getting a little stir-crazy. So here are a few clips from our family's various adventures around our local woodlands, lakes and rivers during this eventful time.
Primitive Slate Tomahawk : Stone Age Survival tool and fighting weapon!
Просмотров 30 тыс.3 года назад
The primitive slate stone tomahawk is one of the simplest and most versatile survival tools out there! Aside from wood processing and camp cutting tasks, this hatchet like tool also works great as a hunting and fighting weapon! The primitive tomahawk took me 45 minutes to construct, let go test it! You can choke up on the tomahawk and use it like a knife 1. Food processing is easy 2. Cutting co...
Staff Sling: Savage weapon with fist sized stones!
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The Staff Sling or Fustibalus is a fearsome primitive weapon that is capable of hurling fist sized stones with surprising accuracy. First a few construction Tips: 1. Staff should be at least 1.5 inches in diameter at the base. Any thinner and the staff could snap when shooting heavy stones. 2. There is an optimal length for the staff. For me, it is around 50 inches. Making the staff longer seem...
Atlatl Spear Thrower : Worst primitive survival weapon?
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The Atlatl Spear thrower or Woomera is a primitive survival weapon that combines pinpoint precision with deep penetration and lethal knockdown power. However this prehistoric weapon has so many flaws that it may well be the worst primitive survival weapon that I have used so far. The atlatl is a primitive weapon but it is NOT a simple weapon to build. 90% of the complexity is in the dart. To ma...
Bushcraft Cutting Tools: Mora knives, hatchets, axes, and saws!
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Blades are essential for Bushcraft and wilderness survival, here is my collection of knives, hatchets, saws and axes along with thoughts on how these blades should be best used. Enjoy! Let's start with the saw. I bought this Bahco Laplander folding saw on Amazon 5 years ago for 20 dollars. The Laplander is compact, light weight, and very efficient at sawing wood that is under 4 inches in diamet...
Primitive Bo Shuriken Throwing Spikes: Deadly accurate hunting weapon!
Просмотров 52 тыс.4 года назад
The Primitive Bo Shuriken is a wooden throwing spike. It is the predecessor to the steel throwing dart or ninja needle. This weapon was used in pre-agricultural Japan for survival hunting purposes. I'll also show my spin technique for throwing these spikes at a target. 1. Cut a 2 in diameter thick stave of green wood from elbow to your palm. 2. Remove the bark. 3. Sharpen the thicker end of the...
Cape May Expedition
Просмотров 4324 года назад
Hey Folks, this summer my family and I explored the beautiful Cape May region. We hiked the forests and wetlands, hit the beaches, and even went on a boat ride to spot some Dolphins! It was a huge blast, and my 2 kids were running around all over the place and having fun. Obviously, I didn't get too much time to film videos. Still, it was an awesome and much needed adventure!
Best budget stainless steel wood gas stove for camping, backpacking, and bushcraft!
Просмотров 41 тыс.4 года назад
Hey folks, after more than 2 years of hard field use, it is my pleasure to share what is quite possibly the best camping stove that money can buy. This is the Ohuhu Wood Gasifier stove. I purchased this little camp stove for around 15 dollars, and it has delivered value that far exceeded my expectations. First, lets talk about form factor and assembly. The stainless steel stove is quite light, ...
Primitive Wilderness Survival Bow made in 30 minutes!
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Primitive Wilderness Survival Bow made in 30 minutes!
Essential Wilderness Survival Knots that everyone should know!
Просмотров 18 тыс.5 лет назад
Essential Wilderness Survival Knots that everyone should know!
Exploring Flat Rock Brook with My Family!
Просмотров 9045 лет назад
Exploring Flat Rock Brook with My Family!
Survival Candle made from primitive materials
Просмотров 9 тыс.5 лет назад
Survival Candle made from primitive materials
Primitive Native American Survival Knife from broken bottle glass
Просмотров 8 тыс.5 лет назад
Primitive Native American Survival Knife from broken bottle glass
Best DIY Soup Can Biomass Stove ever!
Просмотров 24 тыс.5 лет назад
Best DIY Soup Can Biomass Stove ever!
Horseshoe Crab Tail Spear made with primitive tools
Просмотров 9 тыс.6 лет назад
Horseshoe Crab Tail Spear made with primitive tools
Exploring Rockleigh Forest and teaching some bushcraft skills
Просмотров 8476 лет назад
Exploring Rockleigh Forest and teaching some bushcraft skills
Shepherd Sling: amazing accuracy with primitive rock ammunition!
Просмотров 1,6 млн6 лет назад
Shepherd Sling: amazing accuracy with primitive rock ammunition!
Shillelagh: Wilderness Survival War Club!
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Shillelagh: Wilderness Survival War Club!
Primitive Bone Awl: survivor from the stone age?
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Primitive Bone Awl: survivor from the stone age?
Restoration: Grandfather's small forest axe
Просмотров 3,6 тыс.6 лет назад
Restoration: Grandfather's small forest axe
Apache Throwing Star: Primitive Hunting Weapon!
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Apache Throwing Star: Primitive Hunting Weapon!
Father and son hunts the elusive chicken of the woods!!!!
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Father and son hunts the elusive chicken of the woods!!!!
Supercat: best backpacking alcohol stove design out there!
Просмотров 23 тыс.6 лет назад
Supercat: best backpacking alcohol stove design out there!
Punji stick trap: primitive feces coated stakes of doom!
Просмотров 33 тыс.6 лет назад
Punji stick trap: primitive feces coated stakes of doom!
Survival knife made from a coin using primitive cold hammering
Просмотров 73 тыс.7 лет назад
Survival knife made from a coin using primitive cold hammering
Very interesting!
Cool! Do you mess with police using this device?
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Love the channel name, your doin it tho bud, good for you
Thanks 👍
Thankyou ima have a collection now!!!
Glad I could help!
size and weight of stone ammo?
Thanks for watching! I prefer 2 different types. Spherical ~4oz stones for hunting within 30-45 feet. Football or Teardrop shape stones at ~2-3 oz for target shooting between 60 - 120 feet.
I always found the shift from these to javelins perplexing as well. Where did you get this formula to calculate the optimal balance point?
Thanks for watching! I remember learning about this formula from an old anthropology book on 20th century tribal peoples.
150ft??? - Both Roman and Greek writers say that the sling could out-range the bow. The advantage of range is repeatedly stressed. This could, it seems to me, be because the sling had a greater effective range, arrows losing their power to air-resistance after a while, and falling out of control onto their target, whereas a sling stone might build up a more dangerous speed just from falling. The effective range of slings seems to be in excess of 360 yards. Assyrian reliefs show slingers attacking cities from further away than the archers. Perhaps this is because the archers were used to shoot straight at defenders on the walls, while slingers dropped stones into the city, or perhaps it is just another clue to the greater range of slings.
Thanks for watching! I just want to clarify that the 150 feet effective range observation is for consistent/accurate hits on torso sized targets like a wolf or a person. The maximum range of the sling is many times further. For example, I'm able to sling stones out to ~700 feet with my long sling. Of course at that range, I can't reliably hit a target the size of a house.
You must practice until you go bald!
Lol thanks for watching!
So, how has it held up 7 years later? :D
The steel has held up very well, I believe I have sharpened this hatched twice in all this time.
Very cool! Thank you.
Glad you like it.
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Thank you for your very informative video. Just ordered exact same stove and pot as yours.
Nice!
There's a Reason to play Lacrosse and it's Atlatl training
LOL, thanks for watching!
@@WannabeBushcrafter No Problem, I was thinking of using these in a Post Apocalypse setting since they're Pretty Simple. Was even Thinking it'd be a Fun Fallout 4 Mod alongside the LS Bows. (Rebar and Explosive Darts sound AWESOME)
Miss this channel such good stuff he really looked into the abilities of primitive weapons and there potential
Thanks for watching! I wish I had time to make more videos.
Groovy.
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That bow ain’t gonna hurt anything, it’s too slow and has no power in it. At this point just my a spear and hunt it down yourself
Thanks for watching! That was a survival bow was made from unseasoned green wood. It was never meant to take down anything bigger than small birds, frogs, rabbits...etc. Also after experimenting with this design for some time, these bows usually don't last more than a few hundred shots. I think if you had to rely on the bow for survival hunting it would be a good idea to craft the survival bow, but also in parallel harvest the stave of a long term bow and put that into a cool dry place to season for a month.
Bic uses a delrin resin which is tough. Btw, Good use of that music with the visuals. Well done.
Thanks for watching! Yeah I love those Bic Lighters!
Love your video. Thanks for helping me not overthink a handy tool
No problem 👍
ha I just found this video because I'm getting older and can pull long strands of hair out, I was like, dude, I could make a fire with this :)
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Have you tried the staff sling ?
Yes I did, I even made a video about it :)
Anyone here in 2024
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You need a lot of training and practice to master thé accurate use of a sling. In survival situation, it Would bé useless, because power without accuracy is just dust and noise. A Trap will give you a better return, and if you are starving, you will quickly understand it.
Thanks for watching! I agree, it takes a long time to become effective with the sling. Once you gain that skill however, the sling becomes a very useful survival weapon.
I just made one because i left my original one at my friends house but i forgot how and other vids didnt help me till i found this video and i saw this type of sling and I can say it works. The new one is kinda better than the original
Thanks for watching! Glad that helped you!
Worst feather sticks I've ever seen!
"more than good enough for hunting bears" its hard to imagine anyone having the balls to throw this at a bear :D
Thanks for watching! My understanding is that people used javelins effectively in a form of cooperative hunting where dozens, sometimes hundreds of men with the aid of dogs(and sometimes body shields) would drive game into a kill zone and turn them into pin cushions at close range with these javelins. This type of hunting was documented pretty extensively in the 19th and 20th centuries in primitive communities in Africa and Oceania. This kind of hunting was also written about in antiquity.
Can this be made with pop cans some how? I would also like to know if you can put in carbon felt or insulation in order to prevent a spill spreading fire ? Will it still work fine?
Thanks for watching! I have never tried with pop cans.
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Interesting. I think javelins also had the advantage against armored opponents.
Thanks for watching! Everything that I read about the Javelin's use in ancient warfare seems to indicate a kind of asymmetric role for this weapon. Cheap Javelins were used to disable expensive chariots and horses. It was way easier to equip and train a Peltast with Javelins then to produce an experienced archer or Slinger. During the bronze/Iron Ages at least, the Peltast had a significant advantage over both the Archer and Slinger due to having a body shield. So he could get really close to these other unarmored or lightly armored missile troops and take them out with the Javelin.
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balearic sling, search for that, i saw here in Mallorca 80 years man hitting targets at 30 meter ruclips.net/video/EY7EOspW594/видео.html
Our ancestors would not have used them if they were not great.
Thanks for watching! I'm sure they worked very well during a certain time period and under a certain set of conditions. But ultimately those circumstances changed and other primitive weapons designs were better suited to the new environment and thus displaced the Atlatl.
I found a rawhide bolas at a flea market yesterday, thanks for the throwing tips!
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I live somewhere that continues to use atlatls for a long time after other places had stopped. Looking at the plants that grow here i wonder if the change was that in harder conditions the thicker trees, even sapplings, didnt grow as well as smaller scrub like ones. So a weapon that took more skill to make but could use smaller trees and/or branches and the use of fire to straighten them was favored. Then when places warmed and growing conditions most places allowed for better tree growth it was dropped for the old theowing spears again exept in scrub lands without easy access to the right materials.
That's a very interesting theory. I often wonder if it was a combination of different factors that resulted in the abandonment of the atlatl in a particular area. And it could be that the combination of factors were different depending on the region. For some places it could be the lack of appropriate game or materials, for other places it could be the availability of more effective weapon designs.
@WannabeBushcrafter my home state does have a lot of small game. Rabbits and birds with some larger game, so the game size could very well mean that going with the smaller darts made sense.
Im thinking of making one cause one of my arms often hurts so a one handed weapon is appealing. Im not sure my arms would handle the stress of a bow.
Thanks for watching! Atlatls are definitely worth trying out.
You don't know what you're talking about. Throwing sticks are carefully sculpted into an airfoil such that as the stick flies through the air, the lift generated by the airfoil forces it to fly a straight path. Any unbalancing of the stick makes it curve off to the side. That's why boomerangs come back to you. Boomerang is just the Australian word for any blunt wooden weapon.
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Its skill gap. If you hunted with a sling for years it would be very dangerous. And idiot can master a gun in a few weeks.
Thanks for watching! This is very true, I ended up practicing for years with the sling and achieved much better levels of accuracy with it, but the thing is you have to put in the practice time to be effective with this tool.
Did the pre-Atlatl Javelins have the range extender string? If that was invented after the Atlatl then it would all make sense.
Thanks for watching! That's a good question and it's hard to tell for sure because cordage is organic and thus biodegradable so there really haven't been any archeological evidence from the stone age of it's use.
“Self defense weapon”. Ha! At the point someone breaks out an axe they’re not being defensive, they’re getting offensive.
Thanks for watching! The tomahawk specifically has many survival uses. If I didn't have other tools available, I would craft one to use as an improvised knife, axe, and a machete all in one tool.
Beautiful!
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When properly mastered made and used the right way u can send rocks flying at 750mph u start by swinging around at your side and then swing it up above your head speeding it up then back down to your side speeding it up again then do a 360 as hard as u can swing your arm out as hard as u can then let it rip
Thanks for watching! Yes the sling is an effective weapon in skilled hands.
that handle wrapping looks ridiculous.
Thanks for watching! I had to wrap it with something because the exposed edge of a bamboo blank is pretty sharp. You could injury your hand if you didn't wrap it with something.
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good video
Thanks!
do you have a link to a split-pouch sling?
Thanks for watching, you can make it yourself. My split pouch is just 2 strips of leather 5 in long and 1/4 inch wide with a hole punched in on each side.
Please tell me you are named David! Peace and love.
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Huh? I was able to hit targets within 15 minutes of the first time I ever used one. I just made my first sling yesterday and have been blasting trees all over the property. I think you need to learn the correct technique!
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lol, wonder if a pvc pipe with one end cut to a point would work for a dart. It could take 10 min to make one!
Thanks for watching! I haven't tried that yet.
That was great. I bet it would be fun to throw too.
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