Rope and cordage are essential skills in primitive survival, necessary for building shelters, making traps, nets, mats, sandals, clothing, fishing lines, and tools. This video demonstrates the process ...

WHEN RYAN GILL was 13, his father gave him a stave—or long stick—from a black locust tree, along with a single wood rasp. By the time his dad got home from work that evening, Gill was standing over a ...

In this video, we show how two men build a bamboo jar well to save groundwater. Using only primitive tools and natural materials, we complete the project in just 2 days. This simple but effective ...