7 Survival Tools You Can Make on the Go
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This is a quick video of 7 (but really 8) primitive survival tools and contraptions that you can make in the wild to ensure long-term survival, essentially, homesteading. Some of these are very environment-specific - meaning that you may not have a use for them where you are, others can be made anywhere.
None of these are my inventions. At best, I put my own little spin on some of them. These have been found in one form or another in the archeological record and I either read about them or was taught them in survival class. Feel free to run with these ideas and make them fit whatever situation and landscape you may find yourself in.
Stone-Age Hoe (Time Index: 00:05)
Here I use it to deepen the trench for my round, rammed-earth hut, but of course it can be used in many other situations which includes agriculture. The most crucial part here, I find, is the lather strap that adds structural strength to the tool while the blade is under load. It’s very simple and also very effective. In the old days, people used a shoulder blade of an animal for the blade.
Wicker Basket from Weeping Willow (Time Index: 1:27)
This is as essential as it gets once you decided to stay in none place for a while. Just as with any other lifestyle, things tend to accumulate. To collect them and store them in some sort of fashion, one must make some kind of a container. It might as well be a basket. While this example is not pretty as I’m not a master basket maker, it does its job. Weeping willow is the go-to material for baskets in this part of the world.
Travois (Time Index: 3:09)
You may have seen some movies where something like this was hitched to a horse (there was one with Terrence Hill in it, I believe). Prior to the arrival of Europeans, Native Americans used smaller ones for their dogs. The point is that the load is way in the back and the two points of contact are minimal, so friction is minimized. It’s in no way as good as having wheels on a cart, but way better than the alternative which is carrying something yourself. It was a huge time and strength saver when I was building my hut.
Primitive Crane (Time Index: 4:28)
The lever used in this fashion is as old as people trying to build stuff. What you see here in the making is a separate work area to go with my current camp (the one with the round hut). I am taking the interlocking-beams idea to the next level with this one. The problem was that beyond a certain size, the structure started to get way too heavy for me to lift. To save my strength and my back, I came up with an easier way to lift it.
Survival Vise (Time Index: 5:55 & 7:34)
There are two versions of this concept in this video. The first one is a double one, and it’s used to hold larger, longer things in place while you use both your hands working on your piece. It’s uses are numerous. For instance, I use this to clamp down on a larger rock which then I use to stretch animal hides on when I’m tanning. The second one, is a hand-held clamp that is helping me not burn my hand. These things are really versatile.
“Deluxe” Digging Stick (Time Index: 8:32)
Normally a digging stick is just a sharp stick. The amount of work I needed to get done was going to be back-breaking, so I needed a more effective way to the work. Just like a more conventional spade, this stick allows you to use the strength of your leg to take a bite out of the effort. It worked like a charm. Next time, I might make the blade sharper and perhaps fire-harden it to make the edge last.
Primitive Rake (Time Index: 9:28)
Again, necessity is the mother of invention. I needed a large amount of forest debris for the roof of my hut. When building a basic debris hut, you can just use your fingers. This is especially the way to go when you have small bushes to work your way around. Here I thought I would create a quickie rake and it totally lived up to expectations.
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This is great because the crafting recipes will never get changed
Excellent video, I love the variety and functionality, particularly the vise and rake tools.
I love your videos. Sir. As a Scout leader and someone who has always loved the ideas of primitive survival camping, I really enjoy seeing how you carry out your projects.
I had seen a couple of these, but the rest were new to me. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for sharing, well done! Especially the one you repair that piece of wood
I hope you have a few cold-weather projects in the works. I am very interested to see how the shelter does in the rain/snow. Thanks for the upload, I enjoy every one of them very much!
This video was a “best of...” video and well worth watching. Great job! I especially liked your use of vines and withies. They are so important. Anyone can chop branches and pile them between sticks to make a wall. But setting up a camp or homestead requires more than just walls. Your video is both informational and inspirational. It makes me think about how I can use natural bindings. Your video makes me better. New subscriber and thanks for the hard work it takes to produce, direct, and edit your videos.
Very much enjoyed it....and learned a lot of new things.
Thanks!!
Awsome man well done 👍
this update is looking kinda fire
Just think of the Empire he could build with more than a knife!
Screwed totally without one.
@@christyler5722 late reply, but you can actually make own blades and things to use without a knife and use them as knives so not really screwed
Nice video. Particularly liked the garden hoe at the beginning which could be a great asset and the "pliers" used to hold a shell. Ive often used two stick to take something off a fire and have spilled my ramen trying. Those simple pliers would be great.
Thanks! That shovel is especially cool I hadn't thought of using a branch nub for foot leverage! I also really like the Canterbury School clamp with a rope attached to a stump!
The knife is pretty cool.
Great experienced skills, thanks for sharing.🍻
Well, getting there, anyway. THanks!
Well done, you are doing it A .C !!😁
Well I just learned some stuff!!! Thanks!!!
Looks fun.
Very well done. Excellent bush craft; better video!! God bless!!! Chuck Knight. 🤠
Any videos out there about building tools starting with no modern tools?
Caveman, I like ur style!!
:) Thanks!
You deserve more subs.
now this is what i call improvising and making something out of nothing.. well done.
Look at primitive technology idea and his 20 days in the wilderness challenge with absolutely nothing THAT is making something out of nothing
Very good I want to learn
Cool video
What is the lifting device you show at 5:17?
do you teach any of the survival skills inperson or just show how on youtube if you have classes id like to sign up for them
May i know what did u used to tie the woods and branches?
Awesome
Which knife are you using?
the first one and last one look usefull but i really cant see myself using any other ones
What kind of knot did you use on the Crane? please :)
taut line hitch
What where you using to seal the cracks in the burnout log?
Pitch glue: a mix of pine pitch and charcoal.
the basic tools to survive on wilderness is Knife and Fire.
What knife is that ❤️
The video specifically said tools
What knife are you using ?
TBJ Tracker T1 made by TOPS.
What kinda knife is that ?that thing takes a beating .
Hello
im just preparing hehe if i got transported in another world HAHAHA
I thought he was teaching us how to make a primitive grave at 6:44
The whole planet is the better for this video,
Is there a lap stake viking boat in the plans???
like
What knife was that
Tom Brown Tracker T1
@@AspiringCaveman thank you!!!
@@AspiringCaveman wonderful content!
When it comes to bing crafty u da man
this is an god video. I llike the primitive building styles. My suggestion would be to make primitve tools and do your work that way. It defeats the purpose when you do a primitve video with mofern day tools, make it more authentic, stil la good video.
silence is golden but please learn to explain what you are trying to accomplish.
My videos are meant to be reversed engineered. Best way to learn.
@@AspiringCaveman SPEAK PLEASE. Actions are NOT always clear. I'm a highly intelligent individual with many college degrees but I'm not into silent videos.
but you already have a knife.
Mans playin minecraft
Your audio is one sec delayed than the video
И на первой же секунде ужоснах..
Find love about these guys at these survival courses they keep telling you these skills are perishable will people learn to drive a car and they get their license every 5 years or 10 years they don't forget one morning and wake up and no I don't know how to drive a car like you forget how to dress do you get eat dont take Class 2 to get dressed every morning again know they're lying to their teeth to get you in there watch a video learn refresh your memory save your money for other things like new knives tense things that we actually could use
Sixthhhhhhhhhth in the six
"on the Go" then shows builds that you HAVE to stay in the same place for the whole build.
"On the go", meaning that if you had to bug out for good.
Video and audio are slightly out of sync for me
I want to make a bow from a stick so bad
Примитивно, НО ЭТО РАБОТАЕТ...
ОКЕЙ...
Why not talk to the camera and explain what you're doing? The silent movie schtick is a bit derivative.
look I don't really have a steak in this either way. but derivative? really? its a youtube video. The second he turned on his camera it became "derivative"
Remind me I was a kid use wood and rope using the thorn , coconut, banana, to tiet the wood make me enjoy to watch . I love it.🤣🤣🤣🤣 now the new generation don't know how to survive. Sometimes I happy I growing up poor country because I learn how to survive.
I can make tools on the go by punching a tree and then somehow making a table with metal tools out of it and make sticks and then make wooden tools
If you didn't get the joke it's from minecraft
?????? Build on the go ???? Looks like your building to stay......
Richard Provost that's what i got as well..next Video will be this guy dragging all his gear around the Forrest...