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Earth Knack

Earth Knack

$18.95

Stone Age Skills for the 21st Century

by Bart & Robin Blankenship

A great introduction to ancestral skills which covers all the basics but keeps it simple and straight to the point; so the resulting book is small enough to easily carry around and the chapters are short enough to read through in a short period of time.

Highly recommended, especially as a first book on the subject.

Bart and Robin are long-time colleagues with whom many hours have been spent around the campfire at skills gatherings and Robin’s continued active engagement at a number of gatherings such as Rabbitstick, Winter Count and the Buckeye Gathering doing kids camp programs has now made this a relationship that has continued for more than 30 years.

192 pages
6” x 9” x .5”

list price $18.95

(Gibbs Smith Publishing)



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OTHER ANCESTRAL SKILLS OVERVIEW BOOKS

How to Play in The Woods
$19.99

Activities, Survival Skills and Games for All Ages

by Robin Blankenship

Jam packed with projects galore from someone who has been working with kids of all ages in nature for decades. This book really offers the benefit of her experience.

Robin has been a friend and colleague for over 30 years and we have spent many weeks together at various ancestral skills gatherings in the Western States of the US. Her passion for skills and delight in sharing them with others is inspiring and she continues to dedicate her life to teaching and sharing skills through her school in Colorado called Earth Knack.

304 pages w/ heavy duty cover
6.5” x 9.5” x 1”

list price $19.95

(Gibbs Smith Publishing)

Participating In Nature
Sale Price: $24.00 Original Price: $30.00

Wilderness Survival and Primitive Living Skills

by Thomas J. Elpel

Solid overview of basic outdoor skills intermixed with philosophy and with many projects and concepts outlined in this treatise which are not often found elsewhere.

Tom is a longtime friend and colleague who has published more books, videos and games than most anyone else in our community, from ancestral skills to plants to natural building to examining our modern existence.

151 pp.
8.5" x 11" x .5”

$24.00 (20% DISCOUNT from $30.00 list price)

(HOPS Press)

Primitive Technology
$25.99

A Book of Earth Skills

from the Society of Primitive Technology
edited by David Wescott

Best of the first ten Bulletins of Primitive Technology arranged by topic to form a comprehensive overview of ancient living skills.

Since those issues are no longer in print, this book is the best way to get the information found there.

Includes:

  • Making a Reduced Antler Flaker
    by Steven Edholm

  • Cordage
    by Steven Edholm & Tamara WIlder

  • Removing the Hooves of Deer
    by Tamara Wilder

248 pages
8.5" x 11" x .5”

list price $25.99

(Gibbs Smith Publishing)

Primitive Technology 2
$27.99

Ancestral Skills

from the Society of Primitive Technology
edited by David Wescott

More of the best of the first ten issues of the Bulletin of Primitive Technology arranged by topic.

Important info.

Includes:

  • Working Hides with Stone, Bone & Antler Tools
    by Steven Edholm

  • Buckskin Babblings
    edited by Alice Tulloch

  • Hand Drill Firemaking
    by Steven Edholm

248 pages
8.5" x 11" x .75”

list price $27.99

(Gibbs Smith Publishing)

Practicing Primitive
$24.99

A Handbook of Aboriginal Skills

by Steven M. Watts

As a founding member and longtime board member of the Society of Primitive Technology, Steve contributed to the Bulletin in many ways, the most visible of which were his regular illustrations and clear concise way of presenting important concepts.

This book is an incredible collection of those contributions, plus other handouts which were never published, all in one place.

225 pages
8.5” x 11” x .5”

list price $24.99

(Gibbs Smith Publishing)

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