Reddit reviews Primitive Technology: A Book of Earth Skills
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Gibbs Smith
Learn to make simple bows. There are plenty of books on it.
Clubs and throwing sticks are more powerful than most people think.
Blowgun and needle darts. Rub hot pepper paste on them to make someone wish they were dead. More exotic poisons can be made but are very dependent on what grows/lives near you.
this book is a must have for any would be survivalist.
I recommend this book. It resembles this resource and is inexpensive and incredibly well written. www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/0879059117/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/177-8468538-1118760
Well one cheap way would be an earthenware and sand chamber with charcoal and a bellows... This is very labor intensive though and you might have an easier time building a small 'box' out of fire brick and run a propane burner into it. Such a structure built into the ground is very well insulated and maintains more consistent heat.You can probably do option #2 for 30 bucks or so...
If you want to go reeeally cheap you can always pit fire them... This involves an ordinary fire pit... slowly dry out the clay on the stones of the fire ring, turning regularly. Then move the pieces closer and closer until they are in the fire. Build a big fire around the pieces and let it burn all night. The slow heating and cooling cycle will temper it and the proximity to the fuel source will give the piece a lovely patina.
One note on using ancient methods- you can make almost anything using ancient furnaces and kilns that you can make with modern ones- you just have to make more of them because your results wont be as consistent and you are much more likely to break or ruin the piece. Size is also a consideration. Try not to get too attached to ceramics you intend to pit fire.
here's a couple of great reference books with great illustrations and directions...
http://www.amazon.com/Primitive-Technology-Book-Earth-Skills/dp/0879059117
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00268EV9K/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0879059117&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1NQEHPV654RVB6RSZE4X
> but that doesn’t give an excuse for copying
As I already pointed out elsewhere in the thread, the term predates John Plant's usage.
> https://www.amazon.co.uk/Primitive-Technology-Book-Earth-Skills/dp/0879059117 (a book titled Primitive Technology published in 1999
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> https://www.primitive-technology.co.uk/karl-lee/ (website goes back to at least 2005 according to Wayback Machine)
I'm not arguing that Plant copied it, I'm saying 'Primitive Technology' is a generalized term for the hobby itself.