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This purpose of this DVD is to teach you how to Brain Tan buckskin. From raw deerskin to finished soft flannel like Buckskin, this DVD takes you step by step thru every stage that the authors have used to tan many hundreds of deer (elk, buffalo & pelts also) over the past three decades. From coverage of all materials needed to details of the one tool used, you, the viewer, will come away from this video understanding the process of turning raw skins into the same quality material used for clothing as the early Indians and pioneers. Not only are you shown what to do, every step is explained in detail WHY you are doing it. This understandiing of the why is what enables you to go away with the full knowledge to tan your own buckskin. Using this method you are capable of shooting a deer in the morning and wearing it that evening - it don't get much simpler than that! John & Geri are in an ongoing program teaching instructors from the U.S. Military Special Operations SERE Survival school. This is one skill presented as advanced knowledge to them.
(about 80 minutes)
Going into great detail as always, John & Geri McPherson here take the viewer thru every step, explaining all the way, on how to make fire by rubbing two sticks together. You are first guided thru every stage of making fire by using the bow drill, and then the hand drill method Following a quick run thru on making a hand drill fire in the field using stone for the knive, John then demonstrates the bamboo fire saw. The second part of this video goes on to show you, the viewer, how to gather various fibers from nature, prepare them and then twist them, both by the finger twist and the speedier leg roll method, into cordage. Part two in their Naked Into The Wilderness series, these are the same skills that they teach the U.S. Military Special Operations Instructors.
(about 100 minutes)
he McPherson series of instructional materials on primitive outdoor skills (Naked Into The Wilderness) have gained the reputation of being some of the best in the country - in fact, the world. This DVD is no exception. During this almost two hour presentation you are shown first the physics behind what makes a bow work and then John takes you step by step from fresh cut log to finished bow. Every stage is explained in the detail that the beginner needs to know in order to make him/her self capable of making a bow. And not forgetting the most important part - the Arrow - John again illustrates in great detail the steps in turning a wild dogwood shaft into a dowel like arrow.
(about 115 minutes)
This video was added to our catalog on February 17, 2006 in Sports & Outdoor::Pioneer skills and Sports & Outdoor::Outdoor Skills.
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Very informative. I'll be renting more of this series.
This was my first bow making video and I found the subject covered very well in this video. My only real criticism was the sound quality of the video made it hard to discern what the guy was saying when it got windy.
