{"id":8076,"date":"2015-09-13T08:46:56","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T13:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hcstx.org\/?p=8076"},"modified":"2015-09-13T08:46:56","modified_gmt":"2015-09-13T13:46:56","slug":"primitive-skills-checkup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2015\/09\/13\/primitive-skills-checkup\/","title":{"rendered":"Primitive Skills Checkup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Civilian Operator must NEVER neglect training on the skills which would enable him to survive and be self-sufficient from modern society. Going back and learning and training on Primitive Skills is the only way you can ensure the future of yourself and loved ones when the world goes down the proverbial sewer pipe.-SF<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cGoing to the woods is going home, for I suppose we came from the woods originally.\u201d<\/em>
\n<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0JOHN MUIR<\/em>, US naturalist, 1838\u20141914<\/p>\n

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The word origin of \u2018Primitive\u2019 comes from prime \u2013 meaning first. \u00a0The foundation of man\u2019s \u2018first skills\u2019 are cutting tools, cordage, and fire.<\/p>\n

From these three tools you can start to build everything else you \u201cneed.\u201d \u00a0Steve Watts<\/strong> and a few others teach a class, \u201cAbo 101,\u201d that address these skills. \u00a0As a part of this list, I would include \u201cPlant Practicality.\u201d \u00a0Cordage, Fire (and many other things) require a practical knowledge of plants. \u00a0This doesn\u2019t necessarily mean being able to identify a plant by name, but having a practical knowledge of the plant properties that can make cordage, fire, and so much more.<\/p>\n

Here is a little more on each\u2026<\/p>\n

Cutting Tools.<\/strong> \u00a0Man was not born with Fang or Claw. \u00a0When one of our ancestors accidentally cut himself with a rock for the first time and said \u201cOW!\u201d he realized the potential he could do in piercing things and separating matter. \u00a0 Cutting Tools also include things that abrade, scrape, and grind. \u00a0And it is not just stone, \u201ccutting\u201d tools can be bone, shell, and even wood. \u00a0\u00a0Good rock can be a limited resource in some areas. \u00a0It can be tens of miles (or more) in one direction before you find an area with rock sharp enough to slice. \u00a0This is why a knife (or axe) is a most critical tool. \u00a0Nonetheless, every Woodsman should know how to make a sharp edge from rock should they lose their knife. \u00a0This is not a difficult thing once someone shows you how to do it<\/a> the first time. \u00a0Worse comes worse, bash some rocks and let the chips fall where they may.<\/p>\n

Cordage.<\/strong> \u00a0Before the nail was invented, man\u2019s world was held together by cordage. \u00a0Its uses, like duct tape today, are limitless, here are few; fire making, shelter, traps, snares, clothing, footwear, fishing line, bow stings, tool construction, crafts, containers, etc. \u00a0Knowing how to make cordage from plants, animals and even manmade materials is a valuable skill. \u00a0Some natural materials include hides, sinew, inner tree bark, woody stalks, leaves, grasses, rootlets, root bark, vine, and wood fiber.<\/p>\n

Read the Remainder at Master Woodsman<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Civilian Operator must NEVER neglect training on the skills which would enable him to survive and be self-sufficient from modern society. Going back and learning and training on Primitive Skills is the only way you can ensure the future of yourself and loved ones when the world goes down the proverbial sewer pipe.-SF  …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[2150,84,1489,118,10,404],"tags":[2151,2152,2153,2154,2155,2156,2157],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8076"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}