Ron's Primitive Skills

-----------------Job 39:8 He seeks out mountains for his pasture, and he searches after every green thing. ------------------- bushcraft, wilderness & urban survival, preparedness and primitive skills

Friday, February 5, 2021

Botany in a Day by Thomas Elpel book heads up

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There's a really good deal on this book on eBay right now. $18 each, free shipping, for returned or slightly damaged (bent corners, etc...

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Condor Village Parang, Using the Fire Tube, and Wild Edible Plants

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The Condor Village Parang is a hit! I've been working along the fenceline for last few days and it has done a sterling job. I will have...

Friday, January 29, 2021

More fire kit odds and ends

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I was impressed when I saw this tiny device in Ray Mears "The Survival Handbook" when it came out in 1990. The picture is part of...

Thursday, January 28, 2021

The joys of online shopping

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Yeah, right. I live about 20 miles or so from the capital of Florida, Tallahassee. It is a dismal place to shop for anything outdoorsy,surv...

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Condor Village Parang

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I sprang for the parang. Yuck yuck. After the fiasco with the Kershaw useless piece of garbage I bought a real parang-the Condor Tool & ...

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Less is more......

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....easier to carry. I have several types of fire making kits such as flint and steel, ferro rod, good old BIC, fire bow & drill and th...

Sunday, January 24, 2021

Downsizing

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Next month I will be 69. When you get as long in the tooth as I am, you start to look at all the stuff you own and say "do I really ne...

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Ron Layton: I've been involved in survival, primitive skills and preparedness for many years. I enjoy teaching and have had many happy students. Please note: Material on these pages is copyrighted. It may be downloaded and printed for personal reference, but not otherwise copied, altered in any way or transmitted to others (unless explicitly stated otherwise) without my written permission. Hypertext links to other Web locations are for the convenience of users and do not constitute any endorsement or authorization.

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