Making a Medicinal Plant Salve for Snakebites (Arizona Snakeroot)

Making a Medicinal Plant Salve for Snakebites (Arizona Snakeroot)

This is the process I used to make a medicinal salve for use against snakebites. Last summer, I foraged some Arizona Snakeroot that is one of the main ingredients for this salve (link to that video is below). My primary resource for this project was the book,...
Friction Fire and Soup in the Desert

Friction Fire and Soup in the Desert

I built a fire using friction fire, after resolving a couple of issues, and then cooked my soup over the fire. For my recent knife review video for the ESEE JG3, I wanted to get a feel for how the knife performed during basic food prep so I set out on a hike with some...
Primitive Fire: Hand Drill Friction Fire in the Desert

Primitive Fire: Hand Drill Friction Fire in the Desert

An informative demonstration of making fire by friction using a hand drill. The information here is specific to desert regions as I discuss different materials that can be used and what to look for. Instead of making this video a 1 minute “highlight style”...
Primitive Pottery: Firing Wild Clay with a Pit Fire

Primitive Pottery: Firing Wild Clay with a Pit Fire

Not too long ago, I released a series of four videos in which I gathered and purified wild clay, made some simple pots, and then fired them in a pit fire. In this video, I pit fire another round of pots, but explain the process a little more for those that are...