Homesteading and Pioneer skills Part 1, survival, homestead, survivalist, peak oil, back to the land, end of oil

Part One of a new series showcasing some Homesteading and Pioneer living skills. We recently attended a public festival demonstrating some of these "old school" skills.

In this video we toured the festival and talked with some of the folks demonstrating these skills. With some of these people we had to kind of "lead" them into talking about the skills via asking obvious questions, etc. Some were really helpful and interested in talking about the skills, a few were downright rude.

As your watching this, consider the amount of TIME involved with certain tasks- like putting up a year supply of firewood. In this first video we show them using a crosscut saw and a Bucksaw. It would take you probably weeks to put up a year supply of firewood with these methods. Now it's important to know these skills and even have of these old school tools and implements, but don't throw away your chainsaws! Matter of fact, you should take a hard look at your chainsaws and resulting logistics train (spare parts, extra bar, extra chains, files, preserved fuel, fuel mix, bar/chain oil, etc.) after watching this once you realize that you could put up as much wood in probably a DAY that it would take a WEEK or more to put up with hand tools! I'm all for learning these skills and we practice a lot of these skills regularly, but I also think it's important to stockpile a pile of cheap soap (Ivory 16 bars $3.). Make soap by yourself from scratch- not from a kit- one time and you'll want to go out and add another 100 bars to your storage also!

In this video you will see working hides, Bucksaw and Crosscut saw use and the first part of a blacksmithing demonstration. There will be more coming soon with candlemaking, soapmaking and more blacksmithing demonstrations.

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[aner1456]

hey i know where this was shot it was shot in midland mi at there nature center they have one every year i also got one pf those dinner bells

[SurvivalReport]

@aner1456 Off by about 1,900 miles.

[PrimeTargetSecurity]

go ahead and start your loud chain saw once most machines are ceased from no gas... the hords will run to your screaming becon of technology. have fun with those guests

[SurvivalReport]

@PrimeTargetSecurity Your of course assuming that everyone lives in an area with 50,000 neigh bores close to them. I think I've made it clear that it's important to keep a couple year's worth of firewood already cut, split and stacked. 3 years after TSHTF their will be a LOT LESS security problems.

Folks like this need to try LIVING this way, not turning up the thermostat when your cold, and then learn how much work putting up a couple year's wood really is.

[MrEnergyCzar]

It will be interesting to see how people react when having to move towards this lifestyle after Peak Oil forces them to.....

[KySurivorMan]

Nice video, Keep up the good work. The blacksmtih shop part is my favorite, but I guess that is because I am a blacksmith. Also in the video at the blacksmith shop, what you called a "form" is called a Anvil. The pointed part is called the horn and the top flat part is called the face.

[GRCivDef]

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[fredkyle23]

i think if people wanna criticize they should make better videos themselves

[bass109]

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[aguineapig]

@mogges1 Not really. I cut and quarter split a cord of white and red pine in about 6 hours. I actually enjoy sawing with a CC. It's slower but its actually a little less work than a chainsaw if anything.

[CobinRain]

I really enjoyed this video! I think it's the first American "survival" video I've seen on YouTube that wasnt in fact a lot of wannabees talkiing about guns. 

These country skills you used to find all over Europe and still do to some extent. These people are great and passing on skills.

Two points: it looks as if they are cutting dry wood with the cross cut saw. Cut it as soon as you fall it and it is a lot easier. Try tanning hides in an oak bark soup after flensing..takes months!

[mogges1]

The use of equipment like this is why men back then didn't need a weight room.cut a cord of wood using a cross cut saw you'll know you worked your A off