DESCRIPTION

Matt Graham, star of the Discovery Channel’s Dual Survival and Dude, You’re Screwed, details the physical, mental, and emotional joys and harrowing struggles of his life as a modern-day hunter-gatherer.

Highlights

• Flat and Scandinavian grinds are easier to hone to sharpness quickly in the (Location 356)
• This will create an area for the point to rest, thereby hanging or suspending (Location 445)
• hemp. (Location 757)
• Lash the toggle using a V notch and a clove hitch knot. (Location 948)
• Fires are for warmth and coal beds are for cooking. Always let fires burn down to develop a large coal bed for cooking needs. (Location 1056)
• A bird’s nest, as an element of the fire lay, is a bundle of highly combustible material shaped and formed to mimic the nest of a bird. What is imperative to understand is that it truly needs to be like a bird’s nest: a combination of fine, medium, and coarse materials that are highly combustible, such as inner and outer barks from softwood trees such as cottonwoods and poplars. Grasses and weeds will work for this, as well as birch barks, but some barks have other properties that will be discussed later. A bird’s nest is used in combination with an ember, either created from char or from another method such as a bow drill. It must be of a size that will sustain flame long enough to light kindling. A good rule of thumb for tinder is to make sure it is softball size or larger. (Location 1454)
• Raise the nest just above your mouth level, remembering that heat rises. (Location 1464)
• materials. As the ember and material glow brighter, you can increase airflow until the nest flames, then rotate it 180° to make the flames rise through the materials. (Location 1465)
• The teepee fire lay is the one that I use the majority of the time to start my initial fire. It is very useful because of the updraft created, which allows oxygen to enter from the bottom and heat to rise to the top quickly. The (Location 1518)
• It will burn very hot, so if you’re burning substandard material, this method will utilize the material most effectively. However, fuel consumption will also be at a maximum, so if resources are short, this is not a good setup. (Location 1543)
• This type of fire is the best for cooking. To set up a keyhole fire pit, dig a small hole for your fire (how deep will depend on the size of the (Location 1546)
• After your fire has been kindled and you are working to make it sustainable, never add fuel until the flames are above the current level of fuel. (Location 1553)