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BUCKSKINNING SKILLS

(In 1996, Wyatt R. Knapp authored and designed "The History & Primitive Technology Page" and uploaded it to the world wide web. At the time it was one of the few sites dealing with such a broad range of primitive skills & articles of historical interest. Over the years the site garnered over half a million visits and countless references, links, and reprints of his articles and plans. The content of the original site is now housed here at Onagocag Publishing so the information can continue to be a source of reference for those seeking it's information.)

 

Welcome to the buckskinning skills section of The History and Primitive Technology Page. What we're going to do here is look at a few of the buckinning skills that overlap into the "primitive technology" area that this site deals with. For this reason you won't find things like how to build a muzzleloader or powder horn, but making gunflints is explored as it overlaps the area of flintknapping technology. Making period clothing is not here, but the primitive skill of tanning leather for that purpose or other leather needs can be found here.

 

FIREMAKING WITH FLINT AND STEEL, MAKING CHARCLOTH
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MAKING YOUR OWN GUNFLINTS
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.ANCIENT TANNING METHODS
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 This page was last updated on 07 March 2012.

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