Upgraded Version of book Ancient Skills now Available as a Gift

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I've been a bit slack about posting here lately. Been busy.

As Doc mentioned in another post (bless him) I've recently published a small book on primitive trapping.

During this process I discovered that E-books need a special ISBN number, in my country anyway. For a while now I've been giving away free PDF downloads of the book 'Ancient Skills'. I think I even posted a link here where you could download it. Anyway, it turns out I've been a bit naughty distributing it without an ISBN. So I got me an ISBN for it, and while I was at it I tidied the book up a bit and tried to add some improvements (and naturally I added an advert about the new book).

Ancient Skills is an introduction to primitive fire lighting, primitive cordage, do-it-yourself bows and arrows, blacksmithing, hide glue and a few other things.

If you want a digital copy of this book, go to the link below and scroll down the page till you come to the link that says 'Click Here to Download Ancient Skills'. You mightn't see much happen when you click, but the zip file should turn up on your computer in a fairly short time. The file is about 4.8MB. Find Ancient Skills here.

Why am I giving the book away? Well as you may realize there isn't a huge market for primitive technology books and there hasn't been a huge demand for the paperback version. I have also cunningly included an advert for my new book at the end of this one, so there may be a spin-off benefit. But I was giving it away before I had the advert. I suppose I like to think that I might make a slight difference in the world before I get recycled, and perhaps this book is part of my contribution. I've written it, so to be of any use, it should be available to interested people.

Catch you later.... Coote.
 
That is very generous of you Coote. Proceeding to link now.

Sincerely,

Ken
 
Thanks Coote, very geneorus.

I have already invested in an e-Copy of your trapping book, which I have been enjoying so far.
 
Thanks Coote very generous of you. Just downloaded and will definitely read it during a long business trip scheduled for next monday.
Best Regards
 
realy nice work

liking the bow section alot

been wanting to give it a go for a while

is it something you just want BF to know about or would you like us to spread the love?
 
Thanks for all the nice comments. It is good to have like-minded people to enthuse with! There ain't many of us around.

Corso.... yes, please, spread the love anywhere you like. It's a nice feeling to think that I have some kind of an association with similar eccentrics all round the world.

Bows and arrows are great fun. The picture below doesn't show the whole bow, but this bow was carved from a single branch of a tree that was growing at my parent's place. And the arrows were made from dried fern stalks. I dropped a nice 'table-sized' pig using this bow and just one arrow.... plus I got a couple of rabbits with it. I've got a lot of game with a rifle, but the stuff I've got with my own gear - arrows and traps - has been very satisfying.

rabbitarrow2.jpg
 
Coote--don't know if you belong or visit, but paleo planet folks would like what your offering (and its very nice of you to do so)---mike
 
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Thank you, sir- very cool. Can't wait to read it.
 
Thanks for the nice comments.

Azmike: Yep, I am a member of Paleoplanet, and yep, I've already posted the link in the general discussion forum.

If anyone wants to post the link anywhere else, they should feel free to do it. The more people that get interested in primitive skills, the better. I think that when people appreciate what nature has to offer, then they are more likely to make good decisions regarding land use and the environment etc.
 
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