ShareTweetShare Primitive Technology: Making a Celt stone axe by hand. The manufacture of a stone axe including the handle from using only primitive tools and materials. It is a celt (pronounced “selt”) a type of axe with a polished stone head wedged into a hole or mortise at the end of a wooden handle (not…
ShareTweetShare Primitive Technology: How To Make Fire With Sticks Making primitive fire sticks from scratch, making a fire using the sticks and making and firing a small pot to test clay from the hut. The species of wood used for the fire sticks is ‘Abroma mollis’. In the hibiscus/cottonwood family (Malvaceae). Helpful Tips: If you are…
ShareTweetShare Primitive Thatched Dome With Primitive Technology Primitive Technology built this thatched dome hut on a mountain ridge using completely primitive tools and materials. The frame was 2.5 m in diameter and 2 m tall. It was made from 8 thin saplings 2.75 m long, the thatching material was split palm fronds and vine was used…
ShareTweetShare Primitive Hut With Wattle And Daub Primitive Technology built this primitive hut in the bush using naturally occurring materials and primitive tools. The hut is 2m wide and 2m long, the side walls are 1m high and the ridge line (highest point) is 2m high giving a roof angle of 45 degrees. A bed was…
ShareTweetShare Primitive Technology, North Queensland, Australia. Mid 2015, less than twelve months ago from the writing of this post Primitive Technology crafted a YouTube channel and began uploading videos. In his words “Primitive Technology is a hobby where you make things in the wild completely from scratch using no modern tools or materials. This is the…