Survival Training: Page 10

This video will tell you all you need to know to get that fire of yours started using an aluminum fire piston. Never leave home without this, that is, if you live in the woods.

Use a bow and drill set to make fire. The spindle is extended using a deer canon bone and the chuck is yucca with a black willow bit on the top. The hand hold is an elk knuckle and the hearthboard is some kind of maple.

With tips from this video, make a soda can stove. First, cut the bottom off. Poke holes with a knife into the side of the lid. Make a piece for the inside of the stove.

Turn a pop can into a candle lantern. Create a sharp edge with flint.

Create primitive fire with these survival tricks and tips. Enjoy the didgeridoo in the background!

Watch BBC's Ray Mears to learn how to participate in some traditional product exchanges that have been passed down through Nomadic generations in Mongolia.

Survival expert Ray Mears from the BBC teaches you how to make the best igloo. It's pretty and lustrous too.

Watch how to build a Siberian chum from branches and reindeer hide. The BBC's Ray Mears demonstrates how to make a traditional Siberian Chum from branches and reindeer hide.

Watch this video to learn how to make traditional boots. Ray Mears is measured up for his very own pair of buck skin moccassins and explains why they are the best accompaniment for the traditional snow shoe.

Check out this video to learn how to catch reef creatures in Savaii. Find out traditional ways to catch some of the reef's best meals.

Watch Ray Mears from the BBC show you how to dig for water in the Australian outback. Use grass as a filter.

Check out this video to see Ray Mears in Indonesia, learning the importance that a Perang, or machete, holds for survival.

Tie a taut line hitch with the concluding hitch reversed. Just watch to see what I'm talking about. It's slow and easy to follow.

Join parallel sticks with shear lashing. Potentially--if you did this to enough sticks--you could build a house this way. It might take one hundred years but, let's face it, you probably have time if you are on this site.

Join sticks at right angles with square lashing.

Secure a square knot with tips from this video.

Make Norwegian lashings for scout pioneering.

Check out this video to learn how to build an "A" frame structure. "A" what?

Make a trestle frame for a pioneering project. Woooohooo!

Check out this video to learn appropriate attire for wilderness activities and how NOT to get lost in the first places. (Once lost) signal for assistance! Watch the get tips on how to build land markers to indicate direction, choose a location for shelter, build a shelter, find and purify water, and use basic land navigation (and direction determination)without a compass.

The highwayman\47s hitch knot is usually used when using a canoe.

Use this knot to add weight to a rope or to stop a rope from slipping through a hole. There is just way too many possibilities for this knot. You should run out and get some rope, right now.

This is a good way to shorten a rope without cutting it, provided there is a load on each end. If there isn't, well, who knows what will happen.

This is the same knot used for lassos. You can go wrangle some cattle or horses now, or if you not on a farm you can practice on your dog or cat, or better yet - you're neighbor's dog or cat.

If you never were a scout, or you've forgotten all your skills, this how-to video is for you. If the loop is under weight, the knot will not slip, but you will still be able to adjust the size of the loop by pulling down on the knot by hand. Perfect for all of our tarp tying needs. Watch this video survival training tutorial and learn how to tie the tautline hitch knot.

This "double sheet bend knot" is the same as the sheet bend, except that is has an extra turn to make it extra secure. Use this knot instead of the sheet bend if you have springy or slippery lines.

The slip knot is the easiest way to attach a line to a post or bar. Learn how to tie a slip know in this video tutorial.

The "halyard hitch knot" is a very tidy looking knot that binds tightly under a load.

The reef knot is one of the best knots for joining ropes, also known as the square knot. What more could you want?

Clear plastic bottles may have more uses than just holding soda. Whether you bring one on a picnic or find one in a trash can, you can use it to make fire on a sunny day. Watch and groove.

Learn how to make a magical looking fire with steel wool and a 9 volt battery.

Need to make a survival fire, but don't have any matches and your lighter is out of fluid. Fear not, this how-to video can help. An empty flintwheel lighter can save the day when you need a fire. Dandelion seed puffs can be the perfect tinder for your spark. Watch this video tutorial to see how it works & learn a great survival tip.

If the indicator is showing high, the weather will be sunny and warm, if it falls down below the middle, the pressure in the air is low and it will probably rain.

Watch this long but entertaining video on five points that will help you to succeed in a wilderness survival situation.

How far would you get if you tried to cross a desert on foot? Learn how to prepare for surviving in a scorching environment,including how to substitute a piece of parachute nylon for a headdress! Use what is at hand to protect your eyes.

This is a how-to on how to make a survival cook stove instead of spending $25 to buy one online. It is a simple projecting that requires an old can, a pair of scissors, and a knife. Be careful and pay attention to his excellent instructions! Watch this video survival training tutorial and learn how to build a cook stove out of a tin can.

Learn the proper method of striking a flint, how to hold the flint, and the angle of attack. Use a slow, downward scrape--make a spark even on a dull edge!

Watch this how-to on making a survival bow and arrow using material you can find in any wooded area. Start with a branch and avoid dulling the knife by going around the piece and making cuts and grooves. For the arrow, use a hardwood. To learn more, check out the video!NOTE: Before cutting the arrow in half,bind it just below where you are going to stop cutting so the arrow does not split too far.

Ray Mears from the BBC demonstrates how to make a snow shoe and explains the vital importance of improvisation in making snow shoes. Any wood will work, as long as it is flexible. How far could you walk in deep snow?

Watch Ray Mears from the BBC give you a how-to guide for making fire in the desert. (You don't even have to carry matches!) Put on your gloves to handle the fauna for cutting wood. Make a notch in the wood--good luck trying to make fire by friction!