Doomsday Defense Topic
Shelter, Fire & Bushcraft
Knives, Axes & Tools
Choosing, using, sharpening and maintaining knives, axes and saws, and making improvised tools.
In the library
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Building with Logs
The Forest Service's 1945 guide to log construction: choosing and peeling logs, foundations, corner notches, roofs, fireplaces and finishing.
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Shelters, Shacks and Shanties
Dan Beard's illustrated 1914 guide to building shelters with just a hatchet or an axe, from lean-tos and bark huts to log cabins.
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The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft
Dan Beard's 1920 handbook on fire by friction and flint, cooking fires, camp kitchens, packing horses and dogs, and axe and saw work.