Click any of the links below to get detailed descriptions, tips, and construction techniques for these awesome survival skills!
Primitive Bow Drill
The bow drill is the most common primitive fire tool used in most of the world. This method has been used for thousands of years and is a tried and true method for making a coal. This is the first thing everyone should start with when learning make primitive fire!
Primitive Hand Drill
The hand drill is the second most common method of making fire and is something that every upper level survivalist should learn. This method eliminates the one weak point of the bow drill and that is the string. The string is always the first thing to fail in a bow drill. So the hand drill is a must have skill. Read how in this survival info section!






