Authentic Primitive Living

Wonderful day roaming the woods of north Georgia.

Mushroom, Arrowhead and Squirrel Hunting One of my favorite private properties to hunt, well, anything! This was a great day.

Put one down with my Locust bow. Rawhide string, rivercane arrow, and a small flint ridge point.

Chippin’ some chert.

Interestingly enough, I identified this Georgia mushroom is Inonotus hispidus (Shaggy Bracket) same genus as Inonotus obliquus (Chaga mushroom). I think this is a really interesting observation and I’m really thrilled that it works better than chaga for my method of flint and steel.

Flint & Steel on Polypore

Groundhog is good eating and great bow string material. 👌

New pipe from local north GA steatite.

Harvesting some River Cane arrow shafts... and fungi!

Pipe bag I made from fox squirrel hide.

Some photos from this weekend. I had two students out for a survival class. We had a great time in the bush!

Knapping an Archaic style quartz point start to finish. Material from Blue Ridge, GA.

Great time at the Fort Daniel Frontier Fair yesterday! I started a new tradition where I trade the point I make while demonstrating flintknapping for a fellow artist’s work. This year I asked the Blacksmith’s apprentice to make me a new custom flint striker. Last year I traded a spearhead for this awesome double-walled basket. 👍