Saturday: Introduction to Flint Knapping

Come work with the ancient stones. As our hands remember to shape flint, the flint has already shaped us deeply. Who would we be without it?

Come make tools that you can use through out the entire, Way of the Red Squirrel. Come meet You will experience the sound of dark glossy flint being knapped into effective sharp tools.

We will cover:

• Basic Flaking

• Antler Strikers

• Handle Making and Stone Age Glue

Sunday: In depth Bow Drill

This training session will focus on making Stone Age Bow Drill Kits. The participants will learn how to interact with particular trees that lends themselves and help us with fire by friction. We will explore how to harvest the materials and make your own bow drill kit (from wood already harvested) and how to find the right wood, we shall go over techniques that makes the method more likely to make an ember (and a fire). We will spend time shaping stones for our handle, and make a rawhide string to complete an authentic Stone Age bow drill kit.

We will cover:

• Suitable Woods for Bow Drill

• Stone Handle and Rawhide String

• Posutre and technique for making embers

• Birds Nests and Ember Extenders

We will also look at how and where to find natural tinder and how to prepare natural fuel and kindling. During this session, an emphasis will be on the quality of different woods and how to use them to make an efficient, effective fire.
By the end of the training the participants will have an understanding of how and where to find wood that’s suitable to make a bow drill kit and know knots that are suitable for the bow, they will know a reliable technique to operate the bow drill, how to harvest their own tinder’s and fuels and have an understanding of how to start and tend fires in a safe way

Costs and booking:

£70 (have expendable income)
£80 (Finically secure)

Limited concession spaces available, email to enquire

To book on, contact Luke (Kael) on:

kael.ancestralskilss@gmail.com or 07517952182.