A LIVING HISTORY BLOG.

18TH CENTURY LIVING HISTORY IN AUSTRALIA.

Saturday 5 September 2009

18th Century Skills Practiced In The New England Colonial Living History Group.

18th Century Colonial and Primitive Skills.
· Finger Weaving
· Loom Weaving
· Inkle Loom Weaving
· Spinning
· Sewing
· Clothing manufacture
· Moccasin making
· Leather work
· Metalwork
· Hornsmithing
· Helve making
· Stail making
· Rabbit Stick making and use
· Tomahawk Throwing
· Blade Sharpening
· Flint & Steel fire lighting
· Fire-Bow fire lighting
· Flintlock Fire Lighting
· Reading Glass Fire Lighting
· Tinder Plants Identification
· Tinder Preparation
· Wet Weather Fire Lighting
· Edible Plant Identification
· Primitive Shelter Construction
· Fire place construction and Fire Safety
· Historical trekking equipment and packing
· Staying warm in winter with only one blanket
· Tomahawk and Knife use and Safety
· Wilderness Survival Trap Construction and use
· Finding Water
· Open Fire Cooking
· Trail Foods
· Flintlock Safety and use
· Bow & Arrow Making
· Archery
· Primitive Tool Making
· Plant Cordage Manufacture
· Fishing and Making Tackle
Activities.
· Social BBQs
· Show & Tell
· Archery
· Tomahawk throwing competition
· Log Dragging competition
· Horse Shoe Throwing
· Survival Skills games for youngsters
· Historical Trekking & Camping
· Drive-in camping
· Rendezvous
· Experimental Archaeology
· Research

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