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Pocket Field Guide: Master the Bow Drill Kindle Edition

by Creek Stewart (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 134 ratings
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Survival Instructor Creek Stewart condenses 2 decades of friction fire mastery into this pocket sized field guide titled Master the Bow Drill. At only 4-inches x 6-inches, this unique field guide is jam packed with over 50 pages detailing everything you need to know to master the bow drill, including tons of meticulously hand drawn illustrations.

From sourcing materials and carving skills to proper technique and important tips, Creek leaves no stone unturned when it comes to teaching you how to start a fire using sticks. Creek has taught 1000s of people from all over the world how to make fire using the bow drill. This guide is peppered with tips and tricks that only an instructor with years of experience can offer.

In this guide you'll learn how to:
  • Source the proper bow drill wood and materials that will set you up for success!
  • Carve and build your BOW, including important knot-tying skills.
  • Source, carve, and perfect your Bow Drill Spindle.
  • Source, carve, and perfect your Bow Drill Bearing Block.
  • Source carve, and perfect your Bow Drill Hearth Board.
  • Field tested tips and tricks for for mastering bow drill technique to prevent exhaustion and maximize your strengths.
  • How to build your Bow Drill Kit from store-bought materials or from the landscape.
  • And more!
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    October 5, 2016
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Bow Drill

Learn How to Start a Fire Using the Bow Drill THE SAME DAY you get this guide!

In this guide you'll learn how to:

  • Source the proper bow drill wood and materials that will set you up for success!
  • Carve and build your BOW, including important knot-tying skills.
  • Source, carve, and perfect your Bow Drill Spindle.
  • Source, carve, and perfect your Bow Drill Bearing Block.
  • Source carve, and perfect your Bow Drill Hearth Board.
  • Field tested tips and tricks for for mastering bow drill technique to prevent exhaustion and maximize your strengths.
  • How to build your Bow Drill Kit from store-bought materials or from the landscape.
  • And more!

Learn from the best - Creek Stewart

How to Make Fire with the Bow Drill

How to Bow Drill Fire

How to Start a fire with the Bow Drill

From A to Z

From sourcing materials and tinder to busting out a BFE (Big Fat Ember), Creek will walk you step-by-step through the process of starting fire with the bow drill!

Step-by-Step Illustrations

No detail is left uncovered! Learn the nuances of choosing the right bow drill woods, carving notches, and critical bow drill techniques. Creek has taught 1000s of people how to start a fire using the bow drill. Let's get started!

From ZERO to FLAME!

With this guide, you'll be able to walk into the woods with just a knife and start a fire with sticks!

Creek Stewart Pocket Field Guides

COLLECT THEM ALL!

Knowledge weighs nothing! With new titles added to the Pocket Field Guide series every month, these guides are perfect for learning (and teaching) new survival skills. They also make great gifts! Whether for an outdoor enthusiast or Boy Scout, give the gift that keeps on giving - SURVIVAL SKILLS!

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01LYFH5PE
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ DROPSToNEpress.com (October 5, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 5, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2138 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 66 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0692719555
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 134 ratings

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Creek Stewart

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Creek Stewart is a survival skills instructor and author based in Central Indiana.  He is the author of six previous non-fiction survival guides which can be found anywhere books are sold.  Learn more about Creek and his work at http://www.creekstewart.com or http://www.facebook.com/creekstewart

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2023
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Thank you for this information. It helps a lot going camping with this information will help further the camping experience
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Mel
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't take your life for granted. Learn more.
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2021
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Learn enough to where you are not completely helpless or ignorant of how to stay alive in an emergency!! Read Creek Stewars booklets and books. Become just a little more self reliant, knowledgeable and aware of how to use what is around you!! Feel more confident. Also look for Creek Stewarts SOS programs and look for him on the weather channel. Once you see what you don't even notice around you that can keep you alive you will never look at things the same again.
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Milo W. Dodds
5.0 out of 5 stars Self-Discovery Through the Bow Drill
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2017
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I'm not saying that making a fire with a bow drill is going to be easy, however Creek's book is full of little insights that might make the difference between a warm night with a fire and a freeze your bottom off sort of night without one. Ok a bow drill really shouldn't be your only means of starting a fire but you never know how stuff happens...it's not called an emergency for no reason because you likely weren't prepared for those circumstances and were caught off guard. This guide goes into all aspects of the bow drill (sourcing the wood, tips on how to make the drill, getting the ember and lastly what sort of mental/personal aspects to making fire this was as opposed to having a match, lighter or other type of modern fire started)....yes Virginia there is a whole mental almost spiritual aspect to all of this.
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Bryan Van Hook
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2018
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Great book
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Tony Killian
5.0 out of 5 stars Informative
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2021
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Excellent step by step instructions from beginning all the way to fire. Perfect size, I have a bunch of Creeks pocket books, carry them with me all the time. Highly recommended
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WG
5.0 out of 5 stars Most comprehensive bow drill guide ever
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2017
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Creek Stewart knows his stuff when it comes to making fire. The bow drill is no exception. This guide is a must have for anyone who wants to master the most manly and most primitive of all fire-making tools. They say that there are those who know and those who teach. Creek Stewart excels at both. Buy this book, read it over and over, and practice bow drilling ceaselessly. It very well could save your life someday.
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jdc
5.0 out of 5 stars good field guide...you can do this.
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2016
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Great book with a lot of helpful information. Small enough to carry in pocket or pack if you want. Can't wait until the canopy shelter field guide is in paperback. 3/20/2017---I am so fired up....(pun intended)....I just got my first friction fire ember and blew into a flame using the techniques I learned mostly from this guide(and some perseverance of course) it took a few sessions with some mistakes and reread some parts but I got it and you can too.
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CB
5.0 out of 5 stars I have heard and read many descriptions of the bow ...
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2017
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I have heard and read many descriptions of the bow drill (or fire drill) over the years. I have listened to the many arguments pro and con over its use. This is the first description that I have read that explained the use AND physical science behind its use in a way the is point the user to sucess!! Bravo! Well done Creek Stewart.
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