Primitive Yucca Cordage Hammock - Part 1 (Season2, episode 2)

For many years I've wanted to make a yucca cordage hammock and I have gradually made and collected several hundred feet of yucca cordage. A hammock made of natural fibers is a very primitive yet comfortable bed for a good night's sleep or an afternoon nap. But I need a lot more than just cordage to make a hammock. In this video I take you through all the steps in acquiring natural tools and materials in order to begin the weaving process.
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I totally agree with you! 😊

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Watched it since before he started making the hut or even before he started this journey. I don't have the budget to travel with him, but I would love to watch and learn from all the things in his videos and uploads. Tons upon tons of experience and information. Watched him on KZbin for years! Great job and happy belated Chad! Thank you for all you for on here. #majorleagefan

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They're* other than that I couldn't agree more.

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@@1123pawel L O L yeah sometimes my talk to text doesn’t work out quite right. I should probably proofread it.

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​@@davidryansargent6731I relate to this so much

[@1123pawel]

I hope you are doing great Chad 👍 Thank you for this episode. Perfect time as I just took my lunch break.

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Hope you enjoyed it!

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I'm really enjoying the more narration you are adding to the videos. I used to always have to pause the video every time a text box appeared.

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Good! I'm glad that works better for you.

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Glad you enjoy it!

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I really liked the shower scene. It was such genuine moment, a fleeting opportunity brought by living close to nature and it’s rhythm. It spoke of natural acceptance of human body and unashamed nudity of a man who knows that there’s no-one to peek from the bushes. We should see more moments like that to accept our bodies, but alas, such scenes are all too rare in our modern culture. I’m happy Chad makes an exception. 😊

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The greatest freedom is to be alone in the wilderness.

[@rayjones2381]

I had done the same to shower on the rain , great feeling and natural way to clean up. I am glad you got show that.

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You done it a few times?

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

Many times

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@@ChadZuberAdventures I am out in open land in New Mexico, love doing that, feeling the wind all around your body… I probably done off camera

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Your uncle's decree to live in the wild has inspired me a lot to live and work

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What a great idea, I hope it did not take you too long to make.

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

I’m still working on it.

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It's great to see that you've started stone processing. Super interesting to see the production process of a complete set of stone tools. From Siberia with love.

[@1123pawel]

He didn't just start this now, he cut wood using a stone saw in the past.

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

I’ve been using simple stone tools for a long time actually.

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Watching your videos, when I first subscribed, I bought a nature survival book...Everytime I see one of your videos I get reminded of it..

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

Great, have you read the book and tried out some of the things you read about?

[@shawnanderson466]

@@ChadZuberAdventures I have read, but haven't put much into practice yet except learning and navigating terrains, climbing, & assessing the weather, which I knew somewhat already..I live in Baltimore city now( oddly there can still be huge snakes here)...I've wanted to get a passport & adventure through remote spots( like in Central and South America), but I'd likely go to possible camping sites and learn basics 1st... I've started a new commitment( good career job) though, so I'd have to get that initiated and running, and likely "bob & weave" everything else in here & there or change directions a little later...

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Knowing that Daddy Long Legs aren't Spiders and also can't actually hurt people is probably the only reason that cut away to them didn't give me an ick. Love your Vids Chad, Keep on Keepin' on.

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No days off!

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Me encantan estos trabajos pero hay que tener mucho tiempo y paciencia.

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Greetings to you too!

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Hahahah! Why so funny? Everybody has a birthday suit.

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If I were out there working that hard, I'd be SOAKED! You're not even breaking a sweat...

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

It’s a very dry climate here. You really wouldn’t sweat much.

[@brendanstorey7005]

That was biblical and so simple 👍🌟

[@goiterlanternbase]

20:21 This cordage is of awesome quality🏆 There are almost no differences in thickness or twist😎

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

There is very little difference in thickness. I try to keep it close to the same thickness but different rolls end up slightly different in thickness. This cordage that is intended for the hammock is the average thickness that I usually make. It's quite strong. The cordage I make for fishing nets is about half as thick. For construction I usually make thicker cordage.

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YAS!!😊 more hut series videos! Thanks Chad

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Thanks for watching!

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This was awesome! Cheers, Chad and God Bless! ✌️🙏

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Thanks! You too!

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The desert is so green and vibrant this time of years!

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It rained a lot this year

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Olá amiga! Tudo bem com você?

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Here's a suggestion. Try planting near that water source or near the river, as this would help you a lot.

[@1123pawel]

There's always a reason for what he does or how he does it.

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

Yes, I want to do that but near the river isn’t good because when it floods the waters rise as much as 8 feet and wipe out many of the smaller plants. I need to find a spring with good soil near it.

[@jenreal360]

I can't help but think crocheting would be a great skill to have when making a hammock

[@jenreal360]

My brain is simply moving to far ahead but with the wheels you have you could crochet or even finger knit a wheelbarrow to move heavy stuff a good distance.

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

Those clay wheels won't go far. They would crumble. If I fire them then they may last a little longer. That would be an interesting experiment.

[@gaininggrain3554]

when you’re trying to knapp tough stones like the one in this video it’s helpful to use your leg or fingers as support underneath where you’re trying to break off a flake. Without support you will get a lot of step fractures and short flakes. Love the content as usual, these videos are amazing.

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Glad you’re back at the hit!

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Nice work CZ!

[@LGBTQAprimalpossumheadquarters]

I'm quite proud of you using the flint knapping skill. My buddies dog ate my antler tools so I haven't been able to them yet in a while. But working on. As I got a job with an outreach team for the homeless.

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

The dog ate the antlers?? Are you serious? Hahaha.

[@LGBTQAprimalpossumheadquarters]

@@ChadZuberAdventures yeah. I don't use modern tools to make the arrowheads. And my buddies dogs made sure I took a break.

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

Hahaha, you’ll be back at it again

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@@ChadZuberAdventures surely I will. It's a hobby I find very fun.

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Really makes me appreciate my steel hand saw.

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Guys wake up- KZbin’s backyard uncle uploaded!

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Love these videos and thanks for showing us your skills colin from Surrey England 👍 👏 ❤

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

My pleasure

[@LeandritoJunior]

Como siempre buen video. Esperaba con ansias otro episodio. Viendo el silbato que te han regalado pensaba, ¿podrías hacer algún instrumento musical?, veo que no hay mucho en el desierto como para hacerlo pero tal vez podrías hacerlo de ceramica, sería interesante ver que puedes conseguir. Espero que los cultivos puedan crecer, éxitos!!!.

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

Sí, de cerámica podría hacer algo.

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so many videos released lately!! i love it, good as always

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

Thanks! I’m working harder than ever.

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Very nice video

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I really enjoyed this whole video!

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

Thanks

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I forgot to turn on notifications and just saw this video. Welcome back to us my friend, it is pleasant and nice to watch you, I will be waiting for your new videos. :))

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Hermoso paisaje alrededor de la choza,está todo exhuberante, creó que esa ducha de lluvia estuvo reconfortante,admiro tu paciencia y habilidad manual Chad y ya tienes quién pruebe esa hamaca😂,su nombre empieza con R...

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Jjaajajajaj! Primero, yo la voy a probar y luego Rufo.

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that's hard work! skillful! i love it!

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Thank you so much!

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Legends is back ❤❤❤

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Cảm ơn! Thật đáng kinh ngạc những gì có thể được làm từ đá.

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Te apreciez omule te urmăresc cu drag

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Chad, I like to watch your videos eating something. It's more interesting 👍

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Send me some good food too 🤣

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​@@ChadZuberAdventuresThis really is fun 😂

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Chaaad você acredita que o KZbin não estava me mandando seus vídeos. Desabilitei o sino e habilitei novo. Agora começou aparecer vários conteúdos seus. Que bom né. Mesmo que perdi a estreia sempre é bom ver um rosto amigo por aqui na Internet. Abraço menino da selva.

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Gracias por compartir tan excelente video de sobrevivencia me encantaria ver jovenes con esta iniciativa en vez de handar en drogas dañando la salud y dejar de vivir las cosas bellas que Dios nos dio felicitaciones porque tu haces que veamos este mundo diferente como se puede sobrevivir sin lujos 👣📹👌 🌎🌴

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Awesome 👍

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Amazing

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مطمئناً بسیار متفاوت است

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Watching from kuwait

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Welcome my friend!

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best suvirval

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Awesome work Tarzan hope the seeds grow and you're really working hard on the hammock as well

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

Thanks Amauri!

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@@ChadZuberAdventures you're welcome your vids are the bomb

[@mattparker9726]

I wonder if a spinny jenny could be made to make chordage? Some sort of wheel? Also, I am still in favor of making clay pipes and using a ram pump, to pump water to your garden.

[@1123pawel]

I like the sound of that, but how to make a primitive ram pump?

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

I don’t think it would work so well with yucca fibers.

[@mattparker9726]

@@1123pawel actually it is not hard. A ram pump works by the pressure difference and hydraulics rather than electrical motors pumping water. It must be 'primed' (which you could do like a straw) and once primed, a one way valve is used. such a valve can be made out of any material, so long as it flaps. here is a good video that explains far better than I could. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaeWhZ2BmambjZo @Chad Zuber I think this could be done, provided three things, first, when making the clay pipes, you use a former, a stick or whatever. Second, on one end make a cup shaped flange, and seal it with primitve ceosote based glue. therefore a precision fit is not needed. and finally, youd need to make a cap or something to shut off the hydraulic action at the garden end. And since this is in fact, hydraulic, at can actually pump water uphill.

[@mattparker9726]

@@ChadZuberAdventures why not? Is there something inherently difficult in working with Yucca fibers rather than other natural materials?

[@1123pawel]

@@mattparker9726 have you built a primitive ram pump or a modern one? I have made one in the past, got it to work somehow but it was not easy to set up, regulate, and keep it working. I would love to hear your experiences with ram pumps

[@jaymannewell]

Great to to see you lifting your stone knowledge and technique. a bit rough but your progress is inspiring. Regards. Excellent work and thank you for content.. J. W. Newell.

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

Thank you very much!

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Love these videos man, keep up the good work!

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

Thanks, will do!

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Man, if only there were some beavers in the area you could train!

[@-whackd]

Please make a flinstones car out of those wheels!

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

Haha

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[@1123pawel]

I patiently await the day that you start making metal and better tools. I hope you have watched "Primitive Technology" and his past and recent experiments with primitive metal smelting. There is a lot to learn from him, which should save on problems, time and effort.

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

I’ve seen some of his videos on that subject.

[@mattparker9726]

16:03 WOW! It's like you don't live in the desert!

[@BeardedSkunk]

About the chimney and its smokey behavior at times. I stumbled over a good explanation when a chimney draws/sucks air and when it doesn't: a hot column of air is lighter than a colder one not unlike a straw under water filled with air: in the straw you have a lighter column of air than the water around it.if you open both ends at the same time the water will enter from the lower end and the air bubles out the top. Once the air is gone in the straw its all over but in a chimney the air that enters from below will reheat and become lighter than the normal air outside. Getting it started is harder in your current design because you only heat the air at the entrance and the chimney has no reason yet to get gowing. A longer chimney will help just like a longer straw under water (or an more upright one compared to almost horizontal): more force but you still have to get the thing going. You could maybe set a starter fire in the upright portion of your chimney so the walls and the air column get warm...

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

Yes, several people have explained this to me before. It makes perfect sense. However, I’m probably not going to want to spend the time to start a fire first in the chimney and then in the fireplace. It gets about only when I first start it and within 10 minutes it stops. But I may experiment with that idea just for the experience and to gain knowledge about fireplaces.

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Very nice.good luck

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Thanks

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Top. Parabéns! Boas vibrações!

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Obrigado

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Yes. Great. 😀🖖👍

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Ya me ganaste ya aprendiste y yo no he podido teniéndolo todo a la mano para hacerlo que barbaro😊

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I would give up my entire life to live this life style . I truly believe you will be the only real man standing when this world is left to survive with nothing. God made you his masterpiece. I pray with all my heart to meet a real man like you in my life time. May God continue to bless you 🙏 I love watching your videos and only wish I was there to exsperience all your knowledge, your totally captivating. 🕊

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

You are too kind with your words but thank you.

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Hey upload more videos like last one for the ISLAND it’s very interesting

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THE ISLAND continues on Sunday

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Leslieeeee 🙂

[@Dakkon676]

Awesome stuff truly primitive and amazing 👏 I do however have to fight the urge to send you a saw or atleast some raw metal ore so u could make metal tools.... thats rough brother but great job.

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

Thanks. I’m fully aware of the advantage of metal tools. My journey is learning how to live without modern tools. I’m a real survival situation it’s good to know what to do if you have no tools.

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[@ladyofthemasque]

Amaranth is a drought-tolerant plant. The main time to focus on watering these plants is when the seed is germinating and when they are young seedlings. Try to keep the soil moist, and once plants are 2-4 inches tall, you can water 1-2 times a week. In the case of an infrequently visited adobe farm, ollas with water can be filled and used to seep water into their surroundings, branches for partial shade erected, and maybe a light mulch of shredded juniper bark and grasses applied. On the bright side, if aramanth gets established all the way to growing seeds (the part you eat), it will self-seed! (For those worried about invasiveness, Aramanth is native to the Americas, and has been grown on both continents by indigenous nations for thousands of years. It also goes by the nickname pigweed.) Amaranth does have a high amount of oxalates in its seeds (and its leaves; keep domesticated herbivores away from them unless they're used to eating stuff like that). These can be gotten rid of in the seeds by boiling, blanching, or even steaming, and discarding any liquids before consumption. Boiling is probably the most common method, which means an initial round of boiling and straining out the liquid, then a second round of boiling to finish cooking the seeds.

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

Thanks for the information here. I have some small ollas but I need more and larger ones for it to be effective. I'm going to try to make enough time to make some more ollas. I didn't know that amaranth seeds were high in oxalates. I used to purchase and eat amaranth seed in Mexico.

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[@TheOnlyKirby90210]

Some of the most primitive irrigation aside from carrying containers of water was basically mimicking a river or stream by etching out grooves in the ground to make water channels so the water was distributed when it was poured. In theory clay aqueducts or bamboo with holes notched into it would also work along with water collection vessels like the pots and vases you make.

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

The problem here is that there just isn't enough rain during much of the year. There's no water to channel. I need a large tank (or large ollas containers) to capture large amounts of water that can last for at least two months. Such a tank will require a good amount of time to build.

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@@ChadZuberAdventures Im gonna keep on cheering for your success with the garden and fishing 🤞

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Waiting for the island video 💀🙌

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Coming this Sunday

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[@ChadZuberAdventures]

Thank you so much

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Спасибо большое бро!

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Ele é o pai da paciência 😅

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Acho que sim

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[@giuliogemino6407]

When would you tackle some iron melting and forging experience and so on to make some tools? You are already making pots and stuffs so you can also cook some iron tools as well to improve shelter life and speed up some recurrent processes. Of course If you don't want use your Ontario 499 or others knives used making sandals. If I was you... I definitely will use my old trusted Victorinox Outrider. Having a good saw to precisely notch making poles and joints or drilling holes is quite something in the middle of nowhere. Yeah, of course a sharp stone can cut as well, it is only matter of time and muscular exhaustion, perhaps it gives more satisfaction in the final result or more views in the entertainment. But be able to quick get things done or to use wood pegs for assembly can spare a lot of work and sacrifice and determine the method used to get things done.

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

I’m very aware of the mechanical advantage of metal tools. I am exploring life without those tools. Because in a true survival situation it’s good to know what you can do without any tools.

[@giuliogemino6407]

@@ChadZuberAdventures Yeah. Surviving from what? And for how much time? Making a living surviving require every kind of tools because tools are not only a "mechanical advantage" they are skills and knowledge in theirselves, they are surviving resources.

[@ChadZuberAdventures]

@@giuliogemino6407 I'm referring to being in the wilderness without any modern tools and you have to make everything from materials that you find in nature.

[@giuliogemino6407]

@@ChadZuberAdventures I see no difference in making a shelter, making cords, making pots, making sandals, making nets or making knives or axe or bow&arrows or slingshotts or making fire and so on. They are all tools with major or minor complexity but they all are destined to speed up or the only way to your basic needs fullfilling. Perhaps not a metal axe but an axe, perhaps not even a large axe or a knife but a tomahawk like american natives... I mean something effective to cut and carve and process wood saving your hands annd knees all the times. Using stone each time is a palliative to the need of an effecitve tool.

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