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I'm Rhys Fontaine, survival enthusiast and teacher. I love nature and working with the land in a sustainable way. I teach survival in a primitive context. I have knowledge of the land in both the eastern woodlands as well as in the southwestern United States. On this channel, you will learn not only the basics of survival but also how to view survival in a way where it's more about living than surviving.
How I Cured Lyme Disease (An Unconventional Miracle)
In this video I take you through my chronic Lyme disease journey. I explain how I eventually found complete healing through a true real life miracle involving a journey on magic mushrooms and the grace of God.
My phone number is (423)723-9925
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My phone number is (423)723-9925
I Am a Man Who Will Fight for Your Honor by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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How To Make Leather (Naturally)
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In this video I make bark tan leather from start to finish. I did the whole process in a traditional way thats completely natural. I tan two hides. On one hide I use oak bark for the other hide and hemlock bark. I explain everything I do step by step so you can use this as a guide for yourself.
Make a Bowl With Fire (Burn Bowl)
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In this video I make a bowl using a few simple hand tools and fire. I show the process step by step.
Creating Fire From Nothing (no knife, no tools)
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In this video I go out into the woods and make a hand drill fire using nothing but my bare hands and the resources nature provides.
Bow Drill Friction Fire Step by Step
zhlédnutí 846Před 3 měsíci
In this video I go through the process of making using the technique of bow drill friction fire. Form gathering materials to creating a fire. I explain my process along the way!
How to carve a spoon
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Enjoy nature while learning techniques on how to carve a wooden spoon using only simple hand tools.
Buckskin From Start to Finish
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Buckskin from start to finish In this video, I make buckskin leather from start to finish using traditional techniques. I go through the steps of fleshing, bucking, tanning, and finally smoking the hides to create two beautiful buckskins.
How to make a wooden ocarina with simple hand tools.
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This is a video where I make a wooden ocarina out of black walnut wood. I take you through the whole process step by step using simple hand tools. I hope you enjoy the video and learn a little something too!
Hand Drill Fire Making Tutorial (primitive friction fire)
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This video shows the ins and outs of my favorite form of friction fire the hand drill. I include a little history, tips, tricks, as well as actually making a fire. Enjoy!
Deadfall trapping part 2 (Paiute Deadfall)
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In this video I teach how to make and successfully use a primitive Paiute deadfall. Once I have success with my trapping I proceed to make a 100 percent wild meal and explain a couple of my favorite edible plants.
Making a native american style flute by hand
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In this video I carve a Native American style flute using only hand tools. The wood I use is Black Walnut with an Eastern red Cedar touch. This was a long project that took three days working for about three hours or so a day. I find carving by hand to be extremely enjoyable and I can't wait to make another flute video in the future.
Throwing and carving and primitive spear thrower/atlatl by hand.
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In this video I carve a primitive spear thrower/atatl using only hand tools. I talk about what the atlatl is and why it's my go-to primitive hunting weapon. I finish the video with a quick demonstration of the atlatl in action. `
Figure four survival trap and 100 percent wild meal
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In this video I show and discuss how to build and set a figure four deadfall trap. I then successfully trap and cook a 100 percent wild meal from scratch.
I'm guessing its finished with linseed/flax oil? Are you concerned about your mouth coming in contact with the cured oil for extended periods?
FOR ANYONE WHO LOST ALL HOPE, HE'S RIGHT ABOUT THESE WORDS: @31:17 "When there's nothing else, there is God, always, and miracles can happen. They happen all the time." Congratulations on that blood work coming back to normal! Hallelujah!!! Praise God Almighty for your healing! God bless you in Jesus Christ name, guide you in His ways as His ways are lighted by Jesus and are Eternal life. (Hear my cry, O God; Attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, When my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. Psalm 61:1-3 KJV)
Amen to your prayer at the end. I pray to the only God there is, in the name of the only mediator between God and humankind, Jesus Christ. If people call you too much on phone you gave out, you might want to leave a recording this way: "I can't answer all calls, but God doesn't sleep and He's listening, He can help you, get you there and make you better in The Name of Jesus Christ. His Mercy endures forever. Pray to Him and learn to have a relationship with Him, as He is the only way to salvation. God deserves all praise and worship."
Beautiful testimony young man! Keep looking up to God and keep your promise to him!
Great Video!! amazing work, going to try this one day soon. Thank you for sharing your knowledge from our Father above that He let you learn 🙏
Let the light shine forth! Thank you Rhys for sharing your struggles and victories. There is healing in His wings!
Great video my friend, something came into your body that needed to be banished, glad you found the way to achieve it.
I have lots of Garden Lime, but have used woodash in the past. Woodash takes twice the volume to adjust pH (compared to Lime), so would you double the amount of woodash?
Very enjoyable to watch and learn. Thank you for the tutorial. When the SHTF I'll be sporting a pair of buckskin shorts too. Cheers from Canada
Thank you for sharing! I'm going through one hell of a fight right now with very sick family, unemployment and my own health issues, I can relate to a lot of this. Also: that lovely staff you have! Can you speak about it? I know the cone and snake are highly symbolic on the staff in quite a few traditions.
Does the cone represent the pineal gland?
Thank you for doing these videos!!
Thanks for sharing, young man. This will be a blessing for others. We can heal all things through nature and intention (prayer).
I hope it is for folks. Thank you for the kind words!
Your Best Video Ever! God Bless You Rhys 😎
Thank you Steve! God bless you too!
Thank you for sharing this very personal experience and being so open and honest.
Thank you!
Amen Bro. 🙏🏼 Continue with the Lord, always. You will never regret it and He has more for you to do. I pray His blessings to go with you at all times. 😊
thank you!
I thought Tannins just kept the Mcflies from changing the timeline? Generally being nuisances and bullies?
Just found out about your channel you have awesome content brother you know what you're doing somebody taught you very well I'm 63 and have been doing what you are doing for 40+years it's nice to see these days
thanks! that's really kind of you to say
Great video Rhys. Loved the cutaways and b-roll almost as much as learning from you. Keep it up!
Thanks Chase! Glad you enjoyed it!
I've got making and throwing, any afvice on aiming?
I plan on putting out a how to throw a Atlatl sometime in the next few months. Some other people like Matt Graham have good short videos on throwing a Atlat on CZcams already.
What if you're in the wild and don't have lye? I hear wood ash in water works? Also, to condition the hides, again, what if you don't have the ingredients? I heard you can use the brains of the animal for that? Let me know if I'm watching idiots on other channels LOL.
Both things are true! wood ash works well for removing hair. it just can take longer and sometimes its a bit harder for it to slip so might be more likely to damage the grain on the hide. People typically don't use brains as much in bark tanning. It's mainly used in the making of buckskin typically. That being said I think it would work as your fat solution in bark tanning as well. the main thing is that it's emulsified fat that you use in your fat solution. The two sources of that are brains and egg yolks. hope this helps!
@@rhysfontaine Thanks for clarifying! Appreciate the info.
Nice video, thanks!
Glad you liked it!
WOW, I just stumbled onto something amazing, you are so underrated!
Thank you!
Leatherworker here. I loved watching this! I typically buy from large tanneries, veg tan cow hide, but damn your hides look excellent! I'm not state side but I would buy these in a heartbeat, hand tanned like this from start to finish is a lost art and worth supporting, well done!
thank you! that's a huge compliment
Amazing work! This is extremely informative and well presented, Well Done!
Thanks so much!
Hey there!! Great to see you posting another video. I found it absolutely fascinating, thank you. I have a few questions?: What trees would you use for tanning in south Texas? What is splotching? Did you use any particular method for blending in that fat liquor? You've used brains in the past. Can you use brains for sheep hides as well? When you leave the hides overnight, can it attract animals? If so, how do you protect them? How long did the whole process take you? How much would you sell, if you even would, one of those hides for? Also, I really liked the nature scenes, caterpillars, flute music, and the blue jays at minutes 14:11 and 14:14. Keep up the great work!!
Hey! thanks for the feed back. In Texas any oak tree will work so I would just go with whatever oak grows in your area. Splotching is where you have areas of darker and lighter color on parts of your hide. I used a blender to mix my fat solution. you can use and brains but eggs work the same way that brains do if you don't have brains on hand. you can use brains for sheep hides. you don't need to worry much about animals. Particularly once the tanning process is underway. Animals don't like to eat tannins. Way to bitter for them. the whole process took about three weeks. If they did not have holes in them then I could probably sell them for 400 bucks each or so. not sure how much they go for typically though.
@@rhysfontaine appreciate your time. You’re a gentleman and a scholar!
you want animal skin as tough as tree bark THE LORD IS GOOD HALLELUYAH
#tessehides wow HALLELUYAH PRAISE THE LORD
Great video! I do have a question... have you tried using a rack to stretch out the hide during the drying process? I tried doing a similar method that you used to stretch the hide on a blunt stick, but after awhile, I had to stop (my thumbs really hurt). The hide wasn't totally dry, so it got stiff. I'm curious if you have run into this issue as well?
Yeah I know what you're talking about. Sheep hides want to be soft fist off so that helps. Deer hides are more work to get to soft for example. Using liquid oils also help it to be soft. So olive oil instead of tallow. You can rack hides and work them till there soft. I do find that the post is hard to beat because it really breaks in the fibers deeply compared to a rack. hope this helps!
They just get better and better! I enjoyed this video and learning something new. I appreciated the personal parts with Sam as well.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I've only preserved hides for hair on and buckskin. This is an outstanding presentation for bark tanning damn I love CZcams! Thanks.
Thank you!
Thank you for making this video. The instructions were clear, precise, and very informative. The presentation was fluid, well-managed, and (I thought) professional. The audio was clear and easily understood. The time and effort it took to plan, practice, execute, and edit this video are obvious to other videographers! The B-roll of the forest was excellent. The process was more interesting in a natural, primitive setting than had you merely done this in a garage and made everything look quick and easy. I appreciated your respect for the trees from which you harvested bark. Without detracting from this excellent video -- Some observations : 1.) BLUNT FORCE. Would a rock or a mortar-pestle arrangement have reduced the bark more efficiently and quickly if the bark was pounded ? Perhaps pounding the bark on a flat rock with a round rock? Perhaps making a relatively shallow trough in the short horizontal log (used to cut on in the video) in which to place bark, then pound the bark from a standing position with the root-end of a thick sapling that was rounded ? More bark could be processed at one time in a more comfortable standing position that leveraged your upper-body strength and the downward force of the wooden pestle. However, a rope tied to the upper end of the pestle, and fastened to a tree branch, would act as a lever that naturally pulled the pestle upward, thereby making it necessary to just pull the pestle downward. Would pounding reduce much of the outer bark to finer particles and break the fibers of the rest, which would likely release the tannin as well as the method used in the video? Using a long, log mortar was one way to reduce maize to flour. ; 2.) YOUR FRIEND. How did your friend fare in his attempt at tanning ?
Hey! Thanks for the kind words. I think there is definitely more effective ways of processing out the bark. The idea you suggested definitely sounds intriguing and perhaps ill give it a go in the future. I know once the bark has dried out it becomes much easier to break apart and smash. If I had more time perhaps I would have let it dry first for that reason. MY buddies hides are coming out great. he's doing a little bit of a different type of leather. his channel is Samuelkels and he should be putting out a video soon on his hides. You should check it out!
Nice vid
Thanks bro!
this is a great video thx u
You're welcome!
Beautiful forlorn sound.
When I was a kid you could buy wooden boomerangs that would about take your head off from the sporting goods/toys department. That was back about 5-10 years before they sold lawn darts which were discontinued in stores. Hey different time back then. I had a .410 shotgun bird shot and a few slugs I never got to use at the age of 10. People probably don’t believe that but I’m sure there’s many mature gentlemen could say the same. 😏 Liked the upload
Cool!
Dude sick
They don’t make men like this anymore
Donny Dust's paleo tracks.
Beautifully done! Thanks for posting, I'm inspired to create my own with some Eastern Cedar
Thank you so much! Good luck with your spoon
That's some fine workmanship.
Thank you!
No super! Podziwiam i dziękuję za pokaz.
Hej! Bardzo fajny sposób działania! Dzięki.
i really enjoyed your video, thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video Rhys, I hope to meet you at BOSS this summer!
thanks, I hope so too!
i have no idea why you destroyed nice piece of wood to make weird thing which smells and taste like ash.
haha, that's a primitive bowl for ya
That is very cool, Fam 🔥☮️
Thank you brother!
B-E-A-Utiful my brother! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you brother for watching and supporting me in so many ways!
That is so cool! I want to try this!
you should! its really easy and a lot of fun!
Cut away from yourself... You can always get a new friend.
I have followed the video and got a larger sized ocarina to sound. One issue: It plays very quiet. More air results in a slight whistle. How do I make it louder?
One thing missing always in peoples videos is them not telling you how to tune the actual instrument so you can get this far and they dont even tell you what they tuned each hole too then your left with building a half finished instrument that you cant complete. Nobody who makes ocarinas wants to share this information for some reason
Do you know where to find info on this? I can’t see how make it in a certain key either.