You can’t learn how to make friction fire by reading a book. Nor can you learn how to knap a stone edge from diagrams on a page. But you can learn what there is to learn. These two remarkable books collect what is known about primitive tool making skills. Both are compendiums of a research-intensive newsletter published by the Society of Primitive Technology. The depth of their investigations and re-discoveries are extraordinary. Using a recursive chain of simpler tools making the more complex, modern enthusiasts can create artifacts of astounding complexity and beauty entirely by hand. These hefty tomes collect recipes for stone-tool-made compound bows, razor sharp knives, bark canteens, pump drills and reed boats. I get more than survival skills from them; they are the first lessons in material hacking.
[Kevin Kelly, COOL TOOLS p.140]

【コンテンツ】
1. INTRODUCTION
2. FOOD SOURCES - Eating To Live
3. CONTAINERS - Holding It All Together
4. PROJECTILES - Bow and Arrows
5. BUCKSKIN - Enough Brains To Tan Your Hide
6. TRANSPORTATION - Moving Along
7. BACK TO BASICS - Tools Through Time

出版年：2001年
言語：英語
ページ数：248ページ
サイズ：22cm×28cm×2cm

【コンディション】
ジャケットに傷み、天と小口にシミがあります。