Authentic Primitive Living

Authentic Primitive Living This page is dedicated to preserving ancestral skills and wilderness living. Join Andrew Minnick as he learns and shares the authentic ways of the past.

Wonderful day roaming the woods of north Georgia.
08/27/2022

Wonderful day roaming the woods of north Georgia.

One of my favorite private properties to hunt, well, anything! This was a great day.

Put one down with my Locust bow. Rawhide string, rivercane arrow, and a small flint ridge point.
01/24/2021

Put one down with my Locust bow. Rawhide string, rivercane arrow, and a small flint ridge point.

Chippin’ some chert.
12/29/2020

Chippin’ some chert.

Interestingly enough, I identified this Georgia mushroom is Inonotus hispidus (Shaggy Bracket) same genus as Inonotus ob...
12/01/2020

Interestingly enough, I identified this Georgia mushroom is Inonotus hispidus (Shaggy Bracket) same genus as Inonotus obliquus (Chaga mushroom). I think this is a really interesting observation and I’m really thrilled that it works better than chaga for my method of flint and steel.

Groundhog is good eating and great bow string material. 👌
11/25/2020

Groundhog is good eating and great bow string material. 👌

New pipe from local north GA steatite.
11/25/2020

New pipe from local north GA steatite.

Harvesting some River Cane arrow shafts... and fungi!
11/21/2020

Harvesting some River Cane arrow shafts... and fungi!

Pipe bag I made from fox squirrel hide.
11/21/2020

Pipe bag I made from fox squirrel hide.

Some photos from this weekend. I had two students out for a survival class. We had a great time in the bush!
11/08/2020

Some photos from this weekend. I had two students out for a survival class. We had a great time in the bush!

Knapping an Archaic style quartz point start to finish. Material from Blue Ridge, GA.
11/06/2020

Knapping an Archaic style quartz point start to finish. Material from Blue Ridge, GA.

Great time at the Fort Daniel Frontier Fair yesterday! I started a new tradition where I trade the point I make while de...
10/18/2020

Great time at the Fort Daniel Frontier Fair yesterday! I started a new tradition where I trade the point I make while demonstrating flintknapping for a fellow artist’s work. This year I asked the Blacksmith’s apprentice to make me a new custom flint striker. Last year I traded a spearhead for this awesome double-walled basket. 👍

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