Videos

-The DVDs-

The Experience with Ike video series is jam-packed with outdoor skills information. Whether you’re looking to expand your firemaking or fur handling skills, be sure to check these out! Not only does Ike give you solid tips, ideas, and methods from years of backwoods experience, he presents it in such an enjoyable, friendly and wholesome manner.

Making Fire, Ike, Starting Fires, How to Start a Fire with a Bowdrill, Bow Drill, Fire by Friction
Making Fire
In this in-depth, entertaining course on making fire, Ike puts down the essential foundation of making a successful fire and then builds on it by demonstrating over ten different techniques – ranging from modern to very traditional.

Be equipped by learning how to employ the ferro rod, magnesium firestarter, fire lens, flint and steel, and the fire piston, among others. Also, learn how to make traditional charcloth… and you won’t want to miss constructing your own wild bow drill, using a knife, axe, parachord, and available materials in the woods.

This DVD also includes five bonus special features, where you’ll dive into making your own waterproof tinder, start fire with a flintlock, and more! There’s something here for all skill levels. NTSC (North American format) DVD. Feature runs approximately 65 minutes!

$20.00 On Sale for $17.00, US postage paid.

Trapping, How to Trap, How to Make a Coonskin Cap, Making a Coonskin Cap, How to Trap, Coonskin Cap, Outdoor Skills, Survival Skills
From Coon to Cap
This DVD course is like a workshop on basic fur handling – right in the comfort of your home! Your host, Ike, demonstrates each step in the process: from trapping, to skinning, to tanning the hide, to sewing with fur.

You’ll meet the traps you’ll need to get started, then go into the woods and water to create 5 different sets that are especially ideal for raccoons. As the sets are created and checked, you’ll learn about baits, coon habits and the humane dispatch of your catch.

Then follow along with the simple steps it takes to prepare and tan a coon hide with instructions that easily apply to many other furbearers.
By the end of this course, you’ll be ready to craft and stitch your traditional coonskin cap, following Ike’s step-by-step method for a professional, custom fit!

Also, don’t miss the fun special features: a glimpse behind-the-scenes and making a Pineapple Upside-Down cake in a Dutch oven! NTSC (North American format) DVD. Feature runs approximately 80 minutes!

$20.00 On Sale for $17.00, US postage paid.

Life Skills, Trapping, Tanning Hides, Hunting, Hand Forged Axes, USA Made Axes, Frontier Skills
The Series
With this bundle, you can order both videos in the series and save. From Coon to Cap + Making Fire! Makes a great gift bundle for a friend.

$35.00 On Sale for $30.00 for the bundle, US postage paid.

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