UPCOMING CLASSES
BASIC KNIFE & TOOL
MARCH 10th 10:00-1:00
Age: Middle Schoolers, High Schoolers (No Littles Please)
Fee: $20
Location: Project Rewilding HQ
Class size limited to 10 students
Bring your lunch & water.
Students will learn how to safely use and maintain basic bushcraft tools (Knives, Axes, Saws, etc…). A bushcraft knife (fixed blade, full tang) is required for the class and we will have basic Mora Knives for sale for $15.
Sharpening, honing, stropping and making tools SHARP!
Different tool design and choosing the right tool for you.
Using correct body mechanics for optimum tool efficiency.
Intro to carving and whittling.
BASIC FIRE
(Morning Session)
MARCH 24th 09:00-Noon
NOTE: THIS CLASS IS SUBJECT TO LOCAL FIRE RESTRICTIONS BASED ON CURRENT FIRE DANGER!
Age: 8-17
Materials Fee: $25
Location: TBD
Class size limited to 10 students
Bring snacks and water.
Students will learn how to make "Inferno Disc" survival fire starters. We will cover the proper technique to build a fire lay for getting a fire going on the first attempt. Other tips and tricks for making fire in a survival situation will be covered.
All students will leave the class with a ferro rod with carbide striker, and a steel tin with "Inferno Discs".
BASIC FIRE
(Afternoon Session)
MARCH 24th 12:30 - 3:30
NOTE: THIS CLASS IS SUBJECT TO LOCAL FIRE RESTRICTIONS BASED ON CURRENT FIRE DANGER!
Age: 8-17
Materials Fee: $25
Location: TBD
Class size limited to 10 students
Bring snacks and water.
Students will learn how to make "Inferno Disc" survival fire starters. We will cover the proper technique to build a fire lay for getting a fire going on the first attempt. Other tips and tricks for making fire in a survival situation will be covered.
All students will leave the class with a ferro rod with carbide striker, and a steel tin with "Inferno Discs".
GOURD CANTEENS
MARCH 28th 10:00-2:00
Gourd Canteens
Age: Middle Schoolers & High Schoolers
Fee: $50
Location: Project Rewilding HQ
Class size limited to 10 students
Text Jeff to sign up: 928-925-1012
Bring lunch & water.
Leave when you're done
Make a primitive canteen/waterbottle using a gourd! Gourds were used by prehistoric peoples to make all sorts of usefull everyday items. A gourd canteen would have been used to transport water from the source (like a spring or creek) to their camps. They would have also used them to take water with them on long walk abouts.
MAKE A GOURD BOWL AND
EAT ELK STEW!
APRIL 2ND 09:00-until your done.
NOTE: THIS CLASS IS SUBJECT TO LOCAL FIRE RESTRICTIONS BASED ON CURRENT FIRE DANGER!
Age: 10-17
Materials Fee: $40
Location: TBD
Class size limited to 12 students
Bring drinking water.
Students will learn how to make a gourd bowl. Gourds were used as prehistoric containers for thousands of years across the southwest. At the end of the class, students will use their gourd bowl to eat elk stew made in a dutch oven with home made green chili corn bread.
HAFTING STONE KNIVES
APRIL 10th 10:00-2:00
Age: 10-18
Fee: $30-$40 depending on blade and handle choice.
Location: Project Rewilding HQ
Class size limited to 10 students
Bring lunch and water.
Learn how the ancient people would haft a stone blade to a handle.
PRIMITIVE TRAPS
MAY 2ND 10:00-2:00
Age: 10 through adult
Fee: $40
Location: Project Rewilding HQ
Class size limited to 10 students
Bring lunch and water.
Learn the basics of primitive trap mechanics.
Snares
Figure 4 deadfall
Paiute Deadfall
Mojave Scissor Snare (time allowing)
KNOTTED NET BAGS
MAY 7TH 10:00 - until your done
Age: 10 through adult
Fee: $40
Location: Project Rewilding HQ
Class size limited to 10 students
Bring drinking water.
Bring the water bottle you want to make your net bag for.
Learn how to make a knotted net bag for your water bottle. All supplies provided and each student will have a netting needle to take home. This technology can be used to make net bags for anything (not just water bottles)!