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OK, time for another self-sufficiency skill. Let's talk energy and all related topics (lighting, propulsion, irrigation, power tools, heating, etc.) If you have a reliable source of wood, great. If not, in a dry climate, dried manure is excellent fuel (the plains tribes utilized buffalo chips...

Hard to beat vintage German steel. They really made it right back then. The Forschner set I got pretty cheaply from an estate auction of an old butcher. They were still in factory packaging unused. 3 knife set with a curved, limber and straight/stiff boning blade and black composite handles...

I've got a set of Forschner boning knives, Solingen skinner and Mora utility/quartering knife with a warning label written on the Rubbermaid box they store in until butchering time. "If you aren't good with a knife, do not touch!!! Even if you are, you may cut yourself!" Big block letters...

~~OK, I lied. Just one more of my pet peeves tonight. Learn how to sharpen stuff without turning the steel blue. Leave the darn grinders in the box. Learn how to use wetstones, emery stones, sharpening steels/ceramics and files. Especially learn how to properly sharpen a proper knife without...

There are so many, but it's late, I've had a long day of syruping so I'll just give one for now, and I think it is THE most important skill for any sort of off-grid living. One must know how to safely and efficiently build, maintain and utilize fire. It is such an underappreciated skill in...