If you're a homesteader, a prepper, or just an old school soul, chances are learning new skills is a familiar concept to you.

To be truly self-sufficient in the modern world means going out there and deliberately acquiring new expertise, even if you don't need it in your current day-to-day life. Why? Because you never know when the time might come in which knowing that skill is a matter of life and death.

Metalworking is one of these skills, and no, it doesn't just cover blacksmithing. If you have a good piece of steel which is already perfect for a blade, then the only task required of you is to shape the steel into whatever shape you need.

Is it possible to do this without power tools? Of course! People used to do it all the time and still do it in many parts of the world.

Check out the video on the next page to watch a man take a shapeless form of steel and turn it into a beautiful machete step by step.

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