The The Lost Ways 2 sales page, captured 2026-09-23
The Lost Ways 2 review
A colour book of old survival, food storage and building skills you can practise at home
By the RJ Editorial Team. Sales page checked 2026-09-23. Last updated 2026-09-23.
Is it worth it?
Most people who pick this up aren't expecting the end of the world. They've just noticed the grocery bill creeping, watched a storm knock the power out for three days, or realised that if the shops shut for a fortnight they'd be living on pasta and hope. There's a quiet itch to be less dependent on a supply chain you can't see. This is the follow-up to Claude Davis's The Lost Ways, and it's the same idea: old skills written down before they vanish. The food preservation is the real meat of it. Rendering lard and packing cooked meat into jars under it is a genuine old method, it works, and it's the sort of thing you can try one Saturday with a cheap pork shoulder and know within a week whether you like it. Be sensible about the framing. The page leans hard on NASA, the Incas and samurai, and a 300 page colour book cannot actually make you famine-proof. Treat the stories as packaging around some decent instructions. The log cabin chapter is the weakest value for most buyers, because you need land, timber and a lot of free weekends. Nice to read, unlikely to be used. Judge it as a practical reference you'll dip into, not as insurance. On that basis it's fair.
Pros
- Preserving methods are real and testable at home
- Physical colour book, easy to use in a kitchen
- Doesn't need special equipment beyond jars and basics
- One-off purchase, no ongoing billing
Cons
- Sales page dresses up ordinary techniques with big historical claims
- No price, page count of usable recipes, or delivery time given up front
- Log cabin section is unusable for anyone without land
- Meat preservation carries real food safety risks if done carelessly
What you get
A 300 page colour book, sold as a physical copy, following on from the original The Lost Ways. It covers long-storage foods (an Inca staple, a Depression-era meal, a fermented samurai food), making lard properly and canning meat in lard in mason jars for long shelf life without a fridge, plus a pioneer method for building a log cabin.
Before you buy
- Check the total cost including shipping, and whether a digital copy is included
- Confirm the refund window and whether you must return the physical book
- If you already own the first book, check the contents list so you're not buying overlap
Who it suits
Anyone who wants practical food-storage and self-sufficiency skills in a book they'll actually use, rather than a crisis insurance policy
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