Survival Instructor Explains How to Start a Fire WITHOUT wood!
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Clear, concise and correct. All these other influencers take 30 minutes to get to the point.😊
That's because Dan isn't an Influencer, he's an Instructor 👍
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You got that right!
If you do find sap, you can also use the pinecones to scoop some up. Just scrape them along the tree and the sap will get stuck inside them.
One of my best memories is collecting pine cones at a Cub Scout camp in the UK. We had a fire made entirely of pinecones and cooked the best sausages I ever tasted. They were probably burned and not the best, but they seemed great at the time and nostalgia is a wonderful thing. Thanks for reminding me Dan 😃👍
"nostalgia is a wonderful thing" - the best RUclips quote I have seen in some time! 👍🏻👍🏻
I put some in my Kelly kettle, couldn't believe how much resin was in them.
A great demonstration of why you always need two forms of fire lighting.
what works really well round Christmas is dip them in white wax and the tips look like its snow. Then you have some really good fire starters.
Hey Dan, I love your videos and I like to go out and try out the things you teach about. Trouble is, I live in Central Texas and a lot of the natural resources are very different. This video is a good example. There are the Lost Pines if I go east towards Bastrop, but if I find a pine cone in Round Rock it's only because I stole if off a neighbors Christmas wreath. It would be great to see you make a series of bushcraft videos in which you go into different ecosystems and teach how various skills can be adapted to what is locally available.
I don’t know anything about Central Texas but best advice i can give is to do research at what it is what makes something good firestarter(dryness, types of resin/fat, is it compact, solid or fluffy, etc, etc) and then apply that in looking arround in your environment. If you know what properties to look for you don’t need exact examples but can just go out and try stuff.
I live in central Texas too and have had the same thoughts. I thought about experimenting with cedar, to see if it’s a good source of fatwood.
I love these videos!!!!!...... I also am a collector of pine cones on the trail , my friends just laugh at me until we get to set up our sites and my fire and water is already brewing before my tent is set up !!!...... then its a hot meal and coffee while they are still working to even get theirs going..... LOL......Maybe I should refer them to your videos !!!!!!
"He who laughs last, laughs best."
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Great video. I used to use pine needles and twigs to start fires in my woodburner. Always started quick too. That's good to know with the pine cone.
These are great! I have fat wood, but at home i have bags of these "fire starter" pine cones. They smell great too! My neighbor has the other kind, without the resin. She was bagging and throwing in trash. Now she gives to me and i call these these my charcoal. They burn slower, but leave nice coals and wonderful smell. They help keep mosquitoes away during Summer. Thanks again for your wonderful tips!
Great one! I use pine cones in my home wood stove all the time. Awesome resource. Stay warm and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
I dig your shows!!! Your love and enthusiasm for your craft and the out of doors is apparent!! Happy Thanksgiving!!
I need to see that trap basket assembly, that was too quick for me lol
And what in the world were those wonderful matches?! I've NEVER seen a match burn like that before, do you soak them in lighter fluid or coat them with flint dust?! That was amazing.
I love your videos. They're short, simple and sweet (your jokes and laugh are helping to lift my spirit). Thank you, I hope your day has been good to you thus far
So dude started a fire.... with a lighter.... GENIUS survival training, thank you...
A trick that my Granny taught me is to look for a pine tree stump that is rotting. You dig down into the stump and get the wood out that has a lot of pitch (resin) and use it to start your fire. It works really well.
Cattails work fantastically as well !!
Amen! Those puppies catch fire like crazy. I use them daily in my wood stove! (and they smell nice)
Great presentation! 👍🏻🇺🇸
Excellent, I'll be doing that "tomorrow".
This video ties into one of my favorite items to take with me when out an about: a soft totebag, preferably from a waterproof material (like plastic). It takes up almost no space, weighs nothing empty(I usually jusy put one in my coat pocket so I always have one even without backpack) and comes in very handy when collecting stuff. Also makes for a great “cushion” to sit on when everything is wet, keeps your bum dry.
Jusy=just
When cleaning our 2.5 acre woodlot, I often collect several bags of pine cones to use for campfires & cooking in rainy weather. They work great! Excellent tip, Dan. Have a blessed Christmas1
I've used pine cones for several years getting my wood burning stove started. Easy peasy. Pine cones get hot fast and get it going.
My father-in-law who was a great man, I mean really great and I don't offer these words frivoulously showed me this the first time. God bless his soul for everything he contributed to me becoming the person I am today. Love and deepest respect always Sir.
Great tip Dan, thank you for sharing this helpful tip. Stay safe out there. 😊
I love pine cones, thanks Dan
Dried ruminate dung is also a good fuel. People all over the world rely on it as a fuel source for cooking. There are stoves specifically engineered for dung patties, meant to burn hot and clean and efficiently. Here in the US, on the prairie, buffalo dung used to be a much more common fuel source for fire. But in buffalo or cattle country, the patties dry light like bark and are mostly plant pulp and burn fast. You can keep a fire going, but you can't build coals.
Quite right! I've boiled water over dung fires several times (and yes, the coffee tasted fine).
I've used pine cones for many years to light my wood stove. I live in the middle of a pine forest and pine cones are very abundant. I go around every fall and pick up several buckets so I won't have any problem starting my fire the entire winter.
I knew that and we love the smell of pine burning
Good evening from Syracuse NY brother and thank you for sharing your adventures
You can make a wreath out of them if you don't burn them, or ornaments for your fake tree, or put them in a clear bowl as a decoration. Dry pine needles will also work to throw on coals under the pine cones to get a flame going.
In grade school, 1968-ish, I read a Henry Reed book in which he found head-sized pine cones... always doubted it.
California Coulter Pines often have head-sized cones. They're very heavy, too. Google for pix.
I have collected pine cones for years. The Christmas tree shaped once I turned into a little mini Christmas trees. Fire starters are a bonus.❤
Happy Thanksgiving Dan!
pine cones are a favourite of mine, and my best demo is lighting one with flint and steel using char cloth, usually in about 15 seconds. Most people do not believe you can light harsh tinders like a pine cone with charcloth but it is easy with a little practice.
Yep they’re good stuff. I just collected a bunch of them this past weekend at my woodlot 😊take care
Another great video 👆. Didn't know this about pine sap. Thanks
Back in the early 90s we were on a road trip and stopped to get some sleep at a campground somewhere in Wyoming. There was no down firewood and it was cold! Pinecones were pilled up everywhere and we had a nice warming fire and cooked some hot dogs.
They do make a good fire!
Thank you
Saw the thumbnail and had a lol because this time of year I collect all the pinecones on the ground to use as dire starters, they work the best.
Right to the point and it wasn't full of really obvious banter to stretch it out . Thanks. Fyi "corn chips" also burn forever, slowly with a consistent flame, like a candle. I realised they're so oily Id sooner use them for that :)
Pine sap is also a source of vitamin c. I've heard boiling pine cones and making a sap broth will give important nutrition
Don't forget pine nuts are tasty and full of oils.
If you're longterming it you can harvest the nuts whilst you smash up the cones with a rock to get them nice and fibrous, even easier to light :-D
Well explained! Thanks for all you do.
Great advice! 👏🏼😎
Great tip, I'll use this in Central and Eastern Oregon. Unfortunately, out native fir cones in Western Oregon do not light or burn easily, so this is something I've never tried. Thanks for the lesson!
I collect kitty litter buckets full of pinecones for firestarters in my hot tent wood stoves. If I run out, theres also pine needles which work but not as ferocious as pinecones full of pitch.
Terrific!
Thank you for sharing! 🙏👍✌️🇬🇧
I use pine cones to start my coal forge and I also use it to light my homemade charcoal on my grill.
I have paine trees near my property and I always collect them!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone
Green pine needs extremely flammable as well.
works well in the dry season. but when rain season come in, it's gonna be little bit harder to lit up, especialy in the tropical area. it is Wet
I made a coffee can stove and used nothing but pinecones to boil water in a kettle with it.
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A good alternative, often overlooked.
However, here in Northern Switzerland, we are currently having a somewhat wet time of it and my local forest unfortunately has a dearth of pine trees .. the local 'Forstamt' cull them mercilessly (birch too).
Also, at 73, getting wood is unfortunately becoming somewhat laborious and under the local circumstances, pine cones are definitely not an option. Need to do some lateral thinking on this one .. 😏.
Nature's fire-starting fuzz stick.
Ponderosa pines aren't native to Kentucky where I live but they are everywhere in my area. The pine cones from those trees are loaded with sap. They'll burn like they're soaked in gasoline and I'm not exaggerating.
They smoke like a locomotive, but they do burn. They do like an 'open flame' to light, so they are more of an extender than a tinder. If you do have tinder to start a fire, and larger wood, but no really good way to process it down to kindling, dry pine cones make a good second stage fuel.
Just to bring awareness, you should take a little caution with pine cones especially in western states. There are pine cones which only open up in the event of a forest fire and can do so kinda violently. Don’t burn closed pine cones and you should be fine.
And don't forget the old weather predictor. When the cone opens up it's going to be wet. If it closes up dry. Not too precise though - always calibrate against a piece of seaweed 😂
I have White Birch And different types of pines But not as many pinecones for some reason so I collect the few that I have stack up some dead pine wood and then just light up some of that birch paper under the wood And it works even when it’s slightly wet which it normally is
Yes, pine cones and needles are great for kindling and will create a decent bed of coals.
Good info 👍
Love your channel Dan!
I bet there some out there thinking matches, lighters, What's that got to do with bushcraft? I thinking that's brilliant the primary option didn't but there was an alternative fallback option and the fire got lit. That's bushcraft... And the pine cones are great fire starters.
Wonder if it would work to turn a pine cone upside down, scrape some ferro rod shavings into it, and light it that way? Not as efficient, but would be fun to experiment. Or maybe take the pine cone apart and do the shavings and ignite that? Hmmmm... 😊
As always good content. In western Washington we have fir and hemlock not good pinecones. I always head for the fat wood instead.
Love this idea
Pine Cones burn 🔥 hot!
Max. Short term heat.
I am always scoping for some big fat cones to get the party started.
Another great video my man
I don't want to sleep like a baby I want to sleep like I did before I had babies
so, the secret is matches. i was thinking from the title that you were explaining how to start a fire without wood like rubbing sticks together.
more great info, love your videos !. Happy Thanksgiving to you & your family. God Bless !!!
i already do, but good info
Good vid.
Darn it, I think my neighbor just cleared all the pine cones out of his yard. I'll check tomorrow. He knows I'm learning bushcraft and wholeheartedly approves.
Some questions: Best way to light a pine cone via ferro rod? Will pinecones work in my little wood gas twig stove? Would they work to put on hot coals if I had one of those stoves used for heat, where you put the chimney through the hole in the tent? (Thinking of getting a hot tent setup.) Thanks!!
I've used pine cones for YEARS to start campfires....
Throwing pine LOGS on the top of your kindling gets the fire hot enough to even start burning wet wood of other species....
Makes for GREAT campfires!!!
It's the easiest way for me, it almost feels as tho I'm cheating when I do it....
I have used them all my life...Im 58. And, I used a pine cone to start my fire tonight. IMO, there is nothing better. But that's just me.
I'm 58 and just started learning all this stuff last year. So much fun!
Hey, question... What hypothetical survival situation is this where you are in an area with abundant pinecones but no sticks? It's a fantastic trick. I love it, it's great. But I'm imagining someone camped out in a kitchy Christmas section of a Macy's or something lol
Go CCD! good video.
There is one little problem, though - for people who grew up around pine trees, it is so obvious that one might just assume that wherever there are trees there are pine cones! Wrong! Many forests do not contain ANY pine trees. So, it is quite important to know what type of vegetation you might encounter to avoid a nasty surprise.
I grew up with pine cones and have very many happy memories of pine cone camp fires!
I just got a rock with a steel in it and a rock that's made of flint and I also found straw and I found fire
Reminds me of Gandalf lighting cones to throw at the Wargs in the Hobbit.
On my way to grab an old busty rucket and collect some pinecones!
Day 3 of a constant light rain but my campfire has been blazing day and night kind of forgot about pine cones
Good ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Theres so many dang ways to start a fire haha. So i try to do a diff way every time i go out so i dont forget haha
If you crush a pine cone into fine material can it be struck with a Ferro rod?
hAPPY tURKEY dAY!
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Still in your Front Yard? 😮
Pine cones are... wood.
I wouldn't need a pine cone if I had a lighter or match.
Cedar tree boughs light even faster….
Congrats on actually finding dry pine cones. I don't think there's one within 500 miles of me.
This intro sounds exactly like a dethklok cutscene js 🤷🏽
NOW....do it without the lighter or match.
Finding stuff to burn isn't the hard part.
Creating a flame without a lighter or match is the challenge.⭐🤔
Dan: "So you can put your big o'le wood right on top of it and sleep like a baby." I see what you did there. 👍🍺
Just saying you start burning cow patties or Buffalo chips like Indians and Buffalo hunters used to. That would make an interesting video.
I'd like to see you try to light the pine cone with a ferro rod.
Actually, pine cones ARE wood...
Pinecones ... Lazy man's feather stick.
I just tell my mother-in-law her meatloaf is dry. She can start a fire with nothing but concentrated hate.