Becky, just FYI...when you clean the filter in your clothes dryer you can save the lint in a zip lock bag or other water tight container and it works very well for sparking a fire. I've been using it for years. Jim
Excellent video for beginners becky. And even possibly a tip or two for more advanced bushcrafters. And all very well explained. You deserve way more subscribers. Your real! Thank you! Good luck on the channel. Grow grow grow!!
A year ago tomorrow you uploaded this. Great video! Excellent techniques and very educational!!! I like to hold my steel at about a 30 degree angle. Then insert my fero rod into the tinder. I then keep my steel in the same spot and pull out on the fero rod. This creates a nice concentrated area of sparks and helps to keep from creating bumps on my fero rods by holding it at an angle.
I really love your video's. I just got into buscrafting and wildcamping. I absolutely love it! But still have to learn a lot. I learned making fires and what you can do with wood and knots at the scouts 20 years ago. I thought i did not forget anything but..well...yes i did😳. I also know stuff about eating out of nature. So plants, herbals and mushrooms. Really like it! I like to watch video's where i can learn from. Thank you!! Greets from the Netherlands
Thanks for the tips Becky. I have a couple of tips for you too. To be legal in the UK, your knife should have a folding blade. And you want to keep that hair away from the flames !! All the best, Kevin.
I would like to say that you are extremely beautiful young lady may God bless you and keep you safe I also would like to include that I love watching your videos very informative and the most beautiful scenery it is unbelievable
Hi Becky love watching you're videos you put things in perspective lot better when you're in the country and not in the house later girl outdoor I mean country girl
I have several ferro rods and they have strikers with them which I can use to make a fire with. The tender we have here in the Southern United States is rich pine wood which I have also to start a fire with and also have lent from the dryer which I keep in my backpack to start a fire with. You are very talented and know what you are doing and talking about when it comes to bushcraft and many can learn from you there. I love your knife and the sheath you have for it, and the other tools you need to sharpen it and keep your firesteel on.
Hello Becky! So good to see you again sweetie. You bring so much joy to me! I can go for the rest my life and never repay what you bring me. It seems unfair. Thank you so much.
Wise Words on fire starting from sparks. Very well expressed and comprehensive instruction. Lighter flints are usually tiny and don't provide many lights in comparison with those rods!
Hello Becky, thank you for sharing this very informative video. You did a great job in presenting the information. All the best to you Dear and your family. 🤗
I'm looking forward to your Essentials series. It's going to be of help to me. I know it. Using close-ups shots, as you did in this video, is very helpful in aiding the viewer to see exactly what you're doing.
Great idea bringing back some of the basic Bush craft highlights. Some of us seem to get a little rusty. So there are different hardness ferrule rods.I like the softer one, less work. Great video see you soon. 🤗 👍
Nice one mate. Back when I was a smoker, went to Phoenix and had to dispose of all lighters and matches before I flew out from Heathrow. Got there after 14 - 15 hours without a cigarette and pulled out my keys with a ferro rod and some cotton wool from my pocket and placed the cotton wool against the wall outside and used the ferro rod. Next thing I had 15-20 people saying how cool that was and if they could have a light for their cigs too 😂 Tell you what else goes up with a spark...Lynxtype deodorants. Spray a little puddle of that or onto a bit of material that will burn and throw a spark on it. Handy in a survival situation, where a fire is urgently needed! That large one you advised me on a couple of years ago...stillgoing strong and I do t use it as much as you, it will see me out, along with the 3 shorter and softer grade ones. The one on the TBS boar is a pretty good one that comes with the knife, nice and soft
Thank you Steve, ahaa that's a great story! Shows how handy the ferro rod is right there. Bet your ferro rod got a fair bit of use after people asking to light their fags. Ah that's awesome, I love the bayite one also. Yes I've got the TBS Boar :)
Just found your channel while searching for the TBS Boar, been binge watching all afternoon, and noticed this is your fourth (different) bushcraft knife in the last year. I can't help it, I'm pedantic when it comes gear. LOL So you've gone from the TBS Boar with the birch handle, to the TBS Boar with the curly maple handle, to the Survival Lilly Knife, to the TBS AHMA Puukko with a curly birch handle. Well done. :) ...The Ahma Puukko looks like a sweet tool; creates nice feather sticks (from the FS video), and throws a good spark.
a very detailed and full of great knowledge and info video about ferro usage. This is one of the best ferro rod vid I have seen on youtube. Becky you are amazing!! Thumbs up. Already sub long ago
I have a pendant fire steel from Wolf Creek Forge, on etsy, that I gave square edges with a grinder. I use that as my striker since my knife spine isn't hard enough. It works perfect because the smith who made it hardened it so well. It was only around $20 too. I actually carry a flint and steel kit, a Djeep lighter, 25 lifeboat matches and a 1/2 x 6 ferro rod as a back up.
Fero rods: wider and softer (more heat) is better IMHO. I have used up five Baylite and three Lightmyfire, and now am using a one inch diameter 8" Fatboy. I hold my striker(knife ridge) braced against my boot, and pull the rod. This is much more stable, produces more compact heat spray, and is less likely to spread your tinder bundle. And Heat is what you want when you already have Air and Fuel. :-) I also make a V with my kindling. Point facing down wind. Place my tinder in the V and light it. I then flat lay more kindling across open end of the V, over the tinder flame. Once the fire peeks through that I add more kindling diagonal to the first flat lay like an arrow shaft. Once the flames come through that I start adding fuel. Usually I place fuel near the point and two corners to make a triangle over the "now hopefully deep coal bed". No "expert" here, this is just how I do it... Flint and steel thought, I always use Char(Chaga or Denim) to make an ember. Much harder until you have it down through practice. Great review! Seriously, you are doing really well. I want to re-iterate, Great! Review! I am loving your videos!
Amazing, I'm totally floored at how good you are at explaining this bushcraft stuff (10mins into the bush I'd be lost). Any chance you could explain how to select and prepare a place to start your fire, so I don't burn down the planet :-) Binge watching your video's, so good (new patreon)!
Find somewhere that has plenty of rocks and create a fire pit. Somewhere that there's not a lot of leaves or anything that's highly flammable. Build a fire pit (even 1 rock high) and dig out a lil hole in the middle. Voila. you've got a good place for a fire. Life Pro Tip: Just be weary of your surroundings :)
@@forbsie1888 Awesome, I really want to try this, ordered a ferro rod from amazon, no idea how long it would take for this to arrive (NZ). Not to do any cooking, just to see if I can actually get a decent fire going. I still need to research more to see where I can do this without the local councils going nutz.
@@PhilipTaramai find a wooded area near you. Forest or not. And find out if it's the council who owns it or a charity. And simply contact them and ask about their fire policy. Explain that you're aware of the dangers and that you plan on building a small fire pit to greatly reduce the fire spread. Chances are they'll allow it as long as you keep the area tidy
@@forbsie1888 That was some amazing research I just went through, there are many places close to me that I can use and comply with permits/council bylaws requirements, especially people who you can talk to and get advice. This really should be the 1st step anyone should take when considering a simple thing, like camping. I can see why people get in trouble with councils/land owners etc
Hi Becky, enjoyed your video. Looking forward to watching your new upcoming series. We have fires almost daily here, and the ferro rod is our go to fire igniter. Hey you are a 'south paw' too..that's our name for lefty's. G is too. Birch bark is plentiful here so that's what we use mostly for fire starting. Thank you. btw, Congrats on reaching 50K ... wow. You've worked so hard for it woot woot. Glenn & Maureen
Thank you Glenn and Maureen, yes I bet you are constantly lighting fire your way. Aha I'm guessing one of you is a lefty then? I love using birch for fire starting, over where you live, I've seen videos where people peel the bark so easily off the tree - so satifying! Thanks so much :)
Hi Becky. Where I'm from in Southern United States all I need to do is go for a hike in the pine woods and look for a dead fall pine tree 🌲 or the stump of one to find sap wood. I call it rich lighter pin.
The bayite rods are usually pre-drilled for a lanyard that can be used to hold it steady. David West on you tube likes to put a point on the end to make it easier to pin down tinder.
Hi. Very good and interesting video. I have a little emergency pouch (no name) with some useful „firestart stuff“ as p.e. a little piece of fatwood, a small lighter, a smaller fire steel (without handle) and a magnifier lense in shape of a credit card, and different tinders, mainly a cotton pad, soaked in wax. For your essentials serie perhaps a video about useful waterbottles and/or coocking utensils. Best regards. Rainer
I was just introduced to the Firefly Ferro Rod and and the SAK pocket knife. Great combo as a backup knife if you are lost pr you lost your gears. An idea for your next video.
A nice education video becky keep them coming I always carry two one on my belt and in my fire kit then if I take my MSK knife system and neck knife have a total of 6 atvb Jimmy 😎😎
Cordage would be great, personally I would add some waxed polyester yarn (used for sail Repair and wipping ropes) and some braided fishingline (0.15-0.2mm powerbraid, power pro, fire line...) the braided fishing line is great for sewing as well. Another addition that takes very little room, a couple needles and a pair of fishing flies. Just add strip of felt to inside of retaining flap to hold them. Fishing flies are better than hooks for improvised fishing as they do not require bait but can still be used with bait if desired.
Great video Becky, keep up the good work.
Becky this is best presentation which you have done. thank you Becky!
Becky, just FYI...when you clean the filter in your clothes dryer you can save the lint in a zip lock bag or other water tight container and it works very well for sparking a fire. I've been using it for years. Jim
Genius.....
I will be trying that.
David
bushcraft egg pans outdoor
Time to go by a laundromat!
I've learned so much from watching your videos.. Stay safe and healthy from NYC, USA
You are wise beyond your years, Miss Becky! Sending you blessings and safe travel prayers from Pauline, S.C. USA!
good sir
Excellent video for beginners becky. And even possibly a tip or two for more advanced bushcrafters. And all very well explained. You deserve way more subscribers. Your real! Thank you! Good luck on the channel. Grow grow grow!!
I have never used this, from now on I will. You gave a really good explanation and demonstration. You are gold.😀
Awesome! Thank you!
A year ago tomorrow you uploaded this. Great video! Excellent techniques and very educational!!! I like to hold my steel at about a 30 degree angle. Then insert my fero rod into the tinder. I then keep my steel in the same spot and pull out on the fero rod. This creates a nice concentrated area of sparks and helps to keep from creating bumps on my fero rods by holding it at an angle.
Thank you so much, crazy how long ago it was I uploaded this and how different the world it is :) Thats a good method!
@@GirlOutdoors times have definitely changed. Stay safe. Look forward to more videos!
hiya Becky from the United states, love these information Videos!! please do make more informational videos!! you rock becky!!!
I really love your video's. I just got into buscrafting and wildcamping. I absolutely love it! But still have to learn a lot.
I learned making fires and what you can do with wood and knots at the scouts 20 years ago. I thought i did not forget anything but..well...yes i did😳. I also know stuff about eating out of nature. So plants, herbals and mushrooms. Really like it! I like to watch video's where i can learn from.
Thank you!! Greets from the Netherlands
Thanks for the tips Becky. I have a couple of tips for you too. To be legal in the UK, your knife should have a folding blade. And you want to keep that hair away from the flames !! All the best, Kevin.
Great demonstration Becky I’ll definitely be buying one of these 👍
Almost 100,000 subs now. Thanks for the real deal on the ferro rods. One of the best videos I've ever seen on usage.
Love it
I would like to say that you are extremely beautiful young lady may God bless you and keep you safe I also would like to include that I love watching your videos very informative and the most beautiful scenery it is unbelievable
Hi Becky love watching you're videos you put things in perspective lot better when you're in the country and not in the house later girl outdoor I mean country girl
thank you i’m getting my first rod today i appreciate it😁😁😁😄
I have several ferro rods and they have strikers with them which I can use to make a fire with. The tender we have here in the Southern United States is rich pine wood which I have also to start a fire with and also have lent from the dryer which I keep in my backpack to start a fire with. You are very talented and know what you are doing and talking about when it comes to bushcraft and many can learn from you there. I love your knife and the sheath you have for it, and the other tools you need to sharpen it and keep your firesteel on.
Hello Becky! So good to see you again sweetie. You bring so much joy to me! I can go for the rest my life and never repay what you bring me. It seems unfair. Thank you so much.
Wise Words on fire starting from sparks. Very well expressed and comprehensive instruction. Lighter flints are usually tiny and don't provide many lights in comparison with those rods!
Nice video becky
Hello Becky, thank you for sharing this very informative video. You did a great job in presenting the information. All the best to you Dear and your family. 🤗
Hello Becky - nice to see you again!!! Greets from Southern Germany.
I'm dabbling with fire starting in all types of weather, I'm in the Northeastern part of the United States. Learned alot with your vids. Thank you.
Outstanding video on how best to use a ferro rod. Have a super wonderful day.
Great video becky. Looking forward to seeing the next one.
Well done with the details and comparisons you illustrate in this video it makes a change from what you normally see
Excelente video muchas gracias 🙋🏻♂️saludos
I'm looking forward to your Essentials series. It's going to be of help to me. I know it. Using close-ups shots, as you did in this video, is very helpful in aiding the viewer to see exactly what you're doing.
Thanks Becky , great vid buddy
A pretty good series of how to use fire steel, a really good idea with different videos about different things, a good idea you've got. 😀
wonderful Becky, I personally have never used a faro rod, but it looks like I will have to invest in one, thank you for this
Great idea bringing back some of the basic Bush craft highlights. Some of us seem to get a little rusty. So there are different hardness ferrule rods.I like the softer one, less work.
Great video see you soon. 🤗 👍
Thank you Mark , appreciate it :)
Take care! ❤️ Greetings from 🇵🇭.
Great video Becky. Getting into bush craft and love your channel. You explain things perfectly
Good vídeo.
Nice one mate. Back when I was a smoker, went to Phoenix and had to dispose of all lighters and matches before I flew out from Heathrow. Got there after 14 - 15 hours without a cigarette and pulled out my keys with a ferro rod and some cotton wool from my pocket and placed the cotton wool against the wall outside and used the ferro rod. Next thing I had 15-20 people saying how cool that was and if they could have a light for their cigs too 😂
Tell you what else goes up with a spark...Lynxtype deodorants. Spray a little puddle of that or onto a bit of material that will burn and throw a spark on it. Handy in a survival situation, where a fire is urgently needed! That large one you advised me on a couple of years ago...stillgoing strong and I do t use it as much as you, it will see me out, along with the 3 shorter and softer grade ones. The one on the TBS boar is a pretty good one that comes with the knife, nice and soft
Thank you Steve, ahaa that's a great story! Shows how handy the ferro rod is right there. Bet your ferro rod got a fair bit of use after people asking to light their fags. Ah that's awesome, I love the bayite one also. Yes I've got the TBS Boar :)
Just found your channel while searching for the TBS Boar, been binge watching all afternoon, and noticed this is your fourth (different) bushcraft knife in the last year. I can't help it, I'm pedantic when it comes gear. LOL So you've gone from the TBS Boar with the birch handle, to the TBS Boar with the curly maple handle, to the Survival Lilly Knife, to the TBS AHMA Puukko with a curly birch handle. Well done. :)
...The Ahma Puukko looks like a sweet tool; creates nice feather sticks (from the FS video), and throws a good spark.
Love watching your videos as they are very informative.
You're a good teacher. Thanks, Becky. 👍🙂
a very detailed and full of great knowledge and info video about ferro usage. This is one of the best ferro rod vid I have seen on youtube. Becky you are amazing!! Thumbs up. Already sub long ago
Hi Beks. Thanks for the vid.
I have a pendant fire steel from Wolf Creek Forge, on etsy, that I gave square edges with a grinder. I use that as my striker since my knife spine isn't hard enough. It works perfect because the smith who made it hardened it so well. It was only around $20 too.
I actually carry a flint and steel kit, a Djeep lighter, 25 lifeboat matches and a 1/2 x 6 ferro rod as a back up.
Fero rods: wider and softer (more heat) is better IMHO. I have used up five Baylite and three Lightmyfire, and now am using a one inch diameter 8" Fatboy.
I hold my striker(knife ridge) braced against my boot, and pull the rod.
This is much more stable, produces more compact heat spray, and is less likely to spread your tinder bundle.
And Heat is what you want when you already have Air and Fuel. :-)
I also make a V with my kindling. Point facing down wind.
Place my tinder in the V and light it. I then flat lay more kindling across open end of the V, over the tinder flame.
Once the fire peeks through that I add more kindling diagonal to the first flat lay like an arrow shaft. Once the flames come through that I start adding fuel.
Usually I place fuel near the point and two corners to make a triangle over the "now hopefully deep coal bed".
No "expert" here, this is just how I do it...
Flint and steel thought, I always use Char(Chaga or Denim) to make an ember. Much harder until you have it down through practice.
Great review! Seriously, you are doing really well.
I want to re-iterate, Great! Review! I am loving your videos!
Keep up the awesome work.
Great video Becky as always perfect for people starting out very informative 👍
Great video Becky. Very informative.
Beautiful!.....oh yeah the landscape too!...... lmmfao!!!!!!
Amazing, I'm totally floored at how good you are at explaining this bushcraft stuff (10mins into the bush I'd be lost). Any chance you could explain how to select and prepare a place to start your fire, so I don't burn down the planet :-)
Binge watching your video's, so good (new patreon)!
Find somewhere that has plenty of rocks and create a fire pit. Somewhere that there's not a lot of leaves or anything that's highly flammable. Build a fire pit (even 1 rock high) and dig out a lil hole in the middle. Voila. you've got a good place for a fire.
Life Pro Tip: Just be weary of your surroundings :)
@@forbsie1888 Awesome, I really want to try this, ordered a ferro rod from amazon, no idea how long it would take for this to arrive (NZ). Not to do any cooking, just to see if I can actually get a decent fire going. I still need to research more to see where I can do this without the local councils going nutz.
@@PhilipTaramai find a wooded area near you. Forest or not. And find out if it's the council who owns it or a charity. And simply contact them and ask about their fire policy. Explain that you're aware of the dangers and that you plan on building a small fire pit to greatly reduce the fire spread. Chances are they'll allow it as long as you keep the area tidy
@@forbsie1888 That was some amazing research I just went through, there are many places close to me that I can use and comply with permits/council bylaws requirements, especially people who you can talk to and get advice. This really should be the 1st step anyone should take when considering a simple thing, like camping. I can see why people get in trouble with councils/land owners etc
Hi Becky, enjoyed your video. Looking forward to watching your new upcoming series. We have fires almost daily here, and the ferro rod is our go to fire igniter. Hey you are a 'south paw' too..that's our name for lefty's. G is too. Birch bark is plentiful here so that's what we use mostly for fire starting. Thank you. btw, Congrats on reaching 50K ... wow. You've worked so hard for it woot woot. Glenn & Maureen
Thank you Glenn and Maureen, yes I bet you are constantly lighting fire your way. Aha I'm guessing one of you is a lefty then? I love using birch for fire starting, over where you live, I've seen videos where people peel the bark so easily off the tree - so satifying! Thanks so much :)
Hey Becky, stay blessed, lots of Love from Pakistan.
Nice to see how your video making is improving.
thanks becky awesome vid hope you are having a great week to
Excellent explanation and really useful. Thanks 🙏
Here on referral from Roberts Brushcraft! Great video thanks!
You've used the fire out of that one ferro rod. Cheers lassy
Nice to see you.. waiting for the video .. from 🇮🇳
Great video, good to know this stuff, thanks Becky
Nice bit of info right here!
Hi Becky.
Where I'm from in Southern United States all I need to do is go for a hike in the pine woods and look for a dead fall pine tree 🌲 or the stump of one to find sap wood. I call it rich lighter pin.
Great job
Cool video mate all the best seth 🇬🇧
Great video Beck !! Keep up the amazing work !!
Excellent demonstration, Becky, keep up the good work. 🇬🇧🇺🇸👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
They wee fork thingies look the biz, great skillset btw. Keep up the good work.
good vid i keep one in my pack on a keey chain so its there all the time
The bayite rods are usually pre-drilled for a lanyard that can be used to hold it steady. David West on you tube likes to put a point on the end to make it easier to pin down tinder.
Very nicely done.
That is so strange. My ferro rod just came the same day you uploaded this video. I was meant to get the parcel tomorrow haha
Thank you for the links very helpful
You are right size matters
Love watching your videos ❤ Texas
Complimenti,che spettacolo👌👌👌
Awesome thanks
Nice to see you again Becky. Very useful information. I still think the channel's name should be,
Beautiful girl outdoors.
Hey beautiful
Now that was a very good video! Thank you!
Nice video Becky,Love you.
i watch all ur videos and i see something new on your hand, tattoo. nice beck
another awesome vid, thanks heaps.
Hi. Very good and interesting video. I have a little emergency pouch (no name) with some useful „firestart stuff“ as p.e. a little piece of fatwood, a small lighter, a smaller fire steel (without handle) and a magnifier lense in shape of a credit card, and different tinders, mainly a cotton pad, soaked in wax. For your essentials serie perhaps a video about useful waterbottles and/or coocking utensils. Best regards. Rainer
Very necessary and useful thing. Great video, all told in detail, and also showed how to handle it. Well done!:)
Also cotton balls with Vaseline works well as fire starter..
I was just introduced to the Firefly Ferro Rod and and the SAK pocket knife. Great combo as a backup knife if you are lost pr you lost your gears. An idea for your next video.
That one you have seems to work very nice, hi Becky how are you girl?! Nice video, 👍🏼✌️👌🏽🤙🏼🌲⛺️🌲☕️🍜 so happy outdoors!!!
Beautiful ❤️
Great video ,n information n technics, bravo young lady ,wow 50 k views, ok ms becky ,cheers
Wao que bonita es
A nice education video becky keep them coming I always carry two one on my belt and in my fire kit then if I take my MSK knife system and neck knife have a total of 6 atvb Jimmy 😎😎
Awesome and informative video..
Hi Becky, great informative video there. Thanks for sharing
Ash 👍🏼
Thanks for the video! This way of cooking can save on the gas bill haha. If I had to I would.
once again lov Great video
Good one.. Becky... 👏
Good info! Definitely learned a lot. Congratulations on 50K subscribers!!
Could you do a video on how to read a compass please
Cordage would be great, personally I would add some waxed polyester yarn (used for sail Repair and wipping ropes) and some braided fishingline (0.15-0.2mm powerbraid, power pro, fire line...) the braided fishing line is great for sewing as well.
Another addition that takes very little room, a couple needles and a pair of fishing flies.
Just add strip of felt to inside of retaining flap to hold them.
Fishing flies are better than hooks for improvised fishing as they do not require bait but can still be used with bait if desired.
Wow
Congrats on the 50000 subs !
Awesome I am first!! Have an awesome week Becky
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Hi Becky fabulous video and a lot information thanks for sharing thumbs yup regards hugs :-) :-) :-)