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Great video, long time believer on having multiple sources of starting fires. Have to ask, your custom camp knife shown in this video- are they for sale?
A suggestion: take charcloth piece and submerge a good deal (80%) of it in grease, leaving a part of it without. That part will catch the spark, but as you blow it will light up like a candle and burn very hot. You can also submerge it in saltpeter, it will light to the smallest spark. This two tricks plus a water tight can that also hold a flint and the striker make for a nice kit.
I've got fat wood but I use bacon grease soaked paper towels that I put the bacon on after frying it. Those are normally thrown away. I roll them up and cut them into about half inch wide spirals. They burn for about 10 minutes, I think. I've never timed it so I'm not completely sure about that time.
I would concur that this would be a great idea to stretch out our supplies. A real lighter is THE go to device when you are in a bind and HAVE to have a fire quick. They do get used up fast though. Alternative starters are a great idea so you can save the lighter for real emergencies. Ferrocerium rods are great are great too, BUT they don't last for ever. I like to carry both of those along with other systems. Magnifying glass, traditional flint & steel and fire pistons. They all have a place in my kits.... Great video!
Absolutely! I always carry those in my bag. I don't depend on one source and I carry a couple in my cargo pocket and a couple on my leather belt as well as in a belt pouch. The belt ones are small but water proof and efficient. Without fire it's almost impossible to survive a horrific scenario Be prepared; not scared!
I carry a pocket rasp in my back pack. It is a tool that doesn't cost much and it's a tool you could let a fellow outdoorsman use to make shavings instead of a knife. Also, it captures the shavings inside.
This is honestly one of the most useful survival tips I’ve seen from a survival enthusiast. Simple concept but very overlooked IMO. That’s why I subscribe to this channel.
Just watched this and just saw you at the Helene operations in your area. As you said, the day has come where just running to the store for your needs has gone. Be blessed and all in your area during this time of hardship and working together for future blessings.
Just a Fantastic, Cool Video. Plenty of pine trees on my land here in South Carolina. Been using pine straw for years to get my burn ring going. Ill be making some fat lighter Ferro. Starters just for Primary Backups. !!
A suggestion: take charcloth piece and submerge a good deal (80%) of it in grease, leaving a part of it without. That part will catch the spark, but as you blow it will light up like a candle and burn very hot. You can also submerge it in saltpeter, it will light to the smallest spark. This two tricks plus a water tight can that also hold a flint and the striker make for a nice kit.
I'd have to process that big stump handle down into 1/4's , then 1/8th's, then 16th's until I have a bunch of 1/2"x 5" pieces and stuff a couple in my kit, a band saw makes it easy.
You are a real Boy Scout (hope that’s not offensive to you). Wish I were watching this as a preteen vs seeing my last sunsets. The information you provide fantastic & necessary. Even if the lights never go out these skills give so much confidence & usefulness -backyard, camping, hunting, vehicle breaks down on a forest road. Hope your family is healing fully. How bout a video of your wife making fire & shelter with pain & bad leg or the child urpping doing the same.
The way I go is the metallic pencil sharpeners... they're made out of magnesium, that's lightweight and a great firestarter, plus they make great shavings... they're everywhere in my bags... everywhere in the world... I provide man-made things... I let Nature provide the natural...
Nice trick brother.. I just picked up a 6pk on Amazon. For the weight and size , why not add to every kit... It's rare I get turned on to new stuff.. thanks man
It's a very nice version of that style of tool. Zero doubt about that. I personally would, as I do with students, call that a backup as it is no different that a modern lighter in most ways. "Fire starting skills" are the only ones that will "last forever," as the more fluid, functional and familiar you are with starting a fire from scratch without modern tools "the way" generally becomes moot...
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I have made one exactly like that in the past, and would like to share or recommend an upgrade to your idea, this modification I did because the way we did, we end up losing a small part of the ferro, the part that is embedded inside the fatwood handle. The idea for the modification came because of a Doan Magnesium bar, instead of using the fatwood as a "back handle" I tried instead using it as the magnesium bar, fatwood on the length of the whole ferrocerium bar, the only down side from your design is the gluing of the ferro to the fatwood, it cannot be done only using the resin from the fatwood, it needs a better type of glue like an epoxy and the drilling needs to be done all the way through the piece and have the fatwood cut after to leave the perfect concave groove so you can glue the ferro bar. Thank you for reading and hope you could understand my broken down english as it is not my first language, but as your fellow woodsman I had to share this modification with you as it helped me when carrying it, storing inside the pack, pocket or belt, easier to remove shavings from it, and uses every little bit of your ferrocerium bar. (Also if you work with leather as I do, to make a sheath for it is a lot easier) Again thank you for sharing you knowledge with us, may God bless you and your family, all the best to you! Cheers and have a great Sunday.
I have 6 large plastic coffee tubs filled with precut lighter knot , and 2 more with smaller shavings . I'm damn near 70 now so reckon they will go to my Grandson .
Thanks! I'm gonna make some as gifts! I suspect I can find a couple chunks of fatwood right here at home. We have a few Ponderosas that have died around the place, and there are still stumps sticking up.
I love that golden goodness. I have enough to last me and my kids for a long long time. But now, thanks to you, I have another project. You really need to stop giving me these ideas. My wife is getting really pissed.
one thing people overlook that is very good in a fire kit is a pencil sharpener. Just like sharpening a pencil it'll turn little sticks into shavings that are very good for fire starting.
Wszystko ok, też korzystam z tego jako rozpałki, tylko taki duży wałek jest dość ciężki i niepraktyczny. Lepszy byłby mniejszy lub mniejsza tłusta gałązka luzem do oskrobywania.
Exposed to air fatwood looses his resin by time . Store it in a plastik bag sealed. otherwise it will not last for very very long time. Anyway nice idea you had.
For decades, I have always used BIC Lighters and I don't even have to explain why because it's too obvious.... I keep a couple in my van, a couple in my backpack and in my tool box, and a case of them at home.... With that said, I did buy 1 Magnesium Fire Starter that I keep in my backpack in the extreme rare case my 2 BIC Lighters stored in the backpack fails for some reason.... So far, I only used the Magnesium only once in a practice test, and it lit with just 2 strikes, and I never used it again in roughly 25 years, but since it never expires, it will remain forever in my backpack.
I took a piece of lighter knot, made it into shavings. Then i took a magnesium fire starter and ground it up. Then i ground up the ferro rod that came with the mag block. Then i mixed in some packing material made from denim, mixed it all together.. Brother, you can light a fire in a hurricane!😂🎉🎉
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Great video, long time believer on having multiple sources of starting fires. Have to ask, your custom camp knife shown in this video- are they for sale?
A suggestion: take charcloth piece and submerge a good deal (80%) of it in grease, leaving a part of it without. That part will catch the spark, but as you blow it will light up like a candle and burn very hot. You can also submerge it in saltpeter, it will light to the smallest spark. This two tricks plus a water tight can that also hold a flint and the striker make for a nice kit.
Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it. Good philosophy, no matter what the subject.
Truth!
Always nice to see a like-minded! Fatwood is my favourite Firestarter for years now, the only way for me to start my oven!
I've got fat wood but I use bacon grease soaked paper towels that I put the bacon on after frying it. Those are normally thrown away. I roll them up and cut them into about half inch wide spirals. They burn for about 10 minutes, I think. I've never timed it so I'm not completely sure about that time.
18 yrs old, californian. ft Bragg taught about lighter knot by a good ol southern boy. Keep it alive. Keep spreading that knowledge.
I'm 63 now.
I would concur that this would be a great idea to stretch out our supplies. A real lighter is THE go to device when you are in a bind and HAVE to have a fire quick. They do get used up fast though. Alternative starters are a great idea so you can save the lighter for real emergencies. Ferrocerium rods are great are great too, BUT they don't last for ever. I like to carry both of those along with other systems. Magnifying glass, traditional flint & steel and fire pistons. They all have a place in my kits.... Great video!
Absolutely! I always carry those in my bag. I don't depend on one source and I carry a couple in my cargo pocket and a couple on my leather belt as well as in a belt pouch. The belt ones are small but water proof and efficient. Without fire it's almost impossible to survive a horrific scenario Be prepared; not scared!
I do love those fire-starters that you made us. You never seize to amaze me
Praying your knee gets better soon !
Cant have too much knowledge. This was a good refresher !
I carry a pocket rasp in my back pack. It is a tool that doesn't cost much and it's a tool you could let a fellow outdoorsman use to make shavings instead of a knife. Also, it captures the shavings inside.
BG makes one😉
SMITH'S (of Arkansas sharpener Co.) has a small fire kit with a rasp .
Many uses!
@@johnsoncalvin8851Didn't know that. TY
@ldtexas1648 np...it's my hobby too.
This is honestly one of the most useful survival tips I’ve seen from a survival enthusiast. Simple concept but very overlooked IMO. That’s why I subscribe to this channel.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just watched this and just saw you at the Helene operations in your area. As you said, the day has come where just running to the store for your needs has gone. Be blessed and all in your area during this time of hardship and working together for future blessings.
Yep...a MAGNIFYING GLASS!
Many thanks. Feeling confident in finding some now
One more good fire starter learn something new everyday from you
Just a Fantastic, Cool Video. Plenty of pine trees on my land here in South Carolina. Been using pine straw for years to get my burn ring going. Ill be making some fat lighter Ferro. Starters just for Primary Backups. !!
We call it rich pine in north Georgia we use it all the time
A suggestion: take charcloth piece and submerge a good deal (80%) of it in grease, leaving a part of it without. That part will catch the spark, but as you blow it will light up like a candle and burn very hot. You can also submerge it in saltpeter, it will light to the smallest spark. This two tricks plus a water tight can that also hold a flint and the striker make for a nice kit.
Really great info.....thank you. Oh, and PLEASE put some grease on that vice screw. It is not happy.
Ha! Will do.
always good to have options.
Hello from Oklahoma! Love me some fatwood! Some people around here call it lighter knot. Fun project. Thanks for the video! Good Stuff.
Thanks for watching!
I'd have to process that big stump handle down into 1/4's , then 1/8th's, then 16th's until I have a bunch of 1/2"x 5" pieces and stuff a couple in my kit, a band saw makes it easy.
You are a real Boy Scout (hope that’s not offensive to you). Wish I were watching this as a preteen vs seeing my last sunsets. The information you provide fantastic & necessary. Even if the lights never go out these skills give so much confidence & usefulness -backyard, camping, hunting, vehicle breaks down on a forest road.
Hope your family is healing fully.
How bout a video of your wife making fire & shelter with pain & bad leg or the child urpping doing the same.
Great idea!
I’m in 😃
Awesome comment!
Great idea, i now have another use for a pinetree that just fell in the my yard .👍🏻
Go for it!
Vaseline has sooo many uses on the hike. With it you can light a fire even in the rain.
Awesome show on how too, thanks
Thank you! Always looking for more projects, ideas, hacks, and exercises in bush crafting!
The way I go is the metallic pencil sharpeners... they're made out of magnesium, that's lightweight and a great firestarter, plus they make great shavings... they're everywhere in my bags... everywhere in the world... I provide man-made things... I let Nature provide the natural...
You have to hunt high and low for the magnesium version. I finally found some online at a fabric type hobby store and ordered 5.
Nice trick brother.. I just picked up a 6pk on Amazon. For the weight and size , why not add to every kit... It's rare I get turned on to new stuff.. thanks man
@marvinbrock960 Amazon my man.. They may have just added them but they have pleanty.. cheap too
@@Fluxxcapacitor52got a link?
That's noggin-joggin !
Thx.
FATWOOD as the ferrocerium handle. Genius. Why hasn't anyone else thought of that before? LOL.. sub'd just because of that. 👍
Outstanding one of the best videos I’ve seen
Thank you very much
Love to watch and see the Bushcraft.... and it's nice to know you're one of the few that still have dinosaurs on their land now a days. Ax
That's cool I do love some fat pine for starting a fire
Dual purpose things are good things 👍
EXCELLENT IDEA! Thanks.
good idea. video done well in every way.
That shot of Maggie from the opposite side of the bike, peeking through between the pine knot and the seat got my sub!
Ahahahah. She’s the true star of the show! Thanks for subscribing
I think I’m going to make one. 👍🏽
Go for it!
Absolutely brilliant!!!❤❤❤
Love Fatwood handled Ferro rods and dedicated Striker with Fatwood Handle. Square HSS Lathe bit epoxed into your Fatwood. The same as the Ferro Rod.😝👊
It's a very nice version of that style of tool. Zero doubt about that. I personally would, as I do with students, call that a backup as it is no different that a modern lighter in most ways. "Fire starting skills" are the only ones that will "last forever," as the more fluid, functional and familiar you are with starting a fire from scratch without modern tools "the way" generally becomes moot...
Silver birch bark is available always and an excellent fite starter also. I have a nice bagful that always comes in handy
Great tip!
I've never seen a Birch tree.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
I have made one exactly like that in the past, and would like to share or recommend an upgrade to your idea, this modification I did because the way we did, we end up losing a small part of the ferro, the part that is embedded inside the fatwood handle.
The idea for the modification came because of a Doan Magnesium bar, instead of using the fatwood as a "back handle" I tried instead using it as the magnesium bar, fatwood on the length of the whole ferrocerium bar, the only down side from your design is the gluing of the ferro to the fatwood, it cannot be done only using the resin from the fatwood, it needs a better type of glue like an epoxy and the drilling needs to be done all the way through the piece and have the fatwood cut after to leave the perfect concave groove so you can glue the ferro bar.
Thank you for reading and hope you could understand my broken down english as it is not my first language, but as your fellow woodsman I had to share this modification with you as it helped me when carrying it, storing inside the pack, pocket or belt, easier to remove shavings from it, and uses every little bit of your ferrocerium bar. (Also if you work with leather as I do, to make a sheath for it is a lot easier)
Again thank you for sharing you knowledge with us, may God bless you and your family, all the best to you!
Cheers and have a great Sunday.
Very good! Thanx for that video.
I have 6 large plastic coffee tubs filled with precut lighter knot , and 2 more with smaller shavings . I'm damn near 70 now so reckon they will go to my Grandson .
Thanks! I'm gonna make some as gifts! I suspect I can find a couple chunks of fatwood right here at home. We have a few Ponderosas that have died around the place, and there are still stumps sticking up.
Go for it!
@@ONThree I just ordered a dozen ferro rods!
Excellent idea my friend 👍
Backups never hurt!
Great idea!
I just bought a few rods to do this same thing with. Great minds, and all that...
Thanx
You know it!
cool! gonna make a few of those.
Awesome!
I just watched your episode on Call to the Wild. Maggie may was a superstar, so cool!
Thanks. Yes, she is! She let it get to her head
Thank you for sharing!
It is also like the BIG log chained to the bathroom key at the gas station -- it's not likely to "walk away".
Well done. I enjoyed this. Which knife is that? I did not see it in the store you have linked in your description.
Awesome fire starter Tganks for a great idea👍
Anytime!
We ran out of anything everyday. Nice backyard mate.
I put mine into a small piece of maple. Think I will remove and change to fatwood.
I love that golden goodness. I have enough to last me and my kids for a long long time. But now, thanks to you, I have another project. You really need to stop giving me these ideas. My wife is getting really pissed.
Ha! Glad I can help.
Awesome idea
Thanks
2:25 I could smell that when you did that. Nothing else smells like it that I know of
Thank you!!!
one thing people overlook that is very good in a fire kit is a pencil sharpener. Just like sharpening a pencil it'll turn little sticks into shavings that are very good for fire starting.
Great tip!
Good video, thanks for sharing YAH bless !
Genius!!!
That's a ittle bulky for EDC, but great for demo's.
Yeah, it would be unpleasant in the pocket.
That's really cool. Is it just pine trees that you can use to do that or would that work with cedar trees?...just wondering
I don’t think cedar will work for this.
Awesome
Good, Thx
Wszystko ok, też korzystam z tego jako rozpałki, tylko taki duży wałek jest dość ciężki i niepraktyczny. Lepszy byłby mniejszy lub mniejsza tłusta gałązka luzem do oskrobywania.
hope your wife heals up soon
Perfect
that's badass
Thanks!
Ferro rod doesn't like moisture, mine disintegrated in my damp shed, Wonder how it will react to the pine resin over time
So far so good. This one has been in my truck for months.
When/if flint and butane runs out, a good bushcraft knife and ferrocerium rod will last a very very long time.
Is possible long time survival?
Where are you getting a fero rod for a few dollars?
Can you tell me about your bike from the beginning of your video?
It is made by VTUVIA
Can this dry out after a while once exposed to the air?
I don’t think so
It would be nice to live in area were you could fine fat wood
It’s some pretty great stuff!
No pine trees where you are?
See ya on the next one
All you need is to use a small amount of that stick to start dry stuff up
Starting a fire on a wooden table? 🔥
Thats how it goes in my house hole too. When it rains it pours
where did you find that monster sized Ferrel Rod??
eBay have them 6” X 1/2”
Fatwood is king
How 'bout a link to that fero-rod? Thanx
Exposed to air fatwood looses his resin by time . Store it in a plastik bag sealed. otherwise it will not last for very very long time. Anyway nice idea you had.
For decades, I have always used BIC Lighters and I don't even have to explain why because it's too obvious.... I keep a couple in my van, a couple in my backpack and in my tool box, and a case of them at home.... With that said, I did buy 1 Magnesium Fire Starter that I keep in my backpack in the extreme rare case my 2 BIC Lighters stored in the backpack fails for some reason.... So far, I only used the Magnesium only once in a practice test, and it lit with just 2 strikes, and I never used it again in roughly 25 years, but since it never expires, it will remain forever in my backpack.
Nice!
your dog probably trying to herd the cars.
If you made it a little bigger, say the size of a bowling ball you could hand it down to several generations……😂
Good video but CHARCLOTH is much easier to come by and a supply that weighs only an ounce or two is enough for dozens of fires and much more portable.
why not use it as a candle?
Not sure about this one but most of these are made in their back yard.
Did you set the woods on fire?!?!?!?!?
I hope you can stop your dog from car chasing . Any dog that I've known that started that behavior. Didn't last long . Protect that precious baby .
Always Pray Psalm 91 over your family for protection from diseases and other troubles.
It's the Lord's Will.
Don't pray 'again it !
His Will, be done . . . ☆
Try Grape seed extract and vitamin c. But not Ester C.
Please show some love to your vice and give it some oil.
Ha!! I greased it up not too long after this video.
I took a piece of lighter knot, made it into shavings. Then i took a magnesium fire starter and ground it up. Then i ground up the ferro rod that came with the mag block. Then i mixed in some packing material made from denim, mixed it all together.. Brother, you can light a fire in a hurricane!😂🎉🎉
PLEASE explain how you ground-up and formed flammable materials such as the ones mentioned into a Firestarter !?!
Why is the whole forest floor on fire behind him?
Fat wood like that smells just like turpentine , great stuff .
Did I see "chicken of the woods" mushroom on that log?
I do t think so. I’ll have to look.