Tip 1: to each their own, but I keep a pretty powerful neodymium magnet inside my tin. It keeps my steel from rattling. If your tin is packed tightly, then that will not be a problem. Tip 2: wrap a 1 inch piece of inner tube around the tin. It will keep it from accidentally opening inside your pack. If your pack has a pocket sized for your tin, then that won't be an issue, but if you carry a tin in a haversack as I do, it will save you from learning the hard way that char cloth is fragile and will color anything it contacts black. The inner tune can be cut into fine slivers and be used as a flame extender when attempting to start a fire in adverse conditions. Just use your SAK scissors to turn your 1 inch inner tube band into a 3/4" inner tube band. Take the 1/4" band that you cut off and make dozens of tiny cuts on both edges all the way around the band. It will look like it is fringed, or a bit fuzzy when done properly. It will take a flame fairly easily and burn long enough to dry less than optimal tinder giving you a better chance at fire. Tip 3: This one will be controversial for some - After putting your 1 inch piece of inner tube snuggly around your Altoids tin, jam a bic lighter between the tube and the tin. Just saying . . .
Since Tip 3 pretty much takes away the magic anyways, might as well wrap a foot or so of duct-tape around the BIC and throw a brick of Esbit in the tin.
Anyone remember the Sucrets tin? This was a throat lozenge that was discontinued many years ago. Made my first kit using this type of tin back in the day.
I actually have both a Sucrets tin and an Altoids tin in front of me right now. They have different dimensions and I like the Sucrets tin better for most things, but my striker fits the Altoids tin better!
Flint and steel is my favorite also. For the beginner find an old file put in a vice snap off piece big enough to fit in the tin and grind the grooves of the for it will be what you strike with the flint
I still use a piece of a file that I started with 9 years ago....I keep wanting to purchase a forged steel....But I'm cheap...so if it ain't broke don't fix it....Never had a problem with it.
LOLROF you are right! I have 3 charred altoid tins for my hand forged steel, quartz rock and char cloth. 72 year old survivalist since 1969. Is there a 10 step program for hobbies? Asking for my girl friend.... 😊
@tomlarsen6502 ; Will white quartz work well enough to produce the needed spark ? I'm putting my first flint and steel kit together and have all the needed pieces except the quartz. But I know where I can get some and luckily it's close by.
I carry a tin canister with a friction seal. Instead of drilling a hole in the top, I’ve drilled a hole in the side through both the lid and bottom. When I need to make char, I line the holes up. To make it nearly air tight, I twist the lid a bit. I keep mostly charred punk wood with a square of charred canvas (the canvas lasts longer than t shirt cotton). The canvas usually ignites faster than the punk wood but the punk wood burns longer. Rather than making a birds nest, I place a chunk of birch bark next to the coals and blow it into a flame to ignite a handful of twigs, pine cones, etc. sealing up my tin canister saves the char cloth and punk wood for another fire.
I've been lucky enough to have found a truly perfect piece of flint and as a machinist have also machined a triangular solid tungsten carbide bar three quarters of an inch by 8" long what I use to strike it with. But also truly fell in love with my three 1/2" ×6" Ferrocerium rods from Amazon!!! But I think 🤔 everyone just might be impressed with my video titled (Detachable Auger settlers wrench completed)!!! Which has nothing to do with starting fires 🔥 but could build a structure over head to keep the rain off while trying. But then again I have mastered the art of starting a fire in the rain 🌧️☔ while surounded with nothing but wet!!!
Very cool!! I took a ball peen hammer and bumped the lid out concave for more space inside. I like denim for charcloth and used a couple spent shells: a rifle and a pistol shell that fit together; drilled out the spent primer from the rifle shell and stuffed a cotton rope through it, charred the end and capped it with the pistol shell. Now I have a brass slow-match to catch sparks. I also keep a scrap of leather about an inch wide by 2 or 3 inches long to protect the fingers and hold the char to the flint. It all fits inside my Altoids tin. I also use a Minis tin for pine pitch. I’m a proponent of practicing at home and getting comfortable with the skill before going in the woods, so I’ve stunk up the house making char cloth a few times lol.
Thanks, Dan. You've just introduced the modern world bushcrafters to a basic 18th century skill used daily by frontier families; even school-age kids learned this at an early age because they were responsible for helping with daily chores, such as: gathering & splitting firewood; making fat wood splinters; starting the fire for the cook-stove; etc. I always enjoy the videos when you are featured in an 18th century personna on Townsend's!. May God bless you.
I bought an Altoids tin just to make char cloth and it still has mints left in it. That’s because a coworker gave me a tin of fudge from France and it was much larger but the same design. Let’s me make more char punk and char cloth per batch because those are my go to for catching a spark. I use old jeans for my cloth.
I was getting no where w flint n steel then i saw ur vid. On kits ..the rocks i was using was no bueno . Got some chert from u n had fire n minutes ! Again thnx much n no worries .
I love making flint and steel fires Dan! I thought it was gonna be so hard for me but it was actually sorta easy. That's my go to for making camp fires!!! Great content man!
Flint and steel are my go to in my fire kit. Though my tin make my char in is recycled from a tin that I got .22 caliber pellets in when I was a kid. I keep additional altoid tind of made charcloth and an additional one full of 100% cotton gun cleaning patches to make more as needed
Dan, love your videos. Just received my flint and steel yesterday from Coal Cracker and man does it throw sparks like a champ. Can’t wait to get out this weekend and use it. 🔥
I always keep extra flint and a lot of extra char cloth ( already made) and I also keep extra jute made in a bird nest ( a bag of this beside what is in my flint and steel kit
My first burnt tin was an old Sucrets container and it worked fine until the Altoids came out which was much later and they were a hair bigger so I got one of those and now the one I've got is a little bit bigger than an Altoids tin but they all work I'm just not going any bigger than the one I have. Thanks for the video Dan
Nice video going back to the basics. I’m well versed in using jute twine now, could you go back over making some natural materials into good birds nests?
I like to char a dozen cotton balls ,they catch quick and are the perfect size ember to get things started and you can stuff cotton balls for new char any wherever.
Badger personal care products also come in a very excellent tin for making char material, but they are super tight so you definitely need to punch the hole. I have my cook kit and twig stove in an Orca water bottle bag that I can attach with molle straps to my main pack, and it has a little compartment under that fits a Badger tin nicely. A great place for extra char material and flint.
Ha, i did upgraglde my tins years ago to larger furniture wax polish tins (those i use for the fire) and then to 18th brass tins i use for striking into
On my radar for sure, been banging old files off rocks to see what throws sparks. I find I hit my charcloth and destroy it. So far zero combustion hahaha. Thank you for this Dan!
My pieces of char cloth lights up without putting a spark on it when I open the can for a few minutes. I had to close up the can immediately so they didn't all burn out, that happened the day after I made char cloth. I hadn't open it since, because I had to go to the river to find flint. But even if it doesn't ignite, without spark, I don't trust to put it in my bag or pocket. So I am trying to learn of other materials to ignite for fire on the go.
I usually step up slightly in size, and use a small biscuit tin, that way I can fit more rocks and sundries including a char tin, as well being able to use the biscuit tin as a char tin.
I always look at the comments to see if Dan ever comments on other people's comments. He never does. That strikes me as odd. I guess nothing interests him or maybe he just doesn't read them for whatever reason. I always enjoy reading the video maker's thoughts to input.
because 90% of the comments are crap, 5% are people who wish they had a channel trying to show everyone what they know, and the remainder are “thanks”. Just read Earl Shiner’s comment below. Thank God that Dan is a calmer and kinder person than I am.
Ifs funny what you said about lye soap-because someone probably did say that! Not understanding the fact that all soap is formed from lye, people often act like it is a special kind and extra harsh. The chemical reaction that forms soap requires lye, and therefore all soap necessarily is “lye soap.”
OMG! I’m off to the convenience store, I don’t have an Altoids tin. 😂 Seriously, I agree this is a really fun way to make fire. Much more fun than bow & hand drills.
Im new to flint and steel. Actually, i think i have the ferrous rod. So, what is the difference? When i make fire, it is immediately a flame (i usually use dried pine needles). Thank you
Is it weird to have several burned tins (and fire kits) that stay rack of my packs? One can never tell what pack might be used on a given day……asking for a friend 😬
Hi Coalcracker Bushcraft ! Im a subscriber of this channel from Bangladesh 🇧🇩 🇧🇩. I really love your content.....I'm a fan of adventure ,outdoors and bushcraft ! I'm trying to learn new outdoor skills everyday ! finally got my hands on a flint steel (the thing you strike on stones and get sparks ) bt the problem is I couldn’t get any stone to strike !! can I use something else in replace of stone ??? is it possible to get sparks with only the flint steel ??? i tried to search online bt couldn’t get any helpful information........!Just a supporter ,viewer and a fan from Bangladesh 🇧🇩 😄❤
@@debojitgrylls7757 no problem, happy to help if I can. Even quartz is tricky to find here. Found mine as egg sized stones at beaches, which I then break with larger stones. You need sharp edges to strike on. That edge is what shaves off tiny metal shavings from your steel, causing the sparks. I also find quartz along rail lines sometimes. I had difficulties getting sparks from steels I bought online. Apparently, they were low carbon steel. To get high carbon steel, someone suggested using a file. I use a piece of file with the edge ground down to remove the "teeth". Works great!
@@alainlefebvre9860 hi , thanks for replying 😃❤ i think finding good quartz will be a great challenge for me !! but will try my level best ! train trails can be a good option for me !! but how do I know if its a good quartz or not ?!?
@@debojitgrylls7757 hi. It's difficult for me to get nice, solid quartz here. Often times, it breaks apart or is next to impossible to get from mountainous areas. My best luck has been breaking stones from lake shores. Breaking the stones often leaves sharp edges, which is very important. Quartz isn't a perfect solution, but it works. I checked and there's quartz in Bangladesh. So, good hunting!
I asked this a bit ago on the Coalcracker site but didn't get an answer. Which of your strikers and striker sets are sized to fit in an Altoids-sized tin?
Altoids tin should always have a pinhole for making more charcloth. No matter what you keep in it. If you have charcloth, you won’t fail with even the weakest spark.
@@asmith7876 I've always put a pinhole. The amount of gases that escape the pinhole it's absolutely necessary. I pack my tins full of material though, not just little bit like he did. Usually takes about 2 hrs to cook through.
@@feellnfroggy I did have some tins from another product that sealed so tightly that even with a nail hole the pressure popped the lid off and ruined it. Bigger hole did the trick. Whatever works for you!
Slightly off the subject...but why doesn't anyone talk about magnesium fire starters.? I think it is an excellent spark extender in wet weather. I like keeping mine with my ferro rod.
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Tip 1: to each their own, but I keep a pretty powerful neodymium magnet inside my tin. It keeps my steel from rattling. If your tin is packed tightly, then that will not be a problem.
Tip 2: wrap a 1 inch piece of inner tube around the tin. It will keep it from accidentally opening inside your pack. If your pack has a pocket sized for your tin, then that won't be an issue, but if you carry a tin in a haversack as I do, it will save you from learning the hard way that char cloth is fragile and will color anything it contacts black. The inner tune can be cut into fine slivers and be used as a flame extender when attempting to start a fire in adverse conditions. Just use your SAK scissors to turn your 1 inch inner tube band into a 3/4" inner tube band. Take the 1/4" band that you cut off and make dozens of tiny cuts on both edges all the way around the band. It will look like it is fringed, or a bit fuzzy when done properly. It will take a flame fairly easily and burn long enough to dry less than optimal tinder giving you a better chance at fire.
Tip 3: This one will be controversial for some - After putting your 1 inch piece of inner tube snuggly around your Altoids tin, jam a bic lighter between the tube and the tin. Just saying . . .
Since Tip 3 pretty much takes away the magic anyways, might as well wrap a foot or so of duct-tape around the BIC and throw a brick of Esbit in the tin.
A magnet will jack with your compass
I can't be bothered reading all that. Make a youtube video and post the link.
@@seed7639 always have a backup plan
The controversial part isn’t the lighter, just where you store it lol. A lighter is always a must but I like to keep mine in my pocket
Anyone remember the Sucrets tin? This was a throat lozenge that was discontinued many years ago. Made my first kit using this type of tin back in the day.
I actually have both a Sucrets tin and an Altoids tin in front of me right now. They have different dimensions and I like the Sucrets tin better for most things, but my striker fits the Altoids tin better!
My mother kept on for needles and thread inside her larger danish butter cookie tin sewing kit.
@@billsedutto8824 same here!
I’m pretty sure I’ve got a char tin made from one of those, are they really discontinued? That would explain why I haven’t been able to find more.
Yes, I’m that old. 😔 I used to make first aid kits out of them as a kid.
Flint and steel is my favorite also. For the beginner find an old file put in a vice snap off piece big enough to fit in the tin and grind the grooves of the for it will be what you strike with the flint
that is such good advice Mike. I also use old files (retaining the file teeth) to forge strikers so you can still use the as files
I still use a piece of a file that I started with 9 years ago....I keep wanting to purchase a forged steel....But I'm cheap...so if it ain't broke don't fix it....Never had a problem with it.
LOLROF you are right! I have 3 charred altoid tins for my hand forged steel, quartz rock and char cloth. 72 year old survivalist since 1969. Is there a 10 step program for hobbies? Asking for my girl friend.... 😊
@tomlarsen6502 ; Will white quartz work well enough to produce the needed spark ? I'm putting my first flint and steel kit together and have all the needed pieces except the quartz. But I know where I can get some and luckily it's close by.
I carry a tin canister with a friction seal. Instead of drilling a hole in the top, I’ve drilled a hole in the side through both the lid and bottom. When I need to make char, I line the holes up. To make it nearly air tight, I twist the lid a bit. I keep mostly charred punk wood with a square of charred canvas (the canvas lasts longer than t shirt cotton). The canvas usually ignites faster than the punk wood but the punk wood burns longer. Rather than making a birds nest, I place a chunk of birch bark next to the coals and blow it into a flame to ignite a handful of twigs, pine cones, etc. sealing up my tin canister saves the char cloth and punk wood for another fire.
Coalcracker Bushcraft never fails to share the knowledge in a clear & concise manner, this inspires confidence.
I've had pretty good luck using quartz. It's pretty high up on the hardness scale.
Same, and plentiful in our area. Love flint & steel.
Yep, easiest thing for me to find in this area. If only it was easier to knap, cause I’d like to practice making lithic tools as well
Yes...Its quartz for me as well....No flint or chert here in my area of North Carolina that I am aware of....I Wish!!
I've been lucky enough to have found a truly perfect piece of flint and as a machinist have also machined a triangular solid tungsten carbide bar three quarters of an inch by 8" long what I use to strike it with. But also truly fell in love with my three 1/2" ×6" Ferrocerium rods from Amazon!!! But I think 🤔 everyone just might be impressed with my video titled (Detachable Auger settlers wrench completed)!!! Which has nothing to do with starting fires 🔥 but could build a structure over head to keep the rain off while trying. But then again I have mastered the art of starting a fire in the rain 🌧️☔ while surounded with nothing but wet!!!
I made a copper plate to cover my char cloth in the altoids tin. Keeps my flint and steel clean.
Very cool!! I took a ball peen hammer and bumped the lid out concave for more space inside.
I like denim for charcloth and used a couple spent shells: a rifle and a pistol shell that fit together; drilled out the spent primer from the rifle shell and stuffed a cotton rope through it, charred the end and capped it with the pistol shell. Now I have a brass slow-match to catch sparks. I also keep a scrap of leather about an inch wide by 2 or 3 inches long to protect the fingers and hold the char to the flint. It all fits inside my Altoids tin. I also use a Minis tin for pine pitch.
I’m a proponent of practicing at home and getting comfortable with the skill before going in the woods, so I’ve stunk up the house making char cloth a few times lol.
Thanks, Dan. You've just introduced the modern world bushcrafters to a basic 18th century skill used daily by frontier families; even school-age kids learned this at an early age because they were responsible for helping with daily chores, such as: gathering & splitting firewood; making fat wood splinters; starting the fire for the cook-stove; etc. I always enjoy the videos when you are featured in an 18th century personna on Townsend's!. May God bless you.
Really enjoy your channel content. Short vids and to the point. Thanks. My name's Dan too!
Excellent video 👍
I bought an Altoids tin just to make char cloth and it still has mints left in it. That’s because a coworker gave me a tin of fudge from France and it was much larger but the same design. Let’s me make more char punk and char cloth per batch because those are my go to for catching a spark. I use old jeans for my cloth.
Very nice video Dan and very well explained. Thanks a lot for sharing. Greetings from Indonesia
Thank you for your time.
I was getting no where w flint n steel then i saw ur vid. On kits ..the rocks i was using was no bueno . Got some chert from u n had fire n minutes ! Again thnx much n no worries .
Great video Dan! Thank you!
I love making flint and steel fires Dan! I thought it was gonna be so hard for me but it was actually sorta easy. That's my go to for making camp fires!!! Great content man!
Excellent DIY video. Thank you for keeping it simple.
Flint and steel are my go to in my fire kit. Though my tin make my char in is recycled from a tin that I got .22 caliber pellets in when I was a kid. I keep additional altoid tind of made charcloth and an additional one full of 100% cotton gun cleaning patches to make more as needed
Excellent video, great job of explaining flint and steel kit.
Dan, love your videos. Just received my flint and steel yesterday from Coal Cracker and man does it throw sparks like a champ. Can’t wait to get out this weekend and use it. 🔥
I always keep extra flint and a lot of extra char cloth ( already made) and I also keep extra jute made in a bird nest ( a bag of this beside what is in my flint and steel kit
Dan your bushcraft videos are the best!
My first burnt tin was an old Sucrets container and it worked fine until the Altoids came out which was much later and they were a hair bigger so I got one of those and now the one I've got is a little bit bigger than an Altoids tin but they all work I'm just not going any bigger than the one I have. Thanks for the video Dan
Mmmm . . . Sucrets! I've got one of those tins, too: I've used those since I was a kid, while I've never used Altoids.
No flint in Central New York. But I can find quartz from time to time. And I’ll grab a fist sized chunk of it to break down later. Works quite well.
I enjoy your videos, very simple and easy to follow. Just got my flint and steel kit complete.
Nice video going back to the basics. I’m well versed in using jute twine now, could you go back over making some natural materials into good birds nests?
I like to char a dozen cotton balls ,they catch quick and are the perfect size ember to get things started and you can stuff cotton balls for new char any wherever.
Me too Gary. A quartz rock and a drywall screw will throw a perfect spark into char cloth. Try that Dan!
I’m going to try a cut masonry nail. I believe they’re hardened, high carbon steel.
Badger personal care products also come in a very excellent tin for making char material, but they are super tight so you definitely need to punch the hole. I have my cook kit and twig stove in an Orca water bottle bag that I can attach with molle straps to my main pack, and it has a little compartment under that fits a Badger tin nicely. A great place for extra char material and flint.
Thanks Dan
Charred punkwood rocks, and easy to replace while you are out and about. replaced cloth in my kit years ago.
Ha, i did upgraglde my tins years ago to larger furniture wax polish tins (those i use for the fire) and then to 18th brass tins i use for striking into
I have a flint and steel kit but I've learned something here- jute!
Wish everyone could pass on knowledge as quickly and efficiently as you did in this video. Thumbs up!
On my radar for sure, been banging old files off rocks to see what throws sparks. I find I hit my charcloth and destroy it. So far zero combustion hahaha. Thank you for this Dan!
My pieces of char cloth lights up without putting a spark on it when I open the can for a few minutes. I had to close up the can immediately so they didn't all burn out, that happened the day after I made char cloth. I hadn't open it since, because I had to go to the river to find flint. But even if it doesn't ignite, without spark, I don't trust to put it in my bag or pocket. So I am trying to learn of other materials to ignite for fire on the go.
Thanks Dan!
Very helpful. Thank you.
I usually step up slightly in size, and use a small biscuit tin, that way I can fit more rocks and sundries including a char tin, as well being able to use the biscuit tin as a char tin.
Dryer lint works well also.
Hey Dan I seen you on a townsends
Good video!
I learned that in the Boy Scouts 60+ years go ...
It’s funny how back then we just called it Camping. Now it’s Bushcraft! 😂😂😂
thanks
Cool thank you!
Hi I carry Flint& steel every day with fatlighter
Good video
love your videos ........
I'm gonna make one! 😎
Love the hair in this one, Dan. If one's beard looks perfectly groomed after an overnighter or two, we may or may not become friends.. =)
Awesome video
I always look at the comments to see if Dan ever comments on other people's comments. He never does. That strikes me as odd. I guess nothing interests him or maybe he just doesn't read them for whatever reason. I always enjoy reading the video maker's thoughts to input.
because 90% of the comments are crap, 5% are people who wish they had a channel trying to show everyone what they know, and the remainder are “thanks”. Just read Earl Shiner’s comment below. Thank God that Dan is a calmer and kinder person than I am.
Ifs funny what you said about lye soap-because someone probably did say that! Not understanding the fact that all soap is formed from lye, people often act like it is a special kind and extra harsh. The chemical reaction that forms soap requires lye, and therefore all soap necessarily is “lye soap.”
OMG! I’m off to the convenience store, I don’t have an Altoids tin. 😂
Seriously, I agree this is a really fun way to make fire. Much more fun than bow & hand drills.
😂😂😂
I have Seresto flea collar tin that I made char cloth in. Hope that qualifies. 😂
I did not need to puncture my tin....it worked just fine with the gaps from the LID HINGES
Im new to flint and steel. Actually, i think i have the ferrous rod. So, what is the difference? When i make fire, it is immediately a flame (i usually use dried pine needles). Thank you
How hard does the carbon steel striker need to be to throw good sparks with flint or chert?
Really ace tips
Nice video, but why not a Ferro rod?
Is it weird to have several burned tins (and fire kits) that stay rack of my packs? One can never tell what pack might be used on a given day……asking for a friend 😬
I have a old X-Large condom container. It’s awesome!!
Put a ranger band around it and you've got more tinder ;)
Hi Coalcracker Bushcraft ! Im a subscriber of this channel from Bangladesh 🇧🇩 🇧🇩. I really love your content.....I'm a fan of adventure ,outdoors and bushcraft ! I'm trying to learn new outdoor skills everyday ! finally got my hands on a flint steel (the thing you strike on stones and get sparks ) bt the problem is I couldn’t get any stone to strike !! can I use something else in replace of stone ??? is it possible to get sparks with only the flint steel ??? i tried to search online bt couldn’t get any helpful information........!Just a supporter ,viewer and a fan from Bangladesh 🇧🇩 😄❤
Can you get your hands on quartz, that's what I use. No flint around my area.
@@alainlefebvre9860 thanks bro😄
@@debojitgrylls7757 no problem, happy to help if I can. Even quartz is tricky to find here. Found mine as egg sized stones at beaches, which I then break with larger stones. You need sharp edges to strike on. That edge is what shaves off tiny metal shavings from your steel, causing the sparks. I also find quartz along rail lines sometimes.
I had difficulties getting sparks from steels I bought online. Apparently, they were low carbon steel. To get high carbon steel, someone suggested using a file. I use a piece of file with the edge ground down to remove the "teeth". Works great!
@@alainlefebvre9860 hi , thanks for replying 😃❤ i think finding good quartz will be a great challenge for me !! but will try my level best ! train trails can be a good option for me !! but how do I know if its a good quartz or not ?!?
@@debojitgrylls7757 hi. It's difficult for me to get nice, solid quartz here. Often times, it breaks apart or is next to impossible to get from mountainous areas. My best luck has been breaking stones from lake shores. Breaking the stones often leaves sharp edges, which is very important. Quartz isn't a perfect solution, but it works. I checked and there's quartz in Bangladesh. So, good hunting!
Demonstrate a video about minimalist survival kit
i use a ferro rod. or on a nice sunny day. my magnifying glass.
I asked this a bit ago on the Coalcracker site but didn't get an answer. Which of your strikers and striker sets are sized to fit in an Altoids-sized tin?
Mine is a burnt Benjamin pellet tin
I need a T 6 0 in coyote or olive green get them back in stock please and thank you!
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Go info!
Good info! 🤪
To each his own. Fatwood is waterproof, if your tinder gets wet you're out of luck.
How do I keep the Altoid container from rusting?
Keep it dry primarily and give it a light spray of WD40
@@kevinvaters2526 Thank you!
I moved on from char cloth to mullien and nettles ( renewable )
Great video but I don't like flint and steels I'll take my rod thank you have alot better lucky it works for me .
Altoids tin should always have a pinhole for making more charcloth. No matter what you keep in it. If you have charcloth, you won’t fail with even the weakest spark.
The hinges provide relief, no additional holes necessary. Somewhere on YT there’s a video, sorry but I can’t remember who it was.
@@asmith7876 I've always put a pinhole. The amount of gases that escape the pinhole it's absolutely necessary. I pack my tins full of material though, not just little bit like he did. Usually takes about 2 hrs to cook through.
@@feellnfroggy I did have some tins from another product that sealed so tightly that even with a nail hole the pressure popped the lid off and ruined it. Bigger hole did the trick. Whatever works for you!
It pays to learn to sharpen your flint.
👍🏻
Good afternoon from Syracuse NY brother
😬 I do not have a blackened tin. 😭
Slightly off the subject...but why doesn't anyone talk about magnesium fire starters.? I think it is an excellent spark extender in wet weather. I like keeping mine with my ferro rod.
and u can wear the lil block with the ferro rod embedded in it around ur neck
standard issue altoids tin
y not just use ferro rod?
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Hahahaha buy my Stuff, no camping ever 😅
titanium flint strikers are better carbon steel striker
In desperate need of a good shelter that will last for multiple yrs
Where the USA do you find Flint. They say there’s no real Flint in the US?
If you don't have a burnt Altoids tin bush are you even a Bushcrafter .....
The entire rest of the world: HEEeey 🤷
I'm on FIRE
Van Halen 😲
Tobacco tins are better.
You are sunburned
We don't get altoids in India 🤣
Flint ( not stone) and steel kit
It’s like you don’t know what flint is or something.
My friend you have mis understand the message
@@earlshaner4441 My friend, your message is both false, and logically invalid. "not" is a negation term in formal logic. I think I know what you _meant_ to say. I also know what you _actually_ said. Everybody reading does. Including Mr. Hitchcock. We can still see it.
Since you likely understand that ALL flint IS stone, but not all stone IS flint, all that is left is for you to articulate that fact.
You did not do so in that comment. Mr. Hitchcock was humorously attempting to help you see your error, thereby giving you the chance to correct it before it became a mistake. Alas, you wasted that chance and posted an equally difficult to follow reply. And _again_ I believe I know what you _meant_ to say. ( My friend, you have misunderstood my message ) However it is an equally false claim as Mr. Hitchcock clearly understood your train-wreck of a message - he simply pointed out that you were in error. Perhaps have someone proofread your messages before posting them? Best of luck.
Thank you for sharing and both are wrong the message was the brother in the video
@@earlshaner4441I use quartz, which is stone. Much like flint, another type of stone. So my kit is stone (not flint) and steel.
What about a burnt buc-ee’s tin? Lol
Thanks Dan