A nice dinner or show or beverage at the local Pub with friends could be considered a relaxing way to spend an evening. But, if get joy from breaking up sticks on Saturday night that is how you should spend those evenings. I really enjoy your videos!
When you were scraping the resin off the tree I almost hit my headphones off cos I thought a mosquito was buzzing me. It was on your video. Great video Emelie.
I have never seen that idea before, are very excited to see how they will work. By the way, be careful about fire, it is said that those who play with fire, piss in bed at night. That's what my grandmother always said.
Growing up in an area with many pine tree, I was constantly coming home with my hands covered in resin (pitch, we call it.) My mom had us clean in off with butter. I didn't know others did too. 😄 Nice video Emilie.
Great idea Emelie. You have great ideas and I appreciate your desire to learn by doing. I have an Altoids tin full of small pieces of wood which I boiled in pine resin to really soak into the wood. One piece will burn for almost 10 minutes. Very useful in getting damp wood burning.
Hey....where'd you find my saw? A piece of wood or a stone under the piece you are trying to split with your baton will make the job easier. The ground absorbs a lot of the energy from your baton.
Nice work Emily, but when you are batoning wood use a harder surface under the log/stick to get better force in to the wood, have you tried making firestarters out och the linth from a torktummlare, old candle left overs and a empty toilet roll ? it burns like crazy but you need som scrapings from birchbark to get it starting.
Emelie, our favorite outdoor adventurer! I waited for a couple of days to watch this video, letting the anticipation build. :-) Plus it will be less time before your next video this way too. Good video Emelie! After watching you out there it motivated me to go out with my bow drill set to practice making an ember since it had been awhile.
Cool video Emilie. To make it easier when battoning, put the batton in your strong hand and the knife in your weak hand. This will give you better control and a more powerful swing. Something solid under your work will help also, like a fallen tree or a stump. The moss of the ground will absorb a lot of the power of your swing, so you have to work harder. Just don't use rocks. lol You look as lovely as you always do. Keep learning. ;)
You batoned - most excellently. Proper-sized stick to properly-sized knife blade, and whacking with another stick. 10*. With all those birch bark and pine resources (dry or wet), you have great options for making pine-birch oil/tar, and have that oil to roll in other sticks for a great burning fire starter or torch stick.
Just an idea, When the wood being split is on a knife friendly, solid base. You will be impressed with the difference. You are a little joy to watch, learning all this new stuff can be a world of fun.....
Nice video Emelie and very creative. It's nice seeing people try new things and sharing what they learn. Keep up the good work and stay safe. Hand sanitizer will remove sap from metal easily if you don't want to scrub, I tried it several months ago to get the sap off a knife blade and it was clean in less that 20 seconds. Job well done.
Great idea, and well done !!!!!!!!! Sorry to hear that your Saturday nights are home alone chopping wood. Not Right for such a pretty lady. But glad you got it done. Be Well, John
Lol love the ending. Spiders an flying insects don't bother me an I always chuckle when somone loses their cool over em. Snakes cause this reaction in me though. If snake crosses my path or a frog startles me I reflexively panic for a split second or 2. It's a bit embarrassing sometimes, cause I really have no fear of them. I will freak out an gasp or scream an have reflexive body movements, but seconds later I could pick it up an give it a kiss.
stockholm17 i assume that you are from Sweden because of your nick stockholm17. The poisonous snake is called Huggorm and in english it's called Viper. The Huggorm is not more poisonous than a Wasp 🐝 The chances of dying from the bite of the Huggorm is only 0,02% which is less than the risks of dying from a sting from a wasp.
stockholm17 I am fortunate to live in one of the few places on Earth with no legitimate animal threats. No venomous snakes or insects. Except, we do have many stinging bees, an wasps that could cause allergic reactions. Our healthy populations of black bears an coyote are terrified of humans. We do have the mosquitoes an blackflies but thankfully no diseases for em to carry. Rabies an lyme disease has gotten closer to my neck of the woods but still not here. We have very healthy land but our seasons are extreme. The land supports healthy animal populations but winters are rough. Spring is usually cold an wet but we have a long summer an very mild Autumn. Winters can be violently harsh though.
Micke Rydell --- Thanks for your reply. I don't live in Sweden, but I was born in Stockholm. Huggorm, yes, that's the one I was thinking of. My grandmother always used to warn us about them. Good to know that they're not so terrible. Cheers.
Emily, I wish you would have made an observation on wither or not that big bug was eatable. And, 'well done' in your effort to create special niche in survival/adventure!
Hey good idea about how to avoid reaching the flashpoint for the resin! One request for a future vid, making a container for water out of natural materials. Anyway, nice job.
My prediction is that they will work fine, the one with the thick pieces of Birch Bark might be a chore to get going with a ferro rod without further prep though. I look forward to seeing your results Emelie!
Wait. What? There were firestarters in that video? (; What fun to watch bushcraft being explored (rather than preached) by someone without a scraggly beard. I hope you are finding ways to let these new skills and your enthusiasm for the old skills somehow make their way into your classroom. Or maybe just outside your classroom! I'm sure your friend who pushed you toward RUclips predicted we would all find you enchanting (28,000?). I hope it continues to be fun for a long time.
Make a club for bashing down on your knife to split logs. Find a piece with a fat knot at the end so it doesn't break apart. A club is also a nice carving exercise and you can make a really nice tactile tool fairly quickly.
I made a couple of emergency fire starters by wrapping shavings in birch bark, after dripping candle wax over the shavings before wrapping. they work good if they do not get wet. great idea, would like to see if they light with a ferro rod.
Hi Emelie. With all the pine trees around you might try looking for some fatwood or lighter wood (naturally resonated wood) that will easily light with your fire steel and burn a long, long time. The best place to find it is in blown down pine tree stumps, exposed roots or the first few inches of a branch growing out of the tree. Especially if the branch was damaged or broken off when the tree was alive you'll find where the resins encapsulated and cut it off from the main tree. You can easily tell if it's fatwood because of the different colors, heavier than normal weight and very distinct pleasant smell. I'm looking forward to seeing how well your fire starters perform on your next video.
Loove the smell of fatwood :P People used to make a whole lot of resinous pine for tar production by taking most of the bark off from the trees, ~2m a year or few, leaving only a "lifeline" of bark as wide as hand on the north side of tree so it wouldn't dry in the sun. The whole process took many years for the pine to become completely resinous. I'd love to know more about it and try it.
You are not really allowed to take that stuff from live trees in Sweden because of the laws of the land. So pretty much limited to searching for these along man made clear-cuts.
+Phantom Apprentice Yeah, same thing in Finland. But I was thinking trees on own property or land and preferably a pine that would be cut down either way. I think the 'everyman's right' in Finland doesn't allow even burning dead sticks from the forrest floor. Open fire isn't allowed either. A woodstove that has a bottom is allowed because the embers can't fall through onto the ground. But you have to bring your own wood to burn. Picking berries and mushrooms is okay too.
Here are some interesting photos of the process. The first and the last look pretty damn resinous. blogi.nba.fi/Image/19149/03-koloaminen.jpg wikikko.info/w/images/9/90/Tervapuu.jpg www.vastavalo.net/albums/userpics/12706/thumb_20110507Petajanpihkoittaminen.jpeg
Keep up the good fire spirit.. however even wet birchbark will catch fire.. just scratch the inner side to "feather" it up and hit it with sparks.. it will take some effort in getting the firesteel and knife to produce a rain of sparks but once you know how.. it's really really much simpler.. but I agree this will light up bigger wet sticks too so yeah it is handy ;-)
Always a relaxing time to sit and watch a new vid , the 17 dislikes , that's there problem . I just got home from 3 days in the outdoors , you just can't beat it :) Thanks for taking your time to make informative and entertaining video's . Cyril ----- Canada
Have to try this for myself sometime. Looks very possible as to making your own fatwood too if you let it soak longer and dry alot in stages. Excited to see if it works.
Very interesting concept. I'm anxious to see how easy your sticks ignite. Video segments on buttoning wood have never been so interesting or entertaining as when you do it. Spending Saturday nights sitting home making little sticks from big sticks? Really, Emily there many more things you should doing with you Saturday nights. 😊 Take care, have a good weekend!
Proposed Swedish Folk Wisdom for this video: "The beautiful maiden who collects pine sap will make fire with ease and have a warm shelter". Emelie, please translate to Swedish.
Hi Emelie! I don't know if somebody already wrote it to you, but anyway: If you're right-handed, what I suppose, then hold the knife with your left hand and baton with your right hand on it...it's much easier then 😉 Otherwise you're doing great 👍🏼 I just came back from Sverige and it was really good time there 🙂 Greetings from Bavaria/Germany!
When you were getting the resin from the tree with your knife it looked like a booger rofl. Good vid. You're right, you learn by doing. I don't know about that resin you were using, but I have successfully used isopropyl alcohol to clean pine resin off of tools.
I love the fact that you love the fact that you are learning, and we are learning from you.
Another great video staring the Pretty in Pink Emelie of Emelie's Outdoor Adventures... You "stick" to your style and keep these video's coming.
There is nothing better than producing your own fire wood. I find it relaxing.
+TheJcradioman Definitely!
I just love her. Such good company and such interesting sensibilities. Why am I a world away?!
I love the way you always seem to be full of mirth just waiting under the surface to bubble out @Emelie's Outdoor Adventures !
+Bridgid Persephone NewmanHenson aww!! :) that was so sweet!!
Emelie, Great info and demonstrations for the fire starters, you have really come a long way in your skills........ty for sharing
Thank you for all the wonderful knowledge you provide both about bush craft, Sweden, and its culture. I look forward to continue learning from you.
Emelie, you always present your videos in a very informative and entertaining way. Very fun to watch. Keep up the good work
A nice dinner or show or beverage at the local Pub with friends could be considered a relaxing way to spend an evening. But, if get joy from breaking up sticks on Saturday night that is how you should spend those evenings. I really enjoy your videos!
A small piece of fatwood and some birch bark is all you need. A good supply can fit in an Altoids tin. A + for ingenuity. I enjoy your videos!
" Learning by doing " Love your attitude to bushcraft, keep it up.
Nice idea for fire starters..... Birch trees smell nice when burning. Thanks for sharing the videos
Multiple fire starter methods are all ways essential. Very infromative. TY :)
You are such a pleasant person to listen to. I enjoyed the video.
194 likes and no dislikes (so far) - that proves you're doing something right!
steppenwolf
She's a fire starter.... Super Fire starter .
Good to see you at it again Emelie
:o) There's a hint of pyromania showing, it's true Kevin...
When you were scraping the resin off the tree I almost hit my headphones off cos I thought a mosquito was buzzing me. It was on your video. Great video Emelie.
Very enjoyable video. I really like you exploring your "theories" and trying new ideas for us.
Good Video Emelie, it always looks like you are having fun learning and making the videos.
You're AWESOME! Can't wait for your next video! Keep up the good work!!!
Great vid Emelie, interesting, educational, and a pleasure to watch .
Good job with knife and baton technique! Much more safe than swinging axe and holding the wood. Excellent video!
Another charming video! Thanks! I'm now waiting on the cliff's edge for the one showing them actually alight!
Love your videos Emelie, & trying new things & making mistakes is the best way to learn. Keep up the good work.🖒🖒
Haha cracked me up when the bug flew by you 😆 looking forward to the results in the next episode 🤘🏼
Good video Emilie, always educational, interesting and funny. Looking forward to when you use them to start a fire. Keep up the good work.
Äntligen någon som jag själv som gillar göra saker i skogen istället för på köksbordet. Snyggt filmat förresten :-)
Sounds like my Saturday nights. Cheers!
That's actually a good idea , I can't wait to see how well the burn .......Thank you for sharing , you always make me smile 😃
+Steve Thanks for watching Steve!!
I have never seen that idea before, are very excited to see how they will work. By the way, be careful about fire, it is said that those who play with fire, piss in bed at night. That's what my grandmother always said.
Growing up in an area with many pine tree, I was constantly coming home with my hands covered in resin (pitch, we call it.) My mom had us clean in off with butter. I didn't know others did too. 😄 Nice video Emilie.
Keep at it, girlfriend! As long as you're learning you're growing. Never stop!
Great idea Emelie. You have great ideas and I appreciate your desire to learn by doing. I have an Altoids tin full of small pieces of wood which I boiled in pine resin to really soak into the wood. One piece will burn for almost 10 minutes. Very useful in getting damp wood burning.
Magnifique Emilie!! I just had to Subscribe!! No one else on youtube says 'Resin' like You do. :) Can't wait to see your next video. All The Best.
Hey....where'd you find my saw? A piece of wood or a stone under the piece you are trying to split with your baton will make the job easier. The ground absorbs a lot of the energy from your baton.
What a great idea! I hope your theory works! And I agree, the 'fluffy' one will most likely start easier with the Fire steel... we'll see!!
:)
Informative and entertaining. What a wonderful series!
Nice work Emily, but when you are batoning wood use a harder surface under the log/stick to get better force in to the wood, have you tried making firestarters out och the linth from a torktummlare, old candle left overs and a empty toilet roll ? it burns like crazy but you need som scrapings from birchbark to get it starting.
Emelie, our favorite outdoor adventurer! I waited for a couple of days to watch this video, letting the anticipation build. :-) Plus it will be less time before your next video this way too. Good video Emelie! After watching you out there it motivated me to go out with my bow drill set to practice making an ember since it had been awhile.
Cool video Emilie. To make it easier when battoning, put the batton in your strong hand and the knife in your weak hand. This will give you better control and a more powerful swing. Something solid under your work will help also, like a fallen tree or a stump. The moss of the ground will absorb a lot of the power of your swing, so you have to work harder. Just don't use rocks. lol
You look as lovely as you always do.
Keep learning. ;)
Hey Emilie., Here's a tip; wrap your sticks with jute to protect your wraps, and add another layer of tinder as well. Thanks
You batoned - most excellently. Proper-sized stick to properly-sized knife blade, and whacking with another stick. 10*.
With all those birch bark and pine resources (dry or wet), you have great options for making pine-birch oil/tar, and have that oil to roll in other sticks for a great burning fire starter or torch stick.
Just an idea, When the wood being split is on a knife friendly, solid base. You will be impressed with the difference. You are a little joy to watch, learning all this new stuff can be a world of fun.....
Nice one , A good thing for wet conditions when you need that extra boost for your tinder.
Thanks for sharing the idea
Congratulations, Emelie! You've just invented - torches! : )
Nice video Emelie and very creative. It's nice seeing people try new things and sharing what they learn. Keep up the good work and stay safe. Hand sanitizer will remove sap from metal easily if you don't want to scrub, I tried it several months ago to get the sap off a knife blade and it was clean in less that 20 seconds. Job well done.
Stay strong, Emelie.
Great idea, and well done !!!!!!!!! Sorry to hear that your Saturday nights are home alone chopping wood. Not Right for such a pretty lady. But glad you got it done. Be Well, John
Lol love the ending. Spiders an flying insects don't bother me an I always chuckle when somone loses their cool over em.
Snakes cause this reaction in me though. If snake crosses my path or a frog startles me I reflexively panic for a split second or 2. It's a bit embarrassing sometimes, cause I really have no fear of them. I will freak out an gasp or scream an have reflexive body movements, but seconds later I could pick it up an give it a kiss.
Gus Look -- There is a poisonous adder in Sweden. I can't remember it's name, but you would not want to be bitten by one.
stockholm17 i assume that you are from Sweden because of your nick stockholm17. The poisonous snake is called Huggorm and in english it's called Viper. The Huggorm is not more poisonous than a Wasp 🐝
The chances of dying from the bite of the Huggorm is only 0,02% which is less than the risks of dying from a sting from a wasp.
stockholm17 I am fortunate to live in one of the few places on Earth with no legitimate animal threats. No venomous snakes or insects. Except, we do have many stinging bees, an wasps that could cause allergic reactions. Our healthy populations of black bears an coyote are terrified of humans. We do have the mosquitoes an blackflies but thankfully no diseases for em to carry. Rabies an lyme disease has gotten closer to my neck of the woods but still not here.
We have very healthy land but our seasons are extreme. The land supports healthy animal populations but winters are rough. Spring is usually cold an wet but we have a long summer an very mild Autumn. Winters can be violently harsh though.
Micke Rydell --- Thanks for your reply. I don't live in Sweden, but I was born in Stockholm. Huggorm, yes, that's the one I was thinking of. My grandmother always used to warn us about them. Good to know that they're not so terrible. Cheers.
Emily, a tip for splitting wood: its best to go from big to small. So first make halves, then quarters, eights, etc....
Cool idea and still SO adorable! Love the channel!
Good job Emily
Great job Emelie keep up the good work
Fun video. I think it was a great way to spend a saturday night!
this is a cool idea , looks fun.
I just found your channel yesterday and I'm really glad I did. Hello from Alaska! Looking forward to learning along with you.
LifeGoesNorth Thank you so much for watching :)
Those look like they will work good. Great video.
Best video yet
the cutest reaction in the end everrrrr hahaha i love your vids emelie!!! keep that quality!!! and congratz for your job!!!
Instant Fan! I look forward to more videos.
Good looking torches.
Thanks Emelie!
Looking forward for next vid 😀testing the firestarters
Emily, I wish you would have made an observation on wither or not that big bug was eatable. And, 'well done' in your effort to create special niche in survival/adventure!
Hey good idea about how to avoid reaching the flashpoint for the resin! One request for a future vid, making a container for water out of natural materials.
Anyway, nice job.
Great idea! I have made resin sticks, but adding birch bark would be even better.
My prediction is that they will work fine, the one with the thick pieces of Birch Bark might be a chore to get going with a ferro rod without further prep though. I look forward to seeing your results Emelie!
+Steven Szabo Thanks Steven!!! :) :)
Wonderful idea
Great video Emilie, I'm very confident they will work 😌👍
Wait. What? There were firestarters in that video? (; What fun to watch bushcraft being explored (rather than preached) by someone without a scraggly beard. I hope you are finding ways to let these new skills and your enthusiasm for the old skills somehow make their way into your classroom. Or maybe just outside your classroom! I'm sure your friend who pushed you toward RUclips predicted we would all find you enchanting (28,000?). I hope it continues to be fun for a long time.
Well done Emelie great video
Hey Emilie: Very inventive. could prove to be very portable. Anxious to see the results Thanks Brian 77
Pretty cool idea sure looks like they will work, good video thanks.
Make a club for bashing down on your knife to split logs. Find a piece with a fat knot at the end so it doesn't break apart. A club is also a nice carving exercise and you can make a really nice tactile tool fairly quickly.
Delightful! I hop they work well.
love your videos , ignore the haters ! keep them coming EM .........your awesome !
I made a couple of emergency fire starters by wrapping shavings in birch bark, after dripping candle wax over the shavings before wrapping. they work good if they do not get wet. great idea, would like to see if they light with a ferro rod.
Hi Emelie. With all the pine trees around you might try looking for some fatwood or lighter wood (naturally resonated wood) that will easily light with your fire steel and burn a long, long time. The best place to find it is in blown down pine tree stumps, exposed roots or the first few inches of a branch growing out of the tree. Especially if the branch was damaged or broken off when the tree was alive you'll find where the resins encapsulated and cut it off from the main tree. You can easily tell if it's fatwood because of the different colors, heavier than normal weight and very distinct pleasant smell. I'm looking forward to seeing how well your fire starters perform on your next video.
Loove the smell of fatwood :P People used to make a whole lot of resinous pine for tar production by taking most of the bark off from the trees, ~2m a year or few, leaving only a "lifeline" of bark as wide as hand on the north side of tree so it wouldn't dry in the sun. The whole process took many years for the pine to become completely resinous. I'd love to know more about it and try it.
Just noticed your name, lol. You probably knew all that and more :)
You are not really allowed to take that stuff from live trees in Sweden because of the laws of the land. So pretty much limited to searching for these along man made clear-cuts.
+Phantom Apprentice Yeah, same thing in Finland. But I was thinking trees on own property or land and preferably a pine that would be cut down either way. I think the 'everyman's right' in Finland doesn't allow even burning dead sticks from the forrest floor. Open fire isn't allowed either. A woodstove that has a bottom is allowed because the embers can't fall through onto the ground. But you have to bring your own wood to burn. Picking berries and mushrooms is okay too.
Here are some interesting photos of the process. The first and the last look pretty damn resinous.
blogi.nba.fi/Image/19149/03-koloaminen.jpg
wikikko.info/w/images/9/90/Tervapuu.jpg
www.vastavalo.net/albums/userpics/12706/thumb_20110507Petajanpihkoittaminen.jpeg
Keep up the good fire spirit.. however even wet birchbark will catch fire.. just scratch the inner side to "feather" it up and hit it with sparks.. it will take some effort in getting the firesteel and knife to produce a rain of sparks but once you know how.. it's really really much simpler.. but I agree this will light up bigger wet sticks too so yeah it is handy ;-)
I like the way you say 'Resin'
Always a relaxing time to sit and watch a new vid , the 17 dislikes , that's there problem . I just got home from 3 days in the outdoors , you just can't beat it :) Thanks for taking your time to make informative and entertaining video's . Cyril ----- Canada
Excellent project if your looking to kill time. Theoretically, you put all your ingredients in a small pile & light it up in seconds. Cute vid
Emelie I was waiting to hear you say "These are some I prepared earlier" Looking forward to a huge flare up young lady.
hard yakka Not so hard Mr yakka ??. Funny name
So is Peter's foot.
hard yakka Very fast to respond. That scares me a little 😨. Are you near Sascatchewan
Are you anywhere near Queensland ?
Those beautiful straight dead trees lying behind you would make a nice walking stick.
Just subscribed...YOU are a hit! Sending much love from the Smoky Mountains :)
Have to try this for myself sometime. Looks very possible as to making your own fatwood too if you let it soak longer and dry alot in stages. Excited to see if it works.
+Eddie Zero Yes its like "homemade fatwood". I really hope it will work :)
Very interesting concept. I'm anxious to see how easy your sticks ignite. Video segments on buttoning wood have never been so interesting or entertaining as when you do it. Spending Saturday nights sitting home making little sticks from big sticks? Really, Emily there many more things you should doing with you Saturday nights. 😊
Take care, have a good weekend!
+Richard Edgecomb haha, well taking it easy a Saturday night is nice too ;)
Hey Emily,
great Video and very interesting! Good Job👌🏻
Love your videos Emelie.
Love the Ch. and You :) I wish you would come to the Ozarks here in the USA. Many Springs, Millions of Gallons of fresh Water
Proposed Swedish Folk Wisdom for this video: "The beautiful maiden who collects pine sap will make fire with ease and have a warm shelter". Emelie, please translate to Swedish.
Hi Emelie!
I don't know if somebody already wrote it to you, but anyway:
If you're right-handed, what I suppose, then hold the knife with your left hand and baton with your right hand on it...it's much easier then 😉
Otherwise you're doing great 👍🏼 I just came back from Sverige and it was really good time there 🙂
Greetings from Bavaria/Germany!
Good job....a little foresight will pay off in the future.
I love your " natural beauty" make my heart melt 🤗
Great, keep up the good work
Awesome video Emelie your my fav ch wish you the best in your adventures
: ))
When you were getting the resin from the tree with your knife it looked like a booger rofl.
Good vid. You're right, you learn by doing.
I don't know about that resin you were using, but I have successfully used isopropyl alcohol to clean pine resin off of tools.
brandsticka..mycket trevlig....bra jobbat
Nice fire stick ....good job
My heart belongs to you emelie 😙😙😙
I never seen that before, I might give it a try