Lonnie and Connie, I wish my health would let me do these things. Since it doesn't, I will gladly experience these moments through you two. Please don't stop making videos about scenes and places you find comforting; even the simplest things are often the most beautiful.
I always enjoy your videos and admire you and your dear wife. You are very fortunate to have a wife who is healthy and loves the same life you do . My wife and I had a hobby farm twenty years ago in a beautiful setting with lots of bush and sufficient pasture . My wife is no longer able to get around on rough surfaces since a stroke . I still have a cabin seven kilometres in through crown land on one hundred acres of private land. Beautiful spot on a small lake . ATV access only , but when I can’t get back for a while I watch your videos and it’s almost like being there. I watch folks like you two , miles away and think to my self how I would love to know you and have you as friends . Don,t mind me, guess I,m just getting old or some thing . I will keep watching as long as you guys keep making the videos. Robin Rowe
Why would anybody dislike a video like this, it's just his technique and there's always more than one way to skin a cat, doesn't mean it's the wrong way. I appreciate all your videos my man.
Thank you Lonnie for sharing your knowledge and for giving me inspiration to try different things. You gave some great tips that I'm sure will help in my feather sticks🙂 take care
Very educational on the feather stick. The straight arm technique seems to give you more control over the knife. I find most people do not let the fire breathe enough, they are always choking it too soon. At start up I leave my door open a crack as well and only close it once the fire is burning and drawing quite strongly. Then after about another 10 -12 minutes to make sure pipe is good and hot all the way to the top only then do I close down the air about 90%. I never go completely air tight. With seasoned white birch I can burn through 5 true cord and only have 1/8th inch of light powdery soot at the very top of the pipe. Love your videos. Thanks for sharing.
Great stuff and I love that stove, too! Glad to see Connie, yourself and that fantastic beard are thriving up there this winter, Lonnie! Keep safe, warm and hunkered down at camp and we'll see y'all soon.
I've been lazy lately (lol) ... instead of feather sticks, my little cabin heater gets lit with a bit of Vaseline under several thin "splits" in the morning. Next fire, I'm trying your way :) Thanks for another great video, folks! You're both a treasure ... God Bless
"one match.......................is usually what it takes.." - I had to laugh at that. Nice to see you two again. looking forward to more videos from you!
Really enjoying your work Lonnie and Connie. This was a great video to help those getting started with a woodstove. And we love your woodstove. Reminds us of our Trolla 107a. Much appreciate the videos and thanks from Craig and Karen🤠
Seems that those of us that use them a lot, light them much the same. :-) Good to see you out enjoying the remainder of Winter, at your cabin! Lot of snow for us, this year, gonna be a while till we see our first flowers! Atb to you both!
I can just image how warm the cabin must get from the wood stove, nothing better than wood stove heat warm and dry, enjoyed showing how you start your fire
Excellent! Thank you! Here a tip for all ministries of education, worldwide: Two disciplines need to be part of every school in every country, 1.) Simple survival skills, and 2.) Simple money management skills. Young people leaving Highschool with "Great knowledge and education" but can't survive 2 weeks without electricity and the internet. Not able to make a fire or build a shelter. According to statistics, 49% can't manage their finances and go at least once in their lifetime bankrupt. Something went wrong on our planet if we don't teach any of these survival skills to "ALL" our children, worldwide. Make FNB&S a must-watch for highschool students in North America, if you're not able to find local people to teach!
Lonnie, Another great video! Regarding the damp matches... You might want to try storing the box of matches in a large ziploc bag along with some silica-gel packs to keep them dry. BTW, it is possible to repeatedly "recharge" silica-gel packs by heating them in a stove at 250-275ºF for a couple of hours, thereby driving off any of the moisture that they might have absorbed. If you don't have silica-gel packs readily available, adding a handful of uncooked rice to the bag might also help to absorb some of the moisture. Keep the videos coming my friend! All of my best to you and Connie!
Really nice way to split the wood, never seen that before, the feather sticks are my nemesis but good tip about the length, I think I've been trying to short a wood, and amazing way to get the fire going, minimal kindling, beautiful feather stick and the previous nights charcoal, lovely, learned a lot from this, cheers.
I use the char pieces from the previous fire when camping too. They take a spark easily and turn into coals right away and generate a ton of heat quickly.
Nice work, Lonnie. Learn something all the time with you. Glad we are subscribed. As you were doing this video, I was looking at our stove here in our log cabin in N. MN. and thinking.... I need to do what Lonnie does. No wonder I keep having trouble with it and we have been here 10 years. ( slow learner here). Take care!
Hi Phresh. I see you are about to break over 300 thousand subscribers. That's a beautiful feather stick. That was an interesting technique for hand splitting the wood, the first I have seen of it. Thanks for the well presented video. See you next time.
Hello there Lonnie it sure is nice seeing another video,It's Been A while . I've always had that problem with making feather sticks by going too fast so now I'll slow it down to get the great results you did , I think your way of having a stove fire is a good way indeed . Best regards as always from Lloyd way over here in Ontario Canada.
Hi Lonnie...first of all, I am happy that you are OK.. I was concerned, because there was no video for a long time... Stay healthy... To the video: I just say a big "WOW"... I know a few techniques, but I have never considered using a piece of charc ... I´ll try it... Thanks for the inspiration... Stay safe and healthy and keep the good work on RUclips.... Greetings from Slovakia...
I'm gonna try this method next time I make fire. I have a woodstove and always use paper. I've wanted to find a new way to start it, so this will be a great way if I can make it work as easily as you.
Lonnie did you place the coat over the cable in case the cable broke to help it from whipping back on you. If so great job. Maybe you could explain to folks how it works and why you do it. Thanks for a great video.
I don't have the patience for fire sticks so I use my little fire bombs, which are pieces of dry wood about the size of wine corks which I have put in a mason jar and soaked with alcohol or whatever cheap flammable liquid you have around. If one has your trouble with matches or lighters then anything that makes a spark will set off the bomb or bombs.
The charcoal will quickly become a glowing red hot ember just like you see in a more longer established fire. Yes they do speed up the process of producing heat though they are not needed for the fire lighting. They could easily be skipped if one does not have them.
It was warmer when we went out but got a bit cold while we were there. I have recently been camping in tents in the last week or so with it at 22 degrees below zero F in one tent on one trip and 16 degrees below zero in another tent on another trip but we were warm in the tents.
What your doing in your stove is right looonie put big logs on the bottom to get it going and put your tinder on the tap I do the same thing when I light my stove at my cabin
Gee, I am grateful when I bank a fire well enough to make charcoal. Lonnie is doing exactly what I do with it. I do not know what Lonnie's reasoning is, but what a bonus. Charcoal has gone through a diffractional distillation process. ( hope I am close on the spelling) What is left burns cleanly and hot. Good news. When cleaning the stove out save that stuff! And leave some ash to control the fire. Good luck out there! Chris
I am sure you have noticed in a dying fire that if nothing is left but a couple glowing coals, the fire can be easily be built back up by adding more fuel on top of the coals and perhaps blowing a bit on the coals. These bits of charcoal will quickly turn into red hot embers once relit and really help the whole fire starting process through that addition of thermal output.
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival Thank you Lonnie. I look for charred wood as well as part of my fire lighting or re-lighting for the same reasons. I could have assumed that was the reason you used the charred wood but wanted to see if you had another reason as well
Lonnie my friend it's always good to see you and miss Connie I hope that all your health is well the both of you and that we have more videos to watch Love ya'll
Lonnie and Connie, I wish my health would let me do these things. Since it doesn't, I will gladly experience these moments through you two. Please don't stop making videos about scenes and places you find comforting; even the simplest things are often the most beautiful.
Lonnie, you have the ability to take a well worn subject that's been covered numerous times and show us new tips and insights. Thanks.
Lonnie you are a great teacher. Don't ever stop doing what you do. Hope you and Connie have a great weekend!
I always enjoy your videos and admire you and your dear wife. You are very fortunate to have a wife who is healthy and loves the same life you do . My wife and I had a hobby farm twenty years ago in a beautiful setting with lots of bush and sufficient pasture . My wife is no longer able to get around on rough surfaces since a stroke . I still have a cabin seven kilometres in through crown land on one hundred acres of private land. Beautiful spot on a small lake . ATV access only , but when I can’t get back for a while I watch your videos and it’s almost like being there. I watch folks like you two , miles away and think to my self how I would love to know you and have you as friends . Don,t mind me, guess I,m just getting old or some thing . I will keep watching as long as you guys keep making the videos. Robin Rowe
Why would anybody dislike a video like this, it's just his technique and there's always more than one way to skin a cat, doesn't mean it's the wrong way. I appreciate all your videos my man.
Thanks for the great tips Lonnie. Never see the splitting of wood with a knife and not batoning. That's an awesome way to start a woodstove.
No mater how simple the topic may seem, I ALWAYS learn something from your videos. You never disappoint. Thanks for all you do.
As always I really enjoyed your video. You always end up teaching me something new. I'm glad you and your wife are safe.
All great tips, Lonnie. Best to Connie. God bless
The ol sideways Swedish Log trick , I like it too ! Thanks Lonny
You take the simple art of making a fire and show me something new I haven't thought of.
That’s awesome! I always used a stick, or ‘baton’, as Loni said.
That fire stacking method is gold!
Nice to see you again. I was hoping you guys were busy just enjoying life. Tell Connie we missed her too.
As always I learn something new from your videos. Thanks.
Another great tip miss seeing you guys on a weekly basis. You and Connie have a great day
Lonnie,you do have some great ideas and Technics...
Thank you for sharing Lonnie, always a great learning experience!!
I love to hear you explain things. You have such a calm tone about your voice. You take care now too. Be well!
Love how you take a task and find a better way to do it.
Love ya Lonnie and Connie! Great to hear from you guys and great info as usual. Hope you are having a wonderful winter.
Thank you for this! Excellent tutorial.
you're the man Lonnie!
Thank you Lonnie for sharing your knowledge and for giving me inspiration to try different things. You gave some great tips that I'm sure will help in my feather sticks🙂 take care
Very educational on the feather stick. The straight arm technique seems to give you more control over the knife. I find most people do not let the fire breathe enough, they are always choking it too soon. At start up I leave my door open a crack as well and only close it once the fire is burning and drawing quite strongly. Then after about another 10 -12 minutes to make sure pipe is good and hot all the way to the top only then do I close down the air about 90%. I never go completely air tight. With seasoned white birch I can burn through 5 true cord and only have 1/8th inch of light powdery soot at the very top of the pipe. Love your videos. Thanks for sharing.
Great feathering technique Lonnie, fire went up pretty fast, appreciate all your tips, tell Connie hi as well, u too stay blessed.
very good way to start a fire first time i see it this way, and sure looks like a good method
Great stuff and I love that stove, too! Glad to see Connie, yourself and that fantastic beard are thriving up there this winter, Lonnie! Keep safe, warm and hunkered down at camp and we'll see y'all soon.
What a great little stove. Small, but looks really good and solid.
Good to see you again Lonnie!
I've been lazy lately (lol) ... instead of feather sticks, my little cabin heater gets lit with a bit of Vaseline under several thin "splits" in the morning. Next fire, I'm trying your way :) Thanks for another great video, folks! You're both a treasure ... God Bless
Good to see you both prospering sir and once again a great video. Enjoy the Spring and Summer.
"one match.......................is usually what it takes.." - I had to laugh at that. Nice to see you two again. looking forward to more videos from you!
I will forever use this excellent technique. Thank you for the lesson!
As logger of the big timber, "pitchwood" is prevalent etc. This page is the best knowledge you can get.
Thanks again for another great video. I learn something new each time I watch.
That's a great technique Lonnie.
Awesome Lonnie!!!
Knife sharpening skills on point
Great video Lonnie. I always learn something from your videos. Much obliged!
Another great video from the bushcraft master thank you lonnie!
Wish I could live a life that that. So peaceful . . .
Thanks For Your Continued Knowledge shared here, Lonnie ! Hi Connie, Enjoy your Cabin Time. ATB T God Bless
First time I've seen someone using my favorite Mora, the "Robust." Greetings from Ireland.
Really enjoying your work Lonnie and Connie. This was a great video to help those getting started with a woodstove. And we love your woodstove. Reminds us of our Trolla 107a. Much appreciate the videos and thanks from Craig and Karen🤠
Great video . I always learn for your videos God Bless and look forward to the next video
You must have seen me struggling with my barrel stove in my video hahaha Thanks for the lesson...lol
Hi Lonnie. Thank you once again for sharing you knowledge and experience. Stay safe. ATB. Nigel
I definitely learned something from you again. Wish I'd know this when we heated with a wood fireplace insert.
thanks for another great piece of content....peace to you and your wife
very nice i am never too old to learn
I love your videos. You are living my dream. Glad you are Living that kind of life I get to dream some more just watching.
Seems that those of us that use them a lot, light them much the same. :-) Good to see you out enjoying the remainder of Winter, at your cabin! Lot of snow for us, this year, gonna be a while till we see our first flowers! Atb to you both!
I've missed your videos, Lonnie. Your an inspiration to me. Keep them coming, please :)
Thank you for sharing wishes to you for the best year ahead
will look forward to your videos
Solid video. Great content for the community. Excellent demo
I can just image how warm the cabin must get from the wood stove, nothing better than wood stove heat warm and dry, enjoyed showing how you start your fire
Excellent! Thank you! Here a tip for all ministries of education, worldwide: Two disciplines need to be part of every school in every country, 1.) Simple survival skills, and 2.) Simple money management skills. Young people leaving Highschool with "Great knowledge and education" but can't survive 2 weeks without electricity and the internet. Not able to make a fire or build a shelter. According to statistics, 49% can't manage their finances and go at least once in their lifetime bankrupt. Something went wrong on our planet if we don't teach any of these survival skills to "ALL" our children, worldwide. Make FNB&S a must-watch for highschool students in North America, if you're not able to find local people to teach!
Thank you Lonnie and Connie! We use a very similar method, except no feathersticks and some birch bark :)
Excellent stuff, straight to the point. Good technique.
Quality and informative video ! Excellent fire starting !
Great method of restarting the fire in the morning. Will be using it. Might even adapt to starting first fire without the charcoal.
Lonnie,
Another great video!
Regarding the damp matches... You might want to try storing the box of matches in a large ziploc bag along with some silica-gel packs to keep them dry. BTW, it is possible to repeatedly "recharge" silica-gel packs by heating them in a stove at 250-275ºF for a couple of hours, thereby driving off any of the moisture that they might have absorbed.
If you don't have silica-gel packs readily available, adding a handful of uncooked rice to the bag might also help to absorb some of the moisture.
Keep the videos coming my friend! All of my best to you and Connie!
Really nice way to split the wood, never seen that before, the feather sticks are my nemesis but good tip about the length, I think I've been trying to short a wood, and amazing way to get the fire going, minimal kindling, beautiful feather stick and the previous nights charcoal, lovely, learned a lot from this, cheers.
Perfect. I have been tested and it works fine for me. Many thanks to you.
Nice one Lonnie! Even seasoned fire lighters can learn from your vid. Gruß from Germany!
I can literally smell that couch. I swear we have the same one in our cabin!
My parents had a similar couch at their house back when I was young except their was a slight blue color.
That couch brought back memories for me, too. I wish I still had one like that.
As always, great video. :)
Good to see you sir! 👍🏞💚
I use the char pieces from the previous fire when camping too. They take a spark easily and turn into coals right away and generate a ton of heat quickly.
Nice work, Lonnie. Learn something all the time with you. Glad we are subscribed. As you were doing this video, I was looking at our stove here in our log cabin in N. MN. and thinking.... I need to do what Lonnie does. No wonder I keep having trouble with it and we have been here 10 years. ( slow learner here). Take care!
I absolutely love your Voice Sir
Hi Phresh. I see you are about to break over 300 thousand subscribers. That's a beautiful feather stick. That was an interesting technique for hand splitting the wood, the first I have seen of it. Thanks for the well presented video. See you next time.
Hello there Lonnie it sure is nice seeing another video,It's Been A while . I've always had that problem with making feather sticks by going too fast so now I'll slow it down to get the great results you did , I think your way of having a stove fire is a good way indeed . Best regards as always from Lloyd way over here in Ontario Canada.
Hi Lonnie...first of all, I am happy that you are OK.. I was concerned, because there was no video for a long time... Stay healthy... To the video: I just say a big "WOW"... I know a few techniques, but I have never considered using a piece of charc ... I´ll try it... Thanks for the inspiration... Stay safe and healthy and keep the good work on RUclips.... Greetings from Slovakia...
Love the couch.
Good medicine. Thanks for sharing 👍👍
always interesting Lonnie !!!!
I'm gonna try this method next time I make fire. I have a woodstove and always use paper. I've wanted to find a new way to start it, so this will be a great way if I can make it work as easily as you.
I love wood stoves awesome way to live
Hello Lonni hello Conny
I like your channel and your Videos
I learned alot from both of you
Go on stay healthy
Greeting from Germany
Yours Frank
Nicely done.
Love your channel
Great video guys as always!! Also, it reminds me to go back to the one where you made a hot tent stove and get cracking on that project!!
Charcoal from the night before. The best (unless you have red coals).
TOP DOWN WORKS FOR ME 🔥
Excellent, dood.
Great video my friend good to see you at your c
Wow great tips! Godbless
If I was ever lost in the woods you would be the guy I want to be lost with , although I doubt you would get lost in the woods in the first place.
„You need a full tang knife with super steel“. No a 10 Buck Mora is good enough and skill!
This man has firewood by the sofa...hardcore, i like.
Lonnie did you place the coat over the cable in case the cable broke to help it from whipping back on you. If so great job. Maybe you could explain to folks how it works and why you do it. Thanks for a great video.
Yes you are correct about the "coat" placement for the reasons that you mention.
I don't have the patience for fire sticks so I use my little fire bombs, which are pieces of dry wood about the size of wine corks which I have put in a mason jar and soaked with alcohol or whatever cheap flammable liquid you have around. If one has your trouble with matches or lighters then anything that makes a spark will set off the bomb or bombs.
Elloooooooooo everybody 😁
Mushroom-mushroom! O-o-oh - sneeeik.
Thank you for another great video. What is your reasoning behind the charcoal and is it making that big of a difference? Greetings from Belgium.
The charcoal will quickly become a glowing red hot ember just like you see in a more longer established fire. Yes they do speed up the process of producing heat though they are not needed for the fire lighting. They could easily be skipped if one does not have them.
Looks like it warmed up enough to take a ride out to the cabin.
It was warmer when we went out but got a bit cold while we were there. I have recently been camping in tents in the last week or so with it at 22 degrees below zero F in one tent on one trip and 16 degrees below zero in another tent on another trip but we were warm in the tents.
What your doing in your stove is right looonie put big logs on the bottom to get it going and put your tinder on the tap I do the same thing when I light my stove at my cabin
Fire lighting skills homed through years of experience. Lonnie, what do you see the charred wood doing for you?
Gee,
I am grateful when I bank a fire well enough to make charcoal.
Lonnie is doing exactly what I do with it.
I do not know what Lonnie's reasoning is, but what a bonus.
Charcoal has gone through a diffractional distillation process. ( hope I am close on the spelling)
What is left burns cleanly and hot. Good news.
When cleaning the stove out save that stuff!
And leave some ash to control the fire.
Good luck out there! Chris
I am sure you have noticed in a dying fire that if nothing is left but a couple glowing coals, the fire can be easily be built back up by adding more fuel on top of the coals and perhaps blowing a bit on the coals. These bits of charcoal will quickly turn into red hot embers once relit and really help the whole fire starting process through that addition of thermal output.
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival Thank you Lonnie. I look for charred wood as well as part of my fire lighting or re-lighting for the same reasons. I could have assumed that was the reason you used the charred wood but wanted to see if you had another reason as well
Lonnie my friend it's always good to see you and miss Connie I hope that all your health is well the both of you and that we have more videos to watch Love ya'll
Living the dream Lonnie 👍
Is that a mora robust?
Yes