How can it actually be that your outstanding channel doesn't have more subscribers? You are the best channel about survival on RUclips and I learned the most from you. Thank you for your work and your excellent films!
Great information!!! I only started my primitive fire making journey a few years back, sticking mostly to bow drill methods but keep a steel and some charred material in my pack. Love the idea of no char tinder!
Big thumbs up! Thanks for sharing! Now when are you guys going to write a book? I'm serious you need to write at least one book. Preferably several. One on flint and steel one on flint Knapping ect.
Well, its May 6th, 2024, and the nettle is growing! Pulled about 15 or so stalks, most only about a foot tall. Peeled, dried, and processed, 3rd strike caught a spark! Thank you, Steve
Well that’s a fantastic report. 3 strikes?! Amazing. Nice work and thank you for sharing! Very educational that it worked for you with plants so young.
Although I didn’t start on this channel, I have learned alot from this channel..!!!..thank you guys for your consideration to your subbers and fans….😊😊😊😊😊😊👍👍👍👍👍👍
I have been using it as a ember extension for a while now and it does work. Well maybe I’ll give it a shot idk how you guys are cracking this egg. I live in gates funny to see you guys at Olallie lake
Thanks for another great fire making video! I've been working on a little project to try to create a friction fire kit from only primitive materials without any seasoning or prior preparations., and it's been a very difficult experience. I really do think the flint and steel is a quantum leap above friction fires and it's no wonder that even during the neolithic period people were trading iron pyrite nodules across hundreds of miles.
You’re absolutely right. Friction fire materials gathered straight from the wild can be a major challenge. We have come to greatly value the flint/steel method for its reliability especially if you know which plants around you perform the best and how to prepare them. I hope you have documented your friction fire project on video, would love to see and relate to the high and low points of your journey.
Your videos have done a great job of identifying tinders. Could you do a video on the tools of flint and steel. I noticed your steel is very shiny is it carbon steel ? I have seen steels made from titanium I believe ? I have had trouble creating sparks, it might be technique or possibly the tools themselves.
@@hitchpost5822 the steel has to be high In carbon like tool steel or others. You can look up how to identify it usually by a spark test with a grinder. After that it's about the rock depending on where you live I'd say the best two options are flint/chert and also quarts which is common in my area. My biggest tip would be sharp rock edge and try to scrape the metal off of the steel should spark :)
I need to know if you all of tried animal hair horse hair dog hair ex. I feel it would be more renewable and common then some plants depending where you live . What do you think ?
@@wildernessstrong6131 crazy I might look into this maybe drying the hair out or grinding it up maybe chinchilla fur or something more fine like it. Thanks for the response love the channel and everything I've learned
Yes! We had tried it thoroughly in the past without success, but in this video we were finally successful when it counted. New FLINT STEEL Fire Tool & No Char Plant Discovery ruclips.net/video/V6MgtvHqTpI/видео.html
@@wildernessstrong6131New subscriber here, thank you again for all your research . Im looking forward to the next three seasons up here to hunt for some of these plants. Chaga and horse hoof are ubiquitous here, so never took time to experiment with other sources. Thats again!
How can it actually be that your outstanding channel doesn't have more subscribers? You are the best channel about survival on RUclips and I learned the most from you. Thank you for your work and your excellent films!
Hey thanks so much! What a great compliment.
Great video! Always so much more to know about different plants. Thank you for sharing. Keep up the good work I enjoy your videos.👍👍👍
Yeah thanks for the ongoing studies ,ill deffinately give it a try this coming season .
Great information!!! I only started my primitive fire making journey a few years back, sticking mostly to bow drill methods but keep a steel and some charred material in my pack. Love the idea of no char tinder!
I live in Clay county Texas😅
Great video 👍
Right on! My wife’s a Texan. We live in Oregon but she’s still Texan.
Big thumbs up! Thanks for sharing! Now when are you guys going to write a book? I'm serious you need to write at least one book. Preferably several. One on flint and steel one on flint Knapping ect.
Its called Rose bay willow herb in England. (Fireweed)
Dead leaves from a live plant being used to catch a spark sounds like wisdom to me, thanks!!!
Well, its May 6th, 2024, and the nettle is growing!
Pulled about 15 or so stalks, most only about a foot tall.
Peeled, dried, and processed, 3rd strike caught a spark!
Thank you,
Steve
Well that’s a fantastic report. 3 strikes?! Amazing. Nice work and thank you for sharing! Very educational that it worked for you with plants so young.
I love survival channels and yours is a very good underrated one! Thanks for the info!
Love your videos. Been busy. Missed this one when it came out first.👍👍
Although I didn’t start on this channel, I have learned alot from this channel..!!!..thank you guys for your consideration to your subbers and fans….😊😊😊😊😊😊👍👍👍👍👍👍
Pearly everlasting makes a great Kinnikanik
I have been using it as a ember extension for a while now and it does work. Well maybe I’ll give it a shot idk how you guys are cracking this egg. I live in gates funny to see you guys at Olallie lake
Wow you’re in a great area for outdoors/survival/bushcraft!
@@wildernessstrong6131 I would love to learn the flint and steel no char. You guys did it very well
Thanks for another great fire making video! I've been working on a little project to try to create a friction fire kit from only primitive materials without any seasoning or prior preparations., and it's been a very difficult experience. I really do think the flint and steel is a quantum leap above friction fires and it's no wonder that even during the neolithic period people were trading iron pyrite nodules across hundreds of miles.
You’re absolutely right. Friction fire materials gathered straight from the wild can be a major challenge. We have come to greatly value the flint/steel method for its reliability especially if you know which plants around you perform the best and how to prepare them. I hope you have documented your friction fire project on video, would love to see and relate to the high and low points of your journey.
Your videos have done a great job of identifying tinders. Could you do a video on the tools of flint and steel.
I noticed your steel is very shiny is it carbon steel ? I have seen steels made from titanium I believe ? I have had
trouble creating sparks, it might be technique or possibly the tools themselves.
I'm hoping to break a file so I can make one, apparently you need a fine edge on your flint, perhaps that's the problem? 👍
@@ddoherty5956 They make it look so easy in there videos, there must be something I am missing ?
@@hitchpost5822 I know my ferro rod might need dipping in Viagra, or perhaps it's just a cheep nasty one 🤣
@@hitchpost5822 the steel has to be high In carbon like tool steel or others. You can look up how to identify it usually by a spark test with a grinder. After that it's about the rock depending on where you live I'd say the best two options are flint/chert and also quarts which is common in my area. My biggest tip would be sharp rock edge and try to scrape the metal off of the steel should spark :)
@@TrusT_LUV Thank you for the information
I need to know if you all of tried animal hair horse hair dog hair ex. I feel it would be more renewable and common then some plants depending where you live . What do you think ?
Yes we have tried that, but no success yet.
@@wildernessstrong6131 crazy I might look into this maybe drying the hair out or grinding it up maybe chinchilla fur or something more fine like it. Thanks for the response love the channel and everything I've learned
Has fire weed been tried?
Yes! We had tried it thoroughly in the past without success, but in this video we were finally successful when it counted.
New FLINT STEEL Fire Tool & No Char Plant Discovery
ruclips.net/video/V6MgtvHqTpI/видео.html
@@wildernessstrong6131New subscriber here, thank you again for all your research . Im looking forward to the next three seasons up here to hunt for some of these plants. Chaga and horse hoof are ubiquitous here, so never took time to experiment with other sources. Thats again!