My Personal Fire Lay - How To Make and Sustain a Fire
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- Опубликовано: 3 сен 2019
- In This Video, I Show You The Easiest Way To Make and Sustain a Fire Off The Landscape. Enjoy! Please Hit The LIKE and SUBSCRIBE BUTTONS as well as the NOTIFICATION BELL. Feel Free to Check out my Amazon Influencer Page and Follow Me on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Thanks For Watching.
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Thank you for doing the video. I have a lot of experience with bushcrafting and just wandering in the woods for fun, but not much with campfires or fires in general. We didn't even have a fireplace when I was a kid and I don't have one in my home that I own now either. So, for some of us, these videos are helpful. A lot of people might not need them, but some of us do need to understand things better.
You mentioned in a more recent video that you were watching the "Outlander" and were halfway through season one. I don't remember whether it is in season one or two, but in the episode titled "The Search," Clare makes a fire and lays logs above and to the side (like a downhill rollercoaster) in such a way, she says, that when one log burns, another one rolls down to feed the fire. I have never seen that fire configuration before and am wondering whether that works and what you think of it.
Next lesson ought to be on "banking" your fire. For the first 10 years of my life, my grandma cooked on a wood fired stove for the family and hands. She was done with her morning cooking fire by 0600. She would move all her embers and unburned wood to one side of the fire box and cover it with the white ash that fell thru the grate to the cleanout. This is essentially the same idea behind making charcoal. The fly ash keeps oxygen away from your wood and embers enough to keep it from oxidizing (fire) too quickly but allows enough oxygen in so that the embers stay live.
She would start cooking the lunch meal around 1030. she would rake out the embers from under the white ash, throw on some fresh tinder and hit it two or three puffs with her bellows and poof, fresh fire. I was lucky to learn that as a small child. It is possible to start one fire and NEVER have to create a new one for months.
The most important fire is the one you HAVE right now. You have to experiment to get the feel for how much ash you need and what kind. If you pile on too much fine ash, you can kill your embers, not enough, and you burn them up.
Teach yourself how to do it and you can cook breakfast, hunt all day and still huff up a new fire out your bank at 2100
There’s plenty of people like me who are learning from scratch who enjoy your videos. You explain things in gradual steps that others don’t.
If I ever get stranded in the woods I'm going to smile broad as I hear the words in my mind, "welcome to Corporal's Corner".
Most of what I knew about woods craft before the RUclips era was learned from my Uncle Bill, my mother's brother-in-law. He was slight in stature but still a big enough man to take me and my younger brother under his wing when my own father stepped out of the picture and always included us in the outdoor activities that he regularly engaged in with his own family, my favorite cousins. One of my favorite memories of those camping trips is when we were sent out to gather firewood for the campfire that we were going to have each evening and the simple instruction that Uncle Bill gave us, " If it don't snap, it's crap!!", to remind us of how to tell sticks that would burn from sticks that would just make us miserable from the smoke that they would produce if they were wet or green. That has been my mantra ever since (the word "crap" had quite an impact on a 9 year old back in the early 60's) when I build a fire lay. After watching this video, I now have a second mantra, " fire loves chaos". Love your videos.
Sorry about the long story, just got a little caught up in the memories.
Seems like everyone has an uncle Bill. Thanks for watching
Man you are so right. Most people don't know how to make a fire much less set it up to sustain it. Thanks for a much needed video , even if most won't admit it.
0:01 intro
3:55 Preparation (birds nest)
5:47 Red Pine (fatwood)
7:20 gather smalls
9:00 process fuel size log
(This is the actual fire starting segment)
10:00 build platform
10:30 super birdnest
11:00 evaluate wind
11:25 make a V
12:00 lay smalls perpendicularly
12:40 light birds nest
13:25 add more smalls
15:06 add fuel size logs
16:10 outro
Guys this is very easy to do. The hardest part is finding tulip poplar tree for birdsnest and finding a red pine tree for Fatwood.
And he's back! Thanks Corporal
I have videos every week. check your notification bell. Thanks for watching
@@recall5811 Always notified, just glad to see you back
I like Kelly's style of instruction. It's spot on, informative and complete.👍🏻👍🏻
I've seen and tested a lot of techniques. I gotta say I never heard of the V technique but it looks pretty darn effective and totally makes sense! I'll try this next time for sure! Thx for that Cpl!
Fire videos are my faaaaavorite. There's something primal and human about making fire.
Edit: Loving the beard, rock on
I’ve been building fires for 40 years the hard way. This is my new fire lay. Thanks!
Born and raised in New York city. I moved out of state with my wife and had no clue how to make a fire until now. Thanks Corporal!
Lesson here is take the time to do "fire" the right way. Well done!
I never thought about adding a log cabin formation after I’ve already established a fire. This makes it way easier to use my fire steel to get this going. Gold.
And this is why I watch and follow your channel.. Step by step and easy instruction to follow. It's not always about the size of your log but how you make it work for you!
Always Satisfied customers. Thanks for watching
The biggest, most common mistake I see people make, is that they don't build their fire BEFORE they light it... Everyone throws a spark into their tinder and THEN they scramble around trying to find kindling and fuel wood. Great vid brother... Thanks for sharing!! P.S. That birds nest was effing BOMBER!
At camp ,, in order to get a good score, they subtracted points for each time you fiddled with the lay, after you struck the match.
In order to get a perfect score, you completely built the lay, and struck one match to the tinder, and sat back and did nothing else.
Like he said,,, prepare and gather everything first, and there will be no frantic waisted motion.
The more I watch ALL your videos, the more I learn. Thank you!
As someone who knows nothing about nothing in regards to outdoors stuff, I very much appreciate that you took the time and effort to make this video.
Thank you!
My wife has just been watching this with interest. Our fire was reduced to smouldering, we’ve recovered it and now it’s running with good heat and little smoke. Love from the U.K. for your videos mate.
it's always a pleasure to see your videos coming out. strength and respect of France.
Never gets old. Always good to see how with explanation of why. Faultless formula for an excellent demo.
Thank you for the video. I always learn something from your videos.
Don’t bring sand to the beach, that is great. I used to laugh at guys that would bring fire wood to deer camp.
Unless it's fat wood :-) that stuff is worth a few ounces in the pack. With most of the local pines being gone now its a real chore finding it when you need it
How would you ever assault anyone’s intelligence?? If you don’t keep an open mind and absorb knowledge from everywhere then one is then just egotistical and self absorbed. YOU keep up the awesome job and keep providing us with useful knowledge and common sense intelligence. From an Army guy and cop
Some of the best, easiest to understand videos out Man
Best fire instruction video yet! Right to the point no BS... see you next time.
Great tips. Sometimes you forget the basics. And, there's nothing wrong with snagging a new twist on your own fire starting methods. Love the reminder of how to recognize red pine. Thank you for sharing a part of your day with us!
I like your stuff. Clear, concise, and succinct. Ooh Rah.
I can’t believe I’m getting lessons like this for free. Amazing teaching!
Thank you for this video. I am guilty of the not enough kindling school. Now I know better.
Like the layered bird nest with fat wood. I grew up without heat. So fire was my job as the oldest son. Just something I did. The bottom layer was three logs (split only) about 1.5-3" in diameter. Gave you air flow and the kindling embers falling lit it. It also gave some air flow under the fire. That way you weren't stuffing out the fire but would end up with good coals that was sustainable. Just another way of looking at it.
Spot on as usual! When we teach firebuilding to our new scouts, the main thing we teach them is to have your wood sorted out and ready to add as the fire increases size. You are absolutely right about people building fires and not having follow on fuel to keep it going! Good points for beginners!! Keep up the good work!! Tanker Approved!
Earth, Wind & Fire's, "Serpentine Fire" comes to mind for chaos fire. thanks for the tutorial, Gyrene. Semper Fi.
I have considered myself knowledgeable on making and sustaining a fire. But I just learned I had very little clue. Thank you for this valuable info. A few take aways for me that I was doing incorrect, smalls and kindling, either non-existent or too little. Fuel, my logs are too big starting at thigh size and larger. Now, I will practice this method, and then I will try to relearn cooking on a open camp fire. Or do you have a video in Your history for that? Because I basically destroyed any food I tried to cook and resort to a stick with a hotdog. 😁🤣😂
Corporal Kelly; the kind of guy that has an SOP for creating SOP’s
i don’t need to watch this, i’ve known how to build a campfire for years, but i’ve seen this 3x in the past. love corporals corner and i’m just hype to go camping this weekend. thank you for the endless and amazing content 🇺🇸
Awesome Sauce my friend!
Corporal Corner... Excellent educational videos. Best Wishes & God bless America🇺🇸
Easily one of the best fire making videos I have ever seen. Clear instructions with the reasoning behind why the step is taken, plus smart tips to make things easy going. Outstanding work! Thanks for he great content!!
Thanks for the step by step now I know what I’m doing wrong. Here in Southern Missouri I use fat wood but I rush so it smokes a lot love your videos
I’m glad you did this video
There are 1000’s if not 10’s of 1000’s Fire videos
But there is always something to learn from a different perspective I like how you tell it and show it In laymen’s terms
Thanks for being it to us 👍🏻👍🏻
It kills me how many people out there don't know how to build a fire. Then again, I was in scouts for years before joining the military, and of course, I love camping so practice makes perfect. I'm glad that you care enough to share this knowledge and look forward to even more of your videos! Stay alert, stay alive! Oh and God bless you!
Another great video corporal.
I know this video isn’t new but I thank you so much for all of your videos. I have never been taught these types of self sustainability but, it has become evident we all need to know these things. I appreciate the detail and thoroughness with which you present in these videos. I appreciate that you explain why you do the steps so we might apply these principals in all relevant scenarios. I also enjoy the bits of humor tossed in Thank you and I look forward to learning much more to know when shifting I might stand a chance.
The problem is people aren't willing to work for the results, they want instant gratification. Watching you process the tinder proves that.
I can watch him teach bushcraft skills all day 😍😍
Georgia The Giraffe same!
Oh yes
I absolutely agree
Sometimes I DO watch him all day. I think his lessons sink in better for me that way.
The trick to any fire design is to retain the heat that is radiated from the flames while providing enough airflow to evacuate the fumes and any water vapor. Your V design, with a bird's nest at the core is great.
My favorite is the log cabin config. But quickest is probably the teepee.
Great video, as always.
I make Dakota fire pits they are easy and never burn out but the down side is you need an e tool or pick but they're easier to cook on but I respect your build hat's off to you
Hey corporal can I ask you a question im looking for a good outdoor hat mine wore out after a year any ideas?
Great video and instructions on the basics of creating and sustaining a fire. This concept is pretty much exactly the same way my dad taught me when I was a kid.
One problem I've noticed, whether with friends in the woods or online, is that most people do not collect enough materials.
They collect a bit of tinder, a bit of kindling and then a fair amount of fuel and more often than not do not have enough initial materials to get the fire properly started and sustained so as to burn the larger fuel material effectively.
I would rather spend longer (if time allows and it's not critical to get the fire going asap) collecting and ensuring that I have enough of all the "smalls" than rush some of it.
If I don't use all in the first fire, then I have some to start another at some point should it be needed.
You may not get a million views but this one view of mine will, as always, be taught to my son and you got 2 generations of well trained outdoorsman Sir. That, is good to go! 👊💯🔥
Another great video, packed with solid information. Thank you for this and reinforcing the basics that often get overlooked on other channels.
I like this guy's videos...no BS. Good info, knows what he's talking about.
What a beautiful fire. A bit different than my own way, but I can see the efficiency of your way. Thanks for another great video.
Fire knowledge is best knowledge. Thank you for making this and other essential skills videos. Honestly, you're becoming one of my heroes.
These are the vids I like most bud. Good job, well executed. Pointing out what's wrong with my fire making and showing the science behind it basically. Only thing I didn't understand was because of the lack of wind while making the V
Great advice on getting and keeping a fire going. I love how you explained the 3 elements of fire, heat, fuel and o2. Also how you explained the different sizes to make the fire, tinder, kindling, and fuel. Great video. It was outstanding.
Dude, sick beard 🤘🏻
Outstanding and good to go!
Outstanding!
Best video on this topic I've seen in years. Finally, someone else who can make a sustainable fire with no smoke.
Thanks! This is a super simple and well explained concept! I'll update all my forebuilding processes to mimic it. Also I love the termonology of Pencil, finger and thumb sized gets it started, then "anything larger than a thumb" for "fuel". Makes it easy to explain to kids or non campers of EXACTLY what is needed. Awesome video!
As always a comprehensive and entertaining video. Thanks for sharing Sir.
I like watching other people's fire videos, sometimes you learn tips that help in various situations. My thing is when starting fires preparation is the key, a basic understanding of the fire triangle doesn't hurt either. Good video.
This is a superb video. I especially like the "V-with-a-roof" technique. The "why limit yourself" concept is very good---no one ever used too much tinder or kindling.
Thanks for another OUTSTANDING video.☺💛
I like the arrow idea and laying the 3rd bunch on top to pull over after ignition. Gives you proper access to the tinder then good placement of the kindling. Plus you have it pointed in the direction of the wind. To be honest a fire like this would be hard not to light. Good video
Great video
Another "outstanding" video with tons of solid info, succinctly presented, always including the "why" and not just the how. "Fire likes chaos" is worth the price of admission boss. As always Shawn, God bless you and your family and thank you for sharing.
-Dave
Cpl. Kelly you are the fire god . With a fire like that you should have enough time to do the 3 S’s and we know what that is . Thanks again for your video , waiting on the next one , carry-on Cpl. !
I really got to thank you corporal, this video helped some boy in Toronto start his first fire and sustain it too!
Apparently the algorithm thinks I need to watch this again 2 years later. So I did. But only because the video is awesome.
Great video! The amount of tinder/sapwood used here could work in a PNW Winter. This fire lay would have a good chance of working in the most challenging situation: wet miserable conditions. I love the parts about making a V stick pile to ameliorate the effects of wind. Call me old fashioned, but I also teach the Scouts to clear an area to bare dirt 6 feet in diameter, and make a double ring of stones, if not available then earth clods with air vents. We save the debris to one side in a pile to cover and hide the whole thing at the end with the goal being that no-one could detect the location of our fire activity. How about a video of putting out a fire, (sprinkle-stir-repeat) method and then cover over with leaf litter to reconstitute the existing forest floor. You would make an excellent visiting speaker to Boy Scouts. Kind regards, Ted
Ted Hanley - nice comments !!! There is still much more to fire. Let’s put the person in a rain storm and tell them they must survive with a fire while it’s raining. Watching naked-afraid you see how impossible Fire becomes.
I like the beard
It’s about time you decided to look the part
Best fire I’ve seen made
As always just a great straight forward explanation! Keep up the great work!
The kindling V was the biggest takeaway for me. I find that no matter how much I know, I can always pick up at least 1 or 2 tips watching someone else perform a craft.
Far north bushcraft and survival has a great video explaining the three elements of a fire, really great info if you are looking for more...and great vid dude, keep it up..:)
It's amazing how some people believe that a single spark could set a whole log on fire. Great video, as always!
Love your videos
I wish I had friends who were into camping and survival bushcraft etc
I once drove from VA out to Montana and Idaho
So cool , wilderness is life changing.
Good for the soul !!!
Thankyou for another brilliant vid. Having been taught in the British Army, I adore seeing as many variations on a common theme as possible (Les Hiddins shout-out).
Sterling work, sir.
Regards, Mark.
I’m getting a great education, getting ready for the basic course in the spring. Thank you for this.
Your teaching skills are amazing
I've always been a natural at building fires but always open to more knowledge and never disappointed with the content I get from your channel!
Awesome vid. Got a couple different ideas from this one. Thanks.
Wow, seems like some toes got stepped on! 🤣🤣🤣outstanding!
That's the remnants of poison ivy so let's go over there......HILARIOUS....my son and I love your stuff and your sense of humor as well!!!!
I'm learning so much! Thank you!
High speed corporal!
Great classic demonstration.
Good useful vid there Shawn. Its always good to see a fire started and maintained well, which you do exceptionally. Keep the faith Corp.
All your videos are excellent CK, this one and your wet weather fire video are two of my faves. You clearly demonstrate in both videos the importance of preparation. The actual burning part is easy, it’s taking the time to gather enough smalls to burn and create that hot coal bed that makes the difference between successfully sustaining a fire versus getting a fire started only to have it “smoke, smolder, and die out.”
came for the gear stayed for the salutes
Superb instruction. Thank you.
Exactly how its done!! Glad to finally see a video of a proper fire lay. Thanks for sharing brother!
Wonderful Corporal! Very basic instruction, but wonderfully explained and laid out! Thank you, and Sempre Fi!
Thank you Corporal for showing us how to start a proper fire.
Another great one, thanks Corporal