Solo Winter Bushcraft Camp - Upside Down Fire, Envelope Tarp Shelter, and More Snow
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
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Rob Thomson
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You know when I watch your videos it reminds me how my ancestors were like when they came here from Britain a few hundred years ago struggling to get on in America. They still have that quirky British sense of humor you show in your videos. Lol.
Love the vid!! Insights into wood procurement and processing....My #1 rule (I'm 58 now) is work the thickest part of the log while I have my most strength. Process from thick to thin so you don't end up having a lot of work to do after you've done a lot of work. Keep the vids coming!!
Did not see this the first time it aired, but watching now and you're as entertaining now as back then; thank you for sharing your camp with us and sharing your experience to👍👍👍👍👍
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You are fun-ny man! I totally appreciate that your sense of humor keeps you company out there!
You like the train that keep tracking . You never gave up on that fire . Your not like the other channels . That only show how good they are ! I subscribe to you because your the real Bushcraft man .
Thanks Bubbles! I really appreciate that because I really do try to show the good the bad and the ugly all from a beginners perspective
I agree 100%.
Presenter + comments cracked me up so much, I subscribed! Keep the humor & experiences coming😎
Thank you! I'll do my best
Great video again! It’s good to see you learn and develop your skills! I regularly use the upside down fire, it seems to last for ages and you don’t have to keep topping it up! . Keep the vids coming b&b!
I have recently discovered your channel and love watching your videos. Not only do you know what you are doing but also being handsome doesnt hurt towards the entertainment value.
Thanks mate! That is very kind of you to say
Hahahaha oh boy, 😃first the dance and singing and then the frustration but hey you light the fire 👍💜💛🔥⛺well done.
Haha thanks Crissa! Can be tricky sometimes lol but just have to stick with it
Your roll play with about your displeasure for the stiff gloves killed me. I like your sense of humour 😂👍 “It’s gonna be a great truck in a year”
눈이 내리고 있는데 불이 피어나네요, 고군분투 끝에 승리하셨네요~고생의시간이 아닌 힐링의 시간이 되시길~~~
I forgot to mention something in my last comment. I noticed when you were gathering wood that you bent some thin branches and took them back to camp. If they bend, they are too wet. Dry twigs will snap when bent. Snap the dry twigs down to 4 or 5 inches and put them in a bag. Laying them on the ground will cause them to absorb water and work against your fire. You may want to check out Nagualero... that guy is a master. Also the Corporal's Corner. He is a military instructor and has the best instructional videos with the best lashing and knot instructions I've ever seen.. (Knots and lashings have been my weak point).. but his instructions and demonstrations are excellent as is the camera work. He explains everything in detail and you can see the techniques extremely well. Nagualero doesn't speak much, but he doesn't have to. now i'll shut up.
Good advice for sure. I sub to both those channels. I,m going to sub to this young man as well. Cheers from BC Canada.
Well intended
Haha man you are so funny and educational. I love the way you covey your content! You're on your way to a million subs man! Keep it up!
Oh wow, thanks Shelby! a million subs would be awesome, I really appreciate that and thank you for the support mate
I had never seen an upside down fire before this!! Very impressive! I really like your channel and will share!
You can get more insulation, and a springier bed, if you put green pine branches under the tarp. The branches trap the air, and help stop the snow from melting against the tarp or ground sheet. They also don’t get punctures or leaks, which could be fatal if your mattress deflates in the night...
Cool Video 👍
Thank U for the Info and the Links 👍
Thanks man! Glad you found them helpful
You are sooo amusing!!! I love your silliness.
My first thought for softening your gloves was also saddle soap, but honestly, bag balm has always been the best leather softener for me.
Thanks Jason! No one has suggested bag balm yet so I'll take a look, thanks
Another great video, all the best from Scotland 🏴👍🏕😎👌
Chilly and FISH???
All the rest is absolutely fantastic. You're a real pioneer. New things come from trial and error. Not that the upside-down fire is a total failure at all.
Thanks for the upload, I really enjoyed it.
Thanks mate! Glad you enjoyed the video! haha Chilli and fish would not have been my first choice at all lol, sometimes I go out and buy stuff to bring, other times I just have to grab what's in the cabinets/freezer. I have an idea for the upside down fire in a future video
It is really great to live alone and free among nature without noise or noise😍👌🏻
the Soufian especially without noise as well
When I was a kid, 1950's we used mink oil and beeswax heated together, then rubbed in to soften and waterproof
Boiled linseed oil and bees wax.let them soak in it then put them by the stove or fire to warm up so it soaks in and drys out
Good video, thank you for taking us with you!
I use a mixture of five parts Mink Oil, two parts Beeswax, and two parts Pine Rosin on my leathers. It might help you or maybe it just takes time and use.
Anyway, my mixture will not hurt the leather.
The pine rosin helps delay rot, mold, and mildew.
For my work gloves, I soak them in some water before a planned hard days work. Put them on and go to working them. As they dry start adding mink oil. By the end of the day there broke in. Don't stop till there dry and have plenty of mink oil
When you have a few days to play with the gloves take some snow seal, rub it in thick and put them near a heat source like on a wire rack ontop of a cast iron fireplace. Let them dry and then repeat a few more times working the gloves everytime they dry. It should break them in.
Just found your channel other day im liking the videos mate that looks like a great forest
Thanks mate! Yeah it's a really beautiful spot, lot's of cool things to see and do up here
You might want to try Lanolin Oil. Fairly easy to get. We use to use it to recondition the back of animal skin rugs after cleaning them (I had a cleaning business.) The only question would be if the waterproofing kept it from working. I just subscribed to your channel. Keep up the videos very entertaining and worthwhile. Thanks, Steve
Thanks Steve! I'll give it a try, why not. I tried mink oil on them and it helped with the waterproofing but they're still stiff as a board as we say!
I love all the failed attempts at fire lighting...there is much more of that than first attempts successes.
Thats the way firerod works. It take 30 minutes and two fingers.
나는자연인이다.
A bit of nail varnish remover on a cotton wool ball, just a dab, and it will go nicely.
Yes, I know it defeats the object of bushcraft but if you just want to get your campfire going ...
OMG... your forest is beautiful! Enjoy the video and your sense of humor👍
P.s I think the fire would have been fine... I think you just needed to space the logs more so the Embers could drop down into the spaces instead of off the sides : )
Makers Mark is top shelf booze here in the States! Glad I found this video. Very entertaining!
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Years ago when Makers Mark first hit the “Super secret excellent whiskey you never heard of”, someone gave me a bottle.
I still have all of it but two fingers worth.
I STILL can’t get the taste out of my highly refined mouth.
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Gorgeous and I love it in nature !
Loved this, laughed so much. Build a bonfire, build a bonfire, put the birch bark on the top, put the hard wood in the bottom and burn the bloody lot 🔥🔥😉😉😉
Hello my outdoors friend, thank you for sharing another informative and entertaining video. I always enjoy your winter time videos. Have you tried neatsfoot oil on your leather gloves? I have used neatsfoot oil on baseball gloves for years. Give it a try and I'm sure that you will be impressed. You won't have to wait for a year. Please keep up your great videos. All the best to you.
Stay healthy. 🤗
Thanks Ronald! No I haven't tried it yet, some other people recommended it too. I used the mink oil on them but that didn't really seem to help loosen them up at all so I need to try something else
@@BrooksandBirches
I got a good chuckle out of your description of the "herbal remedy"!! Rosehips, goat testicles, etc , etc.!
Interesting video :D you had a really hard time starting the fire and i can't understand why you tried to light the birch bark that way. You should take a peeled piece of bark, scrape it a little and then throw a few sparks at it and it will burn quite immediately. Then you should use the flame to burn other bark pieces. When you have a few burning pieces, you should add twigs but keep them raised from the bark, if needed keeping them raised using your hand until they dry. You suffucated the fire more than once putting all those wet stick over the bark. These are suggestions from real experience and you will struggle a lot less!!! Ah, somebody else suggested you to buy a light my fire firesteel: those are shorter than your but work greatly. That said, really enjoyed your video.
About fifty years ago, a friend had a pair of shoes handmade in the Swiss Alps. When he picked them up, the cobbler said they needed to discuss waterproofing. Mink oil, said my friend! Oh heavens no, said the cobbler!! That stuff rots the leather! Use silicone!!
Moral of the story is, use a *small* amount of mink oil to soften your gloves, and copious amounts of silicone to waterproof them!! They'll last much longer!
Btw, part of the reason for your trouble with the fire was that the dry, exposed innards of the wood you split were facing down, away from the flames!!
Just one of the best channels of this type. You bring out the booze and I am there! Luv ya man!
IT was the singing and dancing that made me subscribe lol.
haha thanks buddy! Glad you liked it
You got patience, I say that. You are a breath of fresh air to watch, you don’t pretend to be an expert like many other campers think they are. You are trial by error type of guy, trying new and different things. Love your videos and you are funny, to boot! BTW, what state do you live in? Sorry if I missed that in a previous video.
Impresionant! Superb! Felicitări! 👏👏👏👍👍👍
You crack me up and you self amuse pretty entertaining 😂 area you are in looks lot like my area in Maine
Thanks Dotty! Pretty similar area to Maine up in the Adirondacks
Next time you do the upside-down fire do Log Cabin stack at the top that way you have a fire pit in the middle to put your Kinnelon in😎
Agreed....needed to have some space, also, between the logs as you stack to allow for ventilation and as Bob Smith for adding kindling....try the Swedish torch next time....
One...potato......two.....potato..........
Beautiful scenery !
LOL...
Love video, location in the woods. Camping is hard work, trying to make yourself a little comfortable. Watching you work, made me tired, HaHaHaHa
Thanks Nancy!! Yes it is! It's actually more fun in the winter because I feel like I have more camp chores to do, in the summer I feel like I want to be moving a lot more
Great video. Fire got going, so that's great. Do you think a wooden fire reflector would be helpful... I know you don't use it much for heat during sleeping, the fire that is..... Looked like a long day for you... Keep it up
I think a fire reflector would be very helpful with something like this because you lose a lot of heat out the opposite side anyway but this fire was awesome!
@@BrooksandBirches yep it did, it actually lasted longer than I expected, in a way I think it turned out good. Surprised you have time for cooking, but doing all that plus video it must be tough. I tend to collect birch and twigs and wrap them in a bundle before I trek, saves abit of time, not much. But appreciate the time you put in, the videoes are developing well.
Everytime I watching video like this I also feel the cold... ahahahahahahah.... home Quarantine brought me here....😊😊😊😋
You sir and great woodsman I have enjoy watching your videos very educational was you in the military Or father or granddad teacher you all them skillets ? Just wondering
Thanks Johnny! I was fortunate enough to grow up in the countryside so being outdoors was just part and parcel and my Dad taught me how to light fires when I was a kid but for the most part what I'm doing now is just self taught from books and the internet
The truck skit is hilarious...🤣
hahaha thanks bud!
Hi mate.this was most excellent and funny.thank you for these good quality vids.
Dad had one of those saws when they first came out. He always had 2 extra wingnuts in his kit in case he lost one.
It's a good idea Bob! I almost lost them a couple of times
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谢谢，我的朋友
I love the interview about the gloves how true!!!
A good quality folding saw hand down. I’ve never been a fan of those triangle bush saws
Pastinya dingin sekali cuacanya, tetap semangat ya friend....😎
this is real life- having a time getting a fire going. You kept at it. Not always easy in damp conditions.
Thanks Vincent! I appreciate that because I've had so many comments telling me to just bring a lighter but as I pointed out I always have a lighter on me but I persevered because some times you might not have the option of a lighter
Makers mark is good stuff, nice job.
You are dancing jarave Tapatio amigo 😂 good video and good moves 👍👍😎
haha thanks man!!
I really don’t watch videos like this but you made it really Interesting and funny lol I can’t wait to see more .
Thanks Rhianna!
Robert, scrape off a little pile of the magnesium onto the birch bark, hold ur knife stationary and pull ur rod towards you. This way you won't knock everything off.
Just found your page through recommended section of RUclips. Love these kind of videos. Time to binge watch all your vids :D Cheers from Canada, and a new subscriber!
Great video mate did make me smile.
Thanks Mark!
I like your style robert. it seems alot of the people in bushcraft vids posted don't know how to "relax" lol. thanks for the reply regarding the sausage. haven't seen them at the wallys here in rochester. keep the videos coming kid. they bring back lots of found memories.
Thanks Thomas! I agree, some of them are so serious all the time and it's hardly ever like that when you go camping lol so I'm glad you like the style mate, all the best, Rob
@@BrooksandBirches DUDE ! you're picking subs like crazy......three thousand since I viewed.your first vid. its so cool you're doing these vids in the NY north countrty. AMERICA..........FUCK YEAH.
Great video, mate! Paint that wing nut orange or red-maybe put a reflective piece of tape on it. Park your gloves under a car tire while they are folded up-works wonders for a baseball glove at least. Cheers
Thank you! Yeah I need to do something about the wing nut because it is just asking for trouble right now
Mink oil works well and so does dubbin .Rub it in well and your leather should soften up nicely and will be waterproof too. *hack* if you put the gloves ( after treatment) in a plastic bag overnight it seems to help the process. Good luck !!
Thank you!
Another great video mate, love the honesty of your films, great job! Are you revisiting the shelter build series, as really enjoyed those 👍
Thanks mate!! Yeah hopefully I will, I seem to do a lot of shelter stuff in the spring because of less bugs and in the fall I just like to make the most of the seasons
2 words for you, 1 product..."mink oil", helps soften and also waterproof your gloves. also that saw.....get a silky. upside downs- good for dry wood, also need to leave spacing between lower logs so that the hot coals can drop down thru. being wet needed to build a regular fire on top of the large bottom logs and place some of your cut pieces around it to help dry them out.
Apologies if you've already heard this but I believe the ridges on your fire steel form because you aren't applying enough pressure. Ime, the best way to fix this is to plant your fire steel firmly into the birch bark and apply downward pressure with both hands. In this scenario I would've used a thick piece of bark on the ground to hold my tinder while I strike it, applying pressure right down to the ground without fear of knocking over my fire lay. Then I would transplant my burning tinder onto the upside down fire. Cheers!
Thanks mate!! I do struggle with that quite a bit to be honest, I should really apply more pressure but I always get worried about messing up my knife! Which I know I shouldn't because the knife is way harder than the ferro rod!
@@BrooksandBirches do you use the knife blade or spine? I think a knife with a rough ground 90 degree spine would be ideal for striking, and spare the blade. I don't have one so I'm using the silly little metal striker that came with the rod, but I don't reccomend that, it's so hard on the thumb. I've considered grinding the back of my knife to rough it up a bit.
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Gracias mi amigo!!
Brill mate, great video, working my way through your play list 👍
Thanks Jon!! Really glad you like them mate!
Man you seriously had to work for that fire! Great job not giving up on it though!
Great video mate, wish we had snow in Piedmont NC like that...
Thanks mate! I wish we would get some snow like this right now! Not been a good year for snow so far
Great video my friend! Never had much use for an up side down fire 🔥, it seems it takes for ever to get good heat from them especially in the extreme cold... ATVB to You..
Sorry I totally downvoted your comment by mistake, then changed it to an upvote to make up for it.
If you scratch a piece of birch with the back of your knife to get a powder it will take a spark easier. light it on top of the first wrist size wood which has the inside facing up and has beed split two or three times. that exposes more dry innards and creates more rough edges for the flames to catch. Then add crushed up birch, and all the very small sticks (up to pencil thickness) and be generous. then finger thickness and then thumb thickness like a standard fire built on top of a base log. you just need more air to wood ratio. you want to get as many embers as possible, then dropping embers will fall and light the lower wood as long as the split side is facing up. Looks like fun. wish I were there. good luck.
I've lighted fires with much shittier and smaller ferro rods, so I would assume you were doing something wrong. My ferro rods were getting ridges only when I didn't apply proper pressure with the knife/striker, or was striking them at a weird angle. Other than that, I find your videos very nice and entertaining :) can't wait to be able to get outside again.
Thanks Filip! Yeah someone else mentioned that it was probably the knife of my spine getting too rounded and I think they were right, the edge was too blunt to get a decent strike
@@BrooksandBirches sure nothing a good file can't fix 😊
That upside down fire is impressive a lot of wood there and a lot of work to get it finished
Yeah it was! It's not a great cooking fire but awesome for a night time burner
On your next log cabin fire. You should layer between each stack of logs put twigs, or dry stuff. Then you start your fire at the bottom. Keep up the great vids.
Thanks Benjamin!
You should carry vaseline soaked makeup remover pads in a ziplok bag. They are useful as chapsticks, and they light easily and burn for a while, even in the rain.
Fire burns better upwards, so teepee fires are better for damp wood. If you can build it over stones, they will retain heat after the fire goes out.
It looks like you're inside of a beautiful Christmas card, Rob.
Thank you! It really was beautiful after a nice fluffy snowfall
Lol, the whole glove rant and truck analogy. I know I'm a year late to the party, but I softened work jeans before by soaking them in Epsom salt and hot water for a few hours then running them through the wash. Might ponder giving that a try.
Thats not a bad idea, Im pretty sure I have a bunch of epsom salt somewhere in the house but I also ended up buying some other gloves lol, I forgot mine on the way to do some work and had to grab a pair that I now love
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If you are hiking and run out of water, find a red spruce that has spruce gum dripping on the outside bark and has hardened. Cut some off and chew it to get some saliva. If you can find some wintergreen leaves or berries, chew that with the gum for flavor. Yellow birch twigs will do in a pinch for wintergreen flavor. Don't use red Partridge berries.
You've got to run over those gloves with your truck a few times. Used to do that with new carhartt jackets. Leather jackets used to get run over by my Harley.
I wish we have this kind of weather and awesome place here in my country T_T anyway great video!
Ok that’s crazy funny with the gloves
Haha thanks Kathie!
I like that shelter set up, pretty cool!
Hey Robert you have come a long way since you first started good job buddy .I hope to see a tone more of your video. Hey what kind of tarp are you using in this video ?
Hey Anthony!! Thanks so much buddy! I am using an aqua quest guide series 10x10
@@BrooksandBirches thank you buddy love the video and keep up the good work .I would love to go camping with you one day your kick ass have a great day.
If you make the stack square (not a pyramid) the fire will remain on top and burn through the stack. Another great vid. subbed
Ok nice! Good to know man, I appreciate the tip thank you!
At 40:24... Your reaction makes me smile :) I like your camping videos 👍
Your channel’s awesome Chad, looks like it’s growing nicely too, great vids bro 👍🏻 Adz🇬🇧👊🏻
Cheers bredda! Appreciate it man, thanks for checking it out mate! Hopefully see you in the summer
Brooks & Birches yeah man we should go do something when you’re over here bro 🏕🎣
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Hey thanks for sharing! love the commentary too.
HELLO, from chihuahua mexico, put a washer, that will help with your saw, on your gloves put butter and warm them next to the fire and after that they are waterproof and soft.
Thank you! Happy new year!
Beautiful video. Thank you
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So funny 😂 I had so many laugh watching your video . For the gloves well...put them in the garbage and buy à new pair in a store where you can actually try them before buying 😌, and for the wing nut , well tape a few extra to the handle of your saw or buy a silky Bigboy. Glad I sub to your channel, It's like watching Mr Bean bushcrafting 😂
Thanks for the video, take care !
haha thank you! I'll be sure to give that a try
Makers mark on the rocks with some ginger ale is nice.
Sounds good to me Karl!
Too bad I am just watching this now but I used to repair and condition baseball gloves and some good tips are leather conditioner and constant use to break them in. Also at sports stores they sell a foam, like shaving cream that you rub in the leather and put them in the oven for a few minutes. . But if you do, for furture use, condition them again with the leather dressing after each time you put them in the oven. I used to use Pecard leather dressing for all the ball gloves. Catchers mitts were a pain so that is how I used to break them in faster plus taking them to batting cages and catch instead of hit
Love the thing about the gloves 😂👍🏼🤣
haha thanks mate
The gloves look like heavy duty work gloves, and they are made to stay durable. Your only bet would be to soak the outsides in a leather oil or dubbin, which will keep them waterproof and more supple. In WW2, they used to soak their new boots in urine to stop them squeaking, then melt boot polish into them to make them softer...
You should call Give'r.
Possibly the best leather glove ever.
Stiff as hell out of the box. Two or three wearings and they conform to your hands and are good to go.
They even make a waterproof and heatproof vesion to reach right into your fire.
With your subscriber numbers maybe they can front you some for a review.
Love my pair.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks David! I've never heard of them before but it's definitely worth reaching out for sure. Thanks bud!