Mr. Canterbury, I'm certainly no professional Grizzly Adams, but that was easily the best tutorial I've ever seen on fire prep and starting. Thank you for the great info about high-resin wood vs. denser slower-burning wood and everything else.
Im really enjoying this series. Hope different topics in other series are to follow. Fire school, primitive shelter school, etc....great job,Dave. You make the best informative videos on RUclips.
I love that you described the variables and workarounds. You used freshly dampened stuff like what I typically find when on a scout, and then made it work.. It would have been easy to store your resources in the garage for a few weeks to dry then look like a hero because you made fire so quickly. Thanks Dave.
Enjoying thd series Dave, keep them coming. You can always tell when someone knows what he's doing, when he doesn't waste movement! Every action has a purpose.
I can't believe someone mentioned the possibility of grabbing poison ivy for tinder. The first thing I was taught as a young boy before I left the safety and comfort of my lawn was to identify poison ivy, my father even rubbed it on the back of my hand to serve as an unforgettable lesson as to it's identification and effect. I never forgot that. Hence, it is the first lesson I teach a beginner, either child or adult. Good series Dave
Doug Allen child abuse? abuse would be letting a child go out without that knowledge. could lead to much worse consequences. there are different ways of teaching a lesson and are all as effective as Dougs, so shut up you stupid democrats.
As always great video. The thing I love is that you mention not ringing the tree while getting bark because it will kill the tree. Some folks may not know that is one of the best ways to kill and lose a resource in their area. Not sure if you have talked about it else where, but glad to see it here.
Glad to see you breaking it by hand I just shake my head watching people hack away with their knife at dead limbs, enjoyed the series Dave keep up the great work
I was glad to see you talk about my go to fire resource CEDAR. I know your favorite is the Tulip Poplar and before your videos, I only appreciated it for its flowers. After your videos, I decided to give a bow fire a try, and using cedar for everything (bow, board, spindle, tender, kindling, & fuel). First time out and on the fourth try FIRE.
Great video Dave! Nice blend of modern and 18th century clothing! It's nice to see the Scout again.... best knife I've ever owned.... flat grind is a real slicer.
thank's Dave, it's always good to watch your Video's on a day like today where it has been raining all day at a steady pace here in WV, I had a challenge from my buddy next door he to see which one of us could build a fire using only primitive method's, my buddy kept telling me how he watch's video's on how to do primitive fire, so after the challenge he had failed miserably, while I was sipping on my coffee made over my fire, I told him it take's more that watching a video to make a fire like that, it take's practice which he never dose, but anyway thank's for all the info and keep the video's coming.
Awesome video! It's always a good idea to return to the basics and learn something that you may have missed or even new ideas or ways of doing things. As always, keep up the fantastic work!
Dave, Good video. The thing for me to really take away is to have patience and taking the time to process everything properly for a successful fire. Geoff
Dave, I appreciate what you said about resinous woods tainting the taste of your food. However, here in Colorado the woods we have to choose from are overwhelmingly resinous. Depending on the area, there might be scrub oak, aspen, cottonwood, or something like that. In many cases, though, you don't have a choice. How would you suggest mitigating the tainting effect? Maybe pan frying things as much as possible rather than grilling or roasting them?
When i make fire with flint stone and steel. I use char cloth, Birch bark roll filled with Juniper barks fine fibers. I put the char cloth to the Juniper bark fibers that are in Birch bark roll and blow to it so that it fires up. Then I use that to start my tinder and fire and put out the Juniper Birch roll because I can use it for next fire too so I don't waste it.
OMG, I was getting a bit stressed out as you started stripping the bark off of that living tree. Yikes! That can kill them. Glad that you covered that in the lesson. There is usually enough dead fall that you don't really need to harm living trees most of the time. Great video and lesson! Thank you for what you do!
Great video. I never gave a thought to types of wood for cooking a pine sol tasting rabbit leaves a lot to be desired. Thanks. Oh I had some friends who made the mistake of burning poison ivy and breathing in the smoke. Lets just say the next 2-3 weeks were uncomfortable for them.
Dave, I agree with you on the fact you need to know and only care about the properties and not the species of the plant. Although a good example of what I think that person was trying to convey about the poison ivy is Mountain Loral. As you probably know, mountain loral, it is very commonly found in New England ( Connecticut's state plant/flower). It has a shreddable bark like you were looking for but when you burn it, it releases a toxic gas that, if you breathe it in, it will shut down your body and kill you. Great videos and I'm loving the series.
I've watched several documentaries on the serbo-croat-kosovar conflict. It was always curious to me that all the "backwoods" areas looked like parks (nothing but giant trees, surrounded by open areas. This vid gave me an "ah ha" moment. All the easily gathered firewood was gone from around th bigger trees. Wow! Thanks for your vids.
sometimes when processing the finer materials i almost grind them into a fibrous powder when im breaking them down. I use 2 stones almost like a mortar and pestle, you only need a pinch or so to be the very center of the bird nest.
Hi Dave. Greetings from Ireland. I enjoy your videos immensely and have learnt a great deal through them. Putting the knowledge into to practice is half the fun. I was wondering what your thoughts are regarding fire pits and what sort of proportional distance would you recommend for a tarp & blanket setup from your fire. Obviously size of fire being the main factor.
Dave would you be able to do a video on how to cook and boil water in detail in one of your video's? It would be very helpful and i think many people would benefit from it, Cheers, Jack
Dave has many many videos about those topics already. He probably has even created a playlist on his channel about those topics. Check out his channel my friend.
Cool vest Dave. I'd love some info on it. I know you're a man who appreciates a good hat, maybe you could do an episode on hats. Show off your collection perhaps!
Great video Dave! Any plans to get back to the yurt or make something similar? More 21st century longhunter would be great aswell! I loved that series. Keep up the good work! Mike
Hey dave i live in eastern ohio, and i looked and havent found a video from you on boots. Ive seen the boots you wear in a video or two and wondered your opinion on general boots.
I like how that firelay uses the very first little flames to heat up (and eventually ignite) a whole bunch of kindling/fuel. I don't get it when people have achieved ignition of their tinder and only then start adding pencil sized sticks of tinder one at a time.
You never want to use your saw or axe if you can simply pick up your fuel and swing it against a tree at a right angle to break the fuel into smaller pieces that you can more easily add to your fire.
When was the last time you found a Y in a Douglas fir? You swing the long iece perpendicular against the trunk and it snaps in half against the trunk. With practice you can learn to snap of pieces a couple feet long.
I was taught the teepee and the log cabin method of building a fire--I see that yours most resembles a beaver dam! Haha! Maybe that's what you should call it?
What are the mechanics of taking an ember, below the combustion temp of 451, to the point of combustion by adding air, blowing on it? It appears to me that there is a progression that begins with the creation of an ember that is grown to a cellulose combustible temperature. Am I right or am I missing something. I think it would be useful to understand that process. Thank you.
Have you watched the other videos in this series about creating the ember? Combustion temp is 800 degrees to my knowledge brother? or are you talking Celsius?
Is is aprox the auto ignition temp of paper but I did a quick check and it is not the auto ignition temp for wood, I made the assumption wood = paper, I was wrong. I have been watching them out of order as I can find them. I'm going to watch that one next. Thank you.
Blowing air across it increases the rate of oxygen delivery to the reaction site. This allows more molecules per time to react and release energy, thus more heat per time to be released. Even though some of that heat is carried away with the smoky exhaust air, some of it is radiated and conducted to the surrounding material, and causes a net gain in temperature.
Awesome vid bro ! Dave I have a extreme wet weather fire challenge on my channel its all done with natural fire starters like you showed in this vid It would be awesome if you could participate in the friendly challenge brother it would fit right in with your fire making vids man ! Hope you expect the fire challenge man ! The challenge is also open to all your viewers check out the two part challenge on my channel and participate !
" Fire loves chaos " That is what we call an eye opener. Well done Dave.
Mr. Canterbury, I'm certainly no professional Grizzly Adams, but that was easily the best tutorial I've ever seen on fire prep and starting. Thank you for the great info about high-resin wood vs. denser slower-burning wood and everything else.
Im really enjoying this series. Hope different topics in other series are to follow. Fire school, primitive shelter school, etc....great job,Dave. You make the best informative videos on RUclips.
I love that you described the variables and workarounds. You used freshly dampened stuff like what I typically find when on a scout, and then made it work.. It would have been easy to store your resources in the garage for a few weeks to dry then look like a hero because you made fire so quickly. Thanks Dave.
It never ceases to amaze me with how you accomplish so much with so little...thanks for the making the video!!
Enjoying thd series Dave, keep them coming. You can always tell when someone knows what he's doing, when he doesn't waste movement! Every action has a purpose.
outstanding presentation, very detail oriented. You are a first rate instructor.
The best instructional series on fire making that I have seen anywhere. Thanks Dave
I can't believe someone mentioned the possibility of grabbing poison ivy for tinder.
The first thing I was taught as a young boy before I left the safety and comfort of my lawn was to identify poison ivy, my father even rubbed it on the back of my hand to serve as an unforgettable lesson as to it's identification and effect. I never forgot that.
Hence, it is the first lesson I teach a beginner, either child or adult.
Good series Dave
***** That's not child abuse.
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I hope you're kidding? I'm 56 yo.
Doug Allen child abuse? abuse would be letting a child go out without that knowledge. could lead to much worse consequences. there are different ways of teaching a lesson and are all as effective as Dougs, so shut up you stupid democrats.
Great video Dave, don't forget my favorite for cooking woods, Apple wood or pear.
Alder, vine maple and honey suckle also work too
As always great video. The thing I love is that you mention not ringing the tree while getting bark because it will kill the tree. Some folks may not know that is one of the best ways to kill and lose a resource in their area. Not sure if you have talked about it else where, but glad to see it here.
Glad to see you breaking it by hand I just shake my head watching people hack away with their knife at dead limbs, enjoyed the series Dave keep up the great work
I was glad to see you talk about my go to fire resource CEDAR. I know your favorite is the Tulip Poplar and before your videos, I only appreciated it for its flowers. After your videos, I decided to give a bow fire a try, and using cedar for everything (bow, board, spindle, tender, kindling, & fuel). First time out and on the fourth try FIRE.
Once again this is a great series on fire,great visuals and explanations, also entertaining.
fire loves chaos... awesome video Dave.
Great video Dave! Nice blend of modern and 18th century clothing! It's nice to see the Scout again.... best knife I've ever owned.... flat grind is a real slicer.
Thank you for taking the time to teach and explain. You rock and kick ass. Much respect. Your knowledge given may save lives. Thank you.
thank's Dave, it's always good to watch your Video's on a day like today where it has been raining all day at a steady pace here in WV, I had a challenge from my buddy next door he to see which one of us could build a fire using only primitive method's, my buddy kept telling me how he watch's video's on how to do primitive fire, so after the challenge he had failed miserably, while I was sipping on my coffee made over my fire, I told him it take's more that watching a video to make a fire like that, it take's practice which he never dose, but anyway thank's for all the info and keep the video's coming.
Very nice! I learned more than I would like to admit from this video. Thank you and God bless!
Nice video and cool series, I've been a fan for several year and I enjoy your teaching style
Great Series. Thanks Dave.
Thanks for these videos Dave. I can't wait to try this.
Awesome video! It's always a good idea to return to the basics and learn something that you may have missed or even new ideas or ways of doing things. As always, keep up the fantastic work!
Excellent series,thanks.
Dave, I have to mention that is a very awesome looking vest your wearing.
Dave,
Good video. The thing for me to really take away is to have patience and taking the time to process everything properly for a successful fire.
Geoff
Dave, I appreciate what you said about resinous woods tainting the taste of your food. However, here in Colorado the woods we have to choose from are overwhelmingly resinous. Depending on the area, there might be scrub oak, aspen, cottonwood, or something like that. In many cases, though, you don't have a choice. How would you suggest mitigating the tainting effect? Maybe pan frying things as much as possible rather than grilling or roasting them?
When i make fire with flint stone and steel. I use char cloth, Birch bark roll filled with Juniper barks fine fibers. I put the char cloth to the Juniper bark fibers that are in Birch bark roll and blow to it so that it fires up. Then I use that to start my tinder and fire and put out the Juniper Birch roll because I can use it for next fire too so I don't waste it.
OMG, I was getting a bit stressed out as you started stripping the bark off of that living tree. Yikes! That can kill them. Glad that you covered that in the lesson. There is usually enough dead fall that you don't really need to harm living trees most of the time. Great video and lesson! Thank you for what you do!
Another great video. thanks
Great video. I never gave a thought to types of wood for cooking a pine sol tasting rabbit leaves a lot to be desired. Thanks. Oh I had some friends who made the mistake of burning poison ivy and breathing in the smoke. Lets just say the next 2-3 weeks were uncomfortable for them.
Dave, I agree with you on the fact you need to know and only care about the properties and not the species of the plant. Although a good example of what I think that person was trying to convey about the poison ivy is Mountain Loral. As you probably know, mountain loral, it is very commonly found in New England ( Connecticut's state plant/flower). It has a shreddable bark like you were looking for but when you burn it, it releases a toxic gas that, if you breathe it in, it will shut down your body and kill you. Great videos and I'm loving the series.
Digging the series.. sadly I seem to only have western red cedar.. but I did find some birch.
Thanks for the video
I've watched several documentaries on the serbo-croat-kosovar conflict. It was always curious to me that all the "backwoods" areas looked like parks (nothing but giant trees, surrounded by open areas.
This vid gave me an "ah ha" moment.
All the easily gathered firewood was gone from around th bigger trees.
Wow!
Thanks for your vids.
Hey I love your videos. Can you make a video on how to sharpen knives and what kind of sharpners.
Another great video Dave. The progression of fire.
BTW great vest. Details?
sometimes when processing the finer materials i almost grind them into a fibrous powder when im breaking them down. I use 2 stones almost like a mortar and pestle, you only need a pinch or so to be the very center of the bird nest.
You've taught me so much!
Hi Dave, going retro on jour clothing?
Absolute great vid ... great education.
Thanks man.
How do you maintain a fire at night without feed it every hour or 2, when you are sleeping? Dave amazing information.
Hi Dave. Greetings from Ireland.
I enjoy your videos immensely and have learnt a great deal through them.
Putting the knowledge into to practice is half the fun.
I was wondering what your thoughts are regarding fire pits and what sort of proportional distance would you recommend for a tarp & blanket setup from your fire. Obviously size of fire being the main factor.
Thanks for the great video in this series. What about the fuel that is available on the west coast?
Liking the 18th century ware. Very Nice! Are you off to a period event or just wearing something awesome?
Great stuff, Dave! Really enjoying this series. On a side note, I'd be very interested in where you got that vest.
Keep the great vids, brother!
What knife are you using in this video? (I ask because it's clearly different from the usual Mora bushcraft)
I just realized folks it's not the Ohio grass man out their in the woods it's just Dave Canterbury.
Dave would you be able to do a video on how to cook and boil water in detail in one of your video's? It would be very helpful and i think many people would benefit from it, Cheers, Jack
Dave has many many videos about those topics already. He probably has even created a playlist on his channel about those topics. Check out his channel my friend.
Did you intend to light the fire lay on the downwind side to make the initial progression slower or don't you care?
Cool vest Dave. I'd love some info on it.
I know you're a man who appreciates a good hat, maybe you could do an episode on hats. Show off your collection perhaps!
Great video Dave! Any plans to get back to the yurt or make something similar? More 21st century longhunter would be great aswell! I loved that series.
Keep up the good work!
Mike
could you add pine sap/resin to your birds nest to help ignition?
Hey dave i live in eastern ohio, and i looked and havent found a video from you on boots. Ive seen the boots you wear in a video or two and wondered your opinion on general boots.
He did a boots video several years ago. Even toured the manufacturer.
I like how that firelay uses the very first little flames to heat up (and eventually ignite) a whole bunch of kindling/fuel. I don't get it when people have achieved ignition of their tinder and only then start adding pencil sized sticks of tinder one at a time.
Thanks
You never want to use your saw or axe if you can simply pick up your fuel and swing it against a tree at a right angle to break the fuel into smaller pieces that you can more easily add to your fire.
and then it hits you in the face
be safe brother
Only if you are a baffoon and swinging incrrectly.
hartstudebakerkid the proper way to break down large fuel is to find a "y" in a live green tree. it takes less energy and it has no risks.
When was the last time you found a Y in a Douglas fir? You swing the long iece perpendicular against the trunk and it snaps in half against the trunk. With practice you can learn to snap of pieces a couple feet long.
Good job brother......mostly common sense.
Still watching your shit years later. Refresher course.
South Shields, North East of England.
Is that poison ivy or poison oak? I have been taught if it grows on a tree like that it's poison oak.
Love that vest, whos the maker?
I was taught the teepee and the log cabin method of building a fire--I see that yours most resembles a beaver dam! Haha! Maybe that's what you should call it?
muito bom.
Tier 1 of woodscraft
What kind of outer garment is that you are wearing?
thank you for a great series. Bubba
What does poison ivy do?
Cool
What are the mechanics of taking an ember, below the combustion temp of 451, to the point of combustion by adding air, blowing on it? It appears to me that there is a progression that begins with the creation of an ember that is grown to a cellulose combustible temperature. Am I right or am I missing something. I think it would be useful to understand that process. Thank you.
Have you watched the other videos in this series about creating the ember? Combustion temp is 800 degrees to my knowledge brother? or are you talking Celsius?
Is is aprox the auto ignition temp of paper but I did a quick check and it is not the auto ignition temp for wood, I made the assumption wood = paper, I was wrong. I have been watching them out of order as I can find them. I'm going to watch that one next. Thank you.
Blowing air across it increases the rate of oxygen delivery to the reaction site. This allows more molecules per time to react and release energy, thus more heat per time to be released. Even though some of that heat is carried away with the smoky exhaust air, some of it is radiated and conducted to the surrounding material, and causes a net gain in temperature.
Blow, if it glows... it goes. All the mechanics you need to know right there brother.
Lol my mission is complete. I found this on his property and asked him what its called he said its honeysuckle vine. Boom. The more you know.
where does fire loves chaos come from?
Krishna.
should have taken the wind direction into account so it blows into the tinder bundle...
Awesome vid bro ! Dave I have a extreme wet weather fire challenge on my channel its all done with natural fire starters like you showed in this vid It would be awesome if you could participate in the friendly challenge brother it would fit right in with your fire making vids man ! Hope you expect the fire challenge man ! The challenge is also open to all your viewers check out the two part challenge on my channel and participate !
haha poison ivy to start a fire..another troll comment
i cringed when he touched the posion ivy.