Just saying back in the early 80's over here in the states we had a boys group called The Royal Rangers much like the more well known Boy Scouts. In an old camping book we had the fire you show is/was called the Criss Cross Fire. And there was more of an air gap say a finger size gap between all the lower fire wood. Personally I would love to buy from someone like you a big chunk of British Flint fot flint & steel fire starting.
On the money again Mike. The belt loop for an axe/hatchet is a genius idea but yet so obvious now haha I’ll be using that on my next visits to my camp. Cheers man.
Es ist immer gut neue oder alte Tipps zu sehen. Es macht mir schon seit Jahren Spaß dir dabei zu zusehen. Vielen Dank dafür und viele Grüße aus Deutschland 👋
Another brilliant video Mike, you are a very clever man just like your dad. Keep them coming Mike. I'm looking forward to Friday night to see what your dad puts up. Great work. 😉👍
@@condor1961 what is so difficult in understanding his question? Who is his Dad? Like, who is he? Is there a name? Does he have a RUclips channel? So on, so on, and so on.
You can make the upside down fire last a lot longer if you fill the gaps in each layer with a bit of dirt. This reduces the airflow, so it will burn slower and the flames need longer to get to the next layer. Especially on windy days this is helpful.
Thank you for the tip! These are great ideas in the comment section. I plan on moving out of the city as soon as possible. My parents have taught me survival my whole life and about the apocalypse, Except the wilderness is so much more peaceful, that's the main reason I want to move away. I'm bringing my parents too and that's definite yes, they don't have a choice lol. I'm gonna take care of them, like they did for me.
I love these quick tip videos they’re so full of knowledge in a short and very well organised format. One thing I would love to see is all your different bits of kit laid out in evolution i.e. how you came to find that canvas tent/poncho and what bit of kit you were originally using that led to it/other items. I know for example you probably use a different knife, axe or saw from when you started but I’d love to see your journey from where started to now through the kit you use.
Excellent Video: You never cease to amaze me with your bush craft. Fire is always needed in a bush craft situation and after watching what you do, I now have probably 20 to 25 ways to start a fire when needed. Thanks for sharing your bush craft knowledge. I really appreciate what you do to keep the survival bush craft trade going. Great job.
I once gutted and cooked some small Tuna over the same camp fire structure as shown in the video. Thank you Mike for your constant bushcraft tips videos they are very effective and I think everyone watching them has learnt some very vital skills.
Dear my brother, I do like your video very much from Cambodia 🇰🇭 . Your skill was teaching me every my camping. Can I reaction your video and share your skill to the world ?
I knew most of these but I still enjoyed the excellent video. Always good to refresh knowledge. Didn't know about the grass in among the moss so a great piece of new learning. Thanks. Keep up the great work
Very nice tips as always. But if you are in an area with some winds it is important to not make the "reverse log" fire technic, and also invest in some stones fore outside protection against winds.
You could keep it smaller vertically by using smaller logs. You can also dig a fire “pit” that would lower the coals below ground level. If there’s not enough oxygen to keep it burning, make a dakota fire pit for extra air.
The upside down fire method or swiss method as it's also called is also very good for woodburning stoves indoors. It creates way less smoke and less sud in the pipe of the chimney.
4:00 Tri-pod hanger. As a Boy Scout some decades ago, one of the camp "tools" we had to make up and use was a pothanger. In those years mattress chain was very common and very cheap (still widely used in UK for hanging baskets of flowers!), so still available. At each end we'd attach a hook made from one link unfolded. Loop one hook around the sticks above the tie point and down to the chain, and the other hook around the pot handle and back up the chain to the correct height you want. Perfect, and very flexible. 4:19 Hatchet. Oh yes, controversial subject. I'm afraid I'm not a fan, because I believe I can get by without one, in favour of a nice big camp knife (a love started all those years ago as a Boy Scout!). For cutting tools, I would have a different set of tools, which together, cover all the bases (in my humble opinion). Firstly, and not negotiable, a folding saw (A Silky Gomboy if weight is a problem, or a Bigboy if not). Then a large knife, 7" blade at least (my choice: Cold Steel Trail Master San Mai iii). This would most likely be attached to my pack while moving. Also, I would have a belt knife which would be on my belt at all times (here I'd go for the CD SRK (sabre grind). This will deal with most medium size tasks around camp. Lastly, I would also have a multi-tool for all those incidental tasks around camp or on the move (Victorinox Hercules). This I would carry on a lanyard and hanging inside my trousers pocket. The lanyard must have a snap hook for quick disengagement when needed. These four together would not weigh much more than an axe and pouch, and be much more convenient to carry and use, and much more flexible. (Although, I must admit an axe is a lot of fun to use!). Thanks for a very interesting video.
These are great tips for fire starting that upside down fire is very interesting I'd like to add something if you don't mind I have read and also found this to be true that guitar picks when lit are actually great sources of starting a fire what I've done in the past is put 3 or 4 guitar picks on a lighter and wrap them in electrical and that right there is my fire starting kit the lighter and the guitar picks along with the electrical tape
Here is another quick tip. If its really wet and the dead grass or other tinder aswell, Put it into a pocket inside your jacket. Your body and the fabric will dry it quite fast. Perfect if you didnt find a good spot to camp yet but found already some tinder. And here is the next tip. Take everything with you that might be useful while searching for a camp spot, unless its really heavy. But some tree sap or birch bark is always nice to have and you dont know if you will find it near your camp spot.
The upside-down-fire IMHO is one of the best inventions ever made, far superior to a usual tipi-fire. Even dry wood contains some 20% water and with a tipi-fire the heat goes up through a huge pile of wood, causing the water to evaporate/steam, reducing the temperature, disabeling the oil, resin and wax in the wood to ignite and create lots of gray or black smoke, which is highly toxic. Once the water is gone, the rest of the wood will burn away quickly in a raging fire. The upside-down-fire only dries out the top layer with very little smoke and allow the wood-gas to ignite, giving you an even, steady, prolonged burn. Due to the steady burn you can start boiling water almost imidiately after starting the fire - no need to wait for coals, wasting the heat. The supply of oxygen is crucial to every fire, so for best results don't pack the wood tight, but leave some space between the logs (~0.5in.). A sharp 90° spine on your knife is good for scraping (fat-)wood, but for striking a ferrorod on a regular basis, a designated striker is preferred. Striking a ferrorod as well as using it for a flint-and-steel will mess up the spine soon. I lately bought a set of HM-(hard metal= tungsten carbide) planer blades, ground a 90° with a diamond disc and now have some strikers that probably will never wear out. BTW: the Terävä Jääkäripuukko is a phantastic knife, wish I had known about them earlier, would have skipped a lot of Moras.
Hi. I really wish too be heard this time please. Upside down fire is done wrong most of the time. Place mud or dirt to cover the "ways" between the logs while you pile them. This way you get a steady fire that really last
Like your content alotbof youtubers seem to only show knives and firelighting same thing over and over people heres a channel you can learn something off
Hey Mike, where did you get your Luvu from, you’ve had it for a while so if you can’t recall that’s okay. But I’ve been looking for a waterproof overthrow/cloak I could wear over a rucksack, though this is not essential. And this seems to fit the bill, how durable is the canvas too? Thanks
Hope you enjoy folks! Watch more here: ruclips.net/p/PLxnadpeGdTxAJy5_f_-6cjrAnuWRwUf8M
Just saying back in the early 80's over here in the states we had a boys group called The Royal Rangers much like the more well known Boy Scouts. In an old camping book we had the fire you show is/was called the Criss Cross Fire. And there was more of an air gap say a finger size gap between all the lower fire wood. Personally I would love to buy from someone like you a big chunk of British Flint fot flint & steel fire starting.
What first aid kit do you carry?
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT TINT TARP PONCHO
Love it, the more people learn skills, the better. Nicely done ✔
I love this type of videos from you Mike. Keep the top tier content coming!
On the money again Mike.
The belt loop for an axe/hatchet is a genius idea but yet so obvious now haha
I’ll be using that on my next visits to my camp.
Cheers man.
I like the up side down fire, that's a great idea. Good channel, always well explained, clear and concise. Keep up the good work.
Es ist immer gut neue oder alte Tipps zu sehen. Es macht mir schon seit Jahren Spaß dir dabei zu zusehen. Vielen Dank dafür und viele Grüße aus Deutschland 👋
who doesn't like mike?!? your voice is so soothing bro!! great tips, as always!!!
Hello 👋 my outdoors friend, thank you for sharing this informative video. All the best to you. Stay safe out there. 🤗
That are some really great tips i will surely use while bushcrafting
We love it!!!
More, more, MORE!!!
I've use that "hatchet" loop for year to carry my fishing pole on my backpack for years. Great tips!!!
If you want the fire to last even longer, you can pack some dirt between the lower levels of the thicker wood.
Thanks Chris, wouldn't this affect the oxygen through there? Cheers
@@Redcloud1867 it would, that's why it burns longer
Ooh that's a good idea.
Appreciate survivalist 💯
A wild, snowy forest, thank you for sharing your life skills there.
Another brilliant video Mike, you are a very clever man just like your dad. Keep them coming Mike. I'm looking forward to Friday night to see what your dad puts up. Great work. 😉👍
Who is his dad?
@@shouldhavenotshouldof2031 what do you mean
@@condor1961 what is so difficult in understanding his question? Who is his Dad? Like, who is he? Is there a name? Does he have a RUclips channel? So on, so on, and so on.
@@markcummings6856 drop the attitude pal. I'm not interested in answering
@@condor1961 Who is his dad? You know you want to answer me!
The excellent series continues. 😊 thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the video Mike!
You are very knowledgable.
You can make the upside down fire last a lot longer if you fill the gaps in each layer with a bit of dirt. This reduces the airflow, so it will burn slower and the flames need longer to get to the next layer. Especially on windy days this is helpful.
Thank you for the tip! These are great ideas in the comment section.
I plan on moving out of the city as soon as possible. My parents have taught me survival my whole life and about the apocalypse, Except the wilderness is so much more peaceful, that's the main reason I want to move away. I'm bringing my parents too and that's definite yes, they don't have a choice lol. I'm gonna take care of them, like they did for me.
@@Archon_of_Freedom_what apocalypse?😂
I love these quick tip videos they’re so full of knowledge in a short and very well organised format. One thing I would love to see is all your different bits of kit laid out in evolution i.e. how you came to find that canvas tent/poncho and what bit of kit you were originally using that led to it/other items. I know for example you probably use a different knife, axe or saw from when you started but I’d love to see your journey from where started to now through the kit you use.
Great video, Mike! Very informative
The upside down fire; can't believe I never thought of that. Going to try it out on the next camp. Cheers Mike!
man this channel seriously gonna save my life one day.
Brilliant video.. I'm forever learning every day.. Bushcraft, wildcamp,servival an foraging these skills we all should know 😊
Thanks Mike, for you show us Bro, Saludos desde México.
Excellent - I always learn something worthwhile . Thank you 🙏
Interesting and well made video. Thanks!
Excellent Video: You never cease to amaze me with your bush craft. Fire is always needed in a bush craft situation and after watching what you do, I now have probably 20 to 25 ways to start a fire when needed. Thanks for sharing your bush craft knowledge. I really appreciate what you do to keep the survival bush craft trade going. Great job.
I once gutted and cooked some small Tuna over the same camp fire structure as shown in the video.
Thank you Mike for your constant bushcraft tips videos they are very effective and I think everyone watching them has learnt some very vital skills.
You gutted and cooked small tuna over your campfire? Like 4 foot long, 150 pound tuna that you caught out at sea, from a boat?
Dear my brother, I do like your video very much from Cambodia 🇰🇭 . Your skill was teaching me every my camping. Can I reaction your video and share your skill to the world ?
As always another great video. Keep it up Mike.
I knew most of these but I still enjoyed the excellent video. Always good to refresh knowledge. Didn't know about the grass in among the moss so a great piece of new learning. Thanks. Keep up the great work
Always learn something from you!👍🏻
this is such a fantastic video..
Great information, much appreciated, thank you.👍👍👍
Fine information. Well-paced.
Great video. I learned something today.
Good useful knowledge passed on , great for anyone to know , not just us Camping people ! Be Well my Friend .
Um bom video, una verdadeira aula de bushcraft, obrigado.
Really enjoyed watching cheers mike
Golden tips there!
as always awesome mate
Very nice tips as always. But if you are in an area with some winds it is important to not make the "reverse log" fire technic, and also invest in some stones fore outside protection against winds.
You could keep it smaller vertically by using smaller logs. You can also dig a fire “pit” that would lower the coals below ground level. If there’s not enough oxygen to keep it burning, make a dakota fire pit for extra air.
Thank You for the video Young Man,I also enjoy making fire 🔥 and meditate...
Some more great tips there mike.great video.
The upside down fire method or swiss method as it's also called is also very good for woodburning stoves indoors. It creates way less smoke and less sud in the pipe of the chimney.
Love the video. Great job.
Great video. Lots of good tips here. Looking forward to more great learning yet to come
2.3 million subs. Amazing brother. I joined with like 10k. Lots of hard work you’ve put in. Well deserved my friend. D😎🤙🇺🇸
More brilliant tips. 👍
Extremely useful! 🏞️Great content, cheers.
Super beautiful
Thank you for sharing 💞
4:00 Tri-pod hanger. As a Boy Scout some decades ago, one of the camp "tools" we had to make up and use was a pothanger. In those years mattress chain was very common and very cheap (still widely used in UK for hanging baskets of flowers!), so still available. At each end we'd attach a hook made from one link unfolded. Loop one hook around the sticks above the tie point and down to the chain, and the other hook around the pot handle and back up the chain to the correct height you want. Perfect, and very flexible.
4:19 Hatchet. Oh yes, controversial subject. I'm afraid I'm not a fan, because I believe I can get by without one, in favour of a nice big camp knife (a love started all those years ago as a Boy Scout!). For cutting tools, I would have a different set of tools, which together, cover all the bases (in my humble opinion).
Firstly, and not negotiable, a folding saw (A Silky Gomboy if weight is a problem, or a Bigboy if not).
Then a large knife, 7" blade at least (my choice: Cold Steel Trail Master San Mai iii). This would most likely be attached to my pack while moving.
Also, I would have a belt knife which would be on my belt at all times (here I'd go for the CD SRK (sabre grind). This will deal with most medium size tasks around camp.
Lastly, I would also have a multi-tool for all those incidental tasks around camp or on the move (Victorinox Hercules). This I would carry on a lanyard and hanging inside my trousers pocket. The lanyard must have a snap hook for quick disengagement when needed.
These four together would not weigh much more than an axe and pouch, and be much more convenient to carry and use, and much more flexible. (Although, I must admit an axe is a lot of fun to use!).
Thanks for a very interesting video.
Great content brother!!!!!
Great informative video. Looking forward to be seeing more videos. :-)
Thanks mike
Great vid
I want to have such a cool camp someday!❤😊
Thanks Mike. 👍😁
nice and easy
These are great tips for fire starting that upside down fire is very interesting I'd like to add something if you don't mind I have read and also found this to be true that guitar picks when lit are actually great sources of starting a fire what I've done in the past is put 3 or 4 guitar picks on a lighter and wrap them in electrical and that right there is my fire starting kit the lighter and the guitar picks along with the electrical tape
You have a very patient dog! 🐕🦺😎
Good vid mike❤️💪🏻
Brilliant video, recent subscriber and have enjoyed watching your other videos👍👍
Would love to see a video on your gear and accessories -- namely your knife and your watch.
Here is another quick tip. If its really wet and the dead grass or other tinder aswell, Put it into a pocket inside your jacket. Your body and the fabric will dry it quite fast.
Perfect if you didnt find a good spot to camp yet but found already some tinder.
And here is the next tip. Take everything with you that might be useful while searching for a camp spot, unless its really heavy.
But some tree sap or birch bark is always nice to have and you dont know if you will find it near your camp spot.
First P.S love ur vids!!!!
nope! You're third 😂
Hello Mike fantastic and informative video once again 👍 may I ask were you bought your camp knife from ?
Whoohoo Tips time 👍😆
"It does say they are biodegradable, but I still take them home to dispose of" Good man! Another fantastic video.
this was a good video just need to know how to keep the fire going for a long time
😀
very great video :-))
Love the design of your knife, was it made by an artisan ?
That looks useful
We called those cabin fires in the US Girl Scouts back in the day.
Low blow man
@@braedonmcknight154 what do you mean?
Pine cones are also a great way to get it started 🙂
Awesome 😎
❤
When I was tough this fire method, it was called "the log cabin fire lay"
Interessante essa fogueira de cima pra baixo.. vou tentar
The upside-down-fire IMHO is one of the best inventions ever made, far superior to a usual tipi-fire. Even dry wood contains some 20% water and with a tipi-fire the heat goes up through a huge pile of wood, causing the water to evaporate/steam, reducing the temperature, disabeling the oil, resin and wax in the wood to ignite and create lots of gray or black smoke, which is highly toxic. Once the water is gone, the rest of the wood will burn away quickly in a raging fire. The upside-down-fire only dries out the top layer with very little smoke and allow the wood-gas to ignite, giving you an even, steady, prolonged burn. Due to the steady burn you can start boiling water almost imidiately after starting the fire - no need to wait for coals, wasting the heat.
The supply of oxygen is crucial to every fire, so for best results don't pack the wood tight, but leave some space between the logs (~0.5in.).
A sharp 90° spine on your knife is good for scraping (fat-)wood, but for striking a ferrorod on a regular basis, a designated striker is preferred. Striking a ferrorod as well as using it for a flint-and-steel will mess up the spine soon. I lately bought a set of HM-(hard metal= tungsten carbide) planer blades, ground a 90° with a diamond disc and now have some strikers that probably will never wear out.
BTW: the Terävä Jääkäripuukko is a phantastic knife, wish I had known about them earlier, would have skipped a lot of Moras.
My favorite Fire! Is best for cooking Caveman Steaks, because the meat will not get dirty, because it never gets to touch the soil!
What silky Outback is that??
Gomboy 👍🏻
I saw cute kitty 🐈❤❤
The spine of the blade can be trued with a stone if it becomes rounded with use.
Hi. I really wish too be heard this time please.
Upside down fire is done wrong most of the time. Place mud or dirt to cover the "ways" between the logs while you pile them. This way you get a steady fire that really last
This sounds interesting. By “ways,” do you mean the ‘openings’ on the ends of each layer?
Thanks if you care to reply.
Like your content alotbof youtubers seem to only show knives and firelighting same thing over and over people heres a channel you can learn something off
What ponchos are that and how do you use them around you
Which Ferro rod do you use ?
I do upside-down fires in my fireplace all the time didn't realize it was bushcraft I just hate getting up to add wood while watching TV haha
Thats how you build a fire. Always
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT TINT TARP PONCHO
👍
What's the watch that you have on
Hey Mike, where did you get your Luvu from, you’ve had it for a while so if you can’t recall that’s okay. But I’ve been looking for a waterproof overthrow/cloak I could wear over a rucksack, though this is not essential. And this seems to fit the bill, how durable is the canvas too? Thanks
I got it from eBay years ago. But they’ve gone up in price significantly since then.
Canvas is very durable.
@@TAOutdoors thanks
Where did you get that knife
The small dog is not paying attention to his fire-making lessons.
There is a bear close to them
The outdoor long pants you are wearing are ~$200 for anyone that was curious. I know because I just bought a pair today and omg are they expensive
I like You because You are British
I wish I could absorb your brain! - Can you make a video on how to sharpen knives and blades?