Improvised Swedish Log Fire with Flint & Steel
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- Опубликовано: 12 мар 2018
- I'm building an improvised Swedish Log Fire, a stove made of wood. Using traditional flint and steel with charcloth I get glow that I blow to fire...
I'm just a swedish woman trying to learn the art of bushcraft and survival... As a biology / geography teacher I go from theory to practice - and it isn't always as easy as you might think ;)
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There are no mistakes when you're learning. Its experience. Don't be so hard on yourself. You're doing fine.
Emile, I would just like to say, I really enjoy the thought and effort you put into your videos. Your pleasant demeanor and spirit is very enjoyable to watch. Thank you, you never fail to make me smile and sometimes chuckle.
Very good job.
Another hint.
Hold your flint at 45 degrees angled up. You had flint parallel to the ground. An angle will help throw sparks better and up on the char cloth. Keep practicing!
That is without a doubt the best stove I have ever seen. To build a fire and a place for your pot or pan to sit at the same time, and be able to feed the fire. Outstanding, you could use that exact idea and build, with an alcohol stove, Esbit, whatever you have... Thank you very much
Impressed with your tenacity and patience in getting the flint and steel embers going! great job!
Very good. I’ve never seen anyone start a Swedish Log Fire using flint & steel. You should not feel the need to apologize for your English, it is 1,000 times better than my Swedish. 😀
You seem so much more calm and centered and confident.Great video
Congratulations Emelie! You have every right to be pleased because you succeeded in creating fire using flint and steel. That one is a little tougher than using a ferro rod. You succeeded in creating a fire using a Swedish Fire Torch and you succeeded in using what you made to make some warm tea to help keep you warm out in the cold. These are some of the Keys to surviving and you did great! Congratulations again and thank you for the wonderful video. It is always a pleasure to find that you have posted a new video.
Dear Emelie, your videos are a great inspiration to the ladies I date, and I am very entertained watching your adventures. I try my best to explain bushcraft techniques to so many ladies , and I find that many do not comprehend or retain the Information. Your videos are very good at helping break the communication barrier between Men and Women , the ladies actually retain your words and comprehend your reason, intentions and actions, to achieve your adventure challenge. I may say the same phrases about the same actions you are doing, and the girls simply do not understand it coming from me sometimes. I started to think beautiful hair , long fingernails and glamor trips to the salon equal a comprehension challenge with bushcraft and survival education,,,you proved me very wrong and humbled me with who you are.
Thank you so much Emelie . Do not be offended by negative comments from people, they are simply jealous of you in some way. Several ladies I have shown your videos to have mimicked your Swedish to English accent when we are out on our own adventures ,,, because we all think it is very beautiful and sexy,,,and sometimes they do it just to get my attention, and it works very well for them to do so.
I am proud of and for you.
WOW! A Swedish woman in a Swedish forest during the winter with snow!!! HOW magical! I thought that your improvised stove design was wonderful and I hope that your spring can spring summers eternal to warm your camps external...or, errrr, something like that :)
I would give you 100% on making this fire with flint and steel in the winter. Well done
Really liked that cool fire configuration for wet ground conditions. Plus you did it with flint and steel. Thank you very much for sharing.
2 important things that others have commented are tear the char cloth to expose more fibers, also you need a sharp edge on your flint to get better sparks. You will notice a huge difference. Nice video. Thankyou. All the best.
You have come so far! So proud of you and all you have accomplished. I would like to see some camping gear that is from your country. We really enjoy your cooking! You are wonderful and always bring a smile when watching your videos. Please thank the person whom suggested you make these videos. Be safe and keep them coming!
Great video! Thank you for sharing your adventures with us.
Wow! I could stare forever into your eyes!! Great job, with the char cloth and flint!
I very much like this idea for cooking. I can't wait to try it. Thank you.
Failure is not trying at all. Love your videos very much. Thank you very much for your honesty.
Love this fire design!
Good idea & well done! Didn't know this type of fire before, thank you very much, Emelie.
Best wishes
Marc
Love the theme music and your interest and determination to learn and do new things in the outdoors.
I liked the raised fire ideal, thanks for sharing this I will try it, it will come in handy
I haven't used flint and steel in at least twenty years, I do remember it wasn't easy. You are getting more sparks from your flint and steel than you think you are, against your dark jacket they were showing up pretty clearly on the video but you probably couldn't see the sparks in the sunlight against the snow. It takes a LOT of sparks to get the char cloth to burn though and all you can do is keep trying. Good job! Thanks for the video.
Emelie you are doing so good, keep trying new and different things. Plan for your trip out and be safe while out in the bush.
Excellent job getting the fire going 🔥👍
That is great idea! I'm definitely gonna try this. Thank you for sharing!
Wow Emelie.. Id never seen the front loading idea. The torch / log is great in deep snow too .. Very nice video Well done
When are you two going to do another video together? :D
Good idea about practicing in the field. I’m an amateur radio operator and using your radio in the field is all about getting out there and practicing.
Love the video and your beautiful forest.
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Awesome, a new idea for me as well! Thank you!
First off, good job, you got it done. Here's a little advise, dress up the edges of your Flint. Sharp edges make sparked bigger and easier. When you strike your steel to the Flint, be more deliberate. There's no need to use the "priming" strikes, all they do is dull your flint. There's just a little advise, hope it helps. Make sure you ignore the haters and once again, good job on the fire.
What a great cooncept for a fire. Two levels, I never would of thought of that combination. Thank you for the lesson and video. Stay warm....
nice variation on the firelog and well done on the flint and steel,a very enjoyable video many thanks x
well done Emelie....I am an avid outdoor/Bushcraft enthusiast and I LOVE your videos so much, they always bring a smile to my face. you are my little ray of sunshine and happiness every week (I am fairly new to your channel so every week I am going through all your old videos as well as these new ones).....I will soon be off on my own outdoor adventure, and I watch your videos for anything new that I can learn. x
Interesting idea, never saw it before.
Thanks for the video!
Put the cloth on the bottom of the flint, so the sparks you generate will land on the cloth.....but you still did great. I'm proud of you Emelie.
That's great! You did a wonderful job!
Sound advice Emelie, bushcraft is all about practice and above all else, enjoying and trying out different methods with the outdoors and connecting with nature. I for one, have learnt something new from you, the style of the logs in a bundle with a front loading window.....superb, keep doing what your doing. 👍🏼😀
I love watching you trying to make a fire in the forest in wet weather and you must have learned so much, but the best way to start a fire is to collect materials in advance and then clear the area you want to have the fire in. After that you first need smaller pieces of wood and some bark from dead trees to get it going and then add larger pieces after the fire is burning.
You have learned quite a bit about starting a fire and it works, but you are going to need more wood to cook or heat water on the fire. You need stones around the fire so the container don't fall into the burning wood fire. The stones will keep the fire contained into one area also in any type of weather as well.
Awesome 🙂 I’ve never seen this. Making a twig stove from logs. The ones I have seen it’s all solid logs with birch bark crammed in there. It burns for a long time. A tip, tear the char cloth in half and put the torn part on the flint. It catches a spark easier
I like your version of the Swedish torch. Good idea.
Emelie, you are starting fires all around the world even without your flint.
Cool video! Can't wait to see more!
Great idea love it. Well done
Great job Emelie!
I use 100%pillow ticking for my char cloth . The blue and white striped stuff. It’s thicker, holds together well when manipulating on the flint and has a great ember.
Love your channel Emelie!!
Have a great day.
Cool video! Thanks for sharing.
Great job with the flint and steel 👍🏼 may I offer a little hint? With your char cloth tear it in half so you have exposed fibers, lay the two pieces( with fibers ) towards the edge your striking it should catch a spark much faster, hopefully this helps. Keep up the good work, ❤️your videos Always look forward to more fantastic videos 🙂
Excellent information for our friend, here! :-) In addition, Ms Emilie, that tap tap TAP, tap tap TAP method of hitting the flint with the steel? You need to change that to a single WHACK in rapid succession until you see the ember glowing... lol. Really, a bit more OOMPH will produce better results. Then again, what do I know. Your method DID finally work. WTG!!!
@@michelj.gaudet5048 A sharper edge on the flint makes a huge difference, too. The flint is actually scraping the steel off to make the sparks.
Hi Emily I'm from wyoming I sure enjoy watching and learning from you I'm 64 years old and still learning . My grandmother was from Sweden but here she would speak mostly English I just love hearing you speak and explaining things she lived with us so she was around us all the time .and hearing you brings back so many memories you sound and talk just like she did Thank you
You´ve gotten really good at making fires this way.
Emelie, your videos are awesome! Your Enthusiasm is infectious. I find your videos relaxing. Love your attitude! And....... your English is fine! Thank you for being you! Keep up the good work. Jeff
lovely video! never seen flint and steel befor, thank you emily!
LOVE the fire log setup !! Built in pot stand. 👍
Very neat. I will try this one.
Thanks so much for sharing. I hope all is well with you and your family and greetings from Florida
Well done, Emelie!
Skill and patience. Nice work!
Nicely done, Emelie! The wet log configuration is brilliant. If it wasn't for the smoke this set up would be great for stealth camping which I do a lot of due to all the rules and regulations in a 50 mile radius of my home. I use a Lixada wood burning stove on stealth overnighters or an alcohol or HEET trangia to be on the safe side. I have two propane stoves but I dislike the noise or loud hissing they produce. Your skills and the comfort of performing bushcraft tasks are improving immensely. Keep up the great work, Emelie! Once again, it's really wonderful and gratifying to see more and more women getting into bushcrafting.
Hi Emilie!That's a great idea. Your students are very lucky to have you cause we know your a good teacher!
Emelie, As Usual I enjoyed your video and your location......ty for sharing.
Thanks for the video, I like the idea and have to agree with some of your other viewers, I had never heard of this fire placement method..
I really like the idea. I’m gonna try it one day
Tying those 5 small logs together with wood shavings in the center of it ; with small pieces of wood on top was a simple, and smart way to start a fire.
Cool beans.
Great video....great fire concept.
Great channel look forward to watching more
This was another enjoyable video, and I think you speak very good English. That fire was really going there at the end, great job Emelie.
Great little Fire setup Emelie and good flint and steel skills
Nice. I like flint and steel. Nice forest.
Excellent video. Excellent work.
well done good job I need to get out and practice with my flint n steel
That was very interesting. Love your accent. Thanks for sharing. Be safe.
Good job. I have seen other types of Swedish fire stoves but this seems more practical.
Hello Emilie... Really like your courage and drive to learn. Two tips for dry firewood in wet areas during rain and snow. Break dead lower branches from standing trees. They will be dry, as they are off of the wet ground. Also, if you must use wet branches from a fallen tree, split or cut away the outer portion of the branch. It should be dry in the inner portion. Then you can cut the dryer pieces into smaller, easier to feed bits of fuel for your Swedish fire. A greatly idea. I like it. All the best. Keep learning.
An admirable accomplishment. Flint and steel is one of the more difficult methods of starting fire. We become lazy, because using a ferro rod so greatly simplifies the task. I believe that the " fire lay " that you used is also known as a " Swedish Torch ", which I believe was originally developed by the " Sami ". Thanks for an informative, and enjoyable VLOG ... Cheers.
Very good Emelie
Good Idea for a Fire with a Pot Stand included. I will try this the next time in the Woods! Greetings from Germany.
Brilliant job starting that fire, Emelie!! I didn't think you were going to get it. . . shows you how much I know!!!
Cool setup. Looks like it worked well for you. Keep learning and having fun!
Nice fire design! Sometimes I strike the steel with the stone and the sparks fall on to the charcloth. Enjoy your time outside!!
Flint & Steel... WOW Awesome!!
Another great video Emelie.. look forward to the next one... :)
If you use the back of the steel to knap yourself some new sharp edges on the flint things will go faster. I've made hundreds of fires with the flint and steel. I'm a blacksmith and I test all the steels I make. Keep up the good work!
Nicely done! I really like the little wooden fireplace. It performs better than I expected.
Love your channel Emilie, Dont change ever!
excellent Emelie I enjoyed this video very much
you are getting so good and patient with your fire starting skills
thanks for sharing your adventures
Great job I always enjoy your videos don’t be upset with whatever you are doing it’s all part of learning
Nicely done. A challenge for our scouts next time we're in the woods!
Thanks for a new fire type, the best twig stove i ever saw. Amazing, And very well done.
Great work on the flint and steel. Referring to a previous comment; getting a bow-drill fire started in the rain, you will be a champ.
At the end of my last trip, I spent 4 days in the rain, under a tarp with no fire.
Keep up the good work.
Great job, Emelie!
Got your back. Flint and steel is the second hardest to do. I used to do is light my cigarette with primitive flint and steel with char cloth.
Great video Emelie
Pretty cool!
😎 👍 🔥 We use a similiar (canadian) candle fire at our ice fishing camps...on the shore. They are great for signalling and cooking on, with using minimal resources.
We pile big rocks around the perimeter, to heat them up..and use the warm rocks for heating our lodges (a hole dug out in center of the wigwam lodge) Well done, Emily. Cheers
Hi Emelie ! I love your determination and your patience when trying to leanr new skills. You never give up adn keep your positive attitude. Take care.
well done Emelie I am also practicing with flint and steel
Ever been to Canada. Liked fire setup you did. Awesome.
I enjoy all your videos. Keep up the good work.
Neat concept!
Great video!
One of your best videos yet Emelie ! I actually found it very relaxing as well as educational... You know, Your eyes look the same color as the evergreens! Beautiful!
Very well done, respect!