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Post by wtrfwlr on Jun 13, 2012 18:09:48 GMT -7
As requested with a little more. I thought I would start from scratch and maybe help some folks out that would like to build a similar fire kit from start to finish.
Enjoy the video and as always any and all questions and comments are welcomed.
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Post by offtrail on Jun 13, 2012 18:40:15 GMT -7
A + my brother  It don't get any better then that  You do it a little different then I do. So you see I learned a new way of doing it I hold the flint and charcloth in one hand and the steel in the other then strike the steel against the flint to catch the spark on the charcloth. Thanks for the kind words but until i master the hand drill then I'm just good at making fire ;D I know tj and i will help you with your quest to join the bowdrill fire club....good luck PS you have a knack for making how to videos, are you sure your not from Hollywood ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by wtrfwlr on Jun 13, 2012 19:27:11 GMT -7
A + my brother It don't get any better then that You do it a little different then I do. So you see I learned a new way of doing it I hold the flint and charcloth in one hand and the steel in the other then strike the steel against the flint to catch the spark on the charcloth. Thanks for the kind words but until i master the hand drill then I'm just good at making fire ;D I know tj and i will help you with your quest to join the bowdrill fire club....good luck PS you have a knack for making how to videos, are you sure your not from Hollywood ;D ;D ;D It's great you could pick up a tip. That's what it's all about, learning a thing or two here and there right! I will be leaning on you guys here in the near future on the bow drill thing I'm sure. I really do want to get the hang of that. I've tried it a couple times but not very hard and didn't know anything really about it. And no, I'm not from Hollywood! I have been there a few times with the race teams. I did work the last race that was ever held at Riverside Raceway just West of L.A., one of the most historic tracks in the U.S. It's now apartments  I like to visit there but ain't no way I could live there! |
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Post by orly152 on Jun 15, 2012 15:47:26 GMT -7
Awsome video with lots of great information. Great idea on adding how to make the char cloth. Thanks for taking the time on making the video and sharing with the members.
btw, I just hit you with some karma...for being a good asset to this forum.
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Post by wtrfwlr on Jun 15, 2012 16:09:02 GMT -7
Awsome video with lots of great information. Great idea on adding how to make the char cloth. Thanks for taking the time on making the video and sharing with the members. btw, I just hit you with some karma...for being a good asset to this forum. Thanks so much orly! Glad you liked it and maybe picked up a few tips too. I was starting to think that maybe this one was a fail having received no more response than what it has. I appreciate the karma as well. I'm having fun making these things but it does take some doing to get it together. Thanks again! |
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Post by woodyz on Jun 15, 2012 18:17:42 GMT -7
Good video! I'll have to agree you must have some Hollywood, or Spielberg in you. Good use of the tin as a fire kit. I like how you demoed how to both make and use the tender. I also like how you held both the char cloth and birds nest in your hands and cupped them around the fire source. Why should I consider carrying char cloth over drier lint or fine steel wool? Char cloth always seems fragile to me. Does flint have grades where one kind works better than another? On the bow drill for fire, remember you are not using the bow string to tension the bow limbs, leave a little slack in the bow string. Great job keep it up and I'm going to nominate you for the official SB video producer. ;D |
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Post by wtrfwlr on Jun 15, 2012 19:30:47 GMT -7
Good video! I'll have to agree you must have some Hollywood, or Spielberg in you. Good use of the tin as a fire kit. I like how you demoed how to both make and use the tender. I also like how you held both the char cloth and birds nest in your hands and cupped them around the fire source. Why should I consider carrying char cloth over drier lint or fine steel wool? Char cloth always seems fragile to me. Does flint have grades where one kind works better than another? On the bow drill for fire, remember you are not using the bow string to tension the bow limbs, leave a little slack in the bow string. Great job keep it up and I'm going to nominate you for the official SB video producer. ;D My My woodyz, Thank You for such a glowing review Buddy! Those are excellent questions. First, char cloth will catch the tiniest of sparks and become a glowing ember much easier than drier lint will, especially if there is any synthetic fibers in the lint. Do a side by side test of each and I think you will find that the char is far superior to lint. Albeit lint is a viable tender source if I had my druthers it would be char cloth every time. As far as char cloth being fragile I have to say it is somewhat but even if it comes apart a little it will still produce a very good ember. This is part of why I like terry cloth because it has some body or bulk to it and the fuzzy surface really does a fine job of catching tiny sparks. Denim is my next choice. The question about grades of flint I'm not certain about different grades or if one is better than another. I know that there are several different flints that have different looks to them due to the area where the come from. I have never heard of one being better at producing sparks though. There is also a similar rock called chert which is very dense much like flint and was used by the Indians to make arrow heads and tools with but I have not had any to try and make sparks with it. Another rock that is many times confused with flint is obsidian. Obsidian is formed from volcanoes. True obsidian is jet black in color and from what I have read it is only found on the Hawaiian Islands. I will get the bow-drill down! I only tried it a couple times and that was years ago. I was able to get smoke (alot of smoke) and might have even had an ember but didn't know it! I know much more about primitive fire building now than I did back then so I just need to give it another go. Trust me when I do there will be a video that follows! One thing about most of my bush skills is that I have learned most all of them the hard way through trial and error and what I could get my hands on to read about. I never had anyone to mentor me and there was no internet in my life a mere 11 months ago! Thanks again for taking the time to watch and thanks also for the great questions. If you come up with anything else holler at me! |
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It don't get any better then that 
You do it a little different then I do. So you see I learned a new way of doing it 
I like to visit there but ain't no way I could live there!
