Ice Bow Drill: Create Friction Fire in Icey, Wet Conditions
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- Heat is a very important aspect of survival, especially in inclement weather. Can a frozen bow drill and damp materials be used to create a friction fire despite icy, wet, and cold weather conditions? Watch and find out if Survival Instructor and Bushcraft Expert, Matt Tate had any success with it!
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Heck yeah man that's awesome Matt!
Good job over-all bro. I have a bit of advice for you to kick up your skill lvl. Teepee style fire-lay (drains rain/sleet/snow melt to the outside). If raining, line the outside with bark layers. If you think you have enough smoke, you don't, lol, always hit it more before stopping (rule of thumb). Scrape off first dust and get rid of it, as it is high in moisture and will prevent easy coal formation. You can do friction fire even if the fire-board has been soaking for says in a puddle of water. You have to create steam within the wood to drive the water out the ends of the board and spindle. Requires three holes side by side with center hole for fire. One note, use much finer initial tinder when everything is soaked. Think twigs as thin or thinner than a pencil lead to start, then a bunch 1/8" in diameter, then some 3/16", etc., in layers. You have to get the wood above 220 D Fahrenheit before it can start heating to the self-ignition temp of 800 degrees. Do it right, you can start a friction fire with even soaked firewood in the rain. With wet conditions, as you have learned, everything is a little harder. However, friction fire is reliable, not impossible, but you have to know what is going on with everything at each step of the process, or you will probably fail and won't know why. Most of the weekend survivalists in the forums do not know why fires works, let alone what is going on within the wood during the stages of friction fire, so that is why many think friction fire is like magic so to speak.If you have any questions feel free to ask.
That’s awesome
Excellent!
I’m impressed brother... I’ve used wet materials before but never with ice- new challenge... 👊🏻
JJ Morris thanks brother! I was seriously thinking it was going to be a fail video haha!
Give it a try! It’s a bit challenging but it’s definitely doable!!!
Matthew Tate ... I hear ya brother... I think sometimes fails can be a great thing... But, you KILLED this one- PREVAIL.
This is what I like to see, 99% of the bowdrill videos on YT are in perfect conditions. You just showed that it can be done, not only in wet weather but also with a frozen wet kit. In a real situation nature won’t bend to our will and there will be no time to wait it out.
MrGlobalTransport thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching!
We preach all the time that the worst conditions are the best conditions to train in because we encounter new problems that aren’t there when the weather is nice. It’s definitely not the sort of thing we want to be trying to figure out and work through in the moment that it’s all on the line! Unfortunately we humans are creatures of comfort and it’s sometimes difficult to get folks to come out to train on days where the weather isn’t so good.
American Survival Co. haha, I’ve lucked out and trained with Joel here in FL in damn near perfect conditions, a couple different overnighters with cool weather/moonlight/minimal mosquitoes...but that was by luck. I hear ya all the way about training in bad weather and the different challenges it brings and I look forward to seeing the difference and putting those skills to use under the stress and time constraints of bad weather/storms.
Nice work!
How about having a spool of fishing line stuck on a stick, pressing down while a buddy walks off pulling the line? 🤔
Ivar Hoff, I have no clue, sounds possible. Would probably need to be non stretching line like spider wire and the guy walking off would have to keep a consistent pace walking/ jogging. I don’t know that it would be practical in real life but it could make for a cool video!