I always took for granted that folks knew how to bank a fire. I learned it as a kid. It is sad to think how much "woods knowledge" has be lost 8n this modern day. A good clear video Blackie....
I had not thought about , but you're right, nobody talks about banking a fire anymore. Everyone was taught this back when I was growing up back in the 60s. I still do it all the time. It is so much an ingrained habit, I never thought about it. JA
Blackie, The term "banking" is also used in coal fires ! You make a pile of coal sloping up to a steeper end, much like the bank on a stream. Then you light the low end, and it will very gradually(hours) climb the "bank" and last all night. This is commonly done in stoves that burn coal. Very good idea using a thick log in a similar fashion. Thank you very much
Zachary Fowler did this on Alone, and talked about having the same fire going for over a month or some crazy amount of time, by banking the coals. I believe he actually buried them in his fire pit and when he needed fire, dug them up. He has a video about it, but this is a very useful piece of knowledge! Especially if ignition resources are limited. Thanks Blackie, I love tuesday! Great series!
Thanks for sharing! There are lots of city folk like me getting into bushcraft and we need more people sharing the basics! This is simple stuff, but its forgotten knowledge! Thank you!
Great presentation Blackie. I use basically the same technique. The last camp I spent 4 days in and only lite the one original fire. Part of the next fire mentality really. If you can keep the coals alive you can keep fire indefinitely.
yes..and if you are going to have that fire and camp for several days you should dig a dakota type hole under the fire..after a few days of cold weather campfires..the hole can be used as a earth oven
Blackie, my grandaddy taught me to do the same thing every night before we went to bed when I was just a lil shaver. I have done that pretty much all my life. The old ways like are all but forgotten nowadays. Thanks for sharing my friend, may you always have a fire in your camp and the wind at your back...... Keith The Alabama Bushcrafter
Hey, thanks brother for making this video! Every time i have questions its youtuber professionals like you that give me the basic information I need to be a better human. Thanks from Minnesota, and ill send a prayer your way for a mosquito free season!
I ve heard this tirm before. Read it in old western novels. Cool to learn what it means. I know of this technique but "banking" wasn't used to sum it up. Thanks for sharing
This is a great video, and you’re right, I haven’t seen much of anything on the topic what so ever. Thanks for the instruction. Maybe on an overnighter I’ll attempt to document what you just showed. Loving the down and dirty Tuesday series Blackie!!
we were at a camp 2 yrs ago and we had left camp around dawn..cooking fires then..now its after sundown and it cold wind..i walked back into camp and everyone was all cold..i grabbed a fresh dry hand full of tinder..faned the ashes of the morning fire..found a small ember..i placed it in the bundle and blew it into life..they though i did magic..lol
Whoa I haven’t heard this term used I years... My father would use it all the time when I was a kid. He would use the ash to cover the coals in the fireplace so we could restart the fire in the morning.
James Gilstrap works well. You just have to be careful that 1) you put enough dirt on so you don't get the same results he did, and 2) that the soil isn't full of burnable material.
Thanks for the video, I am trying to improve my skills. I camp in New Hampshire usually and it is always damp/cool/rainy. I have gift - if I camped in a desert, it would rain! Do you have any advice that would improve my banking in these conditions?
@@BLACKIETHOMAS My grandad used to bank the woodstove in the fireplace with black locust at bedtime😂That dad gone fire burned all winter off one Zippo zip! I Watched your explanation about high humidity and fire upkeep...walked right out and ran into that very thing. In TN its been 90% and raining for a week...when you can't get cardboard to burn or an old empty milk jug?? Its DAMP😂
We do something very similar, and bury potatoes to cook overnight for breakfast hash in the morning.
I always took for granted that folks knew how to bank a fire. I learned it as a kid. It is sad to think how much "woods knowledge" has be lost 8n this modern day. A good clear video Blackie....
I had not thought about , but you're right, nobody talks about banking a fire anymore. Everyone was taught this back when I was growing up back in the 60s. I still do it all the time. It is so much an ingrained habit, I never thought about it. JA
Blackie, The term "banking" is also used in coal fires ! You make a pile of coal sloping up to a steeper end, much like the bank on a stream. Then you light the low end, and it will very gradually(hours) climb the "bank" and last all night. This is commonly done in stoves that burn coal. Very good idea using a thick log in a similar fashion. Thank you very much
Thanks for the walk down memory lane. We used to do this in the fire place when I was a kid. I haven't heard that term in about 20 years. 😁👍
Zachary Fowler did this on Alone, and talked about having the same fire going for over a month or some crazy amount of time, by banking the coals. I believe he actually buried them in his fire pit and when he needed fire, dug them up. He has a video about it, but this is a very useful piece of knowledge! Especially if ignition resources are limited. Thanks Blackie, I love tuesday! Great series!
Thanks for sharing! There are lots of city folk like me getting into bushcraft and we need more people sharing the basics! This is simple stuff, but its forgotten knowledge! Thank you!
Great presentation Blackie. I use basically the same technique. The last camp I spent 4 days in and only lite the one original fire. Part of the next fire mentality really. If you can keep the coals alive you can keep fire indefinitely.
yes..and if you are going to have that fire and camp for several days you should dig a dakota type hole under the fire..after a few days of cold weather campfires..the hole can be used as a earth oven
@@BLACKIETHOMAS Sounds like an excellent next video! ;)
Thank you sir , Now I understand what my daddy tried to teach me over 50 years ago .
Blackie, my grandaddy taught me to do the same thing every night before we went to bed when I was just a lil shaver. I have done that pretty much all my life. The old ways like are all but forgotten nowadays. Thanks for sharing my friend, may you always have a fire in your camp and the wind at your back......
Keith
The Alabama Bushcrafter
Banking is a huge benefit if you have to make fire the hard way. Primitive people routinely carried a banked live coal to the next campsite.
Hey, thanks brother for making this video! Every time i have questions its youtuber professionals like you that give me the basic information I need to be a better human. Thanks from Minnesota, and ill send a prayer your way for a mosquito free season!
thanks for the prayers safe journeys to ya
Yes Sir bank that fire !!
Solid skill ,they taught this in the Scouts
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Thanks for sharing your wisdom Blackie! Always good to see your Down & Dirty Woodscraft videos every Tuesday morning.
We did something similar to this but minus the extra wood.. ash over a big coal bed piled in the middle. Great video on your method.
I ve heard this tirm before. Read it in old western novels. Cool to learn what it means. I know of this technique but "banking" wasn't used to sum it up. Thanks for sharing
This is a great video, and you’re right, I haven’t seen much of anything on the topic what so ever. Thanks for the instruction. Maybe on an overnighter I’ll attempt to document what you just showed. Loving the down and dirty Tuesday series Blackie!!
I enjoy watching the fire come back to life the next morning. It always amazed my nephews.
we were at a camp 2 yrs ago and we had left camp around dawn..cooking fires then..now its after sundown and it cold wind..i walked back into camp and everyone was all cold..i grabbed a fresh dry hand full of tinder..faned the ashes of the morning fire..found a small ember..i placed it in the bundle and blew it into life..they though i did magic..lol
BLACKIE THOMAS Absolute wizardry.
Thanks I like this series on fires building it bring back memories from fires past.
Whoa I haven’t heard this term used I years... My father would use it all the time when I was a kid. He would use the ash to cover the coals in the fireplace so we could restart the fire in the morning.
Thank you. I have read about banking a fire but never saw it done.
Great advice Blackie. I do something similar when out camping.
great information ...👍
Fantastic video!
Great concept. You probably saved someone's life by sharing that tid bit
"Banking your fire" is a common method/term in the West & North and is still used today.
Allways heard about "Banking the Fire" never understood what it was. Thanks
Good stuff. Great hat too. Where did that come from?
great video
This was very helpful. Thank you
great info
One of the guys on alone used this ------ he saved time and effort
Blackie, thanks for sharing, never heard that before
Thanks for your information.
Awesome, thank you
I do this in our fire place at night
Have you ever tried the Jeremiah Johnson technique.
James Gilstrap works well. You just have to be careful that 1) you put enough dirt on so you don't get the same results he did, and 2) that the soil isn't full of burnable material.
Another good vid Bro, an by the way,I just figured this out your name isn't Blackie, when you took your hat off I saw "SILVER" LMAO.
Thanks for the video, I am trying to improve my skills. I camp in New Hampshire usually and it is always damp/cool/rainy. I have gift - if I camped in a desert, it would rain! Do you have any advice that would improve my banking in these conditions?
@@jmc5877 build a cover over your fire, many different ways of doing this, put big logs on to center the fire in the middle of the logs
If stone are available I have banked with them 😊
Zach Fowler did this on the season of "Alone" he won...30 day fire I think I was. Buried the coals
yep it keeps it rolling i have kept one going for 2 weeks at a living history event
@@BLACKIETHOMAS My grandad used to bank the woodstove in the fireplace with black locust at bedtime😂That dad gone fire burned all winter off one Zippo zip!
I Watched your explanation about high humidity and fire upkeep...walked right out and ran into that very thing. In TN its been 90% and raining for a week...when you can't get cardboard to burn or an old empty milk jug?? Its DAMP😂
If stone are available I have banked with them 😊