Great ideas. I found that by taking the toiletpaper and wax covered matches and wrapping them in about 8 inches of duct tape they will burn around 9 minutes. You need to leave about 1/2 between the match head and the start of the duct tape so the wax will have time to light the tape.
Excellent ideas on alternate fire starting!!! I had not seen anyone make those long lasting matches before. I'll be making a batch of those on the next rainy weekend! You have been really coming up with some great practical and real world tips for being out of our normal element. Thanks for the great vids!!!
Many good tips as usual. I have Bic lighters around everywhere. Several in my car, toolboxes, tackle boxes, range bag, house and multiple backpacks. I make it a point to always have one within reach
You can combine a few of your ingredients from this video on a larger scale. Take an old ice tray, and fill it with wood savings or sawdust. Take a block of canning paraffin and melt it down, then pour that over the wood shavings in the ice tray. Once cooled, you'll end up with 10-12 blocks of long-burning fire starter blocks.
You always have great content on both channels I watch constantly. It's always solid info and well done. I love these hack type videos with every day stuff. That match wrapped in paper and soaked in wax is absolutely brilliant. I'm already in the process of making a bunch. Just great stuff!
Great tips. Thanks. My favorite is the match/tp/wax idea. They burn so long. I used strike anywhere matches so I'm not dependent on the striker. Thanks for all your good videos. You don't come off as some nut like some do. Bruce
I absolutely LOVED this video! Especially the idea of the pencil sharpener for making tinder. Of course with a good knife, you can make fez sticks. On the other hand, if your hands are really cold, that would be much safer than a knife. EXCELLENT WORK, Sootch!
Thank you again for something that could save mine or my families life one day my wife and I actually practice ways to start fire that way if we ever need it we aren't hoping on a prayer
Made a batch of these for my fire pit and the results where a lot less matches used and they do burn for a long time would recommend everyone try this once.
this man is a mentor to me...i've learned alot watching sootch. hey sootch, why don't you do a like a fake disaster run, like if something bad had happened and you had to retreat into the woods to survive...never breaking out of character all serious n shit. just an idea.
Bic lighter + Lynx (axe) deodorant = very easy fire starter, personal protection, signalling device and of course, bug spray. Nothing wrong with a bit of overkill.
Alex Arcano @Alex Arcano Very dangerous dude. You could blow your arm off. I would only do that in a pure survival situation if I had exhausted all other options.
Thanks Sootch. The waxed matches is a new concept, and I never would have thought about the pencil sharpener for wood shavings. We have those in ea of our bags.
These are excellent tips Sootch! Might make some of those toilet-paper matches! Nothing worse than trying to quickly light overhead gas lamps at a mountain cabin before the match goes out or burns your fingers! These would give me much more time!
Some good ideas. The only thing I would mention is that the UCO matches are really great, and they will light even in the rain, BUT the striker strip will not work once it gets wet. So you will need to keep it dry or you cannot light the matches.
SensiblePrepper I used the waterproofing on the matches, i used cloth and it burned longer. Duct tape works well too. I'm 16 and starting to get into prepping. Thanks for the help
I have a fire starting method in my mini and micro survival kits that I have not seen on any survival video but I'm sure I can't be the only one to think of it. I got a box if roll your own cigaret filter tips, soaked them in rubbing alcahol thin fed them into a drinking straw witch I fire sealed at both ends so that the rubbing alcahol does'nt evaporate.there burn time is about 2-3 mins.
Awesome tips , I went fishing here just after summer and the woods were wet and my brother-in-law couldn't figure how we were going to cook some hotdogs and I tried the hand sanitizer and it really works well .
I never thought about the pencil sharpener trick before. I took that idea and used an old hand cheese grater and it worked better. I got long thin pieces of wood. Then I thought I could save space by breaking off the handle which was a big mistake. lol
Tried to make my own waterproof matches like this. They are ok in the beginning but soon go bad and will not light until you through them in a fire. Like the Hand Sanitize and pencil sharpener hacks. Use a carpenter pencil sharpener . It's much smaller and will sharpen a bigger stick.
I've seen the battery and steel wool trick used for lighting a fire, I've used a magnifying glass to start a fire. Years ago I took pure cotton balls and soaked them in melted petroleum jelly, let them cool then packed them in a 35mm film holder. The pure cotton is perfect for fire starting. I works with sparks, matches or a lighter. Just pull a small piece out and use it for tinder. Water doesn't hurt it and it lights every time.
Some time ago I made such matches. But after a year in a survival kit, match heads melted into paraffin, and it was impossible to light them by striking. Only live fire was able to light them.
You can do the same thing with newspaper. You roll the newspaper and then tie it with some kitchen twine and then dipping in wax and it makes a good fire starter
SP- If you have that TP as your prep, you're gonna have to make use of the trash bag tricks because the Lady Prepper won't let you in the house... Good video.
I like the wrapped match idea, only instead of toilet paper I think I'd try those blue kitchen wipes, as they are super absorbent and easier to handle than toilet paper, but the basic concept is the same. One might even store them inside lengths of drinking straws and seal the ends with something hot. That will be totally waterproof. I might even use Vaseline instead of wax, but I've not tried that, It's much like hand sanitiser I think but probably cheaper. The pencil sharpener is a favourite of mine, and have posted about it as nauseam! I learned that from my Scoutmaster half a century ago! Another idea of his was this: always carry a candle! But differently, as they tend to break and being cylindrical difficult to fit into square edged containers. So he had us make it up like this. Take a wooden school rule and cut it in half (6" each). Then cut a 6" length of ordinary domestic candle, keeping the wick as is. Then shave off a bit of the candle lengthwise along two opposing sides, making a flatter candle with more or less trimmed square sides. Place this between the two rulers, and bind it up with thick cotton (or jute) twine. ( These days I guess duct tape would be better as it burns well). This gives you a good strong flame, and two pieces of kindling (for an emergency) as well as tinder (duct tape) all in one package., and it is space efficient. On EVERY outing we'd be inspected to check our candles, and pencil sharpeners. [We often cheated and hid matches and strikers in our scout hats. Some guys even had hollow-handled belt knives, stuffed full of matches, but they later banned those! ] Comments invited.
Picked up from Home Depot the Hanson Pencil Sharpener Pencil Sharpener in yellow plastic. (Did not have the drill bit connector) This also makes a great Christmas gift ! Connected the Sharpener to the Swedish Fire Steel and now my Go Bag/Get Home Bag the Maxpedition Textudo Laptop Backpack bag has a basic Fire Kit. Thank You for the video ! tjl
Great ideas. I found that by taking the toiletpaper and wax covered matches and wrapping them in about 8 inches of duct tape they will burn around 9 minutes. You need to leave about 1/2 between the match head and the start of the duct tape so the wax will have time to light the tape.
Excellent ideas on alternate fire starting!!! I had not seen anyone make those long lasting matches before. I'll be making a batch of those on the next rainy weekend! You have been really coming up with some great practical and real world tips for being out of our normal element. Thanks for the great vids!!!
Great video- still teaching folks 4 years later! God Bless America and Long live the Republic!
I think Waterproof Match Candle is one of the best ideas I have seen in a long time. Thank You, Making some right now.
Just made long burning matches - Excellent. They really do work. Thanks for sharing.
Many good tips as usual. I have Bic lighters around everywhere. Several in my car, toolboxes, tackle boxes, range bag, house and multiple backpacks. I make it a point to always have one within reach
Thanks for the tips.
God Bless America from North West England UK. X X
You can combine a few of your ingredients from this video on a larger scale. Take an old ice tray, and fill it with wood savings or sawdust. Take a block of canning paraffin and melt it down, then pour that over the wood shavings in the ice tray. Once cooled, you'll end up with 10-12 blocks of long-burning fire starter blocks.
Tom Clayton You can also recycle your paper egg cartons & they work great with the shavings & wax.
Doug Duncan Both good tips, cheers.
great idea with the pencil sharpener, it could also be used for making stakes or a spear/arrow
Wax dipped matches are a stroke of genius Sir. I tip my hat to you yet again! God Bless, Stef
Great stuff man! I recently got some UXO matches myself. Keep up the good work!
You always have great content on both channels I watch constantly. It's always solid info and well done. I love these hack type videos with every day stuff. That match wrapped in paper and soaked in wax is absolutely brilliant. I'm already in the process of making a bunch. Just great stuff!
Good stuff as usual!
Great ideas!
Very cool tip about the matches and wax. I think I will make me up a batch.
Great tips. Thanks. My favorite is the match/tp/wax idea. They burn so long. I used strike anywhere matches so I'm not dependent on the striker. Thanks for all your good videos. You don't come off as some nut like some do. Bruce
Your videos keep getting better. Thank you for the info.
I absolutely LOVED this video! Especially the idea of the pencil sharpener for making tinder. Of course with a good knife, you can make fez sticks. On the other hand, if your hands are really cold, that would be much safer than a knife. EXCELLENT WORK, Sootch!
Thank you again for something that could save mine or my families life one day my wife and I actually practice ways to start fire that way if we ever need it we aren't hoping on a prayer
Made a batch of these for my fire pit and the results where a lot less matches used and they do burn for a long time would recommend everyone try this once.
Love your unique way of making matches with tissue & wax!
steel wool and a 9volt makes fire really nice I remember when I first tried it I was skeptical so I did it inside it lit up really fast lol
this man is a mentor to me...i've learned alot watching sootch. hey sootch, why don't you do a like a fake disaster run, like if something bad had happened and you had to retreat into the woods to survive...never breaking out of character all serious n shit. just an idea.
SOOTCH! your channel just had a massive revamp in my book awesome!!!
Awesome video Sootch. I didn't even know those storm proof matches existed. A must for any survival bag!
Bic lighter + Lynx (axe) deodorant = very easy fire starter, personal protection, signalling device and of course, bug spray. Nothing wrong with a bit of overkill.
Alex Arcano
@Alex Arcano
Very dangerous dude.
You could blow your arm off.
I would only do that in a pure survival situation if I had exhausted all other options.
Sweet. Never even thought about wrapping the match in TP!
Thanks Sootch. The waxed matches is a new concept, and I never would have thought about the pencil sharpener for wood shavings. We have those in ea of our bags.
These are excellent tips Sootch! Might make some of those toilet-paper matches! Nothing worse than trying to quickly light overhead gas lamps at a mountain cabin before the match goes out or burns your fingers! These would give me much more time!
Great tips! Thanks for sharing!
Great ideas. I will have to incorporate a few of those into my gear.
GOOD STUFF , I LIKE THE PENCIL SHARPENER IDEA !
Very cool pro tips, I like the home made matches..
Some good ideas. The only thing I would mention is that the UCO matches are really great, and they will light even in the rain, BUT the striker strip will not work once it gets wet. So you will need to keep it dry or you cannot light the matches.
Way to go, thank you! Keep these videos coming, we're going to need them. I'm soaking in as much info as I can, God Bless the USA!!..and you....
Sootch great tips. You can also dip them again after they dry and it will give it another coat of wax so they burn even longer.
First time iv seen the match/paper/wac idea. Thanks for sharing. Love ur channel
SensiblePrepper I used the waterproofing on the matches, i used cloth and it burned longer. Duct tape works well too. I'm 16 and starting to get into prepping. Thanks for the help
Great stuff!
Awesome info. If we ever do get to the SHTF stage in America, I want you in my camp, Sootch. :)
Dude that's cool its not a match its a match/candle hybrid how cool is that!!
Ron - New Channel OPGuyK I don’t get it
Another great video, thanks Sootch
I have a fire starting method in my mini and micro survival kits that I have not seen on any survival video but I'm sure I can't be the only one to think of it. I got a box if roll your own cigaret filter tips, soaked them in rubbing alcahol thin fed them into a drinking straw witch I fire sealed at both ends so that the rubbing alcahol does'nt evaporate.there burn time is about 2-3 mins.
Kerry Small u ever hear of buyn a 10 pack bic lighters at Walmart for
$ 10.00 ? fkn follishness
Awesome tips , I went fishing here just after summer and the woods were wet and my brother-in-law couldn't figure how we were going to cook some hotdogs and I tried the hand sanitizer and it really works well .
You know how to tell when yer at a gay picnic?
The hotdogs taste like shit.
+TOM STEWARD haha
excellent video loved it. I plan on making some of the wax matches this weekend thanks for posting this.
Long Live the Republic!!! Well said, Sir!!
So simple and yet so brilliant!
Thanks for sharing, I'll add this to my fire kit today :-)
I never thought about the pencil sharpener trick before. I took that idea and used an old hand cheese grater and it worked better. I got long thin pieces of wood. Then I thought I could save space by breaking off the handle which was a big mistake. lol
Tried to make my own waterproof matches like this. They are ok in the beginning but soon go bad and will not light until you through them in a fire. Like the Hand Sanitize and pencil sharpener hacks. Use a carpenter pencil sharpener . It's much smaller and will sharpen a bigger stick.
Whoda thunk.... why you of course! What a great video. Thank you for sharing. Love that you add outakes. Very nicely done.
That's one for the mental tool box. Nice job.
Cool. This is a very original idea thanks for sharing.
awesome, terrific ideas, thanks for sharing!
Another great Video...!!! Bravo !!
Great video, thanks for sharing!
Thanks. Something new no seen before. The matches. Very helpfull.
Great video, made some of the matches they really burn for a long time. Thanks for sharing this.
Wow! Excellent advice!
I've seen the battery and steel wool trick used for lighting a fire, I've used a magnifying glass to start a fire. Years ago I took pure cotton balls and soaked them in melted petroleum jelly, let them cool then packed them in a 35mm film holder. The pure cotton is perfect for fire starting. I works with sparks, matches or a lighter. Just pull a small piece out and use it for tinder. Water doesn't hurt it and it lights every time.
Just subscribed! Great channel, great videos, great work.
Great trick and extremely helpful. Thanks a lot!
Cool video and pretty narly looking cut!
Nice tips, thanks Sootch.
Cool video thanks for sharing definitely an important survival necessary skill!
Prepping at it"s best, thanks for the insight!
Very good Sir.. very smart, good prep!
Great idea! Going to try this, thanks!
Some time ago I made such matches. But after a year in a survival kit, match heads melted into paraffin, and it was impossible to light them by striking. Only live fire was able to light them.
Hand sanitizer 😆good luck finding that now... lmao
Well done. Thank you for sharing!!
Very, very fascinating--and useful. Great vid.
Excellent most especially that match soaked and coated with melted candle wax. Thanks.
I I can say I learned something today.... Good stuff keep it up
Seriously impressive. thanks for the share, will definitely be doing some of these tricks in my survival kit
Outstanding video and very helpful...Thanks!
Great video , Thanks
It's currently January of 2021, I suspect most people have hand sanitizer handy. I love the tips and ideas.
amazing as always!!! God bless !!
Thank you, each thing we learn will make hurricane season easier, thanks for you information.
amazing life hack right there! Thanks sootch00!
Two great ideas. Im definitely throwing a pencil sharpener in my pack
awesome video! thanks for sharing!
You can do the same thing with newspaper. You roll the newspaper and then tie it with some kitchen twine and then dipping in wax and it makes a good fire starter
This is a very good tip. Thanks.
Gonna use the pencil sharpener idea, ive never seen that one before.
Thanks
Fantastic info! Thank you!
Thanks for the knowledge base, some good ideas.
Nice Tricks...Nicelly Done!! Thank you...
Never thought about the pencil sharpener. Vry cool
Aqesome thanks for the tips, looks like I'll be making a lot of waxed matches
Another great video.
Tyvm for tips and trick on fire for any situation. lol anytime I see your videos and
I am always updating my wrol/Shft bags.
I will be making a pack of matches this weekend thank you.
neat trick,
thanks, Frank
Love this video. Thank you for sharing this.
thanks for sharing this...great idea
SP- If you have that TP as your prep, you're gonna have to make use of the trash bag tricks because the Lady Prepper won't let you in the house...
Good video.
I like the wrapped match idea, only instead of toilet paper I think I'd try those blue kitchen wipes, as they are super absorbent and easier to handle than toilet paper, but the basic concept is the same. One might even store them inside lengths of drinking straws and seal the ends with something hot. That will be totally waterproof. I might even use Vaseline instead of wax, but I've not tried that, It's much like hand sanitiser I think but probably cheaper.
The pencil sharpener is a favourite of mine, and have posted about it as nauseam! I learned that from my Scoutmaster half a century ago!
Another idea of his was this: always carry a candle! But differently, as they tend to break and being cylindrical difficult to fit into square edged containers. So he had us make it up like this. Take a wooden school rule and cut it in half (6" each). Then cut a 6" length of ordinary domestic candle, keeping the wick as is. Then shave off a bit of the candle lengthwise along two opposing sides, making a flatter candle with more or less trimmed square sides. Place this between the two rulers, and bind it up with thick cotton (or jute) twine. ( These days I guess duct tape would be better as it burns well). This gives you a good strong flame, and two pieces of kindling (for an emergency) as well as tinder (duct tape) all in one package., and it is space efficient. On EVERY outing we'd be inspected to check our candles, and pencil sharpeners. [We often cheated and hid matches and strikers in our scout hats. Some guys even had hollow-handled belt knives, stuffed full of matches, but they later banned those! ]
Comments invited.
Picked up from Home Depot the Hanson Pencil Sharpener Pencil Sharpener in yellow plastic. (Did not have the drill bit connector) This also makes a great Christmas gift ! Connected the Sharpener to the Swedish Fire Steel and now my Go Bag/Get Home Bag the Maxpedition Textudo Laptop Backpack bag has a basic Fire Kit. Thank You for the video ! tjl
Very good vid, cool stuff , thanks for showing atb Martin
Great vid!
Good stuff! Thanks.