Super video. I miss Alaska so much, I lived there for seven years in the 80's and 90's. It was awesome. I have a book also. A Rite-in-the-Rain. It's not just a bushcraft book, but a personal bible of information. Not only does it have straightened out notes from classes I have taken, but names, addresses, and phone numbers, and tricks I have tried and use. Whenever I come across something invaluable, a skill, resource, a method, it goes in my book. Everything from tracking to first aid to how to make my own zippo fluid. It grows as time goes on. I Can't wait to see where it will be someday. Thank you for your content. Stay safe out there and live like today is it!
Loved the video! And loved your advice, not only on bushcraft but on life itself, what counts is , “the book of your own personal experience”! Great line!
Thanks for taking this tiny nugget of truth & expounding on it in a way that begins to shed light on all the "Bushcraft/Woodcraft" subjects out there. I'm looking forward to your next video in this series! You nailed it Dave, great job!
Survival With Style is on my bookshelf, too. I looked inside the cover and it was a present Sept 6, 1977 (my 19th birthday) from my big sister. Nice content Dave!
Well done. I was an assistant scoutmaster for about 7 or 8 years. Your advice is spot on. When we wanted to teach something to our troop we would test it out ourselves first till we could do it or we would scrap it till we could actually perform the task. Then we knew we were teaching truth.
great talk Dave , an a honest sincere look back and forward . Im in complete agreement with your take on this subject , I hope this may put some lite out there to help others find their way . Thanks !!!
Reading Horace Kephart for the first time right now. One thing he really had going for him was an ability to share information in print form that usually would require visual demonstration. Obviously, his answers and methods were just his, and how well they would or wouldn’t work would totally depend on the situation. But, he had a real gift.
Thank you, Dave! In the past, you have cleared up a lot of BS in Bushcraft and now you have done it again. Thank you so much I know you saved me money with the truth but you may have saved my old life. I now keep a journal of what I can do and what I have not done.
Professor Dave , dude thru your experiences, knowledge and insight makes your explanation of subjects just awesome, man i could listen to you for hours lol , just brilliant :)
This was quite enjoyable. I love how you say "eh". Back in my college days, a roommate from New Windsor, Ontario said that every 4th word or so - you use it just right !
One of the first books I ever read, Henry David Thoreau, " Walden." Later on, I gravitated the a book called "The Self Sufficient Life," by John Seymour. I grew up playing in the dirt alot as a kid, collecting bugs, actually would make mud bricks and pies alot. Loved the beach, would wander in the woods by my grandmas, skating on a skinny frozen stream. Hiked up Mt Washington on a 26 miles trek when I was 12, with my camp. All my best experiences in life, were at the Beach or in the Woods, and I love being outside! I always have an SAS Pocket Survival guide in my car. I bought that book "Bushcraft," this year, so good to know your recommendations on the topic.
You just taught me a huge lesson and gave me something to ponder for awhile. Thank you. You are correct. It applies to my current situation very much, after trying to gather up as much info as I can from others, but no two situations are the same.
Made my first bow drill fire when I was about 12. I haven’t done it since. Considering that was almost 3 decades ago, it might be time to go see if I still have that skill.... Good video. I enjoyed it.
just found you yesterday love your videos man I just bought my 2nd piece of property "40 acres" upstate New York going to start building my cabin this spring can't wait
I am happy you mentioned Nessmuk "aka" George Sears his book Woodcraft and Camping I think is the best to start learning from to write your book, after all he was out and about doing this stuff he wrote about before the others where even born.
Dave, this is by far one of the best bushcraft oriented channels I have found. This video sets the entire tone. When I was a kid growing up in the 60s, "bushcraft" was known as "pioneer skills." The problem was, most of the information came as reprints of old WW2/ Korean war US Air Force/ US Navy aircrew survival manuals. I had tried for years to get a bow drill fire going to no avail. I tried for years to get 1/2 a cup of water from a "solar still." You have hit the nail squarely on the head w/ this video. There is so much theoretical knowledge but little to none practical knowledge. Well done, You got a new subscriber.
Foxfire series for those that want to read someone's personal experiences of everyday life back in the day ... Knowledge vs. experience ... Difference between book knowledge and practical knowledge ... But we have to start somewhere ...
My mom asked me what I wanted from my grandparents house. The Foxfire books were all that I asked her for. When I was a kid, I spent hours and hours reading them.
If you get a chance, go to Mountain City, Georgia to visit the Foxfire museum, to see all the little log cabins, barns, church. Raise 12 kids in a 10x10 shack.
Also, I love the bow drill story! I struggled with it myself for months and researched with an obsession until learning the "light, medium then heavy pressure" trick from either Lonnie or NW Primate, can't remember which.
Thanks for the information Dave Whipple. I am a cub scout leader here in Idaho. As a pack we go "Camping" twice a year. It's 10 to 15 families camping, tents, cots, Smores, ect... , we practice flint and steel, Ferro Rods, and plain old matches to start a fire. We have the kids pick Teepee Style or log cabin style wood stacking to start a fire. We have them find tinder and different sizes of wood for the fire. Teach them to build a fire pit and to be sure to look up to make sure their fire won't start a bigger fire by building under trees. Pack it in pack it out stuff. Most of these kids only spend this time camping all year. So a long way to get there, but without doing the fire starting methods we show these kids, I doubt they would ever build a fire on their own. This at least gives them a non hypothetical method of doing so.
It was maybe 40 some years ago that I did my first bow and drill friction fire. I ran into that very thing that you are talking about. There was not much info out there on how to do a bow and drill fire back then and I am sure the info there was available had often not even been attempted by the author before passing it on as "gospel."
Far North Bushcraft And Survival I think you are where I got a couple of my tricks I use that work but I'm not sure which ones. Thanks for some great content.
Hey Lonnie. Thats my suspicion too. When some one has a section on jungle survival, Mountain survival, desert survival etc.....I really have to question if the author has "any" experience .......I don't know how you be an expert in so many environments??? Makes me question whats been passed off as knowledge. How's your summer going Lonnie?
Our summer is going well here. I would guess that we are either setting records here for hot weather or else we are about to. We have been having weather more like you folks up there in the interior normally have. Very very dry also. Connie and I are doing well though. The chickens are still laying a few eggs daily though they are getting older now and the garden is supplying quite a bit of salad greens. Life is good. Last I knew, Brook was still down South While you are up here. Hope things are going well for you folks and that you both are having a great summer.
Brooke and the kids are up here in FBX and things are going great!!! Yesterday the highway resurfacing crew fixed our road !! We had about 300' of road through permafrost and it has been a constant nightmare for all of us on this mountain. All of us have been stuck in our road several times.....now its had a 4' lift of rock on it and life is good!!!
What a great perspective, sir! I'm looking forward to full-time Boondocking starting this week and writing the next chapter in my personal bushcrafting skills journal. Always more to learn! Thanks for the insights, Dave ... God Bless
@@Bushradical ... After 3 years, I can honestly say that I have more "first-hand" experience in several areas I had only read about (and lots more stuff than I'd even imagined ... like dealing with the frost I'd get on my beard sleeping in an unheated cabin 2 winters ago!). I'm making a PURPOSEFUL list of things to PRACTICE from here on out. Water supply is a weak area for me and it's likely one of the most important resources I need. Thanks for the reminder, Dave :) God Bless
And Dave, this is why I love your videos! My daughter was born May 28th this year, seeing her and thinking about what I enjoy, wondering what she will enjoy. I'm just not starting to do just what you said. I have a what I like to call my bushcrafting journal. My first now drill "fire" was even I was about 12, I don't even remember where I got the idea from. But I went it and got all the stuff I needed, I started using the bow, I was doing pretty good. I started getting smoke, then a good amount of smoke . . . . . but no fire. I still get a laugh about it today because I got down hearted and said I guess I just can't do this. (Missing piece of information) It really helps if you cut the notch in the wood to get there ember out. Lol
it really is a great skill to have, but it's got its fine points that you need to "KNOW" or you're just spinning your wheels. For me it was the fact that I didn't know a smoking pile of dust could be blown into an ember with time and a little air......I was working to produce a bright red "cigarette" type of coal......
Dave, Great point to make, your own “book” is the best book! As an old Assistant Scoutmaster and Merit Badge counselor would like to pass on something you might like. It’s a teaching method we call the EDGE. E is for explain the skill, and in a thorough manner. D is to demonstrate the skill. G is to guide the person through the steps of the skill as they attempt it themselves. Lastly E is for enable when the person can successfully complete the skill all on their own. Hope you have a great Whipple breakfast today! Love that style of cooking!
my first bow drill ember, after years of trying like you, I chucked the spindle into my electric drill and got an ember. Once I did that then I knew for a fact my materials worked and I picked up a few other tricks like undercutting the board in a groove out the back. Since my first real legit ember by hand on the set I knew worked, I found that if I go slow until tons of smoke and then hammer out 20 fast hard strokes counting them off I've had success so far every time so far. Not that it might not work next time but I've refined what I know works for me like you said.
Great points. Just like authors who fill a book with anything outdoorsy they can find, I think there's UA-cam bushcraft channels that do the same. When a channel looks like videos of a rookie playing a role, but laying it out like they're a seasoned frontiersman, I just shake my head. Grown boys, with a bigger budget for toys, playin' in the woods. I enjoy your videos, Dave.
I love exactly what you have said in this video. And you are correct! I started writing a book It is going to take me some time to do. I am only writing about things that I have done or situations I have been in and what I had to do or how I had to overcome my different situations. I am putting in some other things that people could do if you know how to do them but that I have never done and I am stating that in my book. Not knowing how well or if certain things actually do work. I'm just trying to keep it to the facts that I know that I have done or experienced in my 51 years on this Earth. Once again great video keep them coming!
Well said Davey lad, personal hands on experience counts a hell of a lot more than thinking or assuming that you can do something that you read in a book.
Great and excellent info Dave. And also so true. But you got me. I had pencil in hand paper. Start writing. The book you write yourself. Doh!!!! Brilliant. 😎👍👍 2 thumbs up!! Lol
I plan on buying more books on bushcraft and wild edible foraging soon and this video gave great perspective and insight on how and what to look for. I've never thought much about the authors writing them and how they got their information. Some I am already familiar with but now I will research more before purchasing more book's on these subjects. Thanks Dave!!
Hey Dave I enjoyed the video man thank you so much for it I agree with everything you say there because you got to get out there and do it yourself then you'll know if you could do it or not and if it can be done I believe in at 100%
VERY good video, Dave. Couldn't agree more. Personal failures and triumphs like your bow drill experience is worth more than a stack of how- to's. 86 here in the Arrowhead. 55 is my 86. LOL!
Dave I think you are absolutely correct. We need to know for ourselves. There is so much that can be learned from a smell or a feel or a color, learning the hard way is sometimes the best way and the hardest way. You don't forget using the hard way.
When I was a kid, in the 1950's and 60's, camping was one of our favorite family activities. We would travel to the mountains, and camp. Or travel to the coast, and camp. Or travel to the desert, and camp. Usually to some place to explore old mining ghost towns, explore abandoned mines, and caves, and looking for Native American artifacts. Not to learn bushcraft or survival skills. Just to be a family out in nature while learning some history. I did learn in the process a lot of bushcraft and survival skills, but that wasn't really our goal for going out camping. We just enjoyed being out there together. --- One of my most treasured outdoor books is "Feasting Free On Wild Edibles" by Bradford Angier. (Some amazon listings erroneously list it as being published in 2002, but it actually came out in 1972, which is when I got mine.)
No worries brother just keep doing what your doing cause its really good stuff and I've learned alot from you. I subscribe two more then a few channels and your by far is the easiest to follow. You explain things well and you keep it straitforward and interesting. You've actually inspired me to try making my own channel this summer when I start building my of grid homestead. I can't wait to start when the snow clears so im doing as much research as I can , I can n o nestly say I've learned more from watching yo u then anyone else so thank you
Very well said.My seven year old daughter made a fire down the woods with the other day herself with char chloth and a fire stick. She was overjoyed and that is in her head forever now. Good video bud.
Really enjoyed this Dave. Good point for sure. The first time I tried starting a fire with a knife and flint it took me several hours and that's after giving up for an hour in between. Before that I was under the impression that I could just take those tools and make a fire if I needed to. Wrong! Haha!
Dave, I agree on what you say, however, If I could add something...that would be inspiration. Back in the '50s, my uncle gave me his well worn Boy Scout manual, which was illustrated with beautiful ink drawings. I studied that manual from front to back many times. The illustrations are still burnt in my mind. Ive never used or even tried the majority of skills taught in the manual. But!...the inspiration I received was priceless. I went on to be an avid camper, hiker, fisherman, hunter and a pen and ink artist. It all started with the Boy Scout Manual and a young boy's dreams. Inspiration is the key to life...you need a spark to light the fire. Thanks Dave, you and Brooke inspire me to.🌲🌲🌲
Reading and doing are two different things. I am working on achieving my first bow drill fire. Picked up some great tips from David West, I think might help achieve success. Great advice on keeping a journal.
I was a little confused as to what you was talking about at first, but then I look over at my daughter on her computer game, and I now can relate.
Super video. I miss Alaska so much, I lived there for seven years in the 80's and 90's. It was awesome. I have a book also. A Rite-in-the-Rain. It's not just a bushcraft book, but a personal bible of information. Not only does it have straightened out notes from classes I have taken, but names, addresses, and phone numbers, and tricks I have tried and use. Whenever I come across something invaluable, a skill, resource, a method, it goes in my book. Everything from tracking to first aid to how to make my own zippo fluid. It grows as time goes on. I Can't wait to see where it will be someday. Thank you for your content. Stay safe out there and live like today is it!
Thank you for the tip, Dave! You are the man. Keep up the great work.
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Loved the video! And loved your advice, not only on bushcraft but on life itself, what counts is , “the book of your own personal experience”! Great line!
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This is some GREAT advice! You explained this in a way that I have never heard before or understood! Thank you. God Bless.
Thanks FC!!
Thanks for taking this tiny nugget of truth & expounding on it in a way that begins to shed light on all the "Bushcraft/Woodcraft" subjects out there. I'm looking forward to your next video in this series! You nailed it Dave, great job!
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Well said. There is an old adage I learned on active duty. See one, do one, teach one. It has served me well in my learning experiences.
good phrase.
Survival With Style is on my bookshelf, too. I looked inside the cover and it was a present Sept 6, 1977 (my 19th birthday) from my big sister. Nice content Dave!
Thanks Steve. My sister and I used to swap "Pat McManus" books. I think we've read them all 5 times.
You articulated yourself well Dave, really good thought provoking advice.
Well done. I was an assistant scoutmaster for about 7 or 8 years. Your advice is spot on. When we wanted to teach something to our troop we would test it out ourselves first till we could do it or we would scrap it till we could actually perform the task. Then we knew we were teaching truth.
thats such a solid way to approach things. Love that approach.
Well Said! This can be applied to so many things in life! Thank you for sharing!
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great talk Dave , an a honest sincere look back and forward . Im in complete agreement with your take on this subject , I hope this may put some lite out there to help others find their way . Thanks !!!
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Excellent, candid and provoking! Thanks Dave!
Blessings!
Thanks David
What an awesome lecture! Listened to the whole darn thing!
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Reading Horace Kephart for the first time right now. One thing he really had going for him was an ability to share information in print form that usually would require visual demonstration. Obviously, his answers and methods were just his, and how well they would or wouldn’t work would totally depend on the situation. But, he had a real gift.
A powerful message! well put.
Thank you, Dave! In the past, you have cleared up a lot of BS in Bushcraft and now you have done it again. Thank you so much I know you saved me money with the truth but you may have saved my old life. I now keep a journal of what I can do and what I have not done.
Good deal. And good luck
Professor Dave , dude thru your experiences, knowledge and insight makes your explanation of subjects just awesome, man i could listen to you for hours lol , just brilliant :)
Thanks Gordon.
Excellent advice Dave. Spot on.
Good stuff Dave! The book you write yourself! Man, what an impact! -Mike
Thanks Mike
On point as always. Thanks, Dave
This was quite enjoyable. I love how you say "eh". Back in my college days, a roommate from New Windsor, Ontario said that every 4th word or so - you use it just right !
I picked it up in the upper peninsula of Michigan where Finlanders used it all the time. It just sounds right to me
One of the first books I ever read, Henry David Thoreau, " Walden." Later on, I gravitated the a book called "The Self Sufficient Life," by John Seymour. I grew up playing in the dirt alot as a kid, collecting bugs, actually would make mud bricks and pies alot. Loved the beach, would wander in the woods by my grandmas, skating on a skinny frozen stream. Hiked up Mt Washington on a 26 miles trek when I was 12, with my camp. All my best experiences in life, were at the Beach or in the Woods, and I love being outside! I always have an SAS Pocket Survival guide in my car. I bought that book "Bushcraft," this year, so good to know your recommendations on the topic.
Same two books when I was young fired me up!
You just taught me a huge lesson and gave me something to ponder for awhile. Thank you. You are correct. It applies to my current situation very much, after trying to gather up as much info as I can from others, but no two situations are the same.
Well said
What works is what you know! Well said Dave! Mike B. MWW
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Interesting idea keeping a journal of your bushcrafting adventures definitely going to give it some thought thanks Dave
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When you put it like that it really makes sense! Great analogy Dave! Atb Sean
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Love your videos. Always very informative.
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Made my first bow drill fire when I was about 12. I haven’t done it since. Considering that was almost 3 decades ago, it might be time to go see if I still have that skill.... Good video. I enjoyed it.
Give it a try
Excellent point! Well spoken! Loving this series!
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Excellent as always.
enjoyed your idea on what is truth in bushcrafting !
just found you yesterday love your videos man I just bought my 2nd piece of property "40 acres" upstate New York going to start building my cabin this spring can't wait
Awesome. I'm glad you like the channel. Good luck on your cabin
I am happy you mentioned Nessmuk "aka" George Sears his book Woodcraft and Camping I think is the best to start learning
from to write your book, after all he was out and about doing this stuff he wrote about before the others where even born.
right on, I like his stuff. He was a do-er.
Now you know why I carry a fire steel and weather proof matches... it's in my book.
it works and you KNOW it works!
Dave, this is by far one of the best bushcraft oriented channels I have found. This video sets the entire tone. When I was a kid growing up in the 60s, "bushcraft" was known as "pioneer skills." The problem was, most of the information came as reprints of old WW2/ Korean war US Air Force/ US Navy aircrew survival manuals.
I had tried for years to get a bow drill fire going to no avail. I tried for years to get 1/2 a cup of water from a "solar still." You have hit the nail squarely on the head w/ this video. There is so much theoretical knowledge but little to none practical knowledge. Well done, You got a new subscriber.
Thanks Jack. I appreciate the sub
Dave Spot-On .!!! I enjoy your channel very much so keep up the good work..
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Oh very good Dave! I didn't see that coming and I loved it.
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Foxfire series for those that want to read someone's personal experiences of everyday life back in the day ... Knowledge vs. experience ... Difference between book knowledge and practical knowledge ... But we have to start somewhere ...
Was going to mention the same series
Ive read a bit of those books....they are fascinating.
Was able to find the first six books. They were left out in a shed for years. So the guy just gave them to me. Great great books
My mom asked me what I wanted from my grandparents house. The Foxfire books were all that I asked her for. When I was a kid, I spent hours and hours reading them.
If you get a chance, go to Mountain City, Georgia to visit the Foxfire museum, to see all the little log cabins, barns, church. Raise 12 kids in a 10x10 shack.
This is a good video david. People need to know things like this. Thanks for sharing sir.
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I like how analytical you are with your videos and your vision
Great video glad I found your channel I had to subscribe
absolutely on target. thank you for being so honest and insightful.
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Good point, thanks for your insight!
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Great insight, keep up the great work
Also, I love the bow drill story! I struggled with it myself for months and researched with an obsession until learning the "light, medium then heavy pressure" trick from either Lonnie or NW Primate, can't remember which.
Thanks for the information Dave Whipple. I am a cub scout leader here in Idaho. As a pack we go "Camping" twice a year. It's 10 to 15 families camping, tents, cots, Smores, ect... , we practice flint and steel, Ferro Rods, and plain old matches to start a fire. We have the kids pick Teepee Style or log cabin style wood stacking to start a fire. We have them find tinder and different sizes of wood for the fire. Teach them to build a fire pit and to be sure to look up to make sure their fire won't start a bigger fire by building under trees. Pack it in pack it out stuff. Most of these kids only spend this time camping all year. So a long way to get there, but without doing the fire starting methods we show these kids, I doubt they would ever build a fire on their own. This at least gives them a non hypothetical method of doing so.
Absolutely! Thats good solid knowledge they will carry for their whole lives.
Dave that is a very valuable lesson.
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super! love it. go out and do it. so good.
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Great video. Great point. Experience. Great channel
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Its good to keep a journal of what you know, it helps remind you what you forgot.
lol, right !
It was maybe 40 some years ago that I did my first bow and drill friction fire. I ran into that very thing that you are talking about. There was not much info out there on how to do a bow and drill fire back then and I am sure the info there was available had often not even been attempted by the author before passing it on as "gospel."
Far North Bushcraft And Survival I think you are where I got a couple of my tricks I use that work but I'm not sure which ones. Thanks for some great content.
@@JesseAdams Awesome Jesse. Glad you have learned the skill.
Hey Lonnie. Thats my suspicion too. When some one has a section on jungle survival, Mountain survival, desert survival etc.....I really have to question if the author has "any" experience .......I don't know how you be an expert in so many environments??? Makes me question whats been passed off as knowledge. How's your summer going Lonnie?
Our summer is going well here. I would guess that we are either setting records here for hot weather or else we are about to. We have been having weather more like you folks up there in the interior normally have. Very very dry also. Connie and I are doing well though. The chickens are still laying a few eggs daily though they are getting older now and the garden is supplying quite a bit of salad greens. Life is good. Last I knew, Brook was still down South While you are up here. Hope things are going well for you folks and that you both are having a great summer.
Brooke and the kids are up here in FBX and things are going great!!! Yesterday the highway resurfacing crew fixed our road !! We had about 300' of road through permafrost and it has been a constant nightmare for all of us on this mountain. All of us have been stuck in our road several times.....now its had a 4' lift of rock on it and life is good!!!
What a great perspective, sir! I'm looking forward to full-time Boondocking starting this week and writing the next chapter in my personal bushcrafting skills journal. Always more to learn! Thanks for the insights, Dave ... God Bless
Thanks Dave
@@Bushradical ... After 3 years, I can honestly say that I have more "first-hand" experience in several areas I had only read about (and lots more stuff than I'd even imagined ... like dealing with the frost I'd get on my beard sleeping in an unheated cabin 2 winters ago!). I'm making a PURPOSEFUL list of things to PRACTICE from here on out. Water supply is a weak area for me and it's likely one of the most important resources I need. Thanks for the reminder, Dave :) God Bless
Great thoughts and so true! I keep a journal also, and it's even the same color as yours.. Lol.. Thanks for sharing, Be safe...
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I guessed it before watching the vid. Yep, personal experience. Thanks for another good video Dave.
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Great take on this subject thanks Dave!
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Wow, Now that's deep. Thanks Dave. That makes so much sense.
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Excellent!
Thanks Dave, I needed that.
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ur the man .. .loved you and Brooke in Alone ... thanks
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Great advice Dave.
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Very well said
Very valid points - great video.
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good points made there man! Nicely done
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And Dave, this is why I love your videos! My daughter was born May 28th this year, seeing her and thinking about what I enjoy, wondering what she will enjoy. I'm just not starting to do just what you said. I have a what I like to call my bushcrafting journal. My first now drill "fire" was even I was about 12, I don't even remember where I got the idea from. But I went it and got all the stuff I needed, I started using the bow, I was doing pretty good. I started getting smoke, then a good amount of smoke . . . . . but no fire. I still get a laugh about it today because I got down hearted and said I guess I just can't do this. (Missing piece of information) It really helps if you cut the notch in the wood to get there ember out. Lol
it really is a great skill to have, but it's got its fine points that you need to "KNOW" or you're just spinning your wheels. For me it was the fact that I didn't know a smoking pile of dust could be blown into an ember with time and a little air......I was working to produce a bright red "cigarette" type of coal......
@@Bushradical I think it is just like our parents taught us, practice makes perfect.
Yeah Dave.. now THAT is a clear perspective... very well done.. i am gonna watch this one as many times as i can i get the message clear.. J
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Very deep brother. Thank you for helping me
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Dave, Great point to make, your own “book” is the best book! As an old Assistant Scoutmaster and Merit Badge counselor would like to pass on something you might like. It’s a teaching method we call the EDGE.
E is for explain the skill, and in a thorough manner. D is to demonstrate the skill. G is to guide the person through the steps of the skill as they attempt it themselves. Lastly E is for enable when the person can successfully complete the skill all on their own. Hope you have a great Whipple breakfast today! Love that style of cooking!
my first bow drill ember, after years of trying like you, I chucked the spindle into my electric drill and got an ember. Once I did that then I knew for a fact my materials worked and I picked up a few other tricks like undercutting the board in a groove out the back. Since my first real legit ember by hand on the set I knew worked, I found that if I go slow until tons of smoke and then hammer out 20 fast hard strokes counting them off I've had success so far every time so far. Not that it might not work next time but I've refined what I know works for me like you said.
Right on. Knowing you have wood that works well is a great thing to know.
Great points. Just like authors who fill a book with anything outdoorsy they can find, I think there's UA-cam bushcraft channels that do the same. When a channel looks like videos of a rookie playing a role, but laying it out like they're a seasoned frontiersman, I just shake my head. Grown boys, with a bigger budget for toys, playin' in the woods. I enjoy your videos, Dave.
Thank you!
I love exactly what you have said in this video. And you are correct! I started writing a book It is going to take me some time to do. I am only writing about things that I have done or situations I have been in and what I had to do or how I had to overcome my different situations. I am putting in some other things that people could do if you know how to do them but that I have never done and I am stating that in my book. Not knowing how well or if certain things actually do work. I'm just trying to keep it to the facts that I know that I have done or experienced in my 51 years on this Earth. Once again great video keep them coming!
Awesome ! Let me know when its done
Well said Davey lad, personal hands on experience counts a hell of a lot more than thinking or assuming that you can do something that you read in a book.
absolutely!
Great video.Thanks a lot !!!
Thanks! BY the way I'm a high percent "Danish".
@@Bushradical Thats cool !!!!
Great and excellent info Dave. And also so true. But you got me. I had pencil in hand paper. Start writing. The book you write yourself. Doh!!!! Brilliant. 😎👍👍 2 thumbs up!! Lol
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I plan on buying more books on bushcraft and wild edible foraging soon and this video gave great perspective and insight on how and what to look for. I've never thought much about the authors writing them and how they got their information. Some I am already familiar with but now I will research more before purchasing more book's on these subjects. Thanks Dave!!
best of luck to you.
Great video, truth spoken.
Dave my friend this the Best video yet great 👍 one Bless on your family
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this is why I LOVE your channel ...
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Hey Dave I enjoyed the video man thank you so much for it I agree with everything you say there because you got to get out there and do it yourself then you'll know if you could do it or not and if it can be done I believe in at 100%
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VERY good video, Dave. Couldn't agree more. Personal failures and triumphs like your bow drill experience is worth more than a stack of how- to's. 86 here in the Arrowhead. 55 is my 86. LOL!
right on
Good vid
Perfect Dave ; great job on that point - ya nailed that one - be safe & take care out there - kirk out for now
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Dave I think you are absolutely correct. We need to know for ourselves. There is so much that can be learned from a smell or a feel or a color, learning the hard way is sometimes the best way and the hardest way. You don't forget using the hard way.
Absolutely
I could not agree more!...great video David
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spot on
When I was a kid, in the 1950's and 60's, camping was one of our favorite family activities. We would travel to the mountains, and camp. Or travel to the coast, and camp. Or travel to the desert, and camp. Usually to some place to explore old mining ghost towns, explore abandoned mines, and caves, and looking for Native American artifacts. Not to learn bushcraft or survival skills. Just to be a family out in nature while learning some history. I did learn in the process a lot of bushcraft and survival skills, but that wasn't really our goal for going out camping. We just enjoyed being out there together. --- One of my most treasured outdoor books is "Feasting Free On Wild Edibles" by Bradford Angier. (Some amazon listings erroneously list it as being published in 2002, but it actually came out in 1972, which is when I got mine.)
I'll check that book out
Hands down the best of grid living channel on youtube ! Keep em coming
Wow, thanks!
No worries brother just keep doing what your doing cause its really good stuff and I've learned alot from you. I subscribe two more then a few channels and your by far is the easiest to follow. You explain things well and you keep it straitforward and interesting. You've actually inspired me to try making my own channel this summer when I start building my of grid homestead. I can't wait to start when the snow clears so im doing as much research as I can , I can n o nestly say I've learned more from watching yo u then anyone else so thank you
Thanks , I appreciate that
Very well said.My seven year old daughter made a fire down the woods with the other day herself with char chloth and a fire stick. She was overjoyed and that is in her head forever now.
Good video bud.
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Really enjoyed this Dave. Good point for sure. The first time I tried starting a fire with a knife and flint it took me several hours and that's after giving up for an hour in between. Before that I was under the impression that I could just take those tools and make a fire if I needed to. Wrong! Haha!
it never works like they say it does! LOL
Dave, I agree on what you say, however, If I could add something...that would be inspiration. Back in the '50s, my uncle gave me his well worn Boy Scout manual, which was illustrated with beautiful ink drawings. I studied that manual from front to back many times. The illustrations are still burnt in my mind. Ive never used or even tried the majority of skills taught in the manual. But!...the inspiration I received was priceless. I went on to be an avid camper, hiker, fisherman, hunter and a pen and ink artist. It all started with the Boy Scout Manual and a young boy's dreams. Inspiration is the key to life...you need a spark to light the fire. Thanks Dave, you and Brooke inspire me to.🌲🌲🌲
Thanks Daniel
Thanks for supplying a dose of common sense in a world that is severely lacking it. God bless.
Thanks Dale.
My introduction to bushcraft was "My Side of the Mountain"
Me too!
Me too! "Hatchet" after that.
Almost like a diary then lol nice and ty for sharing this 👍 😊...
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Indeed. Well said and emphasized.
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Spot on!!👍🏼
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Good advice. I am a thinking I should get off my duff and go practice skills.
right on.
excellent!
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Good advice
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Reading and doing are two different things. I am working on achieving my first bow drill fire. Picked up some great tips from David West, I think might help achieve success. Great advice on keeping a journal.
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You are so right on doing it first hand
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