Greetings from Thunder bay, Ontario, Canada! we are proud to have one of the largest Scandinavian population in the world outside of Scandinavia. though we're mostly Finns here, and i my self am of Swedish ancestry. Bjorn, please dont ever change, dont ever get corrupted by influences in this world that speak to one's desire as opposed to ones nature. i dont beleive you, of all people, would ever succumb to this fate but it happens to so many great, honest, and true hearted people that i must make this request of you. you truly are a wonderful person and your view of the world is crystal clear, to the point, and unadulterated. your one of the very few people i've ever seen can see things like they realy are, and who can tell it like it is in a polite way, yet without diminishing the impact of the message your trying to get across. please dont ever change.
Thank you for your video and after all your hard work I hope you can de-stress. I totally agree with with you about the every day hard working heroes, as a parent myself you do it without even questioning it it's what we do 👍🏻 Keep up the great work and great videos! All the best from Shetland. Skal!!
First one, good to see you back bushcrafting Bjorn and I’ve said in other videos of yours that what makes them great is that it is like talking to a friend around the campfire
Man! I love what you do... when i can not get to the woods. I come to your channel to remind me that their are still men out there who value the good things of life!
Being single, age 63, without family, and, other than at the work place, with pretty much no social connection, and without desire to seek socializing, I can still understand and recognize and much appreciate the truth that family and community are one the main things that our western world has been robbed of by now at least three generations of a comparably few global-social-manipulators with agendas that are self serving and anti-humane - yes, people have bought into their agendas and brought this decline of values and traditions upon themselves… but still, they have been manipulated into doing so - we can only hope and spread the awareness as much as possible to hopefully heal as much of the world as we can -
Not cheesy at all! Dads are the forgotten heroes of the ages, the ones who keep families together, teach and guide their children and work the boring, soul sucking jobs to provide what's needed to live. My Dad was my hero and still the example I know I will never equal. Thanks for doing that.
@Amanda Anderson Mothers are called bad mothers mostly when...guess what..they are bad mothers but even some horrible mothers get celebrated just because they are mothers. Even Good Dads get attacked by the leftists, marxists, globalists and feminazis just because they are men. Good people do good things, selfish people do selfish things, evil people do evil things and all these people exist in both sexes. Why do you have to make it a competitive thing, just let us give the good DADS a pat on the back with making a big deal or the new battle of the sexes out of it.. JEEEEZZZZZ!
Love your videos Bjorn, your advice and philosophy really strike a chord with me, there is always something to learn and reflect on, best regards Simon
Norway looks gorgeous. I think you might like to visit the East Texas woods. Parts of our woods resemble yours. You might want to visit in wintertime the summer heat is brutal.
Great job on completing your newest book! Thank you for bringing us with you. The sound is great! Great advice on family! This is the time we live in. Communication between the world is astounding and scary though I am happy with this ability as how would we have met you otherwise brother.
You’re channel is amazing sir, always inspiring. Your charisma and sense of fulfillment is always positive and always such thoughtful words coming from you. It makes me hope one day soon I can get away from the city and get back to nature where I belong.
You look so much happier .we can tell that the novel was wearing you thin and a drain on you emotionally as well as physically . You smiled most of this video, makes us happy as well. Do what you love, get into the woods!. By the way, you did a great job demonstrating how to char fire starting material . We are glad to see you doing what you love!!!
“Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.” When you were talking about the everyday heroes I couldn’t help but think of this quote from The Hobbit (one of my favorite adventure stories) as said by Gandalf, who by the way may have been inspired by Odin. Despite all the problems with the world these days, almost all because of the modern society, people are still good. Especially the parents who always made sure their kids could be themselves which mine did for me and I am grateful for it. So a big thumbs up to all the parents reading this! 👍
Thank you :) I try my very best every day to provide for my husband who can no longer work away from home and myself too. We have no human children but have several 4 legged dependents. Thank you for all the inspiration you give me and all your viewers. I certainly enjoy having coffee with you!
I'd like to live in a house like that on the lake when I retire; on a dark Scottish lake in a cottage on the shore many miles awaaayyyy many miles awaaayyyy
@@alicewhitelhpw7517 i could see that & agree ! It sounds so lovely and peaceful ! 😊 Very brilliant & bright minded ! I actually planned one day to make a home like that and live peacefully away from society ! Glad to see that other's have these things in common ! I saw your comment scrolling through and had to comment ! Hoping you don't mind ! Take good care of yourself ma'am ! Sincerely a gentle kind humble respectful soul / Paul~.
Bjorn Andreas Bull-Hansen; It's always a pleasure to view your video content, especially the beautiful natural country side. Thank you for sharing this.
Not cheesy at all. Thank you for working hard for your family too. I have a pretty good job so I don’t have to work too hard, but I do work to earn a living for my family, and my wife works to take good care of our family, and though we don’t expect our kids to appreciate it (at least not until they have families of their own), it’s always nice to be appreciated. So thank you for that too. Also, your English is great, even if you have trouble finding the right word from time to time. Native speakers do that too. For someone who isn’t a native speaker, your grasp of the language is amazing, so don’t worry about it. 👍
Wonderful to see you my friend. Thanks a bunch for sharing your day with us Bjorn. You are great company this day. This is a great way to spend a nice day.
Hyya Bjorn.. 07/17/20 I love your “spirit “ your persistence.. humbleness and your integrity .. and especially showing us some of your mistakes that we all can learn by thank you .. RadicallyRescued here in Alabama USA
By the way, I went out to one of the local hiking parks here in western Michigan and picked up some punk wood to give charring it a try. While I was there I also found a piece of flint. A good day!! I've had a fire steel for years but sadly have never used it. That's going to change. Thanks for your inspirations Bjørn.
It generally works better to strike downward onto the steel with the flint when you want to drive a spark off the steel in a downward direction into the tinder box. Strike the steel as though trying to shave a sliver of it off with the flint in a downward direction.
What a beautiful walk to that lavvu, which is such a nice place to escape to! Thanks for the punk wood charring instruction. I want to try it some day.
Loved the cut-away to promote the Bulgarian version of your first book, and also to praise the heroes of the world. You are getting quite adept at film editing techniques.
Hei Bjørn. As a Norwegian currently working and living in Germany, I would like to tell you how much I appriciate everything you put out. Seeing the nature back home unfiltered and pure as its beauty is, is so theraputic for me now that I live in a city with the equivalent of 1/3 of our population. Your videos and wise words are always uplifting and refreshing, and the values that you preach warms my heart and keeps my head in the right place. I cannot thank you enough.
Bjorn, I really do appreciate you teaching about the punk-wood. I do Frontier re-enactments in Eastern Oregon. We call the events "Rendezvous" where people dress up in "Mountain Man" garb and throw knives, tomahawks, & shoot blackpowder flintlocks and percussion, cast iron camp / Dutch oven cooking, basically pre 1840s era. They teach how to make "Char cloth" to use with flint and steel, but never the more traditional & readily available punkwood. I will bring this up at the next "Rondy".
Thank you for the video.Good to see you again , even better that you are feeleing free!! You have inspired me to enjoy that feeling of freedom more.Ik try to get away from the "rat-race" whenever I can. All the best !
I like your life of living so close to nature and basically your sensitivity to your surroundings when you walk through the forest and what you learn from it.
I always gather "fluffy plant material" for making fire. an example is dandelion puffs, milkweed fluff and so on. Catches and burns like nothing else and makes starting a fire pretty easy. I put it under the kindling sticks and start my sparks.
13:06 Thank you for not being mean to the bugs, kind sir. and Thank you for taking us along on your mini adventure into the woods once again! Very enjoyable. and Lastly congratulations on finishing your book!
Heimdal's DNA floats in the blood of most of us. But all heroes need a star to find their way home. And you're one of those stars. Thanks! Good to see you enjoying life and finding your inner peace. God dag Bjørn 🥓🍻
BJORN...MY FAVORITE, BEST FRIEND...I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS IN MAKING THESE VIDEOS AND ALL POSTS..IT IS VERY BEAUTIFUL..THE WORK THAT YOU DO ..AND...VERY MUCH APPRECIATED..REMEMBER.. WE LOVE YOU AND YOUR WORK !!💗😄😄👍👍
Same as when I get home, as I live far from others so it's quiet and I hear so much more! I understood all you said, and I will try it myself so that I don't have to rely on technology to make a fire.I like your videos and i can understand why the praise for the heroes too. I totally agree with you and I give a lot of respect to those who work hard for their families. You are a good man! Thank You!
It would be nice if you could make a clip video of your message to hard working families. I think there are many people who need to hear it. All the best to you and yours Bjorn.
Not sure if anyone said this already. The flint scrapes off the metal (flying metal is the sparks), if you strike the steel on the flint there are more sparks going up than down. so to get more sparks going down you can strike the flint on the steel. Hope that makes sense.
Health and happiness from Florida! I'm waiting not patiently for fall. I awoke to 23C and light fog, today's high will be 35C. In another month rattlesnake breeding season will be over and the temperatures will start falling and I will be back in the woods. Keep up the videos!
As Bjorn claws at the foot of a great Felled tree, the wind gently weeps through the branches of its tree kin. Bjorn rejoiced for he knew the gift of spongy tree flesh provides the gift of fire. As the brew of blackened refreshment fuels his soul he gives much thanks to all the workings of all things.
Only just caught up with this video but felt moved to comment and say thank you for the shout out to heroes. I don’t have a family myself yet but my mum sacrificed so much and worked her fingers to the bone to provide for my brother and I single handedly. She’s a true hero! Thanks Bjorn, you’re a legend.
You are a blessed man Bjorn, and have a good insight into what is of interest to us all. The family is the most important thing to a nation. Working men and women are the true heroes. They love and cherish their families. They provide for them even if the task is mind numbing or back breaking. It's the little things that matter. You are a good and kind man Bjorn. I am glad I found your program. Take care and be safe. Vaughn
Yeah! Char and flint works good. I wish my brother had your patience when he was teaching me this. We made the char together first time for us both and yes lid not too tight as ours built up pressure, the lid flew off and our punkwood dumped in the fire. He helped me get a spark on the char but again failed to tell me put the lid on right away. Back to collecting punkwood third time that day. I'm glad I learned how. Make yourself unavailable... love this! Good work, good channel with such very good content. I'm in my 60s and want to head for the woods. I miss it. A night here and there even in a lean-to is most refreshing.
Hi Bjorn. I have not checked all the comments, and I am no long practiced expert using charred punk wood myself,having only started using it in the last 18 months. I have seen in videos from more skilled people than myself, but have since come to agree, that if you hold the steel in your left hand and strike down with flint in your right hand, this has the same effect as holding the pair normally and striking up with the steel. If that makes sense. This should force more sparks downwards into the tin. Basically the opposite of throwing sparks UP into char cloth but throwing sparks DOWN into the tin. Many thanks for this and your other videos. 🏴
I always throw sparks downward into my charcloth, so it's the same here. But the flint I am carrying for the charcloth is small, with punk wood it needs to be bigger.
I have pines, spruce, and poplar trees that talk to me here at home. Used to hike up into mountain up from Flam, Norge to listen to the little streams through the lichen. Bumped ptarmigan and lemmings. Can understand where legends of trolls and such came from.
Ok. I tend to hold the striker near the charred punkwood, and strike the stone downward onto the striker to shoot sparks on the charred material. It works better for me.
I enjoyed the video very much Bjorn and didn't mind the battery problem at all. Thank You Kindly! Peace and Happy Woods Walking! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
Nice instructional video, " learn something new in the lavvu ". There are some beautiful vistas up there Bjorn, lucky man. Cheesy or not, if it wasn't for those ancestors that came before us striving on our behalf we would have failed as a species a long time ago. All the best:)
I didn't see you start that fire, it must have been photoshopped. 😂🤣😂🔥 In all seriousness I am a father of 4 and I find more joy and more happiness doing things for my family than in doing things for myself. That is the meaning of love, caring more for the happiness of the beloved than your own happiness. But this selflessness is actually the key to experiencing true inner joy. Thanks for all of your videos.
Thank you as a hard working father it is nice to be appreciated. And thank you for the videos both on this channel and your other one they are very inspiring. Are any of your books here in the USA?
Lots of people are asking about this, so I have written a few words about the situation at the moment of writing this: There is an English translation (the first in the series) just waiting for the right publisher. It should preferably be a publisher with a large distribution. At the time of writing this, my agent hasn't been able to land a book deal with such a publisher. You can help by either contacting a publisher and suggest they have a look at my books, and/or you can sign a petition to have my books published in English (link on bull-hansen.com). I am really hoping to see an English language edition available soon!
Good for you Bjorn!! Now you can have a little bit of a break, take care. Spring is coming and with it hope for better times.
Greetings from Thunder bay, Ontario, Canada! we are proud to have one of the largest Scandinavian population in the world outside of Scandinavia. though we're mostly Finns here, and i my self am of Swedish ancestry.
Bjorn, please dont ever change, dont ever get corrupted by influences in this world that speak to one's desire as opposed to ones nature. i dont beleive you, of all people, would ever succumb to this fate but it happens to so many great, honest, and true hearted people that i must make this request of you. you truly are a wonderful person and your view of the world is crystal clear, to the point, and unadulterated. your one of the very few people i've ever seen can see things like they realy are, and who can tell it like it is in a polite way, yet without diminishing the impact of the message your trying to get across. please dont ever change.
Thank you for your video and after all your hard work I hope you can de-stress. I totally agree with with you about the every day hard working heroes, as a parent myself you do it without even questioning it it's what we do 👍🏻 Keep up the great work and great videos! All the best from Shetland. Skal!!
Shetland is family. Skål from Norway
Thank you, Great to be apart of the family. 🍻
First one, good to see you back bushcrafting Bjorn and I’ve said in other videos of yours that what makes them great is that it is like talking to a friend around the campfire
Thanks for saying that. It is how it feels to me as well when I'm out there.
Congratulations on completing your novels. Hope to see them soon.
Man! I love what you do... when i can not get to the woods. I come to your channel to remind me that their are still men out there who value the good things of life!
Being single, age 63, without family, and, other than at the work place, with pretty much no social connection, and without desire to seek socializing, I can still understand and recognize and much appreciate the truth that family and community are one the main things that our western world has been robbed of by now at least three generations of a comparably few global-social-manipulators with agendas that are self serving and anti-humane - yes, people have bought into their agendas and brought this decline of values and traditions upon themselves… but still, they have been manipulated into doing so - we can only hope and spread the awareness as much as possible to hopefully heal as much of the world as we can -
A beautiful video Bjorn and very relaxing as always, beautiful sentiment too reg the heroes in day to day life ...the true unsung heroes ~Peace~
The sounds of nature... Looks like a nice day in the woods.
Yes, it absolutely was!
Thank you Bjorn for your kind and sweet words. I love your channel and your heart ❤️ You are an authentic man and your family is blessed to have you 🌟
Not cheesy at all! Dads are the forgotten heroes of the ages, the ones who keep families together, teach and guide their children and work the boring, soul sucking jobs to provide what's needed to live. My Dad was my hero and still the example I know I will never equal. Thanks for doing that.
@Amanda Anderson Mothers are called bad mothers mostly when...guess what..they are bad mothers but even some horrible mothers get celebrated just because they are mothers. Even Good Dads get attacked by the leftists, marxists, globalists and feminazis just because they are men. Good people do good things, selfish people do selfish things, evil people do evil things and all these people exist in both sexes. Why do you have to make it a competitive thing, just let us give the good DADS a pat on the back with making a big deal or the new battle of the sexes out of it.. JEEEEZZZZZ!
Thanks, that was a good and thoughtful comment. I agree!
Ahhh... September of 2019. If I only knew what was coming.
I tend to click the like button even before the video starts because I know that I will enjoy just hanging out with you, so-to-speak.
Very much appreciated!
Love your videos Bjorn, your advice and philosophy really strike a chord with me, there is always something to learn and reflect on, best regards Simon
Norway looks gorgeous. I think you might like to visit the East Texas woods. Parts of our woods resemble yours. You might want to visit in wintertime the summer heat is brutal.
Great job on completing your newest book! Thank you for bringing us with you. The sound is great! Great advice on family! This is the time we live in. Communication between the world is astounding and scary though I am happy with this ability as how would we have met you otherwise brother.
You are THE nicest gent, Bjorn - thankyou for being you and sharing your thoughts and ideas! Sincerely! ~ Rob
Hey Bjorn, I was thinking about your channel the other day. It’s been a good inspiration to get out of the city and relax, thank you mate 🤝
That's awesome, Tad.
You’re channel is amazing sir, always inspiring. Your charisma and sense of fulfillment is always positive and always such thoughtful words coming from you. It makes me hope one day soon I can get away from the city and get back to nature where I belong.
You look so much happier .we can tell that the novel was wearing you thin and a drain on you emotionally as well as physically .
You smiled most of this video, makes us happy as well. Do what you love, get into the woods!. By the way, you did a great job demonstrating how to char fire starting material . We are glad to see you doing what you love!!!
“Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.”
When you were talking about the everyday heroes I couldn’t help but think of this quote from The Hobbit (one of my favorite adventure stories) as said by Gandalf, who by the way may have been inspired by Odin. Despite all the problems with the world these days, almost all because of the modern society, people are still good. Especially the parents who always made sure their kids could be themselves which mine did for me and I am grateful for it. So a big thumbs up to all the parents reading this! 👍
Thank you :) I try my very best every day to provide for my husband who can no longer work away from home and myself too. We have no human children but have several 4 legged dependents. Thank you for all the inspiration you give me and all your viewers. I certainly enjoy having coffee with you!
Sending love, light and sweet blessings to all of The Bjorn Family & Friends.
I'd like to live in a house like that on the lake when I retire; on a dark Scottish lake in a cottage on the shore many miles awaaayyyy many miles awaaayyyy
Yes, from the song Synchronicity II. Loved that album.
@@david2284180 one of my favorites ❤
Geez, not with that Sting song playing in the background.
@@alicewhitelhpw7517 i could see that & agree !
It sounds so lovely and peaceful ! 😊
Very brilliant & bright minded !
I actually planned one day to make a home like that and live peacefully away from society !
Glad to see that other's have these things in common !
I saw your comment scrolling through and had to comment !
Hoping you don't mind !
Take good care of yourself ma'am !
Sincerely a gentle kind humble respectful soul /
Paul~.
Nice reference, I was an eighties teen.
:) Congratulations on your finishing your novel!Thank you for this video.
Bjorn Andreas Bull-Hansen;
It's always a pleasure to view your video content, especially the beautiful natural country side.
Thank you for sharing this.
Glad you liked it, Hans.
Cheesy is just fine. Much love and respect to you and your family Bjorn.
Not cheesy at all. Thank you for working hard for your family too. I have a pretty good job so I don’t have to work too hard, but I do work to earn a living for my family, and my wife works to take good care of our family, and though we don’t expect our kids to appreciate it (at least not until they have families of their own), it’s always nice to be appreciated. So thank you for that too.
Also, your English is great, even if you have trouble finding the right word from time to time. Native speakers do that too. For someone who isn’t a native speaker, your grasp of the language is amazing, so don’t worry about it. 👍
Great too see you back in the woods, you look much more relaxed. Thanks Bjorn, take care 👍😃
Wonderful to see you my friend. Thanks a bunch for sharing your day with us Bjorn. You are great company this day. This is a great way to spend a nice day.
Thanks a lot! It is great to share this with you.
Hyya Bjorn.. 07/17/20 I love your “spirit “ your persistence.. humbleness and your integrity .. and especially showing us some of your mistakes that we all can learn by thank you .. RadicallyRescued here in Alabama USA
That is a well crafted flint striker.
Technical issues or not... It's always nice to get a peak into your world. Thanks for the video and keep being the good man you are. Skol.
By the way, I went out to one of the local hiking parks here in western Michigan and picked up some punk wood to give charring it a try. While I was there I also found a piece of flint. A good day!!
I've had a fire steel for years but sadly have never used it. That's going to change. Thanks for your inspirations Bjørn.
It generally works better to strike downward onto the steel with the flint when you want to drive a spark off the steel in a downward direction into the tinder box. Strike the steel as though trying to shave a sliver of it off with the flint in a downward direction.
Bjorn, much thanks for the super-kind and super-wise words on parenting!!!! It's truly sad how so many don't appear to get it these days.
This is a wonderful video. Thank you, Sir.
Glad you liked it, Tina.
Great vlog entry Bjorn, especially your tribute to the everyday heroes.
What a beautiful walk to that lavvu, which is such a nice place to escape to! Thanks for the punk wood charring instruction. I want to try it some day.
Have you tried it yet?!
@@esben181 No, not yet.
Loved the cut-away to promote the Bulgarian version of your first book, and also to praise the heroes of the world. You are getting quite adept at film editing techniques.
I wish you still made videos like this
Well, I do.
Hei Bjørn. As a Norwegian currently working and living in Germany, I would like to tell you how much I appriciate everything you put out.
Seeing the nature back home unfiltered and pure as its beauty is, is so theraputic for me now that I live in a city with the equivalent of 1/3 of our population.
Your videos and wise words are always uplifting and refreshing, and the values that you preach warms my heart and keeps my head in the right place. I cannot thank you enough.
Cooles Video Dankeschön weiter so und liebe grüße aus Deutschland👍🤘
Bjorn, I really do appreciate you teaching about the punk-wood. I do Frontier re-enactments in Eastern Oregon. We call the events "Rendezvous" where people dress up in "Mountain Man" garb and throw knives, tomahawks, & shoot blackpowder flintlocks and percussion, cast iron camp / Dutch oven cooking, basically pre 1840s era. They teach how to make "Char cloth" to use with flint and steel, but never the more traditional & readily available punkwood. I will bring this up at the next "Rondy".
That's awesome. I think you will enjoy the process! It is a natural resource, so it makes sense to use it.
I enjoyed your video, even with the technical problems 😊. And, your English is very good. I'm glad to see that you're enjoying yourself and relaxed.
You speak English very well! I enjoy your program.
Thanks a lot, John!
You are a fine man. I like that you make a genuine effort to explore and express what make you "rsal". Thank you.
Thank you, Carol. Very kind of you.
Thank you for the video.Good to see you again , even better that you are feeleing free!! You have inspired me to enjoy that feeling of freedom more.Ik try to get away from the "rat-race" whenever I can. All the best !
I like your life of living so close to nature and basically your sensitivity to your surroundings when you walk through the forest and what you learn from it.
I always gather "fluffy plant material" for making fire. an example is dandelion puffs, milkweed fluff and so on. Catches and burns like nothing else and makes starting a fire pretty easy. I put it under the kindling sticks and start my sparks.
Thank you for your comments on mothers and fathers. It is never corny to speek the truth. I love your channel and your love for Norway.
Glad you liked it, Sean.
Don’t feel bad about the phone Bjorn, you should always have it in case of injury! You can always simply turn it off.
13:06 Thank you for not being mean to the bugs, kind sir.
and Thank you for taking us along on your mini adventure into the woods once again! Very enjoyable. and Lastly congratulations on finishing your book!
Well, he drowns the deer flies in the bath, but what are you going to do? Can't let those parasites continue to drink your blood.
@@david2284180 There is a limit to kindness, I would say. I can't have them crawling on my for days.
Thanks, Kristi.
Heimdal's DNA floats in the blood of most of us.
But all heroes need a star to find their way home. And you're one of those stars. Thanks!
Good to see you enjoying life and finding your inner peace.
God dag Bjørn 🥓🍻
Thank you. Very, very kind of you!
@@BjornAndreasBull-Hansen No! Thank you! 😉
Another great video. Thanks for your efforts.
Really enjoy your videos on both channels. You motivate me to get out and remember my roots.
Thanks a lot, great inspiration for me to know that.
BJORN...MY FAVORITE, BEST FRIEND...I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS IN MAKING THESE VIDEOS AND ALL POSTS..IT IS VERY BEAUTIFUL..THE WORK THAT YOU DO ..AND...VERY MUCH APPRECIATED..REMEMBER..
WE LOVE YOU AND YOUR WORK !!💗😄😄👍👍
Same as when I get home, as I live far from others so it's quiet and I hear so much more! I understood all you said, and I will try it myself so that I don't have to rely on technology to make a fire.I like your videos and i can understand why the praise for the heroes too. I totally agree with you and I give a lot of respect to those who work hard for their families. You are a good man! Thank You!
Another great "visit". Very enjoyable.
Thank you!
Reminds me of exploring the woods when I was a kid!
It would be nice if you could make a clip video of your message to hard working families. I think there are many people who need to hear it.
All the best to you and yours Bjorn.
You are a hero Bjørn, to your immediate family and your UA-cam family! Skål!
Thank you. That is kind of you to say!
Congrats on your novel and welcome back friend.
Great video as always. I'm glad to see the door on the lavu is still up.
Skål.
Not sure if anyone said this already. The flint scrapes off the metal (flying metal is the sparks), if you strike the steel on the flint there are more sparks going up than down. so to get more sparks going down you can strike the flint on the steel. Hope that makes sense.
huh i will keep this in mind
thanks for the tip
Health and happiness from Florida! I'm waiting not patiently for fall. I awoke to 23C and light fog, today's high will be 35C. In another month rattlesnake breeding season will be over and the temperatures will start falling and I will be back in the woods. Keep up the videos!
Great channel, relaxing, contemplative, instructive, definitely one of my favorites, thanks a lot
Bjorn, thanks for sharing and bringing us along , great to visit with you again, all the best brother 👍
Thank you, Michael.
Yes, here's to everyday heroes
As Bjorn claws at the foot of a great Felled tree, the wind gently weeps through the branches of its tree kin.
Bjorn rejoiced for he knew the gift of spongy tree flesh provides the gift of fire.
As the brew of blackened refreshment fuels his soul he gives much thanks to all the workings of all things.
awesome poem man
Only just caught up with this video but felt moved to comment and say thank you for the shout out to heroes. I don’t have a family myself yet but my mum sacrificed so much and worked her fingers to the bone to provide for my brother and I single handedly. She’s a true hero! Thanks Bjorn, you’re a legend.
Is Important Andreas, children and family.👫👬👬🇺🇸🦅🇩🇰🇮🇸
You are a blessed man Bjorn, and have a good insight into what is of interest to us all. The family is the most important thing to a nation. Working men and women are the true heroes. They love and cherish their families. They provide for them even if the task is mind numbing or back breaking. It's the little things that matter. You are a good and kind man Bjorn. I am glad I found your program. Take care and be safe. Vaughn
Bjorn bull-Hansen. A good house to defend as no.. windows !! Interesting.. 🤔😊
Thank u for the dedication... U saying that and me seeing after today's events helps..it was a sign of sorts
I love your videos and it’s the highlight of my week when more of your content is posted.
Having a family is a sacred calling.
What a beautiful morning walk. I missed the laavu!
Hi Steve. I have missed it too!
Bjorn Andreas Bull-Hansen, the most genuine UA-camr, ever! Bjorn, once again, thank you.
Yeah! Char and flint works good. I wish my brother had your patience when he was teaching me this. We made the char together first time for us both and yes lid not too tight as ours built up pressure, the lid flew off and our punkwood dumped in the fire. He helped me get a spark on the char but again failed to tell me put the lid on right away. Back to collecting punkwood third time that day. I'm glad I learned how.
Make yourself unavailable... love this!
Good work, good channel with such very good content. I'm in my 60s and want to head for the woods. I miss it. A night here and there even in a lean-to is most refreshing.
Good for you , feels good after your done . I would love to be there . I live in the south very hot here . To wear long sleeves and need them .
Hi Bjorn.
I have not checked all the comments, and I am no long practiced expert using charred punk wood myself,having only started using it in the last 18 months. I have seen in videos from more skilled people than myself, but have since come to agree, that if you hold the steel in your left hand and strike down with flint in your right hand, this has the same effect as holding the pair normally and striking up with the steel. If that makes sense. This should force more sparks downwards into the tin.
Basically the opposite of throwing sparks UP into char cloth but throwing sparks DOWN into the tin.
Many thanks for this and your other videos. 🏴
I always throw sparks downward into my charcloth, so it's the same here. But the flint I am carrying for the charcloth is small, with punk wood it needs to be bigger.
Excellent video, I had no notification of this video till you mentioned it on your other channel.
I have pines, spruce, and poplar trees that talk to me here at home. Used to hike up into mountain up from Flam, Norge to listen to the little streams through the lichen. Bumped ptarmigan and lemmings. Can understand where legends of trolls and such came from.
Ok. I tend to hold the striker near the charred punkwood, and strike the stone downward onto the striker to shoot sparks on the charred material. It works better for me.
Thanks for this video.
Thanks for the great videos I do appreciate them
Thanks!
Rocking the thermacell I use it everyday in the bush as well.
Cool video. Like the demonstration.
Very good information and inspiration to learn more of the skills you demonstrate.
Where you at. I like your video looks so peaceful.
It's the woods not far from my home. It is very beautiful there.
RESPECT to you my brother
Thank you for your time and effort. I enjoyed it and learned something new.
I enjoyed the video very much Bjorn and didn't mind the battery problem at all. Thank You Kindly! Peace and Happy Woods Walking! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
Nice instructional video, " learn something new in the lavvu ".
There are some beautiful vistas up there Bjorn, lucky man.
Cheesy or not, if it wasn't for those ancestors that came before us striving on our behalf we would have failed as a species a long time ago.
All the best:)
I've missed your videos my friend! Good to see you again! Great video
Congratulations Bjorn!
I didn't see you start that fire, it must have been photoshopped. 😂🤣😂🔥 In all seriousness I am a father of 4 and I find more joy and more happiness doing things for my family than in doing things for myself. That is the meaning of love, caring more for the happiness of the beloved than your own happiness. But this selflessness is actually the key to experiencing true inner joy.
Thanks for all of your videos.
Thank you as a hard working father it is nice to be appreciated. And thank you for the videos both on this channel and your other one they are very inspiring. Are any of your books here in the USA?
Lots of people are asking about this, so I have written a few words about the situation at the moment of writing this: There is an English translation (the first in the series) just waiting for the right publisher. It should preferably be a publisher with a large distribution. At the time of writing this, my agent hasn't been able to land a book deal with such a publisher. You can help by either contacting a publisher and suggest they have a look at my books, and/or you can sign a petition to have my books published in English (link on bull-hansen.com). I am really hoping to see an English language edition available soon!
Thank you.
Tusen takk min venn,tusen takk
Fandamtastic videos, the heck with those who need to find negative remarks about your very sincere shares.
16:15 You just described Labor Day in the US. First Monday in September. Greetings from east TN / USA.
"Charred Punk Wood and Everyday Heroes" ... great name for a band!
Thanks, to have a vid dedicated to me gives me joy and the fuzzies! ;-)
Love your stuff my fren!