Pine Cone Fire Starter
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- In this episode we look at an alternate fire starting source.. Pine Cones. They are easily accessible and make creating a fire super simple. Check it out and also click some links below!
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Dan
This type of information is why I will ALWAYS watch the advertisement before your videos. It's my understanding that you don't make money if the ad is skipped. Thanks for sharing!
Dan, great to see a bushcraft video using matches. Matches are so often ignored because they are a finite resource. The are a light and easy option to carry and the container can be used for other things after it is emptied. I would never rely on them as my only source, but would also never not use them on principle.
2019 and I never go to the woods without matches, I take a ferro rod and saftey matches and kind of swap between the two depending how fast I want to get warm and what my level of ultimate lazyness is that day.
Cigarette lighters are a better option than matches. They take less room & provide more fires, even after the fluid is gone. Most importantly, they are super simple 1-finger tools that'll provide instant open flames. When preparing an emergency kit, remember the possibility of an injured hand or arm. A lighter will give you quick flame with only a single finger. If you like matches, consider a storm match. A pack of them is still larger than a lighter, but most are water & wind proof (unlike the cigarette lighters than I seem to be promoting 😄) . Look for a strike-anywhere storm match to simplify things & allow for that all important one-handed operation. Think in terms of gross motor skills; in emergency situations such as extreme cold or injury, our fine motor skills are the first to go.
plus those UCO matches are like $1 each
I love to use pine cones for fire starters. They’re great if your kindling is damp. I keep a bucket of them at my campsite. White pine cones seem to work the best since they usually have globs of resin all over them. Thanks Dan for the tip!
You bring up a good point about moisture: The pitch in the cones helps prevent water absorption… so they actually work better on damp days than more porous materials that might be laying right next to them And the pitch burns really well in addition to keeping the water out.
Another great tip for our fellow bush crafters Dan, I dip mine in a melted wax and Vaseline solution, let them set and dry,and they light right up with a fero rod too !!! All the best, Paul, Florida.
Cant light it with a normal lighter?
Another great video sir!! I started watching bushcrafter videos about three years ago with Dave Canterbury and now I watch many people. Your awesome!! Seriously I have learned sooooo much from you that I can use. Your a blessing to many of us. Thanks again for everything you do blessings 😇🇺🇸
^^^co-signed and witnessed.
I second the motion! 🙋
We have the red pine here where I am, the longer, slender pines cones. They work great because the pine pitch gets built up on them and they can burn 4-5 minutes each when they get going.
I’ve used them in my solostove to cook entire meals. The guys with me were freaking out...they were out for 2 hours gathering their woodpile for cooking. I spent literally 2 minutes to gather pine cones and ground litter for cooking dinner, breakfast and coffee. They laughed at me. I just laughed at their energy expenditure and enjoyed my cuppa joe! I sometimes dip them in paraffin for survival kits.
Very good. As good as birch bark. You can use them even in a poring rain. Just shake off the water and light them. Thank you very much
My preferred fire tender. I cheat my a lighter to a votive candle to a pine cone. However, since watching your videos I have broadened my options and I am getting more fire started with a fire steal. Thanks for teaching.
Great tinder source! Similar to fatwood as there is resin in the cones yet easier to source.
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Nice Video clip! Forgive me for chiming in, I would appreciate your initial thoughts. Have you tried - Proutklarton Incredible Match Plan (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now)? It is a good exclusive product for getting an understanding of how to survive in a disaster and make your own survival food without the hard work. Ive heard some decent things about it and my work colleague at last got amazing success with it.
Great tip! Sometimes we forget about these other resources. Thanks bro!
I've been using pine cones for years. Everyone talks Fatwood but truth be told, pine cones are more readily available and require no processing. Thanks for posting.
Great technique. Have used it several times. Work s great.
Nature's Natural Fire Stick. Will light with ferro rod & Solar if resin present. If not, mash them up. Use several, "one" may just go out if you don't play with it. Stack a pile, dry out wet wood. Makes great coals. You can find dry ones even in rain. Collect good ones on your way in. Available year round. Flame & open dry cones = fast easy fire, for sure!
Excellent fire starter and another good tip. Thanks!
Great piece of bush craft knowledge passed on to us all 👍
Awesome demonstration, never seen this before. I know what I'll use from now on. Thanks for the knowledge dan.
Good information Dan
Love those matches, jam one down in a stick bundle and voila! Or, a pincone😊
I found a white pine today that was littered with cones underneath. They were damp from the rain the last two days, but I grabbed one and it lit up with a lighter in about 2 seconds. Put it out and brought one home. Tried a regular wooden kitchen match....lit up with NO problem. Tried a ferro rod....I could get an ember, but no flame. Tried to process the cone down and wound up with very sticky hands! I think with a bit of flash tinder it would have ignited. I'm going back tomorrow and gathering a 5 gallon bucket full.
Yep Dan, another fine video. And still looking for a video on making matches at home. Thanks.
Another Great Video , with Awesome info. One of my first tinders used, that my Dad showed me , first was birch bark 👍🏻. Keep the videos coming .
Pine trees are great! 🤠 🔥
Another great tip, thanks for sharing San
If its a full sunny day, eyeglasses can make a fire by using them as a magnifying glass to focus the sun on a point. Darker dry material will convert the sunlight to heat. The glasses need to be thicker in the middle. Far sighted lenses with a high +. Dry dark leaves or a piece of dark cloth will light fast. Light colors will reflect the suns heat.
I'm so gone have to try that...
Oh yeah! Love them!
When we would go camping my dad would give me a bag and have me go collect pinecones for the fire. Then the next morning we would find the bag up in a tree all cause the darn squirrels had stolen them bag and all. My dad would have me repeat the process every day until our camping trip was over.
Good vid, thnx!
Important knowledge to have it seems like it acts like a candle because of the oils embedded inside the cone.
Handy tip, for sure!
I found out (by accident) years ago how well they work. Gathered a bunch on a family backpack in the cascades and was stupid enough to sleep by the fire with the pine cones stacked next to my sleeping bag, (cut me some slack, I was 13 YO) NEEDLESS TO SAY I woke up real warm lol, and discovered an easy way to start a fire. Would've preferred to wait for this video instead of findinfg out like I did. It DOES work real good.
BTW, I watched your preferred 3 knives video and can't seem to find the "coalcracker". What happened?
hahaha! Awesome story. I hope you were unharmed :)
I remember some burned hair and my sleeping bag melted a little. Oh yea, FINALLY got to see the veins in my mom's neck that Pop was always talking about. (Two seconds later heard the cost of the bag. Guess it did cost a little, ouch) Other than my pride, Not hurt at all. ALWAYS start to laugh when I think about it.
I gathered many pine cones and then lightly dipped in wax
I like that it's very obvious with those pine cones that there's going to be able to breathe heat up quick I am curious though, picking them up trees do they have to be dead trees or will it work the same on live trees I'm assuming that trees but I just want to make sure.
Charles Dobson, I was wondering the same thing!
If you see signs of sap. It works.
Excellent tinder for sure.
Thanks for sharing.. would love to see it work with a "regular" match or a fire rod. ;)
Spirit Forest - Give it a try and let us know! 😀 I'm guessing a regular match will work just fine. A ferro rod might require some processing of the cone first.
Another great tip cheers! ATB
I use this for my grill in my backyard and fireplace. I'll never buy fire starters again. I just pick some up through the neighborhood. I've been such a schmuck buying fire starters like a sucker but not anymore.
Great tinder idea.
Great 😊
Unfortunately for me I live in a mixed hemlock / hardwood forest. The hemlock cones are tiny, have less pitch, and degrade pretty quickly. They still light extremely well with all that surface area.... but they're nowhere near as nice as a big 'ol pine cone.
Dan,
Love your channel. Best out there in my opinion. As for the pine cones in preparing our kits, in the event I am without matches, what else could we do to a pine cone to use as a way to ignite the line cone. Since I think in most of our kits we would find char cloth, birch bark, some fat wood, tulip poplar bark, maybe some petroleum coated cotton balls, etc. It appears once a pine cone is ignited there is a pretty good burn time, probably from the resins within the cone. Could we not take some of those things in our haversack to stick into the openings of the pine cone therefore making the ultimate fire bomb. I thought about this a lot and am going to try it soon. Tons of fallen cones around here in upstate NY. What are your thoughts? I even have thought of taking melted bees wax with pulverized tulip poplar, birch bark, and shaved fat wood and dipping or smearing the concoction into the pine cone. I figure if I am going out for an overnighter or two that they would be easy enough to transport and if all else, it would make a great little thing to do in camp enjoying the outdoors. Again, thanks Dan, I look forward to seeing you and your wisdom in every Coalcracker Bushcraft video.
Wij starten er vroeger de kachel er mee !! Als kleine jongen moesten we ze altijd zoeken ,
tassen vol!!
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Lol i was just filming the same video
Nice steve! Can't wait to see it...
What haversack is that please?
Who's here after playing LOZ: Tears of the Kingdom?
What pine species was that?
fill it with sap and make a torch
I starts fire with a potato chips, when i go camping for the first time
ik heb hier super veel Dennenapels in huis
tony pino yes great in fireplace .
Remember where that tree is ,You can go back and harvest fat wood . I jist got two trees done ,probably twenty pounds or so .. several lifetimes worth
Useless in wet countries such as Ireland, Britain, Norway etc
throws a $1 match away half burnt, sorry but that is wasteful.