Just found your channel. Totally dig your style. People look at me like I'm nuts when I say I'd rather be out in the cold and be able to bundle up. Heat sucks.
22:45 ... It's not actually a kettle, it's a teapot. We all had steel teapots like this until the seventies when everyone seemed to start making tea by putting teabags into cups. I love how you're excited about something we find so mundane in the UK 😎
23 degrees is balmy, great hiking weather. It was 9 degrees on my walk to work yesterday and I was sweating balls by the time I got there. Edit: I like what you said "comfortably cold" that is a great way to put it.
We really like all your videos! No matter if short and to the point within 2 to 3 minutes or 40 minutes spent well in a relaxing manner. Keep up the good work! :)
First I love the video. Second when cooking fish I found taking a little water in the pan boil the filet and eat harty. The basket and haversack is great ideas.
Yeah the wind is so beautiful the most incredible thing in the world cos you can’t see it but it’s real and as free as all of us want to be, love your videos and the beautiful places you go, stay safe and happy your days are owesome
So I just recently got into watching your videos. Awesome job. Thanks for putting them out there for people to watch. One thing I’ve noticed in most is your use of the flint and steel. I’ve never tried it but I know it’s not as easy as you make it seem. 🤣 I’m going to have to get some and give it a try. You talk about mess ups. I probably mess something up every time I go out. Just a learning lesson of how not to do something is how I look at it. Thanks again for the videos
I've seen several of your videos but the demonstration of a ready to hand possibles bag is one of the best tips you've ever given. Nothing makes your eventual campsite more luxurious. Thank you, sir.
Glad I found this channel. Does my heart good to see a man living well and appreciating what most take for granted. Love that trappers pack as well. That would be a great daypack.
Love the cooking stick trick. Fine line between efficient and lazy, and that's all good in my book! I also just realized that when I go out on a trip like this, I'm just a grown up kid, playing in the woods. Feeds my soul for sure. Thanks for the virtual playtime! 😊
Very impressive. You are obviously quite skilled in the woods. But you still admitted to making mistakes along the way, and learning from them. That sold me on your expertise. I appreciate your honesty.
To funny. Your all excited about new bit of kit, I live kit so im excited. 22 mins in and you pull out......the same kettle I got, the same kettle my pops had. The same as my gramps had! I'm in UK, we indeed all have the same kettle. As I said, to funny. Great video Dan, always a blast to kinda keep you company on these trips. Cheers for sharing. :-)
Thank you for your great ideas. Always learning something from your videos. Today was no exception. And I really like the skillet design as well. I carried a lightweight thin steel skillet that was my great grandmother's but it disappeared.
At my camp in the Adirondacks we had a huge pine tree struck by lightening. The tree exploded and thank goodness we weren't in the woods when it happened. It was amazing to see how far the chunks of trees were thrown. Enjoy your time in the woods. Great job.
Your videos are very good! Great color and video technique, great sound. Overall, great quality. Plus, I like the fact that you are in my favorite location .... Pennsylvania! I currently live in Oklahoma, but I spend about a month every spring in Clinton and Potter Counties of PA. along the Kettle Creek basin. Love that area!
I really like your long videos as we get a chance to see you in your element. We get to see how much you truly enjoy the outdoors. Also we get to to know you better. Keep up the great work. I am going to sign up for a bushcraft class from you very soon. I can't wait!!
You get excited about the same stuff I do Dan, a good fire, good meal, good gear and the simple beauty of the natural world around us! BTW, the Swiss m32 canteen/flask is also one of my very favorite containers to use. Look forward to the next one!
Coalcracker Bushcraft I love watching your Channel you are so informative and knowledgeable and I've learned an awful lot. I live in Central Utah. And trying to put some of your techniques to use. Will let you know how it comes out. Hope everything's been good with you and yours during the covid-19 scare. Just stay in the woods and I have a blast.
Imagine that, the natural shelter would have had a resident living in it way way back before people put houses and roads everywhere, there never would have been an empty burrow. Thanks for taking us with you l really appreciate that to.
It was 90 with about the same humidity today, I got so sweated up my t shirt was soaked through. I was working on my mower. after I got it all put back together I went out to my shop (mancave) out back of the garage (it's air conditioned) and watched this vid it was nice to cool down with you. nice relaxing video, thanks.
Really enjoyed this. This is what I do in the fall and winter out here in Arizona. Chillin, Fire, eating, maybe a little reading and enjoying the sites and sounds.
Definitely taking bacon and fish out with me next time I go bush whacking. Found you through Townsend's channel and you're really inspiring me to get back out there and enjoy the great outdoors. Keep it up man.
Dan, although I haven't seen all your videos. Might I suggest, that you carry a medium sized canvas bag with a string. We used them at camp, to put the coffee grounds into. To cook the coffee.
Love watching these. We do a lot of camping but it’s generally above the the tree line in uk. The woods are closer to towns now and generally around low levels and flat ground. Would love these kinds of woods at higher elevations.
Hey Dan, I've been using a spare 3" blanket pin for a tripod, the pin retains the chain for my kettle as yours does. Keep up the great work, al the best, Paul
Great vid! Love the cettle. That's the real stuff. Now - if it gets nice and black with soot, then you got a true Norwegian 'Kaffe-Lars' (Coffee-Lars, an open fire cettle)! 👍
Thank you for utilizing time lapse or fast forward.... So much easier to stay interested in vid... Great vids.... I also enjoy grey beard and cpl Kelly.....you guys pass alot of good info and easy to follow and interesting tips/tricks/hacks..... thanks !!!!
Love this. Some of us like looooooooooonger vids bc this is indeed our entertainment....I personally do not watch TV unless there is a hurricane approaching Florida. For real.
I have one of those trapper's baskets I got at an auction in Bucks County, PA back in the 70s as my dad was an auction fanatic. It still is in good shape for use in " Mayberry," NC.
I have a one quart Whistler I use when camping. Gotta have my morning coffee. The kid is a friction fit and the handle folds down. I keep my coffee can inside. It's really compact.
Really love your short to the point videos but I'm really liking this longer "day in the life" style video hopefully more to come. Can't get enough Coalcracker
so strange. Dan was showing off his new kettle and i went to look for some stuff in the shed, i found a whole set of old turkish kettles that look oddly similar. so ill be using some of those in my ventures!
Use a log stick as toggle through the teapot handle. Can notch the stick if needed for the handle. I’m a Milice reenactor. Cordage works fast as good as a chain.
Going back and watching the old stuff. I finally figured out your voice. Alan Alda. There you go. How about a quote? "You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself" I looked him up to see if he was from eastern pa. NYC.
Great content 👍 I've never heard someone use the word "grinds" instead of "grounds" when referring to coffee before, but I enjoy learning of other dialects. 😎
Regarding the time of year and the lay of the land... I'm out here in Michigan now (previous, NY and southern West Virginia among others,) and mapping is my thing. Here in Michigan I've been mapping trails in the Allegan state game area. I'll walk established trails looking for social trails and map them as well. But in late winter/early spring you can see trails that haven't been used in years, firebreaks that have long been overgrown and well established deer and coyote trails show up as clear as day. I'll add these to my GPS unit and create loops that I will then upload to a public server in the hope that we can bring another demographic *other than hunters* into the woods so the state will have another user group to spend some time on. Moreover, as you know, there's a lot out there in the woods that you just can't see when the leaves are up, gullies, interesting trees, glacial ponds, the rare erratic, etc., so late winter (with no snow on the ground!) and early spring before the ramps come up is an ideal time for good exploration.
KUKSA...drinking vessel you carved. Norwegian. Also your folding frying pan is made in SVeden. Also nice Norwegian camp kettle stainless steel and copper bottom. Badger claw outfitters website. You are like the fastest carver I have ever seen. Did you take the Evelyn Woodhead speed carving course ???
you say at 27 min in the video "nobody wants to see ppl mess up" but i think it would be nice to make a fail compilation video, that way we also know how we're not supposed to do it XD ps i Love your videos and thanx to you i made my fire with flint and stone from the first try thank you so much for all the usefull videos .
You got that PA coffee accent. I grew up in Bucks County and can really hear that PA accent, said nice I'm down in western NC. BTW, the British Commonwealth countries drink tea, not coffee, so you may have a tea pot there.
Knit caps are a welcome tool in the outback. Hard to impossible to find one made with wool, long enough to pull down around ears and neck, and snug enough to stay where you put it. Any suggestions on where to find some?
Of course I would assume it depends on the area, but if I am out in the bush and I see a tree like that would it be a courtesy or considered "forest management" to help it down or best to just leave it and let nature take its course?
I have a question about trapping. You've got your racoon in the trap. You've dispatched it. The pelt is good for all kinds of projects. The fat is rendered into tallow which is useful for a number of things. What do you do with the carcass? Is the meat any good to eat? Personally, I don't like killing something I won't eat. Keep up the good work. Love your videos.
Yes you can eat it, just cook it good. I wouldn't be making no medium rare coon steaks but you can absolutely eat them. Again i wouldnt make them medium rare id make them well done just to be safe but to each his own.
Great video, Dan. Thanks for making them and sharing all this info! I am learning tons. How do you finish (or do you) your wood utensils? Is there something you put on the wood spoons and cups to seal them or make them more resilient/waterproof? Coming from a turner and a carver... ^_^
Another great video Dan ! I really like your pack basket and the cover you made for it, will you be selling them on the website? I'm a fellow gear lover too. I purchased your haversack and it is perfect for all my stuff and then more things I may find along the way. It's great to see you enjoying the woods even in weather that some of us might not feel is the most desirable. You continue to prove we can make anytime in the woods comfortable!
i do sell them. They just aren’t in my site because shipping and wait time to get them is more. If you’re interested just email Info@coalcrackerbushcraft.com
We in Scandinavia use our axes and skulls to make whatever we need... jk for the most part we have trangia style cooking wear. Its best because when we are in the mountains, there are no trees, so best to use alcohol as fuel
Just found your channel. Totally dig your style. People look at me like I'm nuts when I say I'd rather be out in the cold and be able to bundle up. Heat sucks.
In the cold you can always get warm. There's no way to escape the heat when you're outside unless you stay in water all day long.
I just today ran across this, man, I wish you were doing more of these!
Thanks for the adventure. 👍
Jesus Loves you all very much!!!! God Bless everyone!!!!
you as well!!
22:45 ... It's not actually a kettle, it's a teapot. We all had steel teapots like this until the seventies when everyone seemed to start making tea by putting teabags into cups. I love how you're excited about something we find so mundane in the UK 😎
23 degrees is balmy, great hiking weather. It was 9 degrees on my walk to work yesterday and I was sweating balls by the time I got there. Edit: I like what you said "comfortably cold" that is a great way to put it.
great video i actually enjoyed spending 40 vitual minutes with you in the woods lol
We really like all your videos!
No matter if short and to the point within 2 to 3 minutes or 40 minutes spent well in a relaxing manner.
Keep up the good work! :)
The bone collector on the rome, I enjoyed the video. Sweet pot.
Dan, you seem very relaxed in this video, do some more of this. Good Medicine. Take care.
First I love the video. Second when cooking fish I found taking a little water in the pan boil the filet and eat harty. The basket and haversack is great ideas.
Yeah the wind is so beautiful the most incredible thing in the world cos you can’t see it but it’s real and as free as all of us want to be, love your videos and the beautiful places you go, stay safe and happy your days are owesome
Another awesome video! You are crushing these long form videos keep them coming!
So I just recently got into watching your videos. Awesome job. Thanks for putting them out there for people to watch. One thing I’ve noticed in most is your use of the flint and steel. I’ve never tried it but I know it’s not as easy as you make it seem. 🤣 I’m going to have to get some and give it a try. You talk about mess ups. I probably mess something up every time I go out. Just a learning lesson of how not to do something is how I look at it. Thanks again for the videos
I've seen several of your videos but the demonstration of a ready to hand possibles bag is one of the best tips you've ever given. Nothing makes your eventual campsite more luxurious. Thank you, sir.
Glad I found this channel. Does my heart good to see a man living well and appreciating what most take for granted. Love that trappers pack as well. That would be a great daypack.
Another good one from the coalcracker
Dan, JE, DC and you = UA-cam heaven...please keep 'em coming!
I don't mind punishing, as if consequences don't run as scheduled.
Keep um coming Corporal.
Love the cooking stick trick. Fine line between efficient and lazy, and that's all good in my book! I also just realized that when I go out on a trip like this, I'm just a grown up kid, playing in the woods. Feeds my soul for sure. Thanks for the virtual playtime! 😊
40 minutes gone already?!! Enjoyed every ounce of that, Brother. Keep 'em coming.
Very impressive. You are obviously quite skilled in the woods. But you still admitted to making mistakes along the way, and learning from them. That sold me on your expertise. I appreciate your honesty.
I know these videos are super time consuming, but I'd like to see them make a comeback.
To funny. Your all excited about new bit of kit, I live kit so im excited. 22 mins in and you pull out......the same kettle I got, the same kettle my pops had. The same as my gramps had! I'm in UK, we indeed all have the same kettle. As I said, to funny. Great video Dan, always a blast to kinda keep you company on these trips. Cheers for sharing. :-)
noice! i love that no matter where you set up camp, the 4 W's is first consideration. thanks for sharing.
Thank you for your great ideas. Always learning something from your videos. Today was no exception. And I really like the skillet design as well. I carried a lightweight thin steel skillet that was my great grandmother's but it disappeared.
At my camp in the Adirondacks we had a huge pine tree struck by lightening. The tree exploded and thank goodness we weren't in the woods when it happened. It was amazing to see how far the chunks of trees were thrown. Enjoy your time in the woods. Great job.
great video love being in woods, however a little too old now but enjoy watching you and learning
Your videos are very good! Great color and video technique, great sound. Overall, great quality. Plus, I like the fact that you are in my favorite location .... Pennsylvania! I currently live in Oklahoma, but I spend about a month every spring in Clinton and Potter Counties of PA. along the Kettle Creek basin. Love that area!
I really like your long videos as we get a chance to see you in your element. We get to see how much you truly enjoy the outdoors. Also we get to to know you better. Keep up the great work. I am going to sign up for a bushcraft class from you very soon. I can't wait!!
You get excited about the same stuff I do Dan, a good fire, good meal, good gear and the simple beauty of the natural world around us! BTW, the Swiss m32 canteen/flask is also one of my very favorite containers to use. Look forward to the next one!
Coalcracker Bushcraft I love watching your Channel you are so informative and knowledgeable and I've learned an awful lot. I live in Central Utah. And trying to put some of your techniques to use. Will let you know how it comes out. Hope everything's been good with you and yours during the covid-19 scare. Just stay in the woods and I have a blast.
Imagine that, the natural shelter would have had a resident living in it way way back before people put houses and roads everywhere, there never would have been an empty burrow. Thanks for taking us with you l really appreciate that to.
It was 90 with about the same humidity today, I got so sweated up my t shirt was soaked through. I was working on my mower. after I got it all put back together I went out to my shop (mancave) out back of the garage (it's air conditioned) and watched this vid it was nice to cool down with you. nice relaxing video, thanks.
Really enjoyed this. This is what I do in the fall and winter out here in Arizona. Chillin, Fire, eating, maybe a little reading and enjoying the sites and sounds.
Definitely taking bacon and fish out with me next time I go bush whacking.
Found you through Townsend's channel and you're really inspiring me to get back out there and enjoy the great outdoors. Keep it up man.
Dan, although I haven't seen all your videos. Might I suggest, that you carry a medium sized canvas bag with a string. We used them at camp, to put the coffee grounds into. To cook the coffee.
wow yout videos are great and informative, ive been watching new and old vids, keep up the good work, much love from england 👍
When you hear the fish sizzling in the bacon grease....oh man. It had to smell amazing, and it had to taste even better.
Love watching these. We do a lot of camping but it’s generally above the the tree line in uk. The woods are closer to towns now and generally around low levels and flat ground. Would love these kinds of woods at higher elevations.
Great video Dan, love that new kettle and the leaning fire hang it's a lot quicker than building a tripod for sure.
Hey Dan, I've been using a spare 3" blanket pin for a tripod, the pin retains the chain for my kettle as yours does. Keep up the great work, al the best, Paul
Great vid! Love the cettle. That's the real stuff. Now - if it gets nice and black with soot, then you got a true Norwegian 'Kaffe-Lars' (Coffee-Lars, an open fire cettle)! 👍
Thank you for utilizing time lapse or fast forward.... So much easier to stay interested in vid... Great vids.... I also enjoy grey beard and cpl Kelly.....you guys pass alot of good info and easy to follow and interesting tips/tricks/hacks.....
thanks !!!!
“If it is an epic fail, you guys can epic fail with me.” That’s awesome, Dan.
Might be an old post, but it was new for me and with the temps still in the 100’s, this was just awesome. 🤙🏼
You really do have sensible gear light weight to even the cup has a thoughtful shape for packing gear, love the spatula to.
Love this. Some of us like looooooooooonger vids bc this is indeed our entertainment....I personally do not watch TV unless there is a hurricane approaching Florida. For real.
Great video man 👍🏻 by the way was you expecting a flood 😂🌊
I have one of those trapper's baskets I got at an auction in Bucks County, PA back in the 70s as my dad was an auction fanatic. It still is in good shape for use in " Mayberry," NC.
Best survival channel ever
I appreciate it
I have a one quart Whistler I use when camping. Gotta have my morning coffee. The kid is a friction fit and the handle folds down. I keep my coffee can inside. It's really compact.
Really love your short to the point videos but I'm really liking this longer "day in the life" style video hopefully more to come. Can't get enough Coalcracker
Yep more movie style videos coming soon
Nice work, big Dan! Loving these videos!
Dan, Really enjoyed the video, you covered a lot of areas, plus did some cooking with that sweet frying pan and tea pot.....
so strange. Dan was showing off his new kettle and i went to look for some stuff in the shed, i found a whole set of old turkish kettles that look oddly similar. so ill be using some of those in my ventures!
The pan is a Stabilotherm Hunters pan from Sweden. Greetings from Germany.
Quality product
Right on 👍
Got out last weekend and it was cold but wonderful.
Great video 🎯
Use a log stick as toggle through the teapot handle. Can notch the stick if needed for the handle. I’m a Milice reenactor. Cordage works fast as good as a chain.
Very cool 🤠 you should do a few more of these!
Going back and watching the old stuff. I finally figured out your voice. Alan Alda. There you go. How about a quote? "You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself" I looked him up to see if he was from eastern pa. NYC.
Great content 👍
I've never heard someone use the word "grinds" instead of "grounds" when referring to coffee before, but I enjoy learning of other dialects. 😎
I love your videos thanks for All you do
Regarding the time of year and the lay of the land... I'm out here in Michigan now (previous, NY and southern West Virginia among others,) and mapping is my thing. Here in Michigan I've been mapping trails in the Allegan state game area. I'll walk established trails looking for social trails and map them as well. But in late winter/early spring you can see trails that haven't been used in years, firebreaks that have long been overgrown and well established deer and coyote trails show up as clear as day. I'll add these to my GPS unit and create loops that I will then upload to a public server in the hope that we can bring another demographic *other than hunters* into the woods so the state will have another user group to spend some time on.
Moreover, as you know, there's a lot out there in the woods that you just can't see when the leaves are up, gullies, interesting trees, glacial ponds, the rare erratic, etc., so late winter (with no snow on the ground!) and early spring before the ramps come up is an ideal time for good exploration.
Great video as always. I saw a trapping vid you were in with Canterbury!! Sweet, be safe from Michigan
Great video. Love that kettle and sloyd knife
Great video Dan! Agree with so many of your points.
Great show. Makes we want to join you. Awesome !!!
Amazing life you got, so close to the nature, great chanel.
KUKSA...drinking vessel you carved. Norwegian. Also your folding frying pan is made in SVeden. Also nice Norwegian camp kettle stainless steel and copper bottom. Badger claw outfitters website. You are like the fastest carver I have ever seen. Did you take the Evelyn Woodhead speed carving course ???
I know this is an old video but you an Zack M have an absolute love for bacon 🥓.
my left ear really enjoyed this video, can't say the same about the other one..
First Bushcraft youtuber Ive seen make a wicker basket into a backpack..... interesting.
Nice little hike. Thanks for sharing your ideas and adventure with us. - Jeremy
Really digging the longer videos Dan ..
I thot my headphones were going out, but after reading some comments... They're probably fine.
Nice looking day in this vid, I love the cold too!!
Good video I also live in Pa mountains I am hungry for camp fire bacon. Someday maybe our paths will cross.
When out in the woods you could carry a forked walking stick they have multiple uses one of which leaning against the tree with ur kettle.
you say at 27 min in the video "nobody wants to see ppl mess up" but i think it would be nice to make a fail compilation video, that way we also know how we're not supposed to do it XD
ps i Love your videos and thanx to you i made my fire with flint and stone from the first try
thank you so much for all the usefull videos .
Great vid, Dan! Lots of good info, as always. Would love to meet up with you sometime... we're only about 40 min away from each other.
You got that PA coffee accent. I grew up in Bucks County and can really hear that PA accent, said nice I'm down in western NC. BTW, the British Commonwealth countries drink tea, not coffee, so you may have a tea pot there.
In the UK, you can get those folding steel pans off Ebay from 'southern_armoury (1049)'. They're about £20.
How much property do you own? I picked up 40 acres and it’s pretty heavily wooded.... I’m excited to really get to know it and develop the ranch
I've seen other people with that pan, on youtube...I cant find it NO WHERE..please help me find it..great video.
Knit caps are a welcome tool in the outback. Hard to impossible to find one made with wool, long enough to pull down around ears and neck, and snug enough to stay where you put it. Any suggestions on where to find some?
Of course I would assume it depends on the area, but if I am out in the bush and I see a tree like that would it be a courtesy or considered "forest management" to help it down or best to just leave it and let nature take its course?
I have a question about trapping. You've got your racoon in the trap. You've dispatched it. The pelt is good for all kinds of projects. The fat is rendered into tallow which is useful for a number of things. What do you do with the carcass? Is the meat any good to eat? Personally, I don't like killing something I won't eat. Keep up the good work. Love your videos.
Yes you can eat it, just cook it good. I wouldn't be making no medium rare coon steaks but you can absolutely eat them. Again i wouldnt make them medium rare id make them well done just to be safe but to each his own.
This is a great channel.
Amen to your philosophy on cold weather!
Great video, Dan. Thanks for making them and sharing all this info! I am learning tons. How do you finish (or do you) your wood utensils? Is there something you put on the wood spoons and cups to seal them or make them more resilient/waterproof? Coming from a turner and a carver... ^_^
tried the coffee thing ....ur the man it turned out perfect no carved cup though
Great idea ! Great video!
Another great video Dan ! I really like your pack basket and the cover you made for it, will you be selling them on the website? I'm a fellow gear lover too. I purchased your haversack and it is perfect for all my stuff and then more things I may find along the way. It's great to see you enjoying the woods even in weather that some of us might not feel is the most desirable. You continue to prove we can make anytime in the woods comfortable!
i do sell them. They just aren’t in my site because shipping and wait time to get them is more. If you’re interested just email Info@coalcrackerbushcraft.com
Ok thank you!
Nice trip Dan. Thanks for sharing
I must have that pan. Have your friend get info! Thank you. Out it in your store.
Ditch the Tea Pot and get a Kelly Kettle. Great system for boiling water and cooking.
We in Scandinavia use our axes and skulls to make whatever we need... jk for the most part we have trangia style cooking wear. Its best because when we are in the mountains, there are no trees, so best to use alcohol as fuel
Awesome video, Very Well Done 👍🏻 Question what size is your trap basket?
found that frying pan from outnorth $48 euros shipped to me in Canada awesome.
Good use of you hands carving. I can see you have done that before. The Kuksa is that an Alex Yurts cup?
Nice video. Making me want to go make some camp coffee!
That is a Swedish Stabilotherm carbon steel hunter's fry pan, and sells in Europe for about 40 Euros. I have yet to find a US vendor for them.
stabletherm ; i believe made in sweden for the fry pan. I have the one with the folding socket handle. oil good first few times.