Fire Challenge
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- I know you know how to make a fire...but does your partner? do your kids? Sisters? Brothers? Everyone (everyone) thinks it's as easy as throwing down some paper and stacking wood but it's not....there is a skill set which takes time. I think everyone, who is mature enough, to make a fire should be able too. I suspect if you ask your partner to make a fire, they will laugh and say "uhhh anyone can do that"...that is the time to put them to the test...if they can do it, great! then it's onto learning how to chop wood, then how to buck, then onto felling trees.
Good video. We do fires here all the time in the winter, but I'll admit I'm not great at starting fires with ferro rods or flint/steel etc. I should practice that more. We have TONS of matches and lighters here... but if I ever didn't have them, people would be waiting a long while in all likelihood for me to get a fire started by other means. Thx for the reminder.
Keep *lots* of ways to make fire. Lighters, matches, ferro rods, flint & steel, fire piston, magnifying lens, make sure you have an arsenal of ways to make flame to try before you’re down to bow drill and fire block. And practice with them all!
Keep a bunch of 0000 steel wool around, it takes a spark *super* easily, and can even take a spark when wet, as long as you shake it out.
Fire is what keeps us alive!
great info
Yes, my daughter will learn here when she finally comprehends the idea of timing and placement. She still has the urge to draw on walls (actually windows now) so when she finally matures, then it's on like donkey kong
nice!
I grew up with coal fires and we all knew how to light a fire, stoke and maintain an even heat and fuel feeding from an early age. It was hard work, as all coal fires start with cleaning out the ashes on the grate to make sure air is getting into the fire. Wood fires and wood stoves are not so particular and can often work with a bed of ash. Here in the UK it was pretty hard work as we had lump coal in a dark damp cellar under the house that had to be broken with a pick.
Old habits die hard. I now live in an area where there is coal on beaches, so in addition to wood chopping I also collect coal.
I actually have an extra woodstove, from Ireland, which burns wood, coal and/or peat. Just in case.
Hello OSP I’ve tried the various methods from flame, sparks solar and friction (hard for sure). One thing remains. As a wise teacher said to me “ the secret to fire is surface area” I’ve seen those who try to light pencil size sticks with an open flame for minutes. Most of the time good prep work dramatically helps especially with more damp materials and less than ideal tinder.
Great point! Prep is KEY
Good morning, thanks for sharing YAH bless
Thanks Michael~
Back in the day I could make fire with just a knife and bamboo, but I'm Gen old as well 😂, I still can easily make a bow drill fire 🔥 and know what it takes to make fire in humid conditions.
you are wayyyy ahead of most of us for sure.
@OldSchoolPrepper not really, I still want my veggie garden, I would love to start my roof top garden by the end of this year.
Never had a wood stove growing up and am not an adept firestarter, but I continue to marvel at the speed with which Primitive Technology can whip up a fire by hand. Amazing stuff. Good points you make, though. I'll add it to my To Do list!
I don't think i'll ever be able to make a fire by primative means (like rubbing sticks together) flint and steel, that's a different story!.
Thank you ❤❤❤ for your very helpful grouping of how's & why's & when and where to practice the skills needed to survive. And to do this while first in a non-stressed out situation. Then, also❤❤❤ there is a memory track created in your brain for further & future self reliance in "have to" survive situations. Very timely info at this point in our country's uncertain times. As it says in the Bible, in Ezekiel, when present ways are no longer viable, seek, look and inquire even out on the roadways about the ancient pathways.❤❤❤
i'm always looking for ways to improve and learn more~
I practice camping but generally I have lots of BICs and I light the wood stove easily. Kitty avoids it. I add in newspaper and birch bark. Instant fire. I will see if she will be willing to try a ferro rod again on our next bush trip.
One thing not covered that is essential Martha is being able to manually sweep the chimney in the Summer. It’s not easy. I’ve had to replace chimney parts several times
we do sweep our own chimney too...I'm a bit shy on that topic simply because if I do a video and someone does it wrong and they have a creosote (or chiminey) fire, i could potentially get sued, but I suppose that's true for any advice.
Everyone in my family have learned to make fires because of summer camps, whether it was girls camp or boy scouts. They know how to cut, split, and stack the wood. they all grew up with a fireplace.
For the wood stove, I have shown The Staff Sergeant how it works. The boys haven't spent a winter here yet, but I have the owner's manual for them to read if they need it.
you are far ahead of the game!
Yup. You bet.
fire! 🔥
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FIRE! 🔥
I am the suckiest fire starter. 😔
you can learn! :)