I thought it was so cool that I paused the video and called my son-in-law to tell him about it!! Love it.
@jhenry06158 жыл бұрын
I want to thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and experience of outdoors skills. Quite informative and interesting as many others have already expressed. I also want to express how much I love your dog, Buck. He seems to be the epitome of a true canine companion with his loyalty, stoic attentiveness and joyful presence to be by your side sharing your adventure. And he is quite a unique looking dog as well.Peace and respect.Johnny
@oldtimerlee882010 жыл бұрын
Great idea. Have seen this done with the bottom of a polished soda can, but never thought of doing the same a pot lid. Larger curved collector/reflector should consistently yield better results. Thank you so much for passing to us your store of wisdom & knowledge.
@kullcraven10 жыл бұрын
wow i do this with a popcan bottom but never a lid, this is very cool and too neat of an idea. I know some lids wont work, but to see that one work is amazing.
@justinfite966 жыл бұрын
You seem to have so many ideas your knowledge of the outdoors never ceases to amaze me keep up the good work amd thank you for your knowledge.
@joybickerstaff1946 жыл бұрын
Wow that is so amazing, my neighbors r going to think I’m a nut, because I’m going to try this and they’ll see me standing there with a lid pointing at my hand, way too cool Lonnie, thank you!!!
@bulldozamendoza10 жыл бұрын
Your dog can really stand still for a long time.
@kcolmore110 жыл бұрын
If you're out in the bush you can try to use a fine mud to polish it up. The video I seen that showed a pop can used a piece of chocolate to polish it.
@MrTrevor13232310 жыл бұрын
Lonnie thank you I can not wait to show my sons this so we can practice this. That is a very easy way to use as a back up plan if someone ever forgets their fire starting kit. Please say thank you to your friend Charlie for me. And as always thank you for your videos. I also want to try to make parched corn as well. Your follower Trevor.
@sur4gyrl10 жыл бұрын
This was AWESOME!!! Thanks for another great one Lonnie!!
@carol-anntrudell99906 жыл бұрын
What a great tip. I am going to try that. Doesn't hurt to know a little bit about many things. God bless Lonnie.
@stevejones720010 жыл бұрын
Man that is just extraordinary!. Real out of the box thinking . It never fails to amaze me the great tips and skills on your vids. Many thanks
@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival10 жыл бұрын
Steve Jones Thank you Steve for the kind words. I appreciate it. Glad you are enjoying the videos
@canesser110 жыл бұрын
Great idea Lonnie! Never would have thunk it. I'll bet the heavy cover for a GI canteen, which has highly polished steel of reflector quality on the underside would work well too.
@jeffreylane710 жыл бұрын
Buck is looking good with a spring haircut!
@BunnyRamey10 жыл бұрын
Baking soda and vinegar works the best, for a safe cleaning and polishing! Loved the video!
@Catwomanmn10 жыл бұрын
thanks for another great video Lonnie. Very good survival fire starting method!
@N5ETA110 жыл бұрын
Thanks Lonnie for another great video. Have a good weekend. Carl S
@1fanger10 жыл бұрын
Thanks Lonnie for the demo. Mother`s is great on aluminum, Flitz is another product which will work. A friend showed me how he polished his four wheeler with toilet bowl cleaner.
@BunnyRamey10 жыл бұрын
My old man uses scrubbing bubbles on his HD..
@TatDarYow10 жыл бұрын
Outstanding Lonnie, great video thanks for sharing this
@philbrown67878 жыл бұрын
I've just discovered (and subscribed to) your videos and now spend alot of my spare time trying to catch up on all of them! I've often wondered why our immediate environments aren't constantly catching fire simply due to a piece of discarded metal shining on dry tinder, a chunk of curved ice or an eyeglass lens concentrating the suns rays or simply a dead tree limb rubbing on another in the breeze creating just the right amount of friction. Anyway, thanks for everything you do
@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival8 жыл бұрын
I do know that random wildfire ignitions do occur but it is not very often. I once came across a wild fire that had ignited from overhead electrical lines somehow. I was told when the firefighters showed up that that does occur but not real common. curved ice pieces are formed through the freezing of water. Anything that would catch on fire from solar effects through the ice "lens" would out of necessity need to be located below the ice lens which would then place it in a location where it would most likely be also water soaked from the same source that created the ice lens. Vegatation does not grow well near glaciers so not much chance of organic matter catching on fire from a glacier ice lens either. Just plain reflected light from a metal object would not be very effective as a fire starter unless it had a parabolic shape (such as this cooking pot lid) in order to concentrate the solar energy. I'm sure it has happened but the occurrence is rare I believe
@baseballman7410 жыл бұрын
Lonnie you Rock Sir! i've learned so much from your vids. thanks for your teaching.
@laurachapin2045 жыл бұрын
I've never used a parabola but I have used a jewelers' loupe and a plastic fresnel lens on char cloth. Felt like magic when it worked!
@Woodenarrows10 жыл бұрын
Pot lids serves as a backup fire starter, pretty darn cool Lonnie. Thanks for sharing this great tip. Yep, I know of Mothers Mag Wheel polish. Simichrome may work too.
@robe1kanobe10 жыл бұрын
Where there's a will there's a way! Thanks for sharing.
@jediknightofthewoods10 жыл бұрын
Nice one Lonnie, great video. I will be trying this with the Tatonka Lunch box (MSR Stowaway clone) as the lid looks perfect as a parabolic reflector! Cheers and all the best!
@MOTB9116 жыл бұрын
Totally gobsmacked! Riveted to your channel. Can't wait till we get to beer making topics.
@balticbushcraft10 жыл бұрын
Pretty cool indeed! Thanks Lonnie.
@mikemagnum79878 жыл бұрын
Very ingenious method there Lonnie! I have a lid or two that I'll give this a try with! Thanks! Speaking of polish for aluminum; I have used 4/0 steel wool to dress down the surface quickly and then hit it Never Dull and have gotten some nice finishes on aluminum, very shiny and should be highly reflective.
@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival8 жыл бұрын
+Mike Magnum Using steel wool to speed the polishing process sounds like a good one to rremember
@redlock40047 жыл бұрын
Far North Bushcraft And Survival Steel wool is good or starting fires too.
@aholesmith10 жыл бұрын
Nice to see Buck had your back during the video. Miss your return on our comments.
@muddytigeroutdoors479010 жыл бұрын
That's great! I've seen it done with the bottom of a soda can. I would have never thought about doing it with the lid of a pot. Great idea. Thanks for sharing. Sub'd! -Jacko
@neilcastell695110 жыл бұрын
great idea, i never would have thought of trying that,
@BornRandy6210 жыл бұрын
one of the first commercial metal polishes was made out of ammonia and wood sawdust. you can add some ground up charcoal for a finer abrasive grit. then buff the surface smooth using a dry cloth coated with white cooking flour.
@Ekbergarna10 жыл бұрын
If youll have that pan with you as an emergency lighter, you will never forget your matches or lighter at home. I mean, i would like hope to forget them once just so i have to try it :-) Great vid Loonie, wife and dog :-)
@jeffgrier84887 жыл бұрын
That is a neat way to start a fire!
@TomsBackwoods10 жыл бұрын
Great job Lonnie! Thanks!
@bushcrafttom_ancestralskills10 жыл бұрын
Pretty cool idea, mate!!! Take care bro. Tom.
@TonchyShultz7 жыл бұрын
Good explanation and video too. !
@discgolfer7810 жыл бұрын
thanks for this demo..... love your videos
@virginiacopeland1089 жыл бұрын
That is really cool!!! Thanks, Clark
@gushutchinson87588 жыл бұрын
Wow ! I was surprised that worked ....Cosmic
@gusmpls10 жыл бұрын
Interesting video. With the lid polished you will also have a signaling device, maybe a shaving mirror and food won't stick as much. Still, I will stick with a lighter or ferro rod but nice to know.
@helenbugsynelson9 жыл бұрын
During the forest fire season, a lady posted a picture of a plastic wineglass that had been left on a wooden picnic table overnight. In the morning the sun got concentrated in the base near the stem, starting the wood table smouldering and actually melting the glass! Your demo made me wonder how useful a plastic lense or something like that would be as a fire starter.
@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival9 жыл бұрын
+Helen Nelson Very interesting. A good quality plastic lens should work fine because I have heard of people lighting a fire by using a lens fashioned out of ice during the winter.
@duxdawg8 жыл бұрын
+Helen Nelson I have been using plastic credit card sized 3x and 5x fresnel lenses to make embers for years. I have seen vid of guys starting fires using a sphere made of quartz or of ice. With Solar ignition the keys are size and tinder. The better the tinder, the easier the ember. Solid and dark colorss work best. Rubbing charcoal on light colored tinders, say a pale piece of punkwood, decreases the time until an ember is achieved. A large low power lens will out perform a tiny high power lens. Of course a large high power lens is best!! Cheers.
@TheStoyanbahchevanov10 жыл бұрын
HI,another great idea.Thanks.
@kennedy6795110 жыл бұрын
you also could use your flexible plastic camp mirror with two rubber bands. one rubber band on each side of your mirror to curve a parabolic shape and do the same thing. it will work better and faster. you could do this with your hands also. it;s just easier with the bands, more control. thanks for the video.
@adarkerlight10 жыл бұрын
oh man that is awesome. how come boy scouts never taught me that!!
@jeremyhicks63676 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@marcblack14 жыл бұрын
White and pasty tooth past can make aluminum look like chrome steel., also great at buffing out boat windows......
@Gent-gl4hv10 жыл бұрын
Cool I will try this with my grand son
@t.w.milburn826410 жыл бұрын
'mornin,Lonnie-Connie & 'ole friend Buck; That was very "informative" that's my big word of the day.Now I'm going 2 try the lid of my GSI-S/S kettle & C what happens? Thanks 4 sharing Great 2 C U Back Again,Friends.Hoping All's well there. Happy Trails From The Maritimes In Canada ATB Terry & Melanie " GOD BLESS "
@RobertMcKenzie10 жыл бұрын
That's a good idea. I've seen another youtuber that did something similar, he polished up the bottom of his coke/beer can penny stove (and was a mirror finish, he must have spent hours doing that), and used the stove to light some tinder. I think it's a great idea to be able to do that. And you're right, it does look like fun too :D #rpm
@BigbunnySSS10 жыл бұрын
Hey Lonnie, great tip, but your dog is lock on to something in the woods. I would have paid a dollar for that camera to turn and see what that was. I had to watch twice and in the beginning, (sorry can't remember the dogs name) it snaps it head over and locks on and later moves and look at two different noises. We do not have many big animal predators any more down here. I have often wondered what I would do if a grizzly walk by. I think I would keep the dog very close. We learned to hunt with our dogs here. But those days are gone for me now. I am the first one to say I just will sit on the porch. BEST OF LUCK FROM SOUTH FLORIDA...
@timothyhooey40409 жыл бұрын
Nice to see your dog watching your 6 Is this a one time shot with the cooking cover? After cooking food it may need to buff this up again
@3001marty9 жыл бұрын
Great video, but I have a couple of off the subject questions: 1. Why do I not see bugs/mosquitoes that I have always encountered while in Alaska - towns or woods? 2. What breed of dog is your companion? Looks like a good one!
@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival9 жыл бұрын
Marty McGowan We (for some reason unknown to me) here locally are VERY blessed with a minimal local mosquito population. Out at our cabin (approximately 80 miles from here) the mosquitoes are horrendous. Yes many many places here in Alaska are very bad with mosquitoes. Our dog is half labrador mix and half Bouvier Des Flandres. He is by far the best dog I have ever had.
@milankovacik26476 жыл бұрын
Thanks to Lord Jesus for what You Lonnie and Your wife doing by making these amazing videos which show to everybody how to survive , I am prety sure these Your videos will save a lot of lifes in near future ..... I pray for You guys , Lord bless You and thank You
@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival6 жыл бұрын
We have already been told that we have already saved several peoples lives by what they have learned here on the channel. Hopefully that will continue to be the case. Thank you for the kind words.
@247diskjockey10 жыл бұрын
Lonnie, could you also use chocolate and the foil wrapper from the bar for polishing? I have seen this done too.
@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival10 жыл бұрын
Yes I have seen that done as well on pop can bottoms. I didn't have any candy bars around though. I LOVE chocolate and find that it is just best to not have any around or I go into a chocoalate feeding frenzy lol
@ekhaat10 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@HollerboyHellbilly10 жыл бұрын
you are good!
@WA8QFE9 жыл бұрын
Lonnie, Did you ever think about starting a school up there ?? I'd fly up ! Lee, Indianapolis
@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival9 жыл бұрын
Francis Thompson Yes I have thought of doing a school, but probably never will do it since I'm not that good personally one on one with folks. I'll let you know though through a video if I ever do start a school here
@REAPERMILITIAOUTDOORS7 жыл бұрын
that is cool
@davidwelsh14875 жыл бұрын
… would feel lucky to help
@TheLightningGate10 жыл бұрын
If you were in the bush, what could you use as a natural polish?
@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival10 жыл бұрын
That is an excellent question. I have not tried it but I would think some things to try would be a clay slurry, campfire ash slurry, and plants such as "horses tail" otherwise known as scouring rush because of its high silica content.
@TheLightningGate10 жыл бұрын
***** I also wonder if it would be possible to make a solar fire starter from a reflective thermal blanket, since that is also something you might have with you.
@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival10 жыл бұрын
TheLightningGate A mylar reflective blanket would work excellent if a person could figure out a way to get a wrinkle free, smooth and symetrical parabolic shape with the sheeting. That is the tough part.
@ROBwithaB10 жыл бұрын
***** TheLightningGate The "space blanket" doesn't actually *need* to be perfectly parabolic, because it is so large. If weighted, it will hang down in a curve that is called "catenary". A catenary surface is very similar to a parabolic surface. You won't necessarily get a perfect focal *point*, but the focal area should be concentrated enough to get something smouldering. Hope this helps...
@TheLightningGate10 жыл бұрын
***** I imagine the tinniest breeze would be an issue. Perhaps one could make a framework out of sticks.
@madpunty857110 жыл бұрын
Crap. Now I have to break out my stainless steel ketalist from my gear and grab some toothpaste. The wife is really going to think I am insane now.
@terrypalmore731410 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video. Who knows might save my life someday. It's the weird little things you know that can save your ass. Can you tell me if rubbing alcohol burns?
@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival10 жыл бұрын
Yes rubbing alcohol is flammable. It is not the best fuel though for alcohol stove use. I have used the alcohol gas line "antifreeze" and it works much better. Dont remember which one is best now though, either the red bottle or the yellow bottle
@ROBwithaB10 жыл бұрын
Hi Lonnie I would like *feature this video* in an upcoming episode of Quickfire 101. I am redoing some of my older videos in a shorter format, but instead of giving a link back to my own video, I'd like to give a shout-out to *other KZbinrs* who have done something similar. Please let me know if you'd be interested. Cheers Rob
@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival10 жыл бұрын
Hello Rob. Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner but I was out Caribou and Moose hunting. We had taken a jet boat up a river and stayed 5 days. If it is not too late, sure go ahead and use the video if you want to. It would be an honor my friend for some of my work to be included in one of your videos. Take care and good luck with your video.
@kcolmore110 жыл бұрын
I seen this with an aluminum drink can.
@tfranc34710 жыл бұрын
pooch got a haircut!
@silvertogn10 жыл бұрын
ALL survival gear & bug out bags should include a decent MAGNIFYING GLASS! They can save your life and take up VERY little space! AND a small mirror/ signaling device...
@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival10 жыл бұрын
silver togn I carry a 10 power magnifying glass in my vest pocket all the time. It is great for getting up close and personal with plants to help in ID'ing among other uses. It is also useful for these older eyes to see the tiny tiny "devils club" stickers that get lodged in my skin at times.
@silvertogn10 жыл бұрын
***** INDEED! Never walk through "Stinging Nettle" with shorts on! LOL. :)
@ToxiKraft10 жыл бұрын
If you waited until about dark you'd be out of luck lol
@davidwelsh14875 жыл бұрын
i do Not requier any response … I don't need to be known … I need to servie ….
@tikkidaddy Жыл бұрын
Charlie is right. I use mothers mag and aluminum polish on my knives, pretty much anything