Camp Cooking Lid Starts Fire

[@diannaharrison5931]

I thought it was so cool that I paused the video and called my son-in-law to tell him about it!! Love it.

[@jhenry0615]

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

[@oldtimerlee8820]

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.

[@kullcraven]

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.

[@justinfite96]

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.

[@joybickerstaff194]

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!!!

[@bulldozamendoza]

Your dog can really stand still for a long time.

[@kcolmore1]

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.

[@MrTrevor132323]

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.

[@sur4gyrl]

This was AWESOME!!! Thanks for another great one Lonnie!!

[@carol-anntrudell9990]

What a great tip. I am going to try that. Doesn't hurt to know a little bit about many things. God bless Lonnie.

[@stevejones7200]

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-Survival]

Steve Jones Thank you Steve for the kind words. I appreciate it. Glad you are enjoying the videos

[@canesser1]

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.

[@jeffreylane7]

Buck is looking good with a spring haircut!

[@BunnyRamey]

Baking soda and vinegar works the best, for a safe cleaning and polishing! Loved the video!

[@Catwomanmn]

thanks for another great video Lonnie. Very good survival fire starting method!

[@N5ETA1]

Thanks Lonnie for another great video. Have a good weekend. Carl S

[@1fanger]

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.

[@BunnyRamey]

My old man uses scrubbing bubbles on his HD..

[@TatDarYow]

Outstanding Lonnie, great video thanks for sharing this

[@philbrown6787]

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-Survival]

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

[@baseballman74]

Lonnie you Rock Sir! i've learned so much from your vids. thanks for your teaching.

[@laurachapin204]

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!

[@Woodenarrows]

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.

[@robe1kanobe]

Where there's a will there's a way! Thanks for sharing.

[@jediknightofthewoods]

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!

[@MOTB911]

Totally gobsmacked! Riveted to your channel. Can't wait till we get to beer making topics.

[@balticbushcraft]

Pretty cool indeed! Thanks Lonnie.

[@mikemagnum7987]

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-Survival]

+Mike Magnum Using steel wool to speed the polishing process sounds like a good one to rremember

[@redlock4004]

Far North Bushcraft And Survival Steel wool is good or starting fires too.

[@aholesmith]

Nice to see Buck had your back during the video. Miss your return on our comments.

[@muddytigeroutdoors4790]

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

[@neilcastell6951]

great idea, i never would have thought of trying that,

[@BornRandy62]

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.

[@Ekbergarna]

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 :-)

[@jeffgrier8488]

That is a neat way to start a fire!

[@TomsBackwoods]

Great job Lonnie! Thanks!

[@bushcrafttom_ancestralskills]

Pretty cool idea, mate!!! Take care bro. Tom.

[@TonchyShultz]

Good explanation and video too. !

[@discgolfer78]

thanks for this demo..... love your videos

[@virginiacopeland108]

That is really cool!!! Thanks, Clark

[@gushutchinson8758]

Wow ! I was surprised that worked ....Cosmic

[@gusmpls]

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.

[@helenbugsynelson]

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-Survival]

+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.

[@duxdawg]

+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.

[@TheStoyanbahchevanov]

HI,another great idea.Thanks.

[@kennedy67951]

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.

[@adarkerlight]

oh man that is awesome. how come boy scouts never taught me that!!

[@jeremyhicks6367]

Thanks for sharing!

[@marcblack1]

White and pasty tooth past can make aluminum look like chrome steel., also great at buffing out boat windows......

[@Gent-gl4hv]

Cool I will try this with my grand son

[@t.w.milburn8264]

'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 "

[@RobertMcKenzie]

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

[@BigbunnySSS]

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...

[@timothyhooey4040]

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

[@3001marty]

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-Survival]

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.

[@milankovacik2647]

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-Survival]

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.

[@247diskjockey]

Lonnie, could you also use chocolate and the foil wrapper from the bar for polishing? I have seen this done too.

[@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival]

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

[@ekhaat]

Awesome

[@HollerboyHellbilly]

you are good!

[@WA8QFE]

Lonnie, Did you ever think about starting a school up there ?? I'd fly up ! Lee, Indianapolis

[@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival]

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

[@REAPERMILITIAOUTDOORS]

that is cool

[@davidwelsh1487]

… would feel lucky to help

[@TheLightningGate]

If you were in the bush, what could you use as a natural polish?

[@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival]

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.

[@TheLightningGate]

***** 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-Survival]

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.

[@ROBwithaB]

***** 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...

[@TheLightningGate]

***** I imagine the tinniest breeze would be an issue. Perhaps one could make a framework out of sticks.

[@madpunty8571]

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.

[@terrypalmore7314]

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-Survival]

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

[@ROBwithaB]

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-Survival]

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.

[@kcolmore1]

I seen this with an aluminum drink can.

[@tfranc347]

pooch got a haircut!

[@silvertogn]

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-Survival]

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.

[@silvertogn]

***** INDEED! Never walk through "Stinging Nettle" with shorts on! LOL. :)

[@ToxiKraft]

If you waited until about dark you'd be out of luck lol

[@davidwelsh1487]

i do Not requier any response … I don't need to be known … I need to servie ….

[@tikkidaddy]

Charlie is right. I use mothers mag and aluminum polish on my knives, pretty much anything