Charred Punk Wood

Creating Char from the Landscape and the rational of making Char in a survival situation
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[@user-nf1hc9ev2x]

The human beings will not forget you for the knowledge that you serves us Thank you🌹

[@BigDH28]

That lighter trick with the para cord was genius! Thanks Dave! 👍✊

[@YankeeWoodcraft]

You can also carry them inside of a Mentos Pure mint case (plastic) which also prevents the fuel tab from being depressed. It also makes a relatively air tight seal.

[@KarlRoyale]

I like the no BS content on your videos, It has been a bit jarring to see your video end without the "thank you" bit at the end I am used to. Still love the channel brother.

[@Kurtdog63]

Brilliant using an empty lighter to create spark for char. Hoarders rule.

[@THEFINALCRAFT9876]

Uhhhhh have you seen that show? I feel bad.

[@kjpw147]

I have seen a lot of people make char clothe but I think that was the beat demonstration of it being used right after. I didn’t know it sparked THAT easy

[@zeekthegeek4538]

Have you ever even been out in the wilderness son? 🤦

[@slickydicky]

Punk woods is my favorite material to use for char. Cattail heads are pretty good too

[@GUNSLINGEROUTDOORS]

Great vid Dave.. one good thing about YT is showing newer Outdoors enthusiasts.. when I was younger I was lucky enough to learn from an older neighbour that passed it down..🇺🇲🤠

[@kennysherrill6542]

I haven't done that in 40 years, I think I'll do that tomorrow, I have a small tin in my shop. Its always good to keep in practice. 👍👍👍👍👍❤🇺🇸

[@QuantumMechanic_88]

In the old days, cloth was expensive and old timers were not about to use their clothing for char cloth. When the vent hole stops smoking, cover the hole with a piece of leather / buckskin carried inside the char tin. Very nice video David.

[@benthere8051]

That charred punk wood caught that spark so easy. I am amazed. Easy to make and so easy to use. Thanks, Dave.

[@dennisw8166]

I love learning things like this. Good stuff!

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[@mildmanneredmercifulmouse1839]

Random reply for algorithm ; bought new hat today, next week i will get socks.

[@jeffwilliams196]

Must be a couple hundred or more bushcraft channels on KZbin now. Dave is still the best.

[@miltonjasso5843]

AMAZING !!!!! Awesomeness ❗️ THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT THIS IS JUST GREAT !!!!

[@adamhinds8352]

I want to thank Dave and his family and friends, the pathfinders school, all the instructors and affiliates and all the 'Canterburries' {his viewers}, I love this 'masters' content, keep marching on big Dave C 'Uncle Dave' 🪓🔪🌲🔥

[@jaunathang]

Thanks, David! This lesson complements well the content of your book and helped me understand the usefulness of having carbonized pieces in my toolbox.

[@lisamcqueen8509]

Punkwood, raw or charred, my favorite. So accessible. Tying the bic trigger, need to do that, too! Thanks Dave!

[@DenverLoveless]

I'm going to extrapolate on this. The empty discarded lighter you may find is a great find. It will ignite Fuzzy flower tops, lint from your clothing, tinder fungus, even shredded toilet paper ect... Tip: Take the metal cover off to facilitate better contact with the sparks from the lighter and roll it backwards just a bit to get bigger (as far as that tiny little ferro rod is concerned) and better sparks.

[@breaking_bear]

Great video! I love the 36 bank line around the button to prevent gas from escaping! I'm gonna try that.

[@FAFO1836]

David is the reason I got into survival and as an avid outdoorsman his lessons have saved my young dumb butt from... unpleasant situations more than once. Keep up the great work boss.

[@filhipp9260]

Thanks for your videos Just bought some of your books and I really like them

[@outdoors-university]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us through the years! Stay safe and have fun!

[@barehandsurvival]

I used charred frass, typically brushed away when harvesting punkwood. "Wood boring Beatle larvae excrement". A highly condensed wood pulp, takes a cool spark easy peasy lemon squeezy.

[@ForgingFreedomTV]

Brilliant! I’ve always heard about this but never seen anyone actually do it from start to finish. Thank you for taking the time

[@trackerjacker0013]

Informative, useful, and concise, as usual. Nothing but respect for you, Cody, Dan, and Sean. Thank you all for being such valuable resources to the rest of the community.

[@sdr22630]

The use of the firebox was totally on point. I had never thought of that. Probably because I never saw it on any other video. And I have heard of using just the spark from a lighter but never seen it done. Thanks for the enlightenment. (Pun intended)

[@christopherparisi9396]

You can tell that Dave is the inspiration for so many bush craft KZbinrs

[@rubbertire6608]

Thank God I found this channel

[@luanaewerling8883]

Obrigado Dave por mais esse video!👍

[@detroitredneckdetroitredne6674]

Great video Dave thank you for sharing and all the knowledge expertise that you teach us thank you for what you do

[@RatdogDRB]

Nice, lots of punk wood around.

[@Flashahol]

Revisiting a good old classic :) The punk wood parts that are not fully charred may not take a spark, but will keep the ember alive, so I don't fret much about getting all pieces completely charred. They also will take solar ignition easily when darkened.

[@PhilEvansOnline]

Well demonstrated, to the point. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@jsoutdoorz7390]

Excellent video Dave. These short tutorials are amazing.

[@YankeeWoodcraft]

Agreed. It's like Einstein said: "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."

[@brodatywoczykij1137]

That's very good material! Thank you.

[@woodstrekker6345]

Thanks. Looks like a nice day to be out.

[@80Smetalrox]

Dave is the guru in my book, always learn even on things that I think I already know.

[@Zarthalad]

Great video Dave! You present fantastic videos, my friend!

[@larryeddings3185]

Good information, clearly presented. Thanks for sharing.

[@alexanderbertallo1995]

Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work! Much love from Switzerland

[@tomlee6263]

Excellent video thanks!

[@nomad211d]

Nice work sir. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.

[@bobswoodlandadventures5722]

Awesome video as always. I still have a leg and a half of old jeans to char as well as a bunch of birch punk wood to char. I use an old sterno can for my char tin. Stay safe and be well. Thanks for sharing.

[@joeykerr5517]

I make char-cloth with ab Altoids container sometimes, but I completely forgot that it works with punk. Thanks for showing us Dave! I hope you and the family are doing well and safe!

[@narlee2014]

Great stuff I learned quite a bit!

[@mystiekmelody8857]

Excellent! Thank you!

[@TheXOMBIE13]

Absolutely amazing thank for the vid

[@HeathLCK]

Beautiful alchemy my friend!

[@daonlyrainsolo]

Good stuff Dave! Thanks

[@billygarfield5520]

Amazing! Very good!!!

[@williamwebber6533]

Thank you DAVE.

[@gringo3009]

Good stuff as always!

[@DudesIn101]

Awesome information,,,I always learn something new from every one of your vids Dave,at least one,and I appreciate your time and knowledge,thank brother....

[@taoofken3037]

Didn't think about that. Learned something new today. Thank you, sir.

[@stuartlockwood9645]

Hi Dave, 😊, thanks for the video, just loved the trick whith the lighter, I will take that on board, and try it out ASAP, hoping you and your's are keeping well, best wishe's, Stuart.uk.

[@ezmonkey12]

I love this stuff.

[@eugenejensen576]

Great information thank you

[@thearrowheadwoodsman3811]

Great channel. I watch all your videos. Great work. 👍

[@Cubestone]

I learned the hard way many years ago about sparks catching on charred wood. In my first experiment with flint and steel I didn't know about char cloth and tried to ignite hair tinder. Working over an old fire ring I struck sparks into my tinder until I bloodied my knuckles on the striker. I finally noticed that a spark had caught on a charred piece of old camp fire wood. Using that I finally made fire. I have more success making fire these days.

[@ronniesullins2861]

I can't believe anyone could put a thumbs down on this kinda of education! Thanks Dave for broadening our minds once again with information that may very well be useful in the future

[@michaelchurch1592]

I know exactly how to find punk wood although i didn't know it had a specific name and i also didn't know it could be used as this. Seems better than cloth! Thanks for some more great knowledge! Keep it coming😁🇺🇸

[@kshea4231]

getting old my friend haha. love that you're still at it!

[@agjld7]

Very nice.

[@Draker412]

good stuff to know!!! Thanks man nice video

[@riprush2672]

Great vid. 👍

[@7777R]

99% of everything I have learned about woodcraft/survival is from Dave. Thank you Dave

[@markamsberg4159]

Sure like that jacket Mr. Dave !

[@billhunt892]

Good Advice and Good Video !

[@butchbinion1560]

Great content

[@georgeaddison5628]

Thank you

[@Gunny-nq1pb]

That is great stuff!

[@glockgaston2922]

Great video and thanks for sharing brother!!👊👊

[@herbsmith6871]

Good stuff 🤠

[@ronaldbrown5796]

good flick, Dave.

[@jimwaldele9084]

rite on man,,

[@wayne-oo]

Great video ! Old bluejeans work great for char cloth, a video on compression starters would be great !!

[@steddyk]

Daves an effing beast!!

[@mickeymantle46]

BRILLIANT INFO VIDEO MY FELLOW OHIO BROTHER !!! Well keep coming back if you keep making them , Let me be the 1st personal thank you today on this video... GOD BLESS

[@juliansontheimer6635]

Awesome

[@OvernightGio]

wow !!!! good man

[@rezynrogue1309]

Uncle Dave, lost ya for a while, found you again. Subscribed 🤘

[@YankeeWoodcraft]

Off topic Dave, but the stitching on that Woobie Jacket is insane.

[@jasongarling20]

@pathfinder Thanks for another great video! And I think you answered a question for me. I've noticed that older char material doesn't light/take a spark as well. So I'm guessing instead of tossing it and making more, all I would need to do is re-char it!? Thanks again for the great videos and knowledge! I'm probably at the point where I have about learned what you have forgotten! Lol!

[@ZorroFox-do9oe]

Dave out here looking like bushcraft Santa lol

[@nathanyazzie9044]

Cool!!!🤘😁🤘

[@jinxjones5497]

_my char tin has lumps of charred chaga, charred cotton and charred amadeu. Its more of a tin to throw a spark in than pick a bit of charred material to catch a spark on_

[@kobanebook9888]

>for the "I didn't know it sparked THAT easy If I remember correctly, Flint and steel throws "cold" sparks at 500 degrees Fahrenheit whilst magnesium rods throw 15,000 degree sparks. You can light tinder bundles with just a Ferro rod but you need a 3rd party (char) for flint and steel. Hypothetically, anything that catches fire from flint and steels cold spark will ignite from a broken lighter

[@DJLunarImpact]

I like charred punkwood much better than charcloth. Not only is it readily available in nature unlike manufactured cloth, the ember also lasts much longer.

[@nowakezoneforever6021]

DJ... please see my post if needed. Punk wood.... is it wood that is somewhere in between rotten and good? I know good wood. What is punk wood please? Is it another name for rotten wood?

[@djangowolfe610]

I use an old turtle wax tin to make my punk char in

[@dannyakatrikerred7381]

Dave, can you give an update on the house? Is it complete yet? Thanks. 🇺🇸😎

[@scooterfpv8864]

👍👍 Nice! 🖖😎

[@shadowx6378]

Great vid!! I have a question about the bow drill vid you did a while back .is it hard to find the right drilling borad and does it need to be dead or alive drill borad???

[@SpamMusubi308]

Carry charred material in fire kit, make more charred material with every fire.

[@Box545x39]

Hi Dave, seeing the gas ignite leaving the tin was some good syn gas production, have you ever done that on a larger scale to run a generator or otherwise?

[@Joxman2k]

Just to add from my experience of mistakes: Rapidly cooling down the tin box produced condensation for me after opening. Using an unknown "cotton" cloth produced a weird mess of hard, black, I'm assuming plastic, char that wouldn't combust. A light fitting lid, with escape hole, actually combusted the material. So! what I learned was let the box cool naturally, be certain of the materials used, and make sure the lid is snug and only one exit for escaping gas.

[@BeeOutdoors]

Tried this a few years ago, it’s really good but not easy to keep as it powders easily

[@jentrue]

Great video! Question, please: Dave, what is the stove/fire box called you are using in this video? Looks interesting! How much does it weigh?

[@DougShoeBushcraft]

Dry (by not charred) punk wood will also catch a spark from an empty lighter and create an ember.

[@benthere8051]

Could you use a 6" piece of black iron pipe with end caps and a drilled hole as a tin?

[@A_Meek_lake_Dweller]

Dave Would you make a video on the best natural materials that you have used found in the woods for charing?

[@BruceNitroxpro]

Scott Mohr , I think he just did.

[@A_Meek_lake_Dweller]

@@BruceNitroxpro Inner bark on poplar tree's, pith, Cattail fuzz. With his wealth of information there has to be other materials worth trying? ; )