Fire in a broadleaf woods, minimum toolsl

ln this video a light a fire in a damp broadleaf woodland with just my knife and ferrorod, dry materials are hard to find and my tinder needs to be processed .
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[@TheDavewatts]

More embarrassing when people edit videos and leave bits out just to make themselves look perfect as a lot do, if you're doing educational type videos It's far better to show the reality of fire lighting and not some polished edited version, it's why I enjoy watching your videos no 🐂💩👍🏻

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Thing is that all the BS channels have massive views! Entertainment as one big American KZbinr calls it, when he's lying though his teeth.

[@mrc2205]

Because your honest about what your doing, what works and what’s hard, we learn. Thanks Rob

[@MarkYoungBushcraft]

Right on brother. It is challenges like this that make us go back to basics of preparation, perpetration and more preparation. Thanks for sharing Rob

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Thanks Mark.

[@kentgreenough75]

One of your best videos Rob, especially for those of us living in damp, wet and cold places like southwestern Finland. Our late fall and winters are just bone chilling damp. Rains, freezes, and thaws to wet again, almost daily. And the snow later in the winter is as wet as it is white. Thank you so much for addressing this topic!

[@perebird]

Keeping it real as ever Rob and therefore of great value to your viewers. Really good to see such widespread support from so many viewers too. Top stuff 👌🍻🔥

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

My guys don't like bullshit!

[@andrewgorden1041]

Great video as always! I do like to see a real world and probable scenario traversed through. Great tutorial with explanations.

[@vincelavecchia8219]

Good stuff. Matches with the wet environment around Oregon.... Thanks Rob... loving the knife you made for me.

[@pbradventures]

Great video Rob! Lots of great learnings for people watching and a reality check that fire isn't just about picking up a nice bone dry cut log, splitting, feather-stick and light with ferro rod and make tea. Also great to be out of you regular comfort zone where it was damp.... These are the times that need to be practiced and will only enhance better or worse conditions. Living in the Boreal Forrest area of Canada where we have endless supply of kindling and sap on every tree is something very fortunate for us.... however getting a ferro rod to light some tinder is something of an art to practice, how to create dry tinder in adverse conditions, rain, snow, cold, wind etc.... Sometimes we can dig down under snow and find dry grass that will light from sparks as well as pine resin, it is very location dependant on success. I can assume most things are very damp along the river in low spots, maybe further foraging for dry fuel is required as also part of setting yourself up for success. Showing viewers that it is not as easy as your make a fire like in your other videos with beautiful feather sticks is a valuable observation for all that we need to practice and be patient... you were fortunate to be doing this as a test than when you really needed it. Some real world scenarios are much appreciated like this video, your woodland and bushcraft skills sharing are excellent for everyone! Thanks for having the patience to demonstrate these on camera as it adds another difficulty to the objective! Great work!!!

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Thank you for taking the time to comment 👍

[@jongjoorhee931]

Valient effort, Rob. Enjoy your well deserved Yorkshire tea.

[@deanoboland]

Brilliant video Rob, it’s easy when it’s dry glad you left everything in the video 👍👍👍

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

None of us learn from perfect experiences. Glad you like it.

[@LonnieMoors-wv5pk]

I loved this video. Nice challenge in the damp. Nice troubleshooting. Good detailing of the process you used. I have been doing this type of challenge almost on the daily. I use my wood that has been sitting on the ground in the open. Wet oak too as long as it’s not waterlogged. That would be white oak not red oak. Red needs to be dryer. The choice of knives is definitely key. I feather almost everything until I find a strand of dry inside something. That one little strand makes the igniter. I only need a stroke of 2-3 inches to make feathers and can work up to and sometimes around or through knots. All the ‘waste’ from finding the ignition tinder becomes the secondary fuel.

[@adrianjagmag]

It's even worse over here in rainforest, I can use a ferrorod or even do a friction fire but usually it isn't worth the pain, iighter or matches instead ftw.

[@clivedunning4317]

Glad to see your patience was eventually rewarded Rob. So good to see "real life" examples of fire lighting being given. Two wee tips that you probably are aware of but didn't mention ; seeing you had your gloves with you then you could have tried crunching up some dry dead holly leaves and adding them to your tinder/kindling. Additionally , given the environment you were in, it might have been profitable to look for some ash trees which might have "King Arthur's Cakes" fungi (Daldinia Concentrica) growing on them, a dry one will take a spark from a ferrocerium rod. Happy trails , so glad you got your cup of tea.

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

All the cakes I found in that woods are soaking, I didn't think about dead holly leaves👍

[@clivedunning4317]

@@RobEvansWoodsman PS at the very end of the video, where you usually have the bloopers , I was waiting for the pot to fall down and put out the fire !

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

@@clivedunning4317 bloopers on the members version mate.

[@Kyle-bb9zp]

Lot of work but really good to do this every time or keep in practice for survival if this is all you had to work with. Good job 👍👍👍

[@axelthorn2263]

Hey Rob, I'm so glad you didn't edit the fire stick as it was nice to see you being real and to see how awesome and how many sparks came off that rod

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

It's funny because I did think about cutting it out as it made me look like an amateur but nobody is perfect, not even me 🤣🤣

[@axelthorn2263]

😂

[@axelthorn2263]

Hey, we all have days that we can do it so quickly and easy and other days that it is a struggle which is good because we can't think in a survival situation it will happen first time we need to be aware that it can be hard and take longer and even worse if we're cold and damp that's why practice makes it's easier, Anyway thanks for all you do😊

[@WoodyAndy]

Great real-life challenge there mate. I know how flippin wet it can be in Wales so practicing in those conditions is great to hone our skills. Good job you got your tea in the end or you might have had to bail out 🤣 Great vid - hope to catch up soon atb 👍

[@CarlEvz13]

Always good to test the skills and get the job done 👍🏻

[@johnovanic9560]

I appreciate your videos for The Good The Bad and The Ugly. Many of my greatest learning experiences came from my mistakes. Here in the southern United States we are blessed in the fact that you can throw a rock in any direction and hit a chunk of fatwood. But if you travel outside of your normal environment then what do you do? Enjoy your tea and tada

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Can't beat a sharp spine. 👍

[@ronagoodwell2709]

If I should find myself in a damp woodlands with a craving for tea I now know what must be done.

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

🤣🤣

[@Bananeisafree]

Great video as always ! And with a great ending ... You got your cup of tea !!! (I was not really worried tbh) Although I must ask. Why would you say using the gloves is a cop out ? As always thank you for your work !

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

The glove thing is a joke that I hoped a viewer would comment on but he hasn't, I told him that wearing gloves was for softies!

[@johnturner6251]

Thankx Rob

[@jurgenkrebbekx4329]

Like this vid a lot mate,it certainly goes like this a lot especially in these seasons for a lot of us🤪thanks for confirming this,we are not alone sometimes struggling 😂😂nice bushtool S 👍🏻

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Thanks mate.

[@lynella6073]

Hi Rob! You would survive in ANY woodlands! Miss watching you split logs! Still love my knife:)

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Hi Lyn, great to hear from you Xx

[@kandcdish]

That was a great challenge and best of all you succeeded. It can be extremely difficult making fire without proper materials at hand and the damp environment makes things even harder. I have spent many days in the swampy Florida environments but fortunately I was not far from conifers. Drying anything out in a swamp can be difficult. Back in my youthful days we had no ferro rods available so most of my fires were derived from friction methods. Thank you for sharing your skills and knowledge with us. Stay well!

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Friction in a swamp, that sounds challenging.

[@kandcdish]

It took a long time for the blisters to heal. I needed the smoke to help control mosquitoes more than anything. At the age of 70 I don't do foolish things like that anymore. Ha! I've always enjoyed a challenge.@@RobEvansWoodsman

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

@@kandcdish not even bowdrill, handrill!!! You are my hero, I hate handrill!

[@skovbo65]

You could make some scrapings of your ferro rod without igniting them then place some wood scrapings on them and ignite it all it works the same way as a magnesium bar.

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

I've got a video on that and every time I got a nice pile of scraping they went up in flames before they were actually needed, I found that vigorous scraping to create maximum heat does the same job.

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

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[@skovbo65]

​@@RobEvansWoodsman When I do it I make a little then transfer them then make a little more and transfer, repeat until I have enough. That way you don't risk losing it all if you accidentlig ignites it.

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

@@skovbo65 very sensible, it's just not a technique for me, too many things to go wrong, wind, rain and premature ignition.

[@LonnieMoors-wv5pk]

If you want that technique, the very cheap soft ferro rods would be best and a very sharp spine and slow heavy stroke. I make unlit shaving all the time by mistake this way when the spine digs in too heavily. It will sometimes cause the chip to smolder instead of igniting when it hits damp shavings too

[@pascalmarti4403]

Nice knife. Do you sell them?

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Yes.

[@pascalmarti4403]

@@RobEvansWoodsman on Etsy?

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

@pascalmarti4403 no , follow me on Instagram "RobevansWoodsman" have a look what I make then send me a message if you want something.

[@EREBO95]

What do you call that knife

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

That's my new model called the Bushtool S, S tands for short and stainless steel.

[@EREBO95]

@@RobEvansWoodsman it looks great! what steel is it in?

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

@EREBO95 AEB-L stainless

[@howardvarley8795]

Oh You Beggar!!! Yet another Rob Evans Knife I will have to find the money for !!😂

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

You know it has to be done .😂

[@andreasb.145]

Same challenge with the money here 🙃😉 Still searching a good printer and paper to print the notes by myself 😛

[@howardvarley8795]

Your Bushtool is my favourite knife, what tweaks and modifications have you made to improve it??

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

@@howardvarley8795 slimmed it down, put more of a clip in the blade and used slightly thicker stock.

[@howardvarley8795]

@@RobEvansWoodsman Is it possible to put my name down for one?? In your time naturally.

[@cockamamiebumfuzzle9331]

Thomas Edison on creating the lightbulb 💡 ”I have not failed 10,000 times ~ I’ve successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work. “