How to build a camp fire

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[@exarkun1508]

And make sure you bring a lot of pre cut dry wood lol

[@-Thunderforge-]

Bro EXACTLY what I was thinking 😂😂😂😂 Anybody who has built a brush fire from wood they sourced in the woods near their camp knows damn well its typically NEVER as easy as this. By no means am I a fire expert or anything, but I have built hundreds of brush fires and its tricky as hell. I've had my share of cold ass nights hunting during the rainy season in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and the unforgiving b!tch of the Louisiana bayou 😅 because I wasn't able to source any dry wood and ran out of daylight. I always bring a propane heater with me now just in case because I learned my lesson the hard way. You become smart from making dumbass decisions that you HAVE to fix. This dude is great and he means well. This video is great if you are camping by your home and have pre cut and dried wood. But this, unfortunately, will not work in many situations. Although 🤔, I will say that how he stacked his wood like a little brush cabin was awesome. When I saw how it directed the flames into a point like that, I immediately thought that I could use my cast iron cooking rack over that to cook much better. When I go on a big hunt, I always go heavy and bring my Dutch oven setup and I think this may be perfect for it. So even though as we kinda figured out this video is pretty much pointless 😅 BUT I did get that cool idea from it that's definitely going in my hunting toolbox 😂😂

[@TypicalGuy84]

First thing I noticed too 😂

[@djpcinema]

lol

[@mushroom1206]

well in most of the nashinal parks here in aus tell you to bring your own wood in as not to take it from the bush. not that most people follow that (my self included)

[@mushroom1206]

i do have to say that i have not hurd or seen aneyone call then brush fires @@-Thunderforge-

[@GodSeesU2B]

Be sure you bring that preseasoned firewood with you. Works every time!

[@CuchulainAD]

Look for dead standing trees or branches and logs caught in the trees and then no need

[@Swagg3r3d]

Came here to say this

[@graymanbushcraft8633]

kiln dried too

[@GodSeesU2B]

lol, sarcasm is lost on you.

[@vytenissciukas1726]

Where can I buy this dry as hell wood? I cannot find such dry wood nowhere :D seems like that wood was dried for 10 years before this video took place.

[@YESITSWILL]

An old Green Beret taught me his best technigue for starting a fire in the woods. He always carried a small bic lighter. Work smarter, not harder.

[@Mrlongboarding4lif3]

Always have a back up. If u bring a bic, use ur nails or a tool to pry the two prongs near where the flame comes out, and remove the safety thing. So now if your lighters flint gets wet, you can now just roll the thingy on said lighter and dry it out wayyyyy easier compared to if it had the push lock on the spinner. Hope that made sense lol

[@YESITSWILL]

@@Mrlongboarding4lif3 good info.

[@davidsmith4363]

I just posted that. I never understood carrying around a flint when a lighter would last for weeks.

[@Whichwaydidtheygo]

A friend told me about camp fires. White men build them large and hot so they have to move back from the heat. Indians build small fires get in close to stay warm. Uses less fuel too.

[@jordanbrettabbott]

A friend told you about camp fires? You didn't know about them?

[@jakemccoy]

Also, make sure to tell the wind to stop blowing.

[@badkatrising3918]

Politely ❤

[@topbrasstv8867]

It's better to have wind once the fire is somewhat lit, then it helps blow the flames hotter

[@shawnpitman876]

Why would you do that? The wind will help feed the flames fresh oxygen so it doesn't choke itself out.

[@jeffreyhutchins6527]

@@jakemccoy Well that's your fault then for being untrained. Look up Lean-to Fire.

[@jakemccoy]

The fire setup in the video is not getting started in a strong wind. I hope the keyboard commandos learned something today.

[@bstal1268]

Packing in precut firewood always makes it really easy.

[@anthonyclark9159]

Definitely is pre prepared, but it takes like five minutes to get that amount of firewood basically anywhere there are trees.

[@johnvirga6181]

Agree as it looks like he found really dry, dry wood or :)

[@houkikker136]

I always take about 25 pieces of fire wood with me to get the fire started. Since you can never be sure you'll find enough dry wood for burning once you get to the camp site and use it to dry out the wood you collect. But gather twigs and dry grasses as fire starter pine cones and brown pine needles work well as starters too as long as they are dry.

[@jenniferwade-scoons6313]

Yep that works. So does walking over to a couple pine trees snapping off some of the lower dead limbs where they've got lots of sap and perhaps some pine cones those make good starters too and I don't have to f*** around.

[@rtelles1127]

Hey don't forget dry pine needles

[@thomsbooth4906]

Learned that trick about dead pine branches when I was a little kid. He called it "squaw wood". I don't think you're supposed to say that anymore, Oh well.

[@PoliticallyInsensitive]

​@@thomsbooth4906fat wood

[@coblogan75]

Birch bark is one of the best natural materials for fire starting

[@MajinVarok]

As a knife-nut: not every knife can take "batoning", a good rule of thumb is to take a carbon steel knife and have the blade at least be 3mm thick, you should be golden if you follow those rules!

[@Deltaconcepts]

Good advice for sure

[@JohnSmith-ki2eq]

I learned my knife skills in the late 70's and back then batoning was a big no no unless it was a life and death situation, and you certainly NEVER batoned if you had an axe with you. Knife reviewers on YT started this whole batoning craze as a way to prove a knife was strong and now everyone just accepts it as being the correct way to do things... crazy!

[@kolbasz3584]

As far I'm aware it's also best if the knife is full tang, so it doesn't break out from the handle

[@zugmeister314]

@@JohnSmith-ki2eq Ka-Bar Becker BK2. Looks like something from Warhammer 40k and actually hatchets better than my little Gerber hatchet. YMMV.

[@MrLee-cy1pw]

Gotta be full tang too

[@JosephHuether]

50 years ago as a teen backpacker…back when we commonly built fires at campsites…I would always keep my eyes open for birch bark while hiking during the day. Is the perfect hot-burning fire-lighting fuel…even when damp. Birch bark with small dry sticks over and you can get almost anything started. Never struggled with this issue.

[@Savage-Henry]

Yeah butch bark is the best I knew an old timer that would keep some in his wallet at all times just in case. This natural oils just keep it going no matter how wet it is

[@his4evr2c]

Make sure and separate the area out . Respectfully please as a former US Girl Scout before they ruined them. forest fires 🔥 can happen if your not really cautious. Rocks or shovel dirt hole then rocks. But Thank You for Your hack

[@shawnpitman876]

Yeaaa... Birch doesn't grow everywhere....

[@danwhitley7]

Birch bark, fat wood, and a feather stick

[@MiltonRoe]

Appreciate that you said, "back when we commonly built fires at campsites." Modern backpackers keep their footprint as small as possible and don't make campfires. If you want to enjoy nature you need to go the extra distance to keep it pristine for others to enjoy.

[@sethmaron7094]

Just collect dry deadfall and tinder. Pine needles. Birch bark. If its wet outside check under the dry spots. Under thick canopy spots preferably. But he does present the cabin and small tinder vs large fuel theory 😊

[@metaltwister2536]

Good video on starting a fire. Please also demonstrate how to pick and prepare a location. Prevent creating a forest fire.

[@OutintheWild00]

NGL, as an Eagle Scout that unprepped fire location made me cringe. One of the worst things is having ignorant people starting random fires in the woods without preparing the site for the fire. Everyone is Mr. Wilderness until your favorite place in nature burns away from lack of fire safety.

[@mopacwestgate]

That's probably the most important thing... containment is the most important thing...

[@celtickitc]

Pine needles work great too and less work...if you are surrounded by lots of pine trees 😊

[@artkyger3425]

His hair man. Instant fire....

[@bartsimpson8616]

@@artkyger3425 that wont gonna burn more then 2 sec, for that its needed Jamaican hair . cut it only 5cm and thats it,

[@edwinschwartz2472]

Speaking of pine, an important tip you left out , your wood that was used is pine. Excellent for starting a fire because it contains resin and turpentine that ignite quickly and burn hot.

[@artkyger3425]

Hair just to get the fire started..... not the fire itself. Funny to watch people trying like mad to get a fire started whern all they gotta do is cut off a little hair and they have the perfect fire starter material. @@bartsimpson8616

[@mattschmitt9924]

​@@edwinschwartz2472 but no coals left to cook with.

[@edanpino-xt1ph]

Those log cabin fires make the best cooking coals, love those

[@1nvisible1]

*Johnny Fairplay? Is your face alright?*

[@maroonernick3197]

I was invited to a bonfire one time and I had to start the fire since no one knew how. Like why host on if you can’t start one hahaha.

[@ecospider5]

So many people think things will just happen. Be glad they at least had some wood.

[@nickco777]

Maybe the ability to start a fire should be a prerequisite to voting eligibility. If one doesn't have the ability to do such a simple thing why should they be allowed to determine our futures?

[@Broofjude]

Haha same here. It was embarrassing to silently watch this guy use a full on *mini* flamethrower to try and light a log on fire🤦‍♂️

[@TypicalGuy84]

Been there!

[@mike5162]

@@nickco777I’d bet my life that neither Biden or trump could never build a fire if their life depended on it.

[@cellocraze]

The store bought, precut, seasoned, dry hardwood helps a lot when you're trapped in the wilderness and need a fire for survival.

[@topbrasstv8867]

I find using a folding saw helps with gathering wood for free

[@dryaleah9033]

Note all the air space between the bits of wood. It's absolutely necessary. Smaller chips = Smaller spaces, yet still they MUST be there. Airflow brings in oxygen. More oxygen = hotter fire = bigger wood will burn. Blowing GENTLY on an "almost" fire adds that extra bit of oxygen & helps that spark ignite.

[@cliffbortmes4573]

My Dad’s aunt Margie taught me how to build a fire like that only in the form of a tepee or Christmas tree, when we were camping out with her and uncle Kirby up in the Colorado mountains when I was 7 years old.

[@MonteAdorableMax]

Different type of fire. It is good if you want your heat higher up.

[@kenfoerster8521]

Good for you dork

[@andrewlyell6606]

That's how i first learned how to build a fire, then learned the log cabin method.

[@mountainbearoutdoors]

how to start a fire using perfectly dry wood. bollocks

[@ak_downrange_threat7251]

You can dry wet tinder out by putting it under your armpits while you work or travel. If you have enough it will dry the wood out you are lighting.

[@mattschmitt9924]

​@@ak_downrange_threat7251when I am working, my armpit isn't the dryest place I can come up with.

[@Ru77ian]

@@mattschmitt9924If one were to smoke a whole lot of weed they could keep the tinder in their mouth, undoubtedly the driest place their body has at the time

[@furnacego2164]

Nothing wrong with the advice though. Just harder with wetter wood is all

[@furnacego2164]

And you need the tinder to be the least wet and more of it

[@KennyInVegas]

I know a HUGE amount of wilderness survival....the guy has valid point but the problem is...who carries dry wood?. I save old candles...cotton balls and 000 fine steel wool...melt them all together in a dedicated $5 pot from GOODWILL....Let cool and then cut up with a hacksaw or bandsaw and store in a ziplock bag....some gunpowder from a few cartridges helps also....i was stuck in a snow filled area and all the twigs were wet...the wax,cottonballs, steel wool really helped....finally got a fire to go....cooked up some hotdogs and jammed.

[@slicknick8865]

Great idea thanks for sharing brother

[@bikeman78]

If you’re a bushcraft expert… you won’t need to bring anything extra. I live in west Canada… rainiest province.

[@zugmeister314]

Cotton balls and vaseline work better. The cotton is light and compresses to nothing. Carmex is handy to have around if you don't want to pre-make the lighters.

[@slicknick8865]

@@climbon3157 thank you for your service

[@dahorseyguy1]

I take cotton balls and put them in melted vicks and saturate them. They make good fire starters.

[@ValStilwell]

Well done. Thank you. And yes, some of us do bring in bundles of dry wood for the weekends. What a cool way to practice.

[@Yugemos]

This is what a short should be. A quick effective informational clip. Whoooo buddy!

[@embersuhnuhk346]

Good example. As an Army Infantry soldier, this was a good how-to video. Your set-up was perfect. An Army GO! What amazes me are all the couch potatoes that weigh in & critisize "the man in the arena". "It's not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust & sweat......" (Teddy Roosevelt)

[@toasteee252]

So you packed in precut fire wood instead of gathering kindling like boy scouts are taught to do it? I thought the department of defense had you pack survival gear not dura flame logs

[@RageDaug]

@@toasteee252 How he did it was exactly how we were taught in the scouts. They did not teach us to bring lighter fluid or pre-soaked this or that. They taught us to start with tinder and 1 match, build up with kindling, then add fuel, while making sure the fire can breathe. All he's doing is showing how to make the tinder and kindling if you don't have any. I've been to many state parks where they don't want you scrummaging around for fire wood, so you buy firewood to bring with you. I've also brought firewood I've cut myself from trees I've downed in my back yard, that look exactly like his cut logs look. I would say the point is, whether you buy the precut logs at the gas station prior to going into the woods, or find dead trees and branches in the woods, the methods he is showing are applicable.

[@trevorpote3442]

That's my favorite presidential speach of all time ... lol today's tiktok dancers won't understand .....

[@edwardsmith-mf1co]

Some of us older guys have shown eight and 12 year olds, how to make a fire with dryer, lint, an old piece of candle wax, and Pineknot, when everything was soaking wet and And soon we had a roaring fire

[@embersuhnuhk346]

@@trevorpote3442 I carry it on an index card laminated along with 30 other laminated cards: my Oath, my Ranger creed, the Rifleman creed, INVICTUS poem, Rendezvous W Death poem, Declaration of Independence, etcetera. If they find my body on the battlefield, they'll find my Ranger cards & know what I fought for & what I stood for.

[@TheCowpoke406]

The way you were holding that log while tapping down with the hatchet is exactly how I was trying to split a log last week when I almost lost a finger. The axe slipped and whacked me good on the hand. Needed stitches. Be careful people!

[@ynotspank1]

You got nine more left, stop complaining.

[@toasteee252]

Yeah..not too mention the almost crotch shot he could've taken.

[@mattschmitt9924]

Lay the firewood in the direction of the hatchet handle. Place the cutting edge on the wood. Hold it together. Hit something with it. Bam! Spilt kindling and 10 fingers.

[@mattschmitt9924]

@@benjiman_OBE Yessir! I think it is pretty common knowledge among people that start a lot of fires.

[@crad12891]

My preferred method here is to use another piece of wood to hold the piece you're splitting up if it won't stand on it's own. With a sharp hatchet, it won't take much to get it stuck then you can tap it through.

[@grouchomarxist666]

Instead of wearing out yourself with all that chopping, gather twigs. They make great kindling (and they're pre-sized).

[@RageDaug]

I tend to agree. I still often make the tinder how he did, but I'm gathering kindling if I'm in the woods. Only time I split logs to make the kindling is when I'm doing a beach fire.

[@pulaski1]

Leaves, twigs, and pine needles all make great kindling.

[@em333]

Not a great idea for busy campgrounds as it depletes the local habitat

[@gmc1966]

Do like he did, bring your own precut seasoned wood lol ​@em333

[@RageDaug]

@@gmc1966 I'm not sure if you've done any wood chopping before, but "precut" wood looks exactly like wood you cut yourself. They don't use special "precut wood trees" or build "precut logs" in a lab or anything. It's just trees, saws, and axes. All "pre-cut" means is, "someone else cut your log for you:". lol.

[@mickyspicer83]

This is the best example of exactly how I've always been made A fire taught to me by my father.watched from Nova Scotia Canada

[@SgtRudySmith31bRet]

When using flint and steel, keep the steel in place and pull the flint. Its more directed and you wont accidentally hit your tender pile.

[@ak_downrange_threat7251]

If you are in an Arctic environment where the cold takes the energy out of the fire or in a windy area I would suggest making the "Log Cabin style fire" first. But that base is must in wet or cold areas. Everyone is an expert till you have to build a fire at -30F in a blizzard.

[@hotdog9262]

you don`t try that. you get sheltered one way or another

[@ak_downrange_threat7251]

@@hotdog9262 Try that......I have lived it for 33 years!

[@Anonymous-ed8om]

I do a flat stack alternating directions with a tiny teepee on top. Stole it from some survivalist guy, it’s great to cook on and it burns for many hours cause it’s dense

[@ak_downrange_threat7251]

Teepee top doesn't work as well in the Arctic as a Flat cabin top. I can't tell you the science behind it, I just have tried both at -40F and found the flat top cabin held the heat better to get the wood started. Believe it or not super cold wood doesn't like to catch :(

[@alexp7274]

"That'll burn for a good while... it'll have the entire forest as fuel"

[@randallsmerna384]

* Fire burns up * Smaller to larger - always * Kindling is critical

[@roydunn4649]

Fire burns down too. Look it up. Largest wood on bottom going smaller as you build up. Burns just fine and if you put some dirt in the bottom layer it hold coals way longer. The more you know....

[@jkirkpatrick3889]

An upside down fire actually burns the longest without needing to be adjusted or added to, it also provides a very consistant heat around it as well

[@Adaman135]

Most dry wood can be pulled apart by hand for kindling/tinder. Much safer than wielding a knife/hatchet

[@topbrasstv8867]

Who the hell do you know who can tear apart wood with their hands

[@jackpavlik563]

@@topbrasstv8867beaver bob. Seriously, you use twigs and work your way up to larger wood.

[@preachta]

Excellent step by step tutorial

[@Rayvon69]

Alot of people dont realise how important these skills are to know. This is life saving stuff cheers brother 👍🤟

[@niccovisconti1712]

If they can't build a fire, I don't want them around me.

[@anthonyhampton2991]

Nothing more satisfying than building a fire

[@johnyoung2705]

You could do a one-hour video on this topic and still not cover all aspects but for a one-minute presentation this was great. If the viewer can make a couple simple extrapolations, he can reason out that he needs a range of small sizes from shavings to dry twigs, and can see that he can substitute a match or lighter for flint and steel. Kudos!

[@dapperturtle1559]

how to start a fire: bring pretreated wood and a ferro necklace

[@wollywolly2734]

You paid 7 bucks for the plastic wrapped six pieces of fire wood that sits next to the door at your local gas station?

[@daleslover2771]

😂😂😂

[@koolkat5217]

Why not? Having said that the gas station probably sells lighters😂

[@normwhitcomb8419]

It’s instructional

[@cypher249]

Fairly certain that is a tomahawk not a hatchet.

[@3sunsully748]

Thank you

[@muscleman125]

congrats nerd emoji, it still got the job done. Do you correct people when they call a goose a duck too?

[@dannyhayes664]

It's not an ax either.

[@christineshotton824]

A tomahawk is a type of hatchet. Hatchet is a generic term for any axe designed to be primarily used with one hand.

[@dannyhayes664]

@@christineshotton824 An ax is a 2 handed tool.

[@kingmonkey460]

As a boy scout who builds fires all the time, this is absolutely the way to do it. However there are challenges such as finding your own wood to chop because you don't always have access to readily cut wood. Look for something that's not rotten wood, but something that is dead. You can test by breaking a small branch, if it snaps easily, it's dead. If it bends, it's still alive and wet and will not light. Look for something off the ground, sometimes a downed tree leaning up against another tree will work, so long as once again, it's not too rotten or wet. Hope this helps!

[@Eric-gi9kg]

When I was in Boy Scouts (early 70, we had to get a fire going well enough to burn a taut string 2 feet above the fire base in less than 5 minutes. You learned quickly especially when it's raining. As I got older I have refined those methods and to this day I can still get a good fire going in under 5 minutes.. rain or shine. Great video Everyone needs this basic skill

[@dbrady1966]

Also, dig a small pit, that way you can completely cover up your fire when you’re done camping and leave no trace. I’d rather somebody do this and use lighter fluid to light a fire, then to not dig a pit.

[@cropcircler]

Speaking as a pampered urbanite, I wish I had your survival skills. Side note: you should entitle this vid, Tales of the Bloody Hand 😂

[@craigaery6449]

I enjoyed the instruction. Shows the value in not only bringing a small hatchet but wearing a fire starting necklace even down to the fire wood prep to the layout and structure of fire. We'll done.

[@vadercv]

I’m glad to see TJ Miller is getting work again.

[@jonnyd8399]

It's amazing how many people don't know this. Thanks for telling the masses... I hope to start a camp one day to teach kids and parents country living skills.

[@creepyloner1979]

don't shave the kindling, scrape it. you'll get much finer fluff that lights easier.

[@grantdavis5992]

Easiest if the spine of your knife is square instead of chamfered.

[@RomanAsh_Farms]

The fluff also burns quicker too, and most of the time it isn’t even lit long enough to catch the rest of the wood. It’s also more time consuming to create fluff than shavings. Shavings are more efficient even if they take 3 more seconds to catch.

[@Orlosthedruid]

the majority of my life...building a fire meant we cut down or cut up a fallen pine tree and sectioned it to 3-4 ft lengths, then tossed it all into a huge bonfire, added a gallon of gasoline and then tossed in a road flare. It worked.

[@rampant59]

Carry a dull hatchet with you, lightly swing to make kindling. If it skips off and hits you hand it just pushes it aside.

[@macmarion421]

If you’re building a fire in a wood stove or fireplace use the top down method. It allows you to build a nice bed of coals for cooking as well as keeping a fire going with minimal effort. It woks well in a campfire to

[@gonzo8744]

So grateful for the knowledge I was given while in Boy Scouts. I know it may have a tarnished reputation that makes me so angry at the people who target children, or groups for our youth, so that they can have access to them. It makes parents want to keep their children away from scouting, which teach valuable life lessons far beyond how to start a fire or make shelter. But I can’t blame them. It takes a few bad apples to ruin the bunch.

[@Sanxioned1]

Always ensure that your wood is entirely bone dry as well! Campers: There is NOTHING wrong with using a dollar store firestarter brick. But yes, to avoid wastage and save time, you should cut your purchased wood into smaller pieces -- leave the bigger wet pieces for the bottom and sides.

[@ak_downrange_threat7251]

You don't need bone dry wood, just not soaked wood and the important part is dried tinder. An easy way to dry damp to wet tinder is tucking it under your armpit while you build a shelter or travel.

[@aussiehardwood6196]

This information used to be passed around by very young kids to each other while camping or hunting in the bush with their elders. Now its novel for a 25yo to be able to do it 😮. Myself & everyone I grew up with knew how to establish a fire for as far as I can remember. Even in this video the clean dressed gentlemen with no dirt under his nails appears to have brought clean perfectly cut to length, seasoned processed wood with him for the video. So he wasnt confident in himself being able to start a fire with native surrounding tinder & wood 😅 The Indian style ax isn't something a seasoned bushman would recommend either. Will glance off wood at speed with ease.

[@AllWeatherFirestarters]

Great Video! Any chance on doing a product review of our Firestarter?

[@michaelgarner6960]

I really appreciate the knowledge you share. Thank you, if only for your efforts....❤

[@wraytonritter]

Peak content. I've never seen a fire building video in my life. Lol

[@scottbaldrachi6400]

Oh it's the " safe smoke survival bush craft knife" that's what I need😮

[@passthebreadsauce]

Lot of folks in here with the "make sure to bring preseasoned firewood" or "make sure the wind is blowing". Just go out and try. Its not difficult. Rain or snow, i can get a fire going. Its a good skill to have.

[@iceman0502me]

@sagesmokesurvival Log cabin always the way to go!! I grew up with the teepee method but that’s ridiculous. Thanks for sharing

[@mgoode2031]

Good video. Recommend as you are doing to bring kiln dried pine firewood into the bush. If all you have is a tomahawk and a knife, it should work

[@lukeskywalker2116]

A few cups of bacon grease soaked into paper towels works like a charm every time.

[@firespyder123]

The most important part that you used but didn't highlight is the large wood base. Always start on a wood platform. This keeps the fire off the cold ground, allows the base to radiate back on the kindling, and allows for good airflow to the base of the fire where it matters most.

[@Zythan]

Bring dryer lint if you are going to bring something. Put it in a ziplock. That stuff starts almost immediately. Boy Scouts actually taught me something when I was younger. We used it to make fires for the nights we stayed in the cold in Igloos in the middle of winter.

[@markcollins3732]

I've always picked up twigs and leaves to get it started. You city boys got it made.

[@user95210]

I grew up on the coast of BC tons of rain. My dad would give me and my brother 2 matches and told us to start a fire early spring. Possibly the hardest thing I've ever had to accomplish in my life

[@rlivain]

Love that you brought a perfectly dried log 🪵 with you to go camping. Always travel light.

[@russellwood8750]

This video absolutely amazed me. I would’ve never imagined people don’t know how to build a fire. That was something my parents taught me when I was a young kid. Blew my mind that people don’t know how to light a fire..

[@elusivegroove]

If your parents teach you to build it this way you need your money back. LOL

[@Eugene-j8w]

Good helping us out thank you 😊😊😊

[@billdolan7442]

just what the world needs is another fire starting video

[@johnathanlepage-billard]

I love how you’re teaching ppl to cut safely while you almost took off ur hand with the axe (big red mark)

[@jordanbrettabbott]

You're one of those people that always try to tell someone "you're doing it wrong, let me show you," when everything is working out just fine.

[@hallamalla98]

My dad always used to say "when you build a fire, try to build a house, houses burn really well!"

[@SteveEdwards-d5y]

Fire starter necklace? How about fire spindle? How about forest wood instead of prepared 2x4s?

[@c.jarmstrong3111]

Always remember to build small and grow big! And dry wood makes everything easy 😊

[@isabellaasselmeier3635]

Love your videos keep at it

[@thorgrimgrudgebearer]

Eagle scout here. I never had dry firewood unless I was at home with my firepit.

[@billywampler2852]

Make fire eggs, take the cardboard egg crates, melt down Vaseline, make a paste using saw dust, fill you crates with the paste, optionally line with foil or wax paper to prevent soaking through, now just pack that, a knife and a ferro-rod, it sounds more complicated than it is, plus it stores FOREVER

[@dunebillydave222]

Excellent tutorial. This is something everyone should know. After all, Prometheus's sacrifice shouldn't be in vain.

[@chrisasselin5244]

Thank you- great job and nice explanation

[@jacksonhodge4638]

Where’s the fat lighter? Where’s the smoldering wet wood? Where’s the passion?

[@robynkellogg808]

This is awesome - thank you!

[@BrinnerDang]

The best way to get a fire built fast is to tell a camp-mate, "Oh, there's no way you're going to get that to burn..."

[@glenchamusco2380]

If you hold the knife still and pull the flint the sparks will be concentrated in a smaller area making it much easier to start the fire.

[@american_pride0]

he wasn’t using his knife on the “flint”. flint is a rock, he was using ferrocerium

[@buckaroobonzai2909]

You can get good twigs to start a fire by looking for dead, fallen wood that is sticking up in the air after the branch has fallen from the tree. THe wood gets a lot of air circulation and is more likely to be dry, even during light rains sometimes.

[@mobiusone9997]

I don't know why so many people are hating. This isn't some navy seal 101 survival with only your butthole video. It's an intro video that gets newbies excited and confident with going outdoors. I say bravo!

[@elijahkaehler9369]

Or split a big log into 4 and cut a square out of the center of the big log when placed back together. Create the kindling and small twigs and start ur fire inside the square. Can use the top of the log as a cook top.... search bushcraft rocket stove

[@emeline894]

Use a pine stump (is fueled with resin), a knife and a ferro rod.

[@michelhedley1805]

Ignores the fact that there are softwoods and hardwoods that mean different approaches to fire lighting. Much easier with softwoods.

[@i-primeproductions1517]

Kindling! What a fantastic idea! It never occurred to me to use kindling. I always figured you needed to sift half of the gas tank of your car and poured onto a bunch of logs. Great advice! 🙄😂

[@melselby6629]

Family was on our wooded beach property. My mom wanted me to build a small camp fire. I had never ever tried that before but some Boy Scout training kicked in. I built her a fire. I had never been so proud.

[@cjvan713]

Depending on your situation, this might be needed info. Whenever you put fuel on top of your fire, it will create smoke. Whenever the fuel is below the fire and it burns down, there is not noticeable smoke produced.

[@savage22bolt32]

I'm 70. Love starting my campfire or bbq for 65 years.

[@dahorseyguy1]

I've been building fires since I was 12. My stepson uses lighter fluid because his dad did. I use wood. UNLESS ITS WET, then I use my own homemade fire starter.

[@zacharyolson754]

Super safe hand placement 😂 definitely didn't end your video with a cut on your hand, lol.

[@peterbergen5662]

Harvest kindling from standing trees. Thin small dead/dry twigs. A handful will be enough to start your fire.

[@tuvoca825]

Tighter space between the logs will reflect back and forth more intensely... just a narrow slit between the logs with only eniugh space to encourage the flame... the flame will tell you how tight is too tight of a space.

[@ranwolf76]

I currently live on a 5 acre property in Puerto Rico, the back half is nothing but woods. Every once in a while my uncle and his friends come around and camp out in the wooded area. First time, they came when I was here my uncle tried to build a fire using 3 foot logs and just dousing everything in gasoline. I told him I didn't think that was going to work, remembering stuff I learned when I was a boy scout. He didn't listen and lit the fire. It burned for maybe 5 minutes before going out and the logs were barely scorched.

[@rickallen1908]

The real tricks are finding dry wood while raining. And usable wood when covered in snow. If dry, just find 8 dry sticks about the size of your index finger, break them into 4 inch pieces. Get a handful of pine needles, stack sticks up like a checker board allowing air in between. Light a stick match and put it into needles. Then add larger pieces of wood as needed...

[@Ax1oM11oo]

I’m not just one of them people who can’t start a fire, I’m THE GUY who cancels camping trips because I can’t start a fire.

[@jwall3873]

I remember learning how to make a fire in our colonial house fireplace. But, then outdoors in Cub Scouts, and then different styles of fires in Boy Scouts. That was then. Now..?????!!!! Anyway, good to give the info to those without the skills. Also, never leave a fire unattended... Make sure it is out, ashes wetted n stirred. He dug a recess to build in, and contain the fire. All worth mentioning with out of control forrest fires .

[@seanlavoie2]

Pretty good tutorial I imagine How would you make a good fire that only burns for a few hours and doesn’t have to be efficient? The occasional for fun camp fires often end up being a chore to make sure they get put out.