Join Me in This Awesome D.I.Y Project: Creating a Free Fire Kit Accessory

Hi everyone and welcome back to the channel. In this video, I’m going to show you how to make a fire puck, a D.I.Y fire kit project that uses common items. Sometimes we have gear and items that we don’t use anymore, but that doesn’t mean we have to throw them away. We can repurpose them and make something new and useful for our survival kits. A fire puck is a compact and easy way to start a fire in any situation. Watch this video to see how I make one with simple materials. Thanks for watching and stay safe out there.
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[@blackoracle69]

thanks for watching

[@worm_vaquero]

Always a pleasure, always informative.

[@TerryWindell]

Does my heart good to see someone who's been around raw cotton. Can't tell you how many times I've stopped by the side of of a South Carolina road to pick up a handful of the scraps after the field's been harvested to use as a fire starter.

[@murphysoutfitters9649]

There are few greater senses of accomplishment than heading into the woods with gear you've made or put together yourself.

[@blackoracle69]

i agree

[@covenantking]

I’ve got some dirty bugger in the neighborhood who drops his tobacco tins on the road when he’s walking his dog or something. I pick them up, of course, if they’re not run over, because that’s bushcraft. Thanks Blackie for ideas what to put in them!

[@robinbonaventura4951]

Blackie....you always have great ideas. Thank you so much! Take care!

[@michaelbeams9553]

Redundancy........ Redundancy.........Redundancy . Just to be sure ..........Redundancy . Great advice . Thank you .

[@worm_vaquero]

In the dictionary under "redundant" it says "see redundant", lol

[@kellydiver]

Organizing your gear by category like that is a great idea. After growing up in rural West Texas, spending 20 years in the military, and raising kids and grandkids through scouting, etc, all my stuff is just stored in big bins in the barn. It would be much easier to find things if I organized it all by category like you do. Sounds like a good winter project. 👍🏼

[@RS4393]

I buy eggs 18 at the time. I put dyer lint in the empties and top with melted wax. Cut individual pieces and they burn for 6 to 9 minutes. Great fire starter.

[@jakeoutdoors9600]

I took a tin for .177 pellets and punched a tiny hole in the lid. I put cotton balls in it and throw it into a fire. When the smoke stops pouring out of the hole I retrieve the tin out of the fire. Once it cools what is left inside is really really good for catching a spark. Some old timers taught me that.

[@leadballoon06]

You can make wood char the same way

[@hagman1077]

Hello Blackie- This is a good use of available stuff and the snuff cans. Ive got plenty of char punk wood and river birch bark which works great. Good stuff and thanks for another video. You guys be safe down there- Carry On-

[@richardstyron5716]

Living in Mississippi don't carry fire tender, everywhere are pine trees, thanks for sharing, stay safe!!!

[@kuzinit2374]

For anyone that makes a lot of camp fires , you can get hundred alcohol wipes from cvs , just open a single use pad, unfold it and wad it into a ball , it will catch the first spark and burns for about 4 minutes, plunty of time to build a fire , for about 7 bucks

[@outbackowl4026]

Hi Blacie, greetings from Australia, thank you for your time to make these videos. Another resource you can use is the lollie tins that are made of metal , many uses.

[@kennethwilson8633]

ABT always be thinking…Have fun stay safe.

[@tjfm59]

one of the beef jerky companies, i believe it is jack link's. they make ground chew jerky pucks. next time at the gas station check out the jerky section. or maybe the breath mints in puck size containers.

[@Rocking_R_Bushcraft]

Great Job Blackie, The only thing I would think about changing would be the use of electrical tape, I would use the 1 inch Gorilla tape to seal the container and that would add to it another tender source to the puck.

[@jasonjohnson6344]

Yep, those empty tobacco cans have been a great way of creating small kits for various uses for many years. A stack of them will nest easily in wide mouth containers too. Rather than using electrical tape to seal them, I use home made ranger bands. One around the joint and two in a crisscross pattern over the top and bottom. Those 2 aren’t really necessary but we know how well rubbed works as a flame extender and I’ve always got 2 that won’t really affect the seal on the “pucks”. I have pucks full of fatwood shavings everywhere and make my own waxed jute cordage by melting Goodwill store candles and soaking coils of jute that I have a system for sizing them to easily fit the pucks. Great flame extenders is again, Goodwill candle wax and 1-1/2” pieces of cotton clothes line. I leave any of the natural fibers I’m making into flame extenders, in the melted wax for a good long while. When I pull the stuff out to cool, I put it on a piece of cardboard that soaks up the excess wax and then can be cut into any size and shape you prefer and it’s a killer flame extender too. Great stuff again Blackie, we all continue to learn and share with/from each other.

[@thewheelchairprepper8070]

SU;PER💯👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@user-yf8sm7uh4t]

Also great 22cal pocket can , fire kit as you said ,fishing kit, ext

[@krisqueen5939]

🌷Liked and subscribed from North Pole Alaska😊

[@lewisvillalta2492]

Simple but practical thank you very much excelente ideas

[@monkeyboy6590]

Great video sir. I use snuff cans to store dehydrated beans, rice or soup mixes in as well as fire starters and tinder.

[@blackoracle69]

Great tip!

[@outbackowl3040]

Hi Blackie, greeting from Australia 🇦🇺 thank you for your time to make these videos, some great idea's 👍.

[@bobnesler4271]

Thanks, Blackie! A lot of great info here. I have also found that dryer lint that my wife cleans out of the filter works very well with both ferro rods and flint and steel. I was a Boy Scout leader for more than a decade and found that fire building was as important a skill as any other woodcraft. Thanks again!

[@stevestumpy6873]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 don't forget wax paper candy wrappers, it is Halloween.

[@unclebrat]

A small surform planer can create a ton of small wood shavings.

[@user-eg7uw9ls4o]

That’s one of those things that are so simple and obvious when someone tells you that you think you would have thought of you self. But I didn’t. And I have used a surf form often for wood work. Good job you told me, thanks. The small file shaped ones would be good.

[@MichaelR58]

Good video, thanks for sharing, God bless !

[@rubiconoutdoors3492]

I like the milwaukee drill bit containers for plastic, and I like the "lunchbots" stainless sandwich box as well. I chew tobacco so I have them kits too. Lol

[@blackoracle69]

Right on

[@FredFreiberger-pk6wc]

Large pill bottles are good also

[@chrisgibson6960]

Great video Blackie. I think too many people want to buy something pre made instead of using their noggins and what they have around them.

[@waynehendrix4806]

Blackie, I can't lie, I was thinking of your advice on the 3rd try to light the woodstove up at camp this last weekend. Thankfully I slowed down, and axe chipped some of the oak strip tinder down a little finer and shorter. Then remembered that a nearby tablet had less damp paper than the old newspaper pages from the first two tries. That did the trick. But it is a reminder that we can quickly be humbled at tasks we often do easily, by some natural variables like extra moisture. Lesson learned. Keep a few vasaline cotton balls in an old drug bottle in my hunting pack. (Yeah, I know how to make char cloth also, and keep some around...might be a great combo.) Double duty as the pack always goes to camp, and it's on my back in the field. Thanks again. W

[@blackoracle69]

i have to make myself slow down sometimes if i do and take my time i will usually get the fire going faster than if i rush it

[@waynehendrix4806]

Amen to that. I had to talk myself into slowing down. Was 50 outside, so I wasn't going to freeze. But I needed a good fire in the stove to take out the moisture and chill for a good nights sleep. @@blackoracle69

[@unclebrat]

I"m an old pipe smoker and I have tons of old tobacco tins that have that semi-screw-on lid. They do seal pretty well.

[@kriscrabtree2935]

Thanks for sharing !

[@davesanders9203]

As usual. you're having too much fun.

[@theoneandonlynicole]

Blackie, since that “tin” is made of plastic you could probably ignite shavings of it, worse case, after you’ve emptied it.

[@lewisward4359]

Great tips Blackie. I've seen the cotton along the roads east of Raleigh,NC while visiting my son's family. Cotton doesn't grow up here in NY, but use the short fibered cotton they use in vitamins bottles and then rub a little petroleum jelly into it. No, not the cotton poly fibers they use as a substitute. Back when I went to a local rendezvous I would also bring a little steel fine steel wool. I won the flint steel fire starting challenge in the wood's walk. I could also start a fire with natural materials quite readily.

[@drewhall2190]

Good idea!

[@michaelnasser8697]

“The Force is strong with this one”

[@JohnnyHildebrand1969]

Great idea, Blackie. I get irritated with myself because I feel that all my gear is thrown everywhere, 20 places where batteries are stashed, 15 places with cotton bolls with vaseline elsewhere, lighters stashed in cans, lid pots, or wrapped up in bags. Thank you and God bless.

[@blackoracle69]

thanks for watching

[@stevenladrig9592]

Blackie I use dryer lint little bit of Vaseline Jay and it works damn good I never had no problem with it and I do carry a package of those matches you got military mattress

[@corwinchristensen260]

Resources you don't have access to are useless when you need them. To get them where you have access to them is very wise. Thanks for the ideas.

[@keithricketts4867]

Not sure what changed a couple weeks ago, but your thumbnails have a much better quality about them now.. great job sir.. Semper-fi

[@57WillysCJ]

That set up should work well. Saw cotton, in Alabama, Mississippi and near Phoenix in Arizona. I think they were working on natural dyes out there. Another nice container is the ones that hold .177 pellets. You can make char cloth as well. I take the pellets and dump them in to a plastic container for at home use. Most of the time I wouldn't carry a whole tin even hunting with one.

[@TUKByV]

If you know someone who uses a blood sugar tester, the test strips may come in a tough little plastic can with a snap lid (sort of like old film cans, but maybe a third the size, stronger, and the lid is attached). Probably pretty good for carrying small pellets. I use them to hold small fishing stuff and a few other things.

[@57WillysCJ]

@@TUKByV Yeah I save mine. They can hold the small wood matches as well as spices to name a couple.

[@akbychoice]

@@TUKByVsome vet pet meds come in similar tubes.

[@TUKByV]

@@akbychoice I'm 1/8 orangutan, so I will save my pet med containers from now on! :-) Seriously, though, I am going to look now at the worm meds in my cabinet. Thanks.

[@TUKByV]

Nice! I have a gallon bag of them. I will fill one with matches next time I buy a box. I have boxes put up, but it's a pain to dig 'em out. Now I'm wondering how many .22lr fit in one. @@57WillysCJ

[@ostekuste3646]

That electrical tape will burn for a while as well. I made a little fishing tackle kit with one of those tins, it has a few lead sinkers, assorted hooks, and a couple spinner baits.

[@ScottCarlson-cz7wj]

Thanks Blackie. I recently tried your fire straws. I keep them, small splits of fatwood, and a bic in an old, metal, tobacco tin. The straw works awesome! Had a blaze going in no time.

[@kamaeq]

My buddy is an Altoids addict, so I use them.

[@terrycheek4097]

I done about the same thing with an altoids can. It’s not water tight but it works great.

[@waynehendrix4806]

Altoids cans rock! Love the room in them. With one small hole, they are a great vessel to make char cloth.

[@johnloudermilk3217]

Love it

[@OsborneExploration]

Good stuff Blackie. Thank you.👍👍

[@earlshaner4441]

Good afternoon from Syracuse NY brother

[@scottlindholm5568]

Blackie those wax coated cotton rounds and even wax coated cotton balls once the wax is burned off what you have left is char cloth and will catch a spark = 2 fires from one source

[@reneschaap8091]

goedemiddag Blackie

[@blackoracle69]

thanks

[@smoothvern165]

Great tip! I just made a batch of those wax fire discs and put a stack of them in a snuff can👍😃

[@ericvater7855]

As always Blackie your video's are the greatest, I use to use Skoal and made fire kits with them great idea Blackie thank you so much 👍

[@ahabstar]

Shave and shave and shave some wet sticks from the ground…how we was able to get the cheap charcoal for a barbecue lit last June. A tinder puck in the glove box would have been mighty handy that day.

[@keithmoore5306]

spend 5 bucks and add a spool of jute twine and a spol of that 3 ply cotton package string to the roll Blackie that'll give you cordage you can use as tinder as well!!

[@ericdpeerik3928]

I get paranoid about my fresnal lenses. They're cheap, so I have lots of them, but I keep them all stacked away in a dark place. My biggest fear is leaving one out in the sun and it setting things on fire 😂

[@TUKByV]

The ones I bought all came in sleeves. I better not lose those sleeves...

[@Cozy_Camp_Fire]

Copenhagen uses a waxed cardboard like material with a metal lid. The containers burn well.

[@cliffordbaldwin9157]

Blackie I like your way of thinking but the electric tape in that little plastic case can be used as Tinder too but I guess you already know that I just forgot to mention it I’m 60 I know how forgetful we get PS love and respect

[@mrkultra1655]

Thanks Blackie

[@phillipfaile3122]

I'd use 1in gorilla tape (flammable too), around it, electrical tape will melt. Either way. But, just saying

[@jeffrichards5106]

I have a lot of storage containers now too. Of all the gear I've accumulated over the years. Great idea using those snuff containers. Unfortunately I don't know anyone who uses that stuff. I would have to buy some for the container.👍

[@rubiconoutdoors3492]

A tea light candle fits in there.

[@blackoracle69]

good idea i have used birthday candles before

[@clarencesmith2305]

I don't know if they are still made or not but there was a company that put shredded beef jerky in the same plastic "chew puck" back in the 80's.

[@TUKByV]

I grew cotton as an ornamental several year back. VERY easy to grow. Note that I may have been breaking some law doing it, which I didn't know at the time. But, anyway, if you can get a few seeds, you can get a bunch of raw cotton in a short time, even if you don't live near a cotton gin. You can even grow it in large containers, though mine grew much better right in the ground (even though the soil was crap).

[@akbychoice]

Illegal? WTF

[@TUKByV]

@@akbychoice That's what I said.

[@phillipfaile3122]

I've got a storage unit, Blackie... lol, I'm serious. Working 6 days a week, it's impossible. Everything is organized.

[@jdedmnds1]

The plastic case that some electrical tape comes in is another puck you can use for this and it is transparent so you can see what is in it.

[@blackoracle69]

yes they work well

[@andrewrush5125]

We all need 11 storage boxes, 1 each for the " 10 Cs " and 1 for the rest of the stuff we keep buying.🤣🤣🤣

[@blackoracle69]

lol true

[@Captain-Electro]

I wish the altoids tins sealed up a little better. I've been on a kick of trying to find square containers and went on a rant at the house about round and half spherical containers. Anywho, I need a few flammable things in the truck. I don't think I even have a lighter in there 😲

[@Captain-Electro]

@t.j.h2810 if I had to, that would work. I'd skin them seats to survive 😅

[@garengatorlope1004]

Got a semi related question for you Blackie have you ever use cottonseed oil or any vegetable oil in the place of diesel fuel?

[@greywuuf]

Oops, 3 more inches of snow tonight for me. At least the birch bark is available year round ;)

[@JohnTBlock]

The electric tape can be used as a tinder as well, right, Blackie?

[@susanp.collins7834]

I believe so.

[@19stoney64]

Enjoying your channel. Do you possibly know where I can find a sterno inferno stove? Not making them anymore it looks like. Heard about you through podcast your name was mentioned.

[@kenbarrett6466]

I had someone try to argue with me cotton was not a natural tinder ,, I took a picture of a stalk of cotton I pulled up by the roots and calmly asked it is a part of a plant what makes it it unnatural ? The reply was I thought cotton was a man made fiber used to make cloth with.. lol. I’m still not sure of what rock they crawled out from under .. lol

[@asmith7876]

Thought cotton was a man-made material….omg…we have truly reached the End Times! Wow!

[@genesmolko8113]

Blackie, have you done a video on Colt percussion revolver timing? Specifically timing the bolt so it lands in the ramp properly and doesn't cause an off center groove. I looked and couldn't find one specifically on this. Literally ever Colt repro I have has had this problem, which I have fixed on one of my Colts by consulting and AGI video and a gunsmith book for the Colt SAA, closest things I could find to Colt percussions. It was quite a pain in the rear, but I was able to pull it off. I need to fix this on two more of my Colts before I start using them regularly, otherwise the bolt will begin to really mar the cylinders. I didn't on one of my Colts, a 1862 Police, and the cylinder is ruined on the outside because of the bolt landing before and off center of the ramp. So I was wondering if you had a method which worked well for Colt percussion revolvers. I exclusively buy 2nd Gen Colts myself, I like the original stampings and the fact they are genuine Colts.

[@blackoracle69]

i think i have done that if not i need to do one

[@susanp.collins7834]

Seeds have a lot of oil in them.

[@michaelmaier7262]

(almost 100%) FREE STUFF: I use laundry lint out of the dryer, mix it with petroleum jelly and stuff it into sections of paper towel rolls. They smoosh down small in a small zip-lock bag and ignite quickly with a ferro rod. You can make a LOT of this from one tub of petroleum jelly.