Nettle fibres, fire with the S1X, muilti fit pot handle on the heavy cover cup

in this video i collect and process some nettle fibres, light a fire with my re handled fallkniven S1XB and ferrorod boil water in my heavy cover mug which is fitted with a muilti pot fit gadget thingy!

[@Trevelyon006]

Sometimes it's a pleasure to do the mundane for a while. I processed too much wood yesterday & my shoulder is feeling it today. If you're processing nettles tomorrow then a mate could make you a brew 😎

[@grahamblackall6305]

Wow Rob, you've got fast hands! Like a ninja!

[@jimcy1318]

Nettles are a really versatile plant, the leaves can be boiled and eaten like spinach but contrary to some bush craft channels they taste like watery mud to me, the roots made in to a tea 🍵 apparently good for the prostate?, but I'll stick to earl grey and sod the prostate. And apparently the fibres where woven into uniforms for the German army towards the end of the war, can't imagine the underpants were much fun, no wonder they where a bit nasty. Who knew I knew so much about nettles.🤔 Entertaining as usual 👍👍👍

[@jimcy1318]

Thanks Rob

[@kentgreenough75]

Great information as always. Thanks from Finland.

[@Zenmastersean]

I don't think we have nettles here on the island... Plenty of fibrous weeds and vines though lol. I like to char the pith. Fun video, thanks for sharing. Stay healthy brother

[@grahamblackall6305]

On a bushcraft course some.years ago, the instructor confessed that the sound of students wailing whilst harvesting nettle stalks, allowed him to laugh himself to sleep at night! 🤣🤣

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Wear gloves or man up I say my arms were bear and I had a few stings.

[@grahamblackall6305]

@@RobEvansWoodsman They hadn't explained to us that we'd need gloves, they took it in turns to do the demo barehanded pretending not to get stung! They later confessed that they knew it was coming and " of course they got stung!" Torturing students was a bonus of instructing apparently 🤣🤣

[@philleath-dawson2113]

Hi mate, glad you did not burn your lip......Obviously I don't have your patience when needing a brew, thought it was going to be nettle tea.....👍👍

[@daemonharper3928]

A neat solution with the hanger....

[@daemonharper3928]

You should come to lincolnshire....we practically farm nettles in our garden! I'd never seen 8ft tall nettles until we moved here, in the wise words of Blackadder.."some sort of hat is probably in order".....whenever we uproot them the bastards topple over and sting our heads 🤣😂

[@robertgarber3820]

Nice to see you start a fire like the rest of us heathens.

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

I've been known to use matches and even a lighter!

[@johnturner6251]

Thankx Rob. So that's nettle tea, nettle soup, cordage and fire lighter I now have to try.

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

I have an old video making nettle and wild garlic soup with garlic bannock on a rock.

[@johnturner6251]

@@RobEvansWoodsman still making my way through from the beginning, not got there yer

[@alexandergutfeldt1144]

In this time and age a 'boring' task like processing nettles looks like a treat! In my day job I work as scrum master/devops in a large telco. Decompressing with mindless work, that occupies the hands, but doesn't run a risk when I'm not paying attention, is just what I need to stay sane... So I'll have to find myself a batch of nettles to harvest. Thanks for the video! PS: They say nettle soup is delicious

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

It better than cabbage soup!

[@whiskeyriver4322]

@@RobEvansWoodsman Less "airy" as well. LOL!!!

[@alexandergutfeldt1144]

@@whiskeyriver4322 Beans & cabbage soup as bushcraft dinner?🤔 No thanks ...

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

@@alexandergutfeldt1144 fuck that , I'll take a ribeye!

[@dennisleighton2812]

@@alexandergutfeldt1144 You've never eaten my brown bean soup! That'll give you a square meal!

[@jongjoorhee931]

Making cordage is no doubt a good skill to have but that was my 20 minutes, too, Rob. Enjoyable 20 min, though.

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

I keep the fibres for future projects, making string isn't the most exciting video to watch!

[@rhettoracle9679]

I remembered being "introduced" to stinging nettles at the tender age of six while walking along a stream in the woods in Luxembourg, in my new button up short pants. Cheers

[@omadon7331]

Fun fact, if you inhale and hold your breath, you can touch nettle leaves without it stinging you palms. Of course, not for longer use, but if I forget to bring my gloves, it can help enough to pick up leaves for nettle tea. Good detoxifier.

[@chillindave1357]

Good morning Rob from across the pond! Hey, who sharpens your knives?? lol. :-) My neighbor can't get a fire going with a liter of charcoal lighter fluid!

[@christiaankruger3713]

Hi Rob, I am one of those who are pretty ignorant and clueless about your skills but I am teachable and enjoy learning and watching your videos. Never made any fibres or cordage so this is amazing to me. I tried to make feather sticks with our African hardwood and even black wattle that is pretty hard and knotty when dry. I a so unsuccessful and gets frustrated that I damage my Morakniv Companion edge and then have to spend so much time sharpening and polishing by hand to get the dings out.

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Don't struggle with feather sticks if your wood isn't suitable , just make a pile of shavings in your hat.

[@christiaankruger3713]

@@RobEvansWoodsman, thanks I appreciate the advice. I'll try that

[@dennisleighton2812]

Dagse Christiaan! Ek's ook 'n Saffer! The trick is in the kind of wood you're using. Black wattle is pretty hard. Try something like willow (the long upright willow that they use to make matches, sometimes called match willow It has a silvery bark, and they tend to grow in clumps). Some of the pines work, but they tend to get harder when drying, but can work. Don't even think of eucalyptus (blue gum)! That stuff gets as hard as iron when it dries. If you can find a dry ficus (wild fig) that'll work, but they tend to rot away pretty quickly. Most SA trees that grow in the drier areas tend to be jolly hard. Good luck. Totsiens!

[@christiaankruger3713]

@@dennisleighton2812 thanks. I do some spoon carving and therefore make a lot of shavings and then I let them dry and take some dry ones along. Seems to be working like Rob suggested. I still experiment with sticks I pick up but like you say. It is really difficult with our African hardwood. I appreciate your suggestions. Baie dankie

[@dennisleighton2812]

@@christiaankruger3713 Plesier!

[@airpaprika]

The Nettle Exterminator :)

[@RSLtreecare]

A real treat to see this. I have not tried this, have seen the older far guys doing it many years ago. I have had an interest in the S1 did you do the rehandling...looks very good.

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Yes, I rehandled it last winter. Made a huge difference.

[@whiskeyriver4322]

Happy Friday Y'all

[@lynella6073]

Hi Rob! Does the thermacell keep your biting bugs away?

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

its not brilliant and i think sitting to close to it has made me feel unwell, ill be addressing this in the next video.

[@practicaldave]

Well done! The S1X is a better size for bushcraft then A1X?

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

I wouldnt consider it a bushcraft knife, more of a utility ,small survival knife. But i know what you are talking about and it is easier to use on smaller tasks but cant chop or split as well as the A1.

[@dennisleighton2812]

Quick question Rob (because this ignorant Saffer hasn't ever heard of nettle fibres, or what they are used for). The amount of effort (and time!) required tells me there must be a serious pay-off! But I've got no clue what you'd use them for (presumably once they have dried out?) Cheers Rob.

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Nettle fibres are excellent for making strong natural string or on their own for binding small projects like attaching arrow heads, when there's no TV and the little lady doesn't want to get frisky prepping fibres and rolling it into cordage can while away the hours.

[@bigsi661]

Nice one Rob. Did you rehandle the S1X yourself?

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Of course I did, it's been in a few videos.

[@Trevelyon006]

It appears you liked a spam link underneath in the comments, probably best to delete that one 😎

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Is that meant for the guy who's comments are only partially showing to me? Can you see them ? I can only see the first few words of each, second one basically says "why has my previous post been deleted". If someone puts a dot somewhere on a comment that's between two letters with no gap it goes into my 'held for review' folder

[@Trevelyon006]

@@RobEvansWoodsman It was from Daniel Nelson, so probably a bot or his account was hacked, just remove him as a viewer & send him a msg

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Seikka, it's all your comments I can barely see.