fire with a survival bracelet

[@whiskeyriver4322]

I don't care what anybody says, any time you fuck up, whether by accident, or on purpose, you've taught a life-saving lesson; because there may be a million folks out there that actually believe in, and trust all those marketed survival gadgets, and believe in their own skills beyond their actual competency. These are probably not the easiest videos to make, or the most fun, but they probably have the most effect. Good one Rob!!!

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

So frustrating and I really don't like looking like a tool failing miserably! But honesty is the best policy.

[@whiskeyriver4322]

@@RobEvansWoodsman No, I don't suppose I'd like it either; but think about how many lives you might save by showing people how easy it can be to suffer the fool. Like you say, no matter how clever you think you are, there is always something to learn.

[@thorin693]

I don't smoke but I always have a lighter, and the only time I don't have even a small knife is when I go somewhere you can't carry one like a courthouse. 🔥🔥

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Same here, these "Survival" toys are just that , toys , should never be relied on.

[@thewoodlandschoolltd3999]

If someone wanted to be a survivalist and went out 1st time with just that, they would certainly learn about hardship. TBH they are an absolute last ditch item and so I'd say go all in. One thing I might try when making one is putting some lengthway slices of tinder plug into the weave. As that stuff is the mutts nutts.

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

I basically say that in the follow up video.

[@markwareham2289]

You deserved something stronger than coffee after persevering with that for 45 minutes mate!

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

It was just such a fiddle without a blade to cut the stuff, if I was making one up as a survival kit I'd definitely put a scalpel and some tinder card under the weave. Jute twine is excellent but it's buggerd as soon as it gets wet.

[@markwareham2289]

I know what you mean about jute twine

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Lots of guys rate it as a tinder and it's great when it's dry but when it's not.....pants!

[@gerardmartyn1738]

Waxed jute is worth adding. Water proof and takes a spark. Great video and adds to everyone's knowledge 👌 thank you for another great video. 👍

[@farquharwilson2523]

Good video Rob, I appreciate your effort in showing these survival skill tests and the shortcomings of some of the product. Well done for your perseverance. 👏

[@RenThraysk]

Definite example of the fiddlier and smaller the ferro rod is, the better the tinder needs to be.

[@redbeard6606]

Thank you for fiddling with it so we won’t have to. Always like the fire making videos.

[@TheDavewatts]

I tried something similar but with the contents of my wazoo cache cap, but I had a small ceramic razor blade in my cap, as you say big help having a cutting tool.

[@mervmartin2112]

You don't learn by doing it right. That may be the reason humans can think. Forgetting and having to fake it. No two situations will be the same. Take all your ideas to the field and try them out. You sweat in training so you don't bleed in battle. Showing your mistakes is one of the best ways to train your audience, especially when you show a solution also. Improvise, adapt, overcome. And yes, this all comes from a military background 🙂

[@philleath-dawson2113]

Really fiddly mate... Well done for lasting 45 minutes. I guess a jet lighter and ranger bands are a sure all weather solution and are just as easy to carry..... I don't know of anyone that has ever used a bracelet in a true survival situation as they are just not reliable enough... Great video mate and looking forward to part two. 👍👍

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

It'll be available by the end of the week.

[@williameddy7217]

Good Information and Video Thanks

[@alanrice39]

I would never be without a knife. I have one of those survival brackets, never put it to the test, but after watching this I’m going to try just for fun.

[@reddirt5489]

Personally I like the successes and failures equally because you learn from them both.

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

I don't like failures but if I'm going to fail how's a novice going to fair with one of these?

[@reddirt5489]

@@RobEvansWoodsman Exactly 👍

[@Anndyinthewoods]

Great video! Failure leads to learning. Knowledge can save a life in bad conditions. Thanks for sharing, looking forward to part 2!

[@charlesmurphy7712]

Rob , take the two ends of parachord , place the middle near the place where you want to cut it step on the sides of the parachord , using the parachord in your hands saw back and forth creating friction on the piece you are stepping on and you can cut it with heat friction !!!! Parachord will cut parachord !!! I learned this in ranger camp .

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Excellent, but will it melt the ends shut?

[@charlesmurphy7712]

@@RobEvansWoodsman you melt the ends after you create that fire you were were making. Using parachord to cut parachord is a way to cut it without a knife . If you are concerned with focusing on the end you just cut in a survival situation you aren't going to survive very long . Or are you just baiting me pretending to be that dense? I follow you and enjoy your videos. I offered you a way to cut parachord that you might not have known about. If you already knew this then you should have used it.

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

@@charlesmurphy7712 you got me completely wrong my friend, I was asking because if the heat created when you cut with friction melts the ends shut it would be difficult to get the inner strands out. Honestly I'm really not being a dick, I appreciate your advice.

[@charlesmurphy7712]

@@RobEvansWoodsman my apologies, the ends that cut i have found don't melt all the way together and could be picked apart to separate the 7 strands . We stripped out the strands and used the sheath for binding tasks for a shelter and the strands for fishing. Weren't very lucky catching the fish but it was a class and only lasted 24 hours . Too many things to learn in a short period so the fishing part was only about 2hours before we moved on to making snares .

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Ok we're cool now , just a misunderstanding. There is a part 2 coming in a few days .

[@bushcraftbasics2036]

Far too many survival themed toys out there. When I was a kid the rage was the hollow handle survival knife. Luckily my Father was an experienced outdoorsman and was able to point out all the things wrong with it.

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Only a small amount of hollow handle knives were any good, Chris Reeve and Robert Parrish amongst them.

[@bushcraftbasics2036]

@@RobEvansWoodsman Agree, there were some reputable knives out there but not ones a 16 year old could afford. Today there are just a lot of junk items being billed as "survival', bushcraft or EDC items. There will be quality, novelty and junk items of each piece of kit that is out there.

[@johnturner6251]

Thankx Rob

[@clivedunning4317]

Thanks for another good video Rob. Very thought provoking, especially for folk that have . . . "All The Gear, But No Idea" . . . As they have the best of gear, BUT never practice with it. Practice, practice, practice and when you think you know it all, practice again. (Personally, I think you should have unravelled that entire hank of paracord, would have made the manual manipulation a lot easier when trying to use the mini-ferrorod, plus easier to access the internal threads the next time you needed them and your hands were cold ('cos you couldn't light a fire !) ).

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

I think a four section bracelet is best with no blade available.

[@clivedunning4317]

@@RobEvansWoodsman Think you're right with that call mate. Gives you a "known" number of "lights", and deters the inexperienced from going for "one big burn" !

[@RobertsBulgaria]

“By failing to plan, you are preparing to fail”. I fully understand that you set yourself a test, BUT I think that anyone who wears a survival bracelet would also at least have a small pocket folding knife. The addition of even the smallest cutting blade would have greatly increased your chances of making the fire more quickly and using less of the cordage - perhaps. Easy to say sat here with a whisky laced brew on a Sunday morning and I saw how soggy those leaves on the ground were. Who's tire is that in the background, a knife might have given you a few rubber slivers off that albeit, it is tough work trying to cut slivers off a tire.

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

There's a part 2 on the way. It definitely needs a blade.

[@GypsyBushcraft1]

Looked like hard work, the rob

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

It was!

[@grahamwinter5536]

👍Waiting for part 2 before I say anything more 😎😁

[@axelthorn2263]

Fair play for all the effort you did like

[@Flakybones]

Well worth testing it out to see if it does the job. Good review tho and saved me a few pounds 👍

[@williamsowers6076]

Nice video. How's rad brad?

[@atomsteel3205]

👍🤝✌️

[@howardvarley8795]

TBH I have a hank of that Pskook survival cord as well and Im not at all impressed,.. one little survival gadget I do carry though is a plain ordinary pencil sharpener, it makes fantastic tinder from a dry twig which takes a spark readily - wholeheartedly recommended.

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

I have an old video using a pencil sharpener for creating tinder, first saw that with John Mcgann

[@howardvarley8795]

@@RobEvansWoodsman Whoops.. showing my age there !! 😁

[@The-Armed-Pacifist]

What is a membership?

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

You can join as a member to the channel, you pay every month and get extra videos, early release videos with no adverts, offers on knives and the occasional giveaway. It's a bit like paetreon but through KZbin

[@robertwarren6020]

How do you going to get him to the power cord with no teeth have fun God bless

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Pretty much stuffed with no teeth.