Survival hack! Emergency Fire starter you won't find in the books!

[@newageselfreliance]

You should do more Tree and Plant ID videos! I don't know what is wrong with my brain but I just can't learn plant ID. I will always remember a beach tree now. You have a very fun and helpful way of explaining things. You would be a great outdoor teacher!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks WPW. As for plant ID videos.....I really can't remember the names of plants either...until I have a reason to get up close and personal with them. Cutting firewood gets you really tuned into trees. So does owning a little sawmill....you become keenly aware of all the varieties of trees because you are handling them all the time and you learn what each wood is useful for and gain a "hands on" experience that you never forget. But I can't learn plants unless I have a reason to get to know them. I know a few plants that I have dealt with a LOT...but others...I can't remember what i've read about them if I never had a "reason" to really get close to them. So I totally understand if you can't learn your plants ....I can't either until I'm immersed in a certain plant so long I could't forget it.

[@newageselfreliance]

Bushradical there is something about plants that everyone wish they knew more but no one wants to learn lol. Keep up the videos I really enjoy you sharing your knowledge and experience.

[@stevenrobertson6656]

Yeah I'm the same. Studied loads of plant ID books and I just can't seem to get it :-(

[@newageselfreliance]

I really think Plant ID is something you need hands-on learning to really take it in. It would be nice if there was a class I could take where I could see first hand and ask questions to make sure I truly understand what is what.

[@therealgirlinthewoods]

Practical and cute. My kinda guy :)

[@Bushradical]

Wanna help me cut wood?

[@Longtrailside]

Watch it now you might make his wife a lil jelous....... Just kidding, 😁 hiya Brooke.

[@ldsphotodude49]

Lol I still missing you too. you two are terrific

[@gosmoothgolight7567]

What a fantastic tip, Mr. Whipple!! You're right ... in all my reading (so far), Beech punk hasn't been mentioned for carrying a spark so well. Two thumbs up, sir!

[@janeevans4758]

You guys are just to cute together 😍

[@suesherman8277]

Love hearing about this. Many moons ago, when I was a youngin’ my dad showed me this. I had an old matchbox full of this I gathered. Love your show! Need some new ones Dave, rewatching & rewatching . . . .

[@awkward-stranger]

You are good at this Dave. Really interesting. Thank you

[@Bushradical]

Thanks James.

[@JayWandersOut]

Very educational video. Thank for all the information. I honest didn't even know what a beech tree looked like.

[@Bushradical]

They are a fantastic tree. One of my favorites. They get huge and they are great firewood too. But like the Ash Trees they have a plague right now...some kind of a white fungus thats killing them off. The Ash trees have whats called an emerald Ash Boar ...its an invasive beatle that kills the tree. Really sucks because the Beaches are gorgeous trees and the ash is great wood for a hundred different uses. Both dying off left and right.

[@kimprocarione5473]

I love learn new things! Thank you! We don't get many Beech in Redwood country, but there's a large variety outside of the Redwoods 😊

[@Georgecobb-s1v]

Beech trees were very common in SE Kentucky; they asre also pretty common in the mountainous area of northeast Alabama. Another great video built on Woods Wisdom & experience!

[@KevinsDisobedience]

I’d never thought punky old wood like that would take a spark. Thanks for sharing.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks for watching!

[@irishsteel6160]

you nailed it once again - great usable practical advice!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Irishsteel!

[@edithofr.i.emeraldisle5042]

Love it....lots of beech near me.....will definitely pocket some of that punk fluff. I heard all their roots are connected....so worry about starting a ...hypothetical....fire in the old stump. Also heard the nuts called "northern almonds" . ....have not yet beaten the birds and squirrels to them. Hahha. .Love your channel....and Girl in the woods as well. Thank you !

[@garyharmon1155]

Good to know, thanks Dave. Love your channel. God bless.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks

[@SkillCult]

More of the great unique content we often see from you Dave. I've gotten punk to catch sparks here (no beech hereabouts) but very inconsistently and usually not (I'm talking flint and steel though, not ferro). I've never gone around comparing species, but now it's on the project list! Almost all of it I've tried seems to make good char, as long as it's well rotted and soft enough.

[@Bushradical]

Hey SC. I'm not well versed with link and steel, so I don't know if you could get the Beach punk to take a F/S spark...but the cool thing about beech trees is they are very often hallow. I don't know if its that the wood catches and burns better or that the environment the punk is in- is close to ideal in a beech tree. Probably the later.

[@ncadventurer9924]

This guy needs more views

[@Bushradical]

Thanks NS420!

[@donaldnichol8089]

OMG! That actually made me laugh out loud!!! "I hope you have a can of gas, a couple of old tires and pocket full of lighters"!!! I will be watching for beech wood on my next hike!!!

[@Bushradical]

Nothing burns like a tire!

[@peacefully-wild]

Thanks for the tip! I've seen many beech rotten in the center but never thought to use the punk as tinder. I'm going to have to give this a try.

[@Bushradical]

Glad to help

[@jasontheflyingfarrierhays]

Another fantastic tip Dave!

[@carlosdonestevez7532]

Great info that I have never heard before. I bet that's also a great way to get rid of that stump.

[@MTwoodsrunner]

Great tip David...also works great used as a coal extender when using a hand drill...awesome!...woods

[@Bushradical]

Hey Woods. Another person mentioned using it as a coal extender.....I've never heard of that before..using some punk to "extend a bow drill coal......it makes a ton of sense! I'll remember that one. Thanks

[@MTwoodsrunner]

yeah, i made a video using that technique a few years ago... here ya go kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZzWoqN7nayLjsk

[@TheRealTedBaird]

Great tip

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Ted! How you been brother! If Brooke and I drive over will give us a tour of Toronto?

[@TheRealTedBaird]

Bushradical 100% gimme a heads up and we will figure it out.

[@Longtrailside]

Thanks Dave for the tip. Haven't seen any of those in my area, but if I ever do I'll remember your tip. Take care.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks.

[@cillaloves2fish688]

Nice! Wish we had thoz... I'm in the desert. But pretty EZ to find decent tinder around here. Good vid Dave!

[@Bushradical]

Yeah, if you're in the desert, you probably don't need to look for tinder!

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

Great tip Dave! Punk wood is my go to for a coal extender for friction fire. Spin out a handrill ember and have damp tinder material. No problem just add some punk wood and there is no way you are blowing that ember out before you dry it out and your tinder catches fire.

[@Bushradical]

Great way to do it. I'll give that a try. I've never used anything to "extend " the coal....good thinking.

[@AhJodie]

Great information, thank you!

[@Bushradical]

Glad it was helpful!

[@DanoLXF]

Good stuff Dave, I'll never forget it.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Dano.

[@SalineScott]

That is pretty cool. I didn’t know about that. Very useful info. Thanks, Dave.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Scott, hope you have a Beach tree around so it applicable to your area.

[@gerardhiggins1]

A good great video Dave.

[@larryeddings3185]

Excellent information. Thank you.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks

[@JoeOutdoors]

New knowledge, Thank You!

[@Bushradical]

If you have Beech trees around its great to know!

[@timbo4374]

Wow. Awesome tip..thank you very much. Most of my time in the woods is on my brothers property, and he has a lot of beech trees. I will keep my eyes open next time I go out! Just found your channel. Glad I did..ya got a new sub!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks for the sub Tim!! I'm glad you like the channel.

[@AngeliqueKaga]

You are one smart man Dave!

[@Bushradical]

thanks

[@chrisburley7242]

Good stuff man! Fresh perspective

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Chris.

[@73FORGE]

Great tip dave! Very helpful

[@Bushradical]

Hey Steve, what you up to!

[@QuantumPyrite_88.9]

This is interesting as heck . Have never lived in areas with Beech . I wonder why punk wood from a beech seems so much more flammable than punk wood from a Cotton wood tree ... as an example . Thanks for your video !

[@Bushradical]

Some of the punk from beech trees is literally perfect. It gets bone dry, and its protected from the elements in the center of the tree.

[@lindabirdrutter6695]

More great useful information! Thanks Dave!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks.

[@susanstoltz2555]

Thank you again for some great info, Dave. I have been avoiding punky wood as far as wood stove burning but I’ve been missing a lot of good stuff for outdoor fires! I always assumed the punky stuff was damp. Not so!

[@Bushradical]

Think of it more like "dry rotted" wood.

[@stevenrobertson6656]

Useful info ...and well explained Sir !

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Steven.

[@susquehannocksurvival4545]

Great stuff, always learning new stuff in this field.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks!

[@suf972]

Once solo camping in central ontario in late september i needed to get a fire going fast and that’s how i did it. Once again thanks for spreading such useful information.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks

[@MuskratJim]

Thumbs up, Dave!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Jim!

[@SurvivalSherpa]

The valley I'm building my cabin in is loaded with Beech. Thanks for the tip, Dave! Have you ever experimented with the black sooty mold formed from the Beech aphids? It's a great fire extender.

[@Bushradical]

No I never have....I'll check it out when I get back down to the states.

[@Shooter11B]

AWESOME tip brother! Thanks!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Steve.

[@stephensgate1]

Thanks Dave. I did not know this. Happy Thanksgiving to you, Brooke and the family. -Stephen, Ohio

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Stephen.

[@zRockin1]

Hi Dave, that's good to know, thanks for the info! Rock On!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Z!

[@HamsterLife_EnglishLearning]

Wow good to know thanks!! I will look out for one on my walks in an old neighbourhood. Very educational video!!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks.

[@Bushradical]

Funny story..My first pickup truck was a 1980 F150 ....I named that truck "Jude".

[@HamsterLife_EnglishLearning]

Haaaha, cute!!! Thanks for sharing. I've never heard anyone yet call their vehicle Jude. How did you come up with that name? Beatles song? Ex-GF?

[@Bushradical]

Right out of high school I worked in a factory making tubspouts in Grand Rapids MI....Most of the workers were older retired ladies. I don't think a day went by without Cake/cookies/ grandkid pictures at break time.....it was pretty cool actually. One of the ladies who I really became good friends with was a lady named Judy...I named the truck after her.

[@HamsterLife_EnglishLearning]

Awe the good ole days when women were women and baked home made cookies and cake. No such thing as packaged cookies or cake mixes. Well not in my friends or my home anyways. What a wonderful story, thanks for sharing more of it with us. I hope this woman knew you had named your truck after her. I'm sure you have many stories in your travels and family life to tell. You should write a book.

[@KillingerUSA]

That's a great tip!

[@Bushradical]

Hey K! I bet you got beach tree down your way don't you.

[@KillingerUSA]

Bushradical o ya! In fact, it's one of the very few trees I can positively identify. For obvious reasons lol.

[@andrewsarles3520]

Beech trees are like old apple and pear trees inside out! We used to cut these on the sawmill for the railroad when oak was unavailable! They weren't hollow until that beech bark disease hit them in the late 80's!

[@bushcraftbaxter]

👍🏼 very helpful

[@Bushradical]

Thanks BB.

[@bobashmore6442]

I honestly had no idea. I've used punk wood to get a fire started in wet conditions but I've been harvesting it the hard way by looking under dead fall and hoping to find some that's dry. And even when I've found it, it sure didn't go up that easy. Nice, thanks.

[@Bushradical]

Thats the thing about Beach trees....they can be like a "container" for dry punk wood.

[@Downeastwaves]

Thanks again. Can you saw up some of those big trees for lumber?

[@Bushradical]

I could saw up some of them , but most of the big beach are hollow from the ground up, so they don't make good lumber. Also, the grain is so tight in Beach, that the wood is somewhat brittle.

[@redcanoe14]

Great tinder! Unfortunately I do not have this in my area of BC Canada, though we had a lot of beautiful Beech Trees back in England, we used to call the Beech Tree the 'Queen of the Forest', old ones had a huge canopy of branches on them.

[@Bushradical]

They are an amazing tree. I have 40-50 big ones on my property. I have one thats 45 across the trunk....but they are really having a bad time with a white fungus thats killing them off.

[@redcanoe14]

In much of BC the Ponderosa Pine (Yellow Pine) was ravaged by the Mountain Pine Beetle, though the smaller (2-3" diameter) ones survived and are growing well now, Douglas Fir took a hit as well I had some 100 foot plus ones on my former property over 72" diameter (probably 400 years old) die after a moth epidemic. As terrible as these epidemics are, thankfully they are usually part of a constantly changing cycle and eventual regeneration of species. Where I now live in the mountains the Aspen are diseased, many of the larger ones are falling apart and have few leaves on them.

[@mr.delacruz559]

Awesome information! Thanx!

[@davebloggs]

Well what the heck i just learnt something new.I have been doing this for years and years and never seen that before, just goes to show its a life long learning process.

[@gunnerhusnian4375]

Great job brother!👍

[@Bushradical]

Thanks AB!

[@dubehigh]

Good information 👍

[@congamike1]

Thanks Dave!

[@Bushradical]

Thank You Mike.

[@ndubstar]

beech tree is excellent firewood, one of the best for burnability

[@gavocrazy]

Impressive to say the least. I wonder if it is something in the beech or if any dry punky wood will do this. I've run across a lot of punky wood here in Texas, but of course no beech. I'm gonna try this out sometime with some other species. Great video brother! Keep it radical!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Gavin. I don't know if other punk will work....probably....but Beach trees are so conducive to having rotted wood in the center that never gets wet.

[@savagewolf1966]

Great balls of fire man didnt know that. Ive tryed the old punk out of pine stumps ,the old ones in michigan that you find in fence rows works good too;)

[@Bushradical]

I imagine any dry rotted wood would do well, but Beach is so conducive to finding dry stuff inside a hollow trunk.

[@savagewolf1966]

I will be trying it ,thanks for the tip Dave ;) say hi to Brook for me,did you get her to help cuttin that wood up?

[@Bushradical]

NO!! She never did a thing! Actually she staked a rick of wood on the porch, but thats it. Actually she's been busier that me, so I have no complaints.

[@bit5172]

Informative and interesting enough to gain a new sub!! Thanx!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks BIT517!

[@deirdrebrown3069]

Me too

[@The_Dreadneck]

Good tip can't wait to try this. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Bushradical]

Thanks.

[@Primitivebearknives]

Awesome. That will definitely work

[@Bushradical]

Thanks.

[@maryhill909]

Love your videos

[@Bushradical]

Thanks

[@linklesstennessee2078]

Good information

[@Bushradical]

Thanks LT.

[@ldsphotodude49]

Awsome bit of info I never knew that. You're a genioous.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Gary.

[@bettinah.7429]

Great info,thanks. Is that the tree that fell on your house?

[@Bushradical]

No, its not...but its the same kind

[@aubreymaxam7465]

Sorry boss my grandfather taught me that 50+ years ago. But don't worry I've passed it on to my grandkids too. Great video! Keep up the great work. Until next time.

[@Bushradical]

Good deal!

[@waynenorton-se9vs]

thank yoy Dave i never knew that

[@josephknowlton7246]

Liked, shared and commented

[@The.Alabama.Woodsman]

2 haters in 2 years.... impressive. I live in the south where Birch doesn't grow. Thanks for showing me another option.

[@EdgewoodOutdoors]

Nice video, that's some good advice!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks EO!

[@panpiper]

Wow! That IS a useful tip.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks.

[@mfavia620]

Thanks Dave for sharing that tip and bit of information. I’m definitely going to scout out some beech trees and try that. ATB Mike!

[@Bushradical]

thanks Mike.

[@backwoods_barbarian4134]

Good stuff.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks J.

[@whynotme5926]

good info.thanks.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks WNM!

[@delven121]

Good Info thank you

[@Bushradical]

Thank you

[@hemansr3893]

Who'd a thunk it Dave, Thanks!!!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks for watching.

[@ajaxtelamonian5134]

Some of my favourite axe handles are Beech. Lol but still a fair amount of dead stuff here in the UK thanks to their susceptibility to many Fungus types dead limbs make great firewood too like a stay in a Beech woods.

[@downeastprimitiveskills7688]

Punk wood is delicious! Our beach trees have a disease that leaves that smooth skin full of pock marks.

[@Bushradical]

We have a beach fungus too. Its like a white mold and it does kill the tree.

[@debsmith7050]

Thanks Dave :)

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Deb!

[@myparallaxview]

I've never seen a beech tree in Colorado - but we have lots of aspen (heard they are close relative of beech). Do you know if aspen also are hollow and have tinder inside them?

[@garycarlson5578]

never heard of that one dave just in case you dont get one out in the next couple days happy thanksgiving to you and yours

[@Bushradical]

Hey Happy Thanksgiving to you too! Thanks Gary.

[@brianferris1233]

That would be great for my char tin I use spruce punk-wood mostly.

[@Bushradical]

Right on...its almost char material already. It doesn't catch as good as real char , but its close.

[@brianferris1233]

It does serve good yes, but not to many big pine left in my area they were logged out Irving loves his pulpwood so pulpwood trees replaced a lot of natural forest :(, if one goes up the Saint John River valley they can find them in scattered growth.

[@brianferris1233]

Acadian forests here are endangered they have mixed tree growths of ash, yellow and white birch, a variety of maple, white pine, fir, tamarack, oak, spruce, white cedar, but true Acadian forest stands are going fast.

[@Bushradical]

Thats one thing thats cool about interior Alaska, so much of it is virgin timber. There never was much of a logging business in the interior.

[@brianferris1233]

The changing climate will make it even more diverse, as even in the Keewatin District and other areas of the North West Territories there are new tree species beginning to take hold. New bird species showing up, the march of the tree line... Latitude of the tree line is farther north right now than it was fifty years ago so who knows what changes the next century will bring-?

[@larryfisher7056]

Does this vid come back to haunt? Nice that it did land near the wood shed tho.

[@Bushradical]

Different beach tree, ( the one that hit the house) but most of them are hollow.

[@mikehagan4320]

Be Careful! Another thing you will find in a Hollow Tree is that Gopher from "Caddyshack ." He will Bite you and then Dance a Jig to the song " I'm alright. " Just saying. M.H.

[@spider5001]

Cool! I’ve never seen a tree like that around here though☹️ is it just the punk from that particular tree or any wood in general. I do collect punky wood and char it in a tin like char cloth though.

[@Bushradical]

Hey Spider, I don't think it has to be Beech...but Beech is so easy to identify and its usually hollow from the bottom up, so its such a good bet to have punk wood in it.

[@spider5001]

Bushradical gotcha👍🏻 and dry like you said. Any punk wood will take a ferro spark? Have I been charting it for no reason? Lol . I have experiments to do tomorrow 😎 Did you see my comment that I got my Lagom? Man it is so nice it’s hard to put down. Makes knife work fun🎉 it’s also less expensive than the Genesis🎉🎉 150

[@Bushradical]

I really dig that knife...you need to do a video on it. I've never seen one but just the pics look so cool.....it just couldn't get any more simple.

[@spider5001]

Bushradical been thinking about starting some bushcraft videos... I don’t think I would be a very good host though. I started my channel for guitar covers. It is an excellent knife😀 Couldn’t be happier with it. There is a guy Dave that has a channel high carbon steel love. He has a Lagom and it is his favorite knife. He has good videos on them. LT Wright also makes a knife really close to the wood law called the boat tail scandi. It is an exclusive at theknifeconnection.net The handle is a bit longer I think. Low country hang does a good review of it on here. But yes the more I use that Lagom the more I like it. I catch myself smiling while I’m using it lol. You would probably like it even more with larger hands👍🏻

[@281covfefe5]

Interesting 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸

[@6426Dave]

Can I use a flint and steele? Thanks Dave

[@Bushradical]

I'm not sure...I had a ferro rod, but I didn't try flint and steel.

[@papabear9328]

NICE!!!!

[@Bushradical]

Hope its a usable piece of information. Thanks for the comment.

[@EXPmusic]

totally unrelated, what knife is that?

[@Bushradical]

UH....I'm not sure

[@scouttroop291]

Try it in rain wet snow. Ha ha not. I use pine sap 🌳 wet dry light ever time.

[@brianspencer4220]

Thanks Dave: That's a great suggestion. Brian 77

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Brian.

[@jaynemar1]

Burns like paper…

[@deirdrebrown3069]

One word comes 2 mind every time he opens his mouth brilliant. I wonder how much is his IQ?

[@jasontheflyingfarrierhays]

Deirdre Brown, I know Dave. He’s got legendary smarts and can fix ANYTHING. I haven’t seen Dave since the late 90’s but he’s still one of my favorite humans.

[@joshuakeegwell2896]

👍👌🤟

[@tedtimmis8135]

Don’t disrespect the punk.

[@francoiseprudhomme8711]

Français.

[@332jatc]

Add everybody carries a fill rod in the night so they can strike a piece of dry material in the woods why would you be in the woods without the materials in the 1st place it's a fly out of the sky and parachute down the this place in what if he didn't have a feral rod you going to do the bow firing you're in that kind of a situation you pretty much can be paired to survive that Winter United to be Tom Hanks on some remote island pulling your own teeth and trying to eat a coconut

[@Bushradical]

I'm sorry james, I don't follow your comments. I don't know if spell check is giving you a hard time or what but they are tough to understand.

[@332jatc]

@@Bushradical I dug into my phone I think my translators got a crazy bug and it sometimes it can't be understood just got my wheelchair and that want to live the life of a crazy man you know you do you talk about the world this that he drive your car 8 hours to Alaska imagine doing that in a wagon when you have do as a better day you would be traveling up that crazy land and trying to put your life at risk you got it move on those trips to Alaska I guess you make some crazy videos did you got a weird commentary tell you roughen it using a feat cooling it 500 miles A-day to a location that nobody should live in except the wild to go find grubs than scruff and the ground and eat bugs like you in Brooklyn tough and it my wheelchair would make it out there a

[@332jatc]

@@Bushradical I talk to my Mike on my phone and it translates would at once in civs out any credit crazy but I don't read though I could see exactly it looks like it's correctly spelled as um's as I'm writing it but when I send it out of a what it would it sends out its a computer generated criminal activity by bygas KZbin do not make sure that nothing battery is done on their channel I don't know mother knows this the Mike gets it right sometimes that sometimes it doesn't and I'm not going to go back and spell check and spoil I will type my Lily be phone to make my spelling correct I like to talk just like you're speaking same way but my phone translates in a different way and the TV can be going on in the background as a make the comment who knows what it sees but at that's meant to be jibberish my phone just translates would have at once it once not outs it wants it want there you go in said it 4 times it couldn't pronounce wants