Otzi had a birch bark cup he carried embers with. Try making a birch bark cup and putting powdered tinder fungus into the cup, then strike the flint with the marcasite into the cup to help direct stray sparks into the fungus without the chance of accidentally hitting the pile of tinder and knocking it around. The sparks will bounce off the inside of the bark and land onto the tinder fungus every time. He did it this way because the cup blocks wind and protects his precious tinder pile from blowing away in the wind. If you are surviving in the wild every day like him, you would be as smart as him because your life depends on it. Every piece of his kit was multifunctional. Try it like this and don't resort to steel because that is disappointing to see you give up and cheat.
@bakters2 жыл бұрын
Failing is not cheating. Cheating is not being honest about failing.
@butchcoplin23162 жыл бұрын
@@bakters that is true.
@FlatlandMando2 жыл бұрын
I still appreciated the video & firgave the " cheat" because it was at least announced that he did so, unlike with modern political officials (almost anywhere)
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
That´s a good idea with the tinder coup and powdered tinder, I will try it! /Jonas
@davidp6913 Жыл бұрын
He probably wasn't a survivalist as we fantasize about. The copper deposits in his hair meant he had semi frquent access to some kind of early forge
@Pyropithecus2 жыл бұрын
Traces of pyrite were identified on the tinder fungus Ötzi carried in his toolkit, so he had it at some point. But it may have either become separated from the rest of the kit in the thousands of years after his death, or more likely, it succumbed to pyrite decay and corroded away. Or maybe he just dropped it, who knows! And a couple more points: 1) Try a little longer with the flint and pyrite, it can take awhile! But it can get easier once some pyrite dust has accumulated on the surface of the tinder (and with practice). 2) Raw, unprocessed amadou can be quite difficult to light with flint and steel, especially using the spark-throwing method you're using. You can try beating the amadou into a flat sheet and lighting it like you would charcloth (laying on top of the flint edge), but this is even more effective (and more common back in the day) when your amadou is treated with saltpeter.
@deandeann15412 жыл бұрын
I don't think he used pyrite. There is a closely related mineral that is pyrite that is crystallized differently called marcasite. It is easily available online, it works far better than pyrite to start fires. It is sometimes used in jewelry. It is what was actually used in wheel lock muskets rather than pyrite. I believe if you use marcasite you while solve the mystery of how Otzi started fires. Marcasite has been found in archaeological context. For years excavators failed to note the difference between marcasite and pyrite when they found it, and often erroneously labelled it incorrectly as pyrite. It is somewhat less common than pyrite, but the ancients were well aware of the difference and made use of its superior ability to spark and ignite fire.
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Hi there, you are right! I have a more recent video where I use mercasite instead. A solid mineral that easily produce sparks much better than pyrite. The pyrite is very frigile, a cluster. It crumbles. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. 🔥👍
@ericjohnson80012 жыл бұрын
Otzi was an avid eBay shopper
@amandajstar2 жыл бұрын
My book (updated edition: 2018) on Ötzi mentions 'iron pyrites' in connection with his fire-starting. For what it's worth.
@noeraldinkabam2 жыл бұрын
I have a video of Ötzi where he mentions using a pink bic lighter because that’s his favorite. He was well aware of the beauty of pink.
@Pyropithecus2 жыл бұрын
Pyrite and marcasite are chemically identical, just different crystal habits, and they can phase into one another depending on the surrounding environment (i.e. you can find a "marcasite" nodule that X-ray diffraction testing will tell you is now composed of pyrite). My point: they both work just fine to produce sparks.
@CampfireKodiak2 жыл бұрын
Otzi surprised everyone with his intelligence. He was a true Master of his occupation and perhaps ahead of his time. Even his bow was made of the very best wood for that purpose. I have no doubt he could skillfully start a fire in windy cold mountain conditions.
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Probably yes. I believe, being an amateur on the subject, that he was an "average" neolithic man. No more no less. But he happened to be in some trouble, or perhaps he got himself in some trouble. Perhaps he worked as a smelter. Thanks for watching mate :) /Jonas
@CampfireKodiak2 жыл бұрын
@@campsitesweden It's fun to ponder what happened. Neolithic people would do very well in a survival TV show
@kevinroche33342 жыл бұрын
With the method you are using at the start, you should be striking the steel with the pyrites, which will direct the sparks downward. By striking the pyrites with the steel, the sparks are directed upward and not onto the tinder. Again, though you were clearly successful, it is usually better to put the char cloth on top of the flint. Also, for the other commenters, as far as I am aware, amadou is only made from the inner material of the Fomes fomentarius BRACKET fungus; Boletus is a completely different taxa comprising many edible mushrooms. Incidentally, Fomes fomentarius was also found with Otzi's belongings. Chaga also has a number of proven medical uses, so may have been a multi-use item. As for the lack of pyrite...stolen by the guys he was fighting with? It would have been quite a valuable item...but then so was the copper axe. It is also possible it is still sitting at the find site, one rock among many. Nice video mate, I will be checking out some more of your content!
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Hi mate, thanks for the feedback! Yes there is some confusion about the fungi, and I am not an expert - I am sure you are right! Don´t miss the coming video this week here about the unsolved case of Ötzi the Iceman. Take care and thanks for watching!
@daleglastonbury962 жыл бұрын
I was just about to tell him the same thing.Although I have only ever used char cloth ..
@Manormouse-04 Жыл бұрын
When I first heard about his fire kit, I was reminded of a few similar kits that I have read about. In Jerzy Kosinski's, The Painted Bird, the boy carried a coffee can stuffed with moss, and one small ember (he called it his comet). When he needed to make a fire, he would spin the can, which was attached to a length of chord that he used to attach it to himself, when he was traveling. I also read of a pouch made of leaves, also stuffed with moss, that the Mbaka people of the Ituri forest carry for the same purpose, and utilize in a very similar way. Even as late as the 19th century, one would rarely allow ones hearth to have no burning embers going . Fire, like water, is life.
@KuukkeliBushcraft4 ай бұрын
Very interesting subject matter, Outzi would be laughing his buckskin socks off at our attempts at primative firelighting. Nice video mate.
@campsitesweden4 ай бұрын
I guess so.
@ernststravoblofeld2 жыл бұрын
Ötzi is really Wim Hoff. He sneaks out of the freezer when nobody is looking, to do Ted talks and send me spam mail. Nobody has seen them together, am I right?
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
I had to look up Wim Hoff. I ahven't seen them together. Maybe Ötzi survived and changed his name?
@thecrazy8888 Жыл бұрын
Moral of the story: Don't lose your pyrite, or you'll freeze to death.
@mundanestuff2 жыл бұрын
The lessons being Otzi was likely an expert, with years or decades of experience making fires this way. He probably needed a few grams of tinder and a few swings of the flint to catch it. So practice, practice, practice?
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Thats right, proably as easy for him as for us using a match. I am an amateur on this, but Im doing my best to learn 🌲🔥 /Jonas
@BelloBudo0072 жыл бұрын
@@campsitesweden I liked your demo. It brought home to me just how useless I would be if thrust into a wilderness situation and required to get a fire started to cook, stay warm or fend off wild animals.
@ericjohnson80012 жыл бұрын
I seem to always see scenarios where basically somebody shot otzi and left him laying there- wouldn't it make more sense that he was on the run? His body wasn't recovered by anyone and wasn't stripped-- i imagine a copper axe would be way too valuable to just leave with a corpse. I think if anybody had been aware of where he fell his possessions would've been snagged by somebody. He was on the run.
@amandajstar2 жыл бұрын
Left him *lying* there, not 'laying' there. My husband is native American and he doesn't make that mistake: not all Americans do!
@frdmlvr7 ай бұрын
@@amandajstarthanks so much oh wise one.😅
@kitswithkaren5003Ай бұрын
I agree with you too many things point to Otzi being on the run.
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Thanks to you subscribers I realized that this ancient method probably included marcasite (another form of pyrite), and boletus fungus (amadou). This will be covered in an upcoming video on this channel. Stay tuned! 🔥
@dawford89812 жыл бұрын
I have started several fires using marcasite and flint. I used very soft chaga and a black smths file to make a large amount of fine sawdist like material in the bottom of a pie tin. Then I struck a piece of marcasite with a piece of flint many many times to produce fine red sparks on to the chaga dust. I did this in a some what dimly light room with just enough light. to avoid striking my fingers. I then let the dust burn enough to light a larger piece of chaga which I used in a birds nest for open flame. Both of these times took 5 to 10 minutes. Otsi did not have the file or the pie tin but then he probably had years of experience.
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate! I will definately try out this method with chaga dust! Great advice /Jonas
@m005kennedy2 жыл бұрын
Nice video. Dave Canterbury did a video while in Sweden on flint and pyrite to start fires. We normally pick pyrite pieced that are gold color and even have defined crystals in it. He showed this pyrite doesn't work well. If you get a cruder form of pyrite that isn't all gold and hasn't formed crystal it will work much better. It goes from all most impossible to just extremely difficult. Your burning ember in the fungus was a way fire was carried from one location to another. This showed these cultures had ab extremely difficult time starting fire and would rather carry it they could.
@No1Agge2 жыл бұрын
I often wonder why stone age people would carry fire. And they did carry fire. But they knew how to make a fire drill. And once you get the hang of it you can create an ember in les than 30 sec in that way..
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
@mike Kennedy Thats true, after this video I have tried Mercasite, which is a pure crystal form of pyrite (sort of), and it was so much easier! Pyrite clusters just crumbles to pieces. Carrying embers/fire is an interesting custom. I have heard it was done (or is?) into recent times in Australia by native people. And as we know Ötzi also had a birch bark container with embers. /Jonas
@dawford89812 жыл бұрын
Strange as it may seem Marcasite and Flint are both found at the bottom of the White Clifs of Dover. And this is probably how ancient man discoverd the connection of these two materials to make fire.
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Interesting! /Jonas
@richardhenry19692 жыл бұрын
Here's my thinking. We know he was injured. So what if the stuff he has was just his essentials. Meaning the lightest easiest to carry- not necessarily the best way to start a fire. Also with experience comes tricks we don't know because we don't have those needs. I think people looking at it like that was his main system is not quite right. But it could be we just don't know
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
I agree that his stuff could have been his essentials. It´s easy and tempting to craft stories of heroism based on a find such as the Iceman. But honestly I believe he was an average neolithic man. On top of that he was in a bad state of health. /Jonas
@jeffglenn76092 жыл бұрын
So Otsi has 100000 years of fire making tech, obviously its the best way to start a fire without marches or lighter...
@kidglove1002 жыл бұрын
Ask David West on KZbin to do Oasis fire method
@cliffowens36292 жыл бұрын
He was murdered. Scientists found a stone point in his back. A brain scan showed trauma. When found by the skiers thawing out of the ice he was naked. If the point didn't kill him nor the blows to the head then hypothermia would surely finish the job.
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
True. Yes probably killed. Maybe injured and then ran into a storm /Jonas
@Jeffery00cox5 ай бұрын
did you try putting the fungus in the brids nest and lighting it there?
@gmacka63338 ай бұрын
I'm 100% that Ötzi used that chaga not only for making fire, but more than likely for tea, and a medicine to fight infection.
@jerryengelman94692 жыл бұрын
Here is a video on flint and steel technique that may help. There are two methods - casting sparks up to a tender or casting sparks down to tender. You have your scraped tender down on the table but you are casting your sparks up hence no ember. It matters which stone is driven or stationary. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqGUcqGPZZWJors
@rivereagle69082 жыл бұрын
I use flint and granite (or any rock that is strong, tight) and chaga. I put a quarter inch of chaga on top of the granite and strike the flint with the granite, the chaga is under my thumb as I hold both the granite and chaga under my thumb and strike. I strike towards the sharp flint with granite and chaga on top, held by my thumb. The flint spark flies forward onto the chaga and flint sticks to the spongey pourous chaga and smolders. I then add the smoldering chaga to dried fungus off of black spruce, acts like tinder. Many different tinders could be used as to whatever is available in the area. I blow on this and within 30 seconds it ignites. You obviously have small small kindling, small dry twigs off pine trees at the ready and birchbark and bigger pieces of wood and your fire will go always. I believe Otzi did it this way as well. Otzi's chaga would have been too dry when found, only the spongey pourous part of the chaga can be used for this. Hard chaga the flint spark won't stick to. Otzi would have used his knife or fingernail to pull off a small chunk of chaga to fit under his thumb to catch the spark/flint as he strikes. If you had to spend the night on top of a mountain while traveling you could possibly and easily carry 10 pounds of dry wood to spend the night on the mountain. You wouldn't be very warm but you would not freeze and travel off the mountain the next day. I am First Nations from North America and we been making fire this way for a long long time. Plus later the hand drill fire method was given through dreams.
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing that my friend! So you use granite and flint right? Sounds really interesting. And as you say I guess you need that spongey type of yellowish chaga to catch onto. Granite and flint is a much more available resource since I assume that pyrite is rather rare to find or at least very regional in its distribution. We have a lot to learn from people like you with a heritage to people that lived off nature. Thats where real knowledge lies. Thanks for watching! /Jonas
@wojtek14794 ай бұрын
A real spark is a very tiny piece of material that burns in air. In the case of pyrite (struck with flint), a chemical reaction occurs, burning a bit of FeS in the oxygen contained in the air (the products of this reaction are FeO and SO2). In the case of steel and flint, there is a chemical reaction of burning a bit of iron in the oxygen contained in the air (the product of this reaction is FeO). You can't get a real spark by striking flint against granite. Yes, you will get small pieces of flint and small pieces of granite, but none of these pieces can burn in air. When crushing these rocks, no chemical reaction occurs or will ever occur. That's for sure! The described case of successfully obtaining real sparks by striking granite and flint is a fairy tale for me. If I'm wrong - show this method in a video on YT - you will be famous. Seriously.
@rivereagle69084 ай бұрын
Well, that's news to me and my people. As long as the rock is harder than the flint it will set spark and that tiny piece of flint will fly off and stick to the chaga and smolder Don't try and use stupid science on something my people have been doing way before Otzi existed or 4:16 his clan
@rivereagle69084 ай бұрын
Nice try
@wojtek14794 ай бұрын
@@rivereagle6908 As long as the rock is harder than the flint it will set spark and that tiny piece of flint will fly off and stick to the chaga and smolder - such a thing can only happen on a flat Earth; There is no need to use science on a flat Earth.
@Poppageno2 жыл бұрын
Would it not be better to put the fungus scraping in the birdsnest prior to sparking? I think I read that Otzi had a container with char that possibly carried live coals. Not having pyrite and unable to start a fire might have killed him.
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Great idea with the birds nest! Thank you 🔥
@kidglove1002 жыл бұрын
And a arrow in his back
@tomalophicon Жыл бұрын
@@kidglove100 and a severe head injury.
@168Diplomat Жыл бұрын
You really need to learn how to use a flint and steel. When you are trying to shower sparks onto something you strike the steel with the flint and it throws the sparks down onto your material. If you hold the material on the flint you strike flint with steel and it throws the spark upwards onto the material
@campsitesweden Жыл бұрын
Thanks for explaining!
@waveman02 жыл бұрын
use a cast over method mate, cast spark over the top of the chaga rather than the cast down method. The cast down method sucks and all it does is spill your tinder with a miss strike. The cast over method isn't as efficient (as not as many sparks are directed into the pile) but it is far better. I am not sure Otzi would have used chaga with flint/iron pyrite as it isn't very conducive to the cold sparks it produces. All the marcasite/flint ignition I've seen uses amadou, most often treated in potash or potassium nitrate.
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Hi there, yes you are probably right! After some more research I realize that he probably used mercassite and amadou as you suggests. He carried live ember in a birch bark container in the form of chaga and as you say probably started the fire with amadou. I have to get a piece of mercesite, but seems to be hard to find/buy.
@bobnancymiller49312 жыл бұрын
I have used chaga with my flint and steel many many times. Direct the sparks right onto the chaga and it will take. Once lit, it burns very very hot !
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Im glad to hear! Thank you for joining me out /Jonas
@kevenskilatonyius21782 жыл бұрын
he did every day . How long will the mushroom smolder . can it be transported ?
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Chaga smolder for quiet som time. I have another video showing it smolder as a mosquito repellent. Carrying ember is a method that has been used around the world in different cultures. Ötzi had chaga ember with him, in a birch bark container. 🔥🌲 /Jonas
@hughsmith2657 Жыл бұрын
He wouldn't have crumbled the fungus, its windy outside
@TheBorderlined2 жыл бұрын
Hello Friend, here in the middle age, instead of this birch fungus, they used the spongy material from the under side of a mushroom named boletus in latin (bolet in french), they dried it out after boiling, and you're good to go. This product was also called "amadou" (amadou is a generic term, it can be made from other stuff ) Easy to find and to use. Great video; P.S: I see you're using your Feuerhand 175... nice :)
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
You are right mate! Im still learning you know 😊 I have an upcoming video on marcasite and flint where I will use a boletus tinder fungus. So stay tuned! 🔥
@TheBorderlined2 жыл бұрын
@@campsitesweden Great, very interesting topic, can't wait :) Have a great day my Friend
@timothylongmore73252 жыл бұрын
I've heard that it was amadou that he was carrying and birch polypore. Not chaga at all. Although chaga is an excellent tinder ( when dry ).
@eschneider87992 жыл бұрын
Good try Am going too look into the Otzi method if l can find the right rocks. Already have the chaga & have had good luck lighting it with flint & steel. I think your flint was dull or striker may not be tempered properly. Cheers
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Yes give it s try. The reason for my failiure, I have come to relize, is that I used pyrite which is a clustered mineral. It crumbles. Try mercasite instead, thats a pure crystal form of pyrite /Jonas 🔥🌲👍
@fokkerd3red6182 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised his attacker or attackers didn't take all of his possessions. I wonder why they didn't? Any ideas
@YouTuber-ep5xx2 жыл бұрын
Maybe Otzi didn't drop where he was hit. Maybe he was shot at lower altitude (possibly in enemy territory on other side of ridge top), went higher where falling snow might cover blood and tracks....
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Thats in fact almost as exactly my conclusion, I have an upcoming video about just that theory, that he was shot at a lower altitude. Thank you for shring your thoughts!
@tomalophicon Жыл бұрын
He had the blood of 2 people on his arrow heads and blood of a third on his coat. I think he killed his assailants but later succumbed to his own injuries.
@jackson777ification2 жыл бұрын
Good video. the fungus they found had a little hole in it, maybe they struck the spark into that, developed an ember and picked it out. mustve been a smooth dude with all that gear
@MrRugercat458 ай бұрын
He was the progenitor of all survival gear guys, he was the first bushcrafter! 👍🏻
@davidmessinger27842 жыл бұрын
This was a bait and switch video. The presenter could not use Otzi's methods so he used modern flint and steel. So the video was pointless.
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Hi there, Im sorry, that was not my intention. I have this other video, where I succeeded with this very technique, also link in video description: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWG4npZ_d5KVlac
@TheBorderlined2 жыл бұрын
modern flint and steel ? this steel is called a " Briquet" in french middle age language, meaning "lighter" and was used since the iron age ( almost 3000 years ago), if you call this "modern" so be it, but I'm sure you will show us on a video how you do it ? Oups, you have no video....
@johnprosser9992 жыл бұрын
easy. get your act together. thanks for the effort.JP
@mac113802 жыл бұрын
Outsmarted by a caveman.
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
:) True. But Ötzi living just 3500 years ago had the same intelligence and cognitive abilities as us, so I guess you can say I outsmarted myself /Jonas
@tucut80542 жыл бұрын
He has a bow . He do not need to strick but take any stone put the mushroom as powder down on the stone and take 1 of his arrows and spindle with the bow string. because of friction he made fire. bow drill technick.
@Jeremysjones737 ай бұрын
They don't know how old he is? They are guessing and probably not even a good one? These tools were used alot earlier than they are saying and far longer than they are willing to say
@BubuH-cq6km2 жыл бұрын
7:56 2 minutes later 8:04 2 hours later 8:20 2 days later 8:45 2 weeks later
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Happy holidays mate! 🔥👍
@deandeann15412 жыл бұрын
Chaga fungus makes an excellent tea. It is used medicinally by native americans in Maine where I live. It looks nasty on the birch, like a black booger stuck on the tree's trunk.
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing that! 🌲🔥
@timothylongmore73252 жыл бұрын
Tinctures made with alcohol extraction have strong anti-cancer properties. Great energy/diet drink as well. Suppresses appetite and boosts energy.
@deandeann15412 жыл бұрын
@@timothylongmore7325 The tea tastes really good too.
@timothylongmore73252 жыл бұрын
@@deandeann1541 Try a strong tea (hot water extract) mixed 1-5 with cranberry juice. It's my favorite. Regular tea with maple syrup is also very good.
@edbemoon12 жыл бұрын
Maybe he used the chaga for making tea???????????????????????
@ventura18932 жыл бұрын
Possibly killed for his warm clothing /missing from his body.
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
His clothes were found around him. Fur cap, shoes and cape and more. The bad excavation of ötzi meant that much of his clothes were destroyed in the excavation. But his hat and shoes is in rather good condition.
@ventura18932 жыл бұрын
@@campsitesweden thank you / burial in ice grave with his belongings/ washed down with the thaw / Cain and Abel
@maxboonkittypoison2 жыл бұрын
Well, i don't think this is the way he did it. I think he would catch the spark straid in to the fungus. So the fungus he got would last a long time. And the flint took some work to create a sharp edge so he carried that with him. The pyrite stone was easy to find. So when he used the pyrite stone to where it wassn't useble he would search a new pyrite stone. It whas easy to find. The fungus is also made in to tee that would help his midecal condition. Also over 5300 years the stone could have been lost from the pouch.
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
It could definately have been lost. After this video I have re-evaluated what I show here. After som more research it is most probably that Ötzy used tinder fungus (fomes fomentarius or horse hoof fungus) for catching the spark. And the chaga was used only as a way of carrying an ember. Thank you for watching! /Jonas
@maxboonkittypoison2 жыл бұрын
@@campsitesweden Thank you for the info. It is soooooo interesting.
@nigellee98242 ай бұрын
Please re make this video, without the erms....
@jf51542 жыл бұрын
Someone said at the museum that the fungus your trying to start the fire with was medicinal not for l8ghting fires. I think you might have it wrong
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
It can be used for both /Jonas
@greywuuf2 жыл бұрын
I have only been able to catch an ember on fungus either by carefully scrapping into a FUZZ ...the amadou layer of a horsehoof fungus . Or using the same material in a compression lighter ( fire piston ) I have never had much luck with any not charred material. I consider chaga to be an ember extender ....not something to directly catch an ember.
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
You are right! In this video I did not know what you know, that chaga is indeed an ember extender. Since then I now use amadou and it works exellent. By the way, Ötzi used amadou for catching the spark, and amadou as an extender. /Jonas
@greywuuf2 жыл бұрын
@@campsitesweden Amadou is a great extender...in fact it is used as slow match on matchlock firearms ...however it is a much smaller item than a chunk of Chaga (or the tube like gills of the same horse hoof fungus) so I tend to use those and save my amadou as it is rather more precious.
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Ah, interesting, did not know it was used in firearms 👍
@magwamagwa451102 жыл бұрын
he would never use that much Charga it was too precious the easiest way it to strike the pyrite and direct the spark to the big piece of Chaga then blow on it to create a spark it will catch a spark easy...
@dirtyscoundrel20138 ай бұрын
I doubt he shaved off that much
@johnfitton37162 жыл бұрын
No pyrite ? Might have lost it n then no fire .. why he froze ??
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Yes he might have lost it. But making a fire at that altitude with no wood around and possibly in bad weather is not ab option either I would say /Jonas
@thomascumiskey41982 жыл бұрын
Better luck next time.
@HolodeckArcade2 жыл бұрын
He was probably killed by people that wanted the Iron Pyrite. Pyrite would have been very valuable at that time.
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Thats a good theory I havent heard of. Thank you for sharing that! 🔥🌲
@jerryengelman94692 жыл бұрын
Here is another video showing casting as mentioned by another commenter. Notice how steel stationary and steel moving have different effects. Casting throws the spark sideways so you have room to develop speed and the gravity pulls the spark down to the tender. Given Oetzi,s dependence on fire, I would guess he might have been well versed in these various techniques. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2ncaXWIepaafa8
@GavTatu2 жыл бұрын
thousands of years prior experience !
@milky70782 жыл бұрын
Should of ad one u made earlier
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
I should.
@ronadpaugh447 ай бұрын
good idea build a fire on a wooden floor DAAAA
@campsitesweden7 ай бұрын
No, it usually is not so I would not recommend it.
@GavTatu2 жыл бұрын
injured ? i thought recent ideas suggested he was tracked and murdered ?
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
That might be the case /Jonas
@mrafard2 жыл бұрын
idag har vi Swedish match
@MartenKrueger-sx4me9 ай бұрын
Somebody get this guy a zippo lighter, matches and a rouch of gun power! 🙄
@crimsoncrime0072 жыл бұрын
That is so not how he started fires
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Ötzi used mercasite and tinder fungus (not chaga as shown here). Actually we dont know for sure. I have another video showing use of marcasite and flint, which is much easier. Im learning step by step, thanks for watching 🔥😊
@kidglove1002 жыл бұрын
Charcoal otsi was carrying
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Thats right, he had an birch bark container in which he had wrapped smoldering chaga in maple leaves. At least that is what is thought based on the evidence on the site. That means he relied on being able to make fire with the embers he had with him. Thanks for watching! /Jonas
@70stunes71 Жыл бұрын
👍🌠
@djmaydraws38622 жыл бұрын
Explains why Ötzi didn’t last very long
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
He he, yes maybe 😄
@tomalophicon Жыл бұрын
He was over 40 which was old age back then.
@michaelblackwell2672 жыл бұрын
Should have waited until you got rid of your Annoying cough !
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching mate, have a great day! 👍🔥
@greghenrikson9522 жыл бұрын
LOL I watched this after MANY failed attempts to get a fire without char cloth for medieval living history. I had to laugh when you reverted to the char cloth.
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Yeah... I didnt make it this time. But I have a more recent video using mercasite "How homo erectus made fire". Watch that one, mercasite is much better than the brittle pyrite clusters. 👍🔥
@hippopotaman0758 ай бұрын
I did note you seem to be very much a expert with very little patience, this don't work I'll 11:41 try this, also noted how well the ember was smouldering in the crack in your wooden bench beside the firewood pile, plenty of fuel to burn once you did get it burning. Just saying. 🤔😥🌩
@rainmaker44698 ай бұрын
U need to work on your lighting bro
@campsitesweden8 ай бұрын
I know 😊
@Dandylion10012 жыл бұрын
Wrong mushroom, should be birch polypore
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
You are right that Ötzi did not use chaga. I learned that after making this video, also noted in the video description. But he had chaga with him in his birch bark container. Strangely enough no pyrite was found with him. I guess it had disintegrated, as pyrite easily does when exposed to air. Thanks for watching.
@crimsoncrime0072 жыл бұрын
Fast forward to 8 min.. he spends 5 minutes scraping fungus
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
That might be right, I havent counted 🔥🌲
@stephen84332 жыл бұрын
Very interesting.
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Thanks :)
@jimgibson97532 жыл бұрын
Didn't work well
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Mercasite works better. Pyrite clusters just crumbles.
@aarondelagarza84469 ай бұрын
You are frustrating to watch😮😮
@freibier11972 жыл бұрын
try the copper axe head and flint !
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
I havent tried copper, but it does not word, you need iron content for creating sparks. Copper is also softer.
@wojtek14794 ай бұрын
But why try a copper ax and flint? Probably not for lighting a fire? It wouldn't make sense. Strikes with flint cannot remove small enough copper fragments for the copper particles to ignite spontaneously.
@amaliasafaryan42562 жыл бұрын
Its hard to understand ur accent 😔
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Ah, sorry mate. But thanks for noticing. I will do my best to make it better in upcoming videos! Take care!
@Polderjongen2 жыл бұрын
Can you guys stop recycling the same story again and again and again ? Find something else. Be original
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
I wish you all the best for the new year mate! Stay safe 🔥🌲
@mikakalakoski87472 жыл бұрын
I see in his equipment is also fomes fomentarius, "false tinder fungi" amadou... I have succeeded with sraping... both with marcasite and knapping siilar fools cold you have
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Hi there! Well done, and you are right, I try it with pyrite here but marcasite is the right type of stone. Have a great day and thanks for watching!
@Ray2001ify2 жыл бұрын
Meh
@leonstancliff72182 жыл бұрын
Bud, you really need some skills training! If you ever get over here to the states I can refer you to come Boy Scouts that can help.
@campsitesweden2 жыл бұрын
Yes that´s right, I a no expert on this. That would be great :)