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Recommend dry fluffy plant material - old mans beard, cat tail, cotton wood pods, etc.

Awesome vid, good work on that paddle. Might be a fun project to see if you can carve one out of wood.

Squach 🎉😂

Fox making that noise?

Excellent fire!

Awesome Adventure!

LETS DO IT!!!

Two words: Flint, Steel.

Using lint from dryer filter kept in a plastic bag works well for starter material

Well done, friend. S for technique, I would add that an improperly carved notch and applying too much downward pressure in the beginning are the two biggest reasons for failure.

I used a dead hemlock top for drill and base for burn in board (split out of the center 10- 12 " long my bow was shaped like a lightning bolt with paracord a boot lace will suffice. If your boot laces suck switch em out for paracord I recommend doubled over so you have twice as much . Don't want a long drill.no more than 10" / use talo or pine pitch on the point (upper end) as a lubricant / after burn in and at the start of every use , you should blunt the bottom of drill so it resembles a new pencil eraser this will create most friction and give best results. I learned how to make & use a fire drill from a native micmac resident here in Maine , I have been lucky I guess because I have produced fire with out fail every time several dozen times. It has never not worked. Prep and practice are your friends.

It seems like if you had crumbled up some of your tinder it might have started quicker . But persistence pays off . Good job .

Cotton wood works very well when Its sun dried completely or aged . Make all your tools from the same branch. Keep the bow at about the length of your arm. Make sure your spindle is as straight as possible. Antler or bone can make a good bearing block. The dried stalks of the yucca plant work great for a spindle bc you dont have to push quite as hard. If you cant leave a thumb nail imprint in the wood your using then Its probably too dense. Keep all your materials dry & in your pack to prevent moisture saturation. If your injured, stressed or exhausted from a trauma related survival scenario, the fire plow or fire roll method might be a better option. Cotton like material rubbed in wood ash will ignite much quicker with friction between two flat boards. Have your tinder bundle ready in advance & all your fire lay materials on hand at arms reach. With every friction fire you have success with will boost your confidence in the skillset. Thanks for sharing your experience. Enjoy the outdoors!

This would make a great all round knife to own.

Reason 1, you dont have one and are watching this inside with air conditioning on

Good information , thank you for getting that out there!

That knife would really work well for me and my wife in our go bag. Please consider us to win. Thank you.

So your drill is sft wood and the base is hard?

Sweet! 👍 Very cool, bro. Liked and subscribed. Thanks for the giveaway. This knife would most likely make a great all-around, jack-of-all-trades camp/utility knife to take out hiking and fly fishing. Would love to review it. Cheers from Utah!

Use it for my survival kit

Perfect timing!;)

Lmao what u doing Michael

Wouldn’t a tinder bundle been a better choice as fuel?

One skill i need to learn.

Good info thank you.

I want the knife so I could test it for Canadian Arctic conditions. Hope for entry even though I'm not in US

As long as Gerber has been around it seems like they would use a better steel

Great knife! W do a LOT of hunting and camping. This would be a camp knife for sure.

I own two different GERBER knives, one of them a multi-tool, I love them, and they are sharp, I would use this one only for camping

I would probably use it more for an every day carry knife , I always find my self needing a good knife when I go out , food prep , cordage cutting and the like

Camping and fishing

In my situation, stealth is paramount. Also being 68 the ax work is a non starter now. I would choose the knife and saw. Great vid!

I have a harbor freight firemans hatchet that is a nice splitter, surprisingly. Folding saw and knife for me. Size, weight, and i can saw small enough pieces to process with the knife if needed. A little quieter than chopping with an axe or hatchet also

Check out the off grid survival ax.

always comes down to rate vs weight. so its best to pick what you can get the most out of, in this case id have to go knife and folding saw as well. i can make about anything i need with those two. Awesome vid man, keep at it!

Yea you’ll need the limb saw. Well kinda

The folding saw and knife would be my choice too !

Thanks for the video. I'm disabled, so I wouldn't do anything all that exciting with this knife. I still like the idea of having a good knife in case of emergency. I'd probably end up putting it in an emergency kit of some kind.

Cool, I am gonna review it.

I would use that knife for food preparation, and fire starting. 😊

Gerber Strongarm would make a great camp knife for me

If I win, it will definitely be under my belt during my outdoor activities... maybe I'll chop up some vegetables and a piece of good steak

Cool! I'm currently making my first youtube vid, I would love to rock a new knife since I just broke my Mora. I sure would like to see more common man American made knives hit the market. Times are getting thinner by the day. Thanks, glad I found you!

If it is as durable as the original, it will be a winner. Made in USA, perfect blade for the birthday of a nation. God Bless the USA Happy Independence everybody, from Florida I will use it to carve handles for my ferro rods and strikers

That would make a great camp knife

I would use it for an EDC around the house and for when im enjoying the outdoors