What's in My Bushcraft Fire Kit | Survival Fire Kit
Vložit
- čas přidán 15. 05. 2016
- Taking a closer look at my Bushcraft Fire Kit. What I carry and why. I demonstrate my fire steel, pocket bellows and some home made tinders I carry.
Please visit these links below:
Amazon Store:
www.amazon.com/shop/influence...
ORDER Patches and Stickers!
www.etsy.com/shop/theprepared...
FACEBOOK GROUP:
/ 1835005976546722
INSTAGRAM:
prepared_wanderer
Blog
wanderingoutdoors.com
#preparedwanderer #bushcraft #survival
~-~~-~~~-~~-~
Please watch: "The Best Survival Food Kit For Your Bug Out Bag | Nutrient Survival"
• The Best Survival Food...
~-~~-~~~-~~-~
A suggestion or two: the good ol' domestic candle as a fire extender, once your tinder has been lit. They are easy to light, light and burn well and hot for a long time, thus reducing anxiety when under stress. A normal school pencil sharpener makes great tinder shavings very easily, especially if you have a few soft wood dowels that fit that diameter. Another one is tea lights, of which there is usually plenty around Christmas time. Cotton make-up remover pads rubbed with a bit of vaseline work great, and some people even use tampons the same way. Just make sure they are cotton.
Simple and effective!
bellows is such a great little piece of gear !!! good vid thanks for sharing
I like your kit! I've never seen a ferro rod like that before, very cool!
A warning to Ontario residence. Although this was really interesting, making a fire on a stone like this with loads of organic material surrounding it could get you a very large fine. Check provincial and municipal forest fire prevention laws. A water bomber costs 30k a day. Think about your fire pit, not just your kit.
I like your kit. Simple, yet very effective. Cotton/Vaseline will burn long enough to dry out wet/marginal tinder, and costs just pennies. Fatwood works great as well. Both will work in the worst conditions, wet, windy, snow, etc. and work quickly. I have never seen a magnesium bar as soft as yours. Much better than the typical bar. If you get a good 1/2 in. X 6 in. fero rod you won't go back! I have a 6 in. as my main rod, and smaller ones attached to knife sheath's as a backup. I also dripped candle wax on 4 in. pieces of jute twine, put them in aluminum foil and attached to knife sheath (and in kit) just for fun. I see no reason to have more than what you have, with the exception of a 6 in. fero rod. Thanks for sharing. Firesteel.com has the best fero rod's I have used. They might cost more, but will last for years. Don't take the cheaper way out. Fire is too important.
csh 62 do you think his magnesium rod was softer than what firesteel.com has ?
I agree that they have the best ferrocerium rod , I have every used and magnesium rods, which I have never used,except just practicing with.
I just wish I could find a piece of fatwood big enough to make a handle out of, for a 3/8"x 6 firesteel or maybe even 1/2 inch.
A good Ferro rod I believe 1"5 inches and a better scraper like HSS if you want a better fire starter try make cotton arounds with beeswax they brun 8 minutes it's not messy neither petroleum jelly is all grease in your hands if you want a good Ferro rods get it to eBay a guy named Nathan he have good Ferro rods they throw hot spark
I liked so much you ideia for fire starter kit!! Congratulations!!
To me the best long term tender would be fat wood. Fat wood can be found in the woods you are camping in or just a few pieces can be put in your fire kit.
Fat wood and a good ferro rod with a stricker would make the fire kit.
That was a good real-world test when you tried to scrape the magnesium into a pile; the wind blew it away almost as fast as you could put it down. It's good to know that property of magnesium so on a blustery day you can take a different course with an alternative method. Frustrating little events like that help us to be more efficient if we learn from them.
Thank you for this video. You reminded me to refill my cotton ball/Vaseline container. I have large hands but short fingers and my ferro rod is the Swedish Light My Fire with the orange handle, thumb impression, and a striker connected with orange paracord. Out of a dozen ferro rods this is my go-to preferred fire starter. My Schrade SCHF 9 knife kit includes a SCHFS 1, a 4 inch ferro rod and throws sparks very well. I take the Schrade only for extended trips due to its excellent chopping and batoning ability. For overnighters I just take a Rangergrip 178 pocket knife and the light my fire rod. As for the lighter there's a Bic sized lighter that has the extended flame tube somewhat like a full sized BBQ lighter that works well lighting an alcohol/HEET stove. Saves on burning your fingers. I love the air bellows and my two fire kits include either a Jonhen or an Epiphany. After searing my eyebrows I decided it was time to invest in an air bellows. It's not really a part of my fire kit but I carry a sheet of aluminum rolled up and stored in a plastic tube for a windscreen...bought it from Dutchware. Works well with all kinds of stoves.
I can tell you’ve built lots of fires and I like your multiple options...., I like to run with birch bark It’s never failed me. In damp conditions I’ll add a piece of cotton and fat wood. Easy to pack and 100% good to go
Very nice kit. Got all the bases covered there.
If you get a 6 in. fero rod, make a handle for it out of a piece of good fatwood. You only need a scraper to make fire. Just scrape the handle and ignite with the fero rod. You can even scrape with a piece of glass or hard rock. Keep smaller fero rods for back up. Nice video. and thanks for sharing with us.
+csh 62 great idea
When it is that windy and dry don't build an open fire. If you don't want your magnesium to blow away scrape it onto a piece of duct tape. Good video, Thanks.
Gday,excellent fire kit! I noted that you keep your vaseline cotton in a small white container,I do the same myself and use discarded 35mm film containers.I have no problem with a supply as I still shoot film.I find them also real handy for matches,sugar coffee tea salt pepper etc.I have subscribed to your channel,all the very best!
This is a good kit, very effective for being as small as it is... excellent. that pocket bellows is something I never thought of... again awesome share.
Weekend Bushcrafter hi there
You can make a pocket bellows from a cheap telescopic magnet at 1/8 of the price.
I like the video, but I will warn you of this, have patience when making a fire, stop and think. Most people's big problem is that they throw too much fuel to too little fire. Go slow. This is a critical lesson in all of survival. Even when making fire by friction, Cody Lundin warns people to not put too much of ANYTHING on small flames. Keep up the study of bushcraft. It's a great path.
These are some very good fire starting methods, Thank You!
+Roger Lamb thanks man, glad I could help!
If you get a chance check out our channel, we are from the Smokey Mountains in the Tennessee area and if you enjoy we can sub. each others channel.
great video brother!
Very nice fire kit!
+PrioritySurvival thanks!
good fire kit my friend
nice video well done
atb
steve
I have the same firesteel/mag thing. H60 from Hemlock, Are your stealing my kit! Nice video. Thumbs up.
Have you ever made a fire before?
Every time I flick my Bic...
Hi good kit. And where did u get ur pocket blelos from
Thanks for watching. I got the belows at 5col survival supply
Thomas williams they are also on amazon now :)
peppa