can you do one actually when the rain is pissing it down please

@BlackOwlOutdoors

8 жыл бұрын

+Leon Rowe kzread.info/dash/bejne/d2yhxMSsf7O4XcY.html&lc=z12acnfattahhnvoo04cj1ghzxqrdjdweq40k

@cnlaicnlai9059

7 жыл бұрын

Owned, lol. But, not really, just very cold and snowy, the only problem is the country is so diverse in climate and fuel sources, everyone owes it to themselves to be able to walk from their house 10 miles, sit down and think, if you needed heat to survive right now, how would you do it. Yes, in pouring rain, know fuel sources and huddle down. Have your go to flint, tindercatch, tinder, kindling, fuel. All there is to it. Firebending/craft is just that, dependent on your location and your tindercatch, I think. Very well produced.

@vanman724

6 жыл бұрын

Haha, you almost failed, even with all your studio perfect set-up. You woulda been F-d if it had actually been WET😊

@cnlaicnlai9059

6 жыл бұрын

not necessarily, I've seen wood chip piles, smoldering in the rain. All about awareness of the chemicals involved. Turpenes are gonna burn regardless of the humidity because it depends on the fumes evaporating. Also depends on your initiator. Plus, if you'd cover your fuel and initiator, you'd be fine. All good, burn on.

@r.m.l2665

6 жыл бұрын

Sassy Sasquatch haha you fucking druggo

If you do want a tip, if you want nice oxygen flow without worrying about blocking the intake from above or beside the fire, if you dig a bit of a trench below the platform for your fire, that allows the oxygen to supply the flame from under it, along with on top and beside.

@steveasbury8081

5 жыл бұрын

You should make video

No real critiques here, a minor suggestion or 2 perhaps. As to the cotton ball and beeswax, I have found I prefer a cotton ball impregnated with vasolene or petroleum jelly is much easier/faster to light, and burns a long time. In fact a single cotton ball with vasolene could have replaced your poplar bark. Catch's a spark as well, burns longer, and is more waterproof if actually doing it in the rain. Not that I am not all in favor of using natural materials where possible. The other option would be to have some fatwood in your kit and make a silver dollar pile sized pile of fatwood shavings and fire that up. Again virtually waterproof, fast easy ignition, and a long lasting start to your fire. As to processing the wood, awesome job, and great explanation/illustration. Keep making good video's please! Bill in Fargo, North Dakota

looks real wet.... title should say "making a fire in perfect conditions with every tool know to man". actually shocked you didnt use gas.

@BlackOwlOutdoors

8 жыл бұрын

+Atwan Johnson kzread.info/dash/bejne/d2yhxMSsf7O4XcY.html&lc=z12acnfattahhnvoo04cj1ghzxqrdjdweq40k

@Ridg76

8 жыл бұрын

+Atwan Johnson No shit!

@justanotherbum007

8 жыл бұрын

beat me to it

@shivavereen3222

6 жыл бұрын

Atwan Johnson Bahahahahaha!! Right

@tylerkrug7719

5 жыл бұрын

To funny. Lol

I almost exclusively use a log cabin type of fire build and it has never once failed me

When you say wet you must mean something different from my term wet. I recently got hypothermia because I didnt know how to start a fire in a down pour. I eventually found an over hanging cliff and made a fire out of paper and small dry wood under rocks I found.

@TheEbelekgubelek

3 жыл бұрын

Video or it didnt happen😁 Just kidding, glad that youbhave survived

You guys consistently have videos with the highest production value I've seen on youtube. Especially for this subject matter. The editing in the beginning of this was great! This skill is great to know as well.

Thank you for caring about audio. People don’t realize you can have perfect video but if your audio sucks your video sucks. That makes or breaks your videos and most survivalist channels use the on board microphones

I'm sure it's been mentioned already, but with your chosen materials, I would've wrapped the cotton with the tulip poplar bark, laid it at the base of the fire, have your feather sticks over that and when you lit the tinder bundle, the initial flames would already be lighting up your feathers. It'd be a no-touch fire outside of stacking on your kindling afterwards. One it's lit, the last thing one wants to do is to maneuver it around. It should be stationary. The only parts of a fire being moved around after first flame should only be your feathers, kindling and fuel. Also, I definitely would've processed a few of those kindling sticks down to pencil sized so that when you placed them over our initial fire, there'd be far less chance for you so smother it. One more tip, spreading the logs underneath a little more right under your flame would've allow for a lot more airflow once the flame started to take off. It's going to suck that air right up. on it's own. Worst case scenario, it would've also have allowed you a channel for you to blow air into it without having to put your face close to the fire. I dig a trench in the ground towards my tinder base as well. JM2¢ :)

@spoonman73

5 жыл бұрын

Top comment.

Great tips on starting damp wood. I always find dry brown/orange pine needles to start a fire. They burn super hot and don’t seem so soak all the way through ever. I will critic a tiny bit and say that if soft hands can carry a Steele around he can carry a Bic lighter just as easily and they light ALL the time. Even after getting wet. But cool wood maneuver (that’s what she said)

Thanks for taking the time to film, edit and post your video, guys....always good to be reminded of the basics. God bless!

In the first minute my mind just went "Woah..." That quality is soooo good! Your cameraman is talented! Those scenes were simply amazing!

@samel88

5 жыл бұрын

(Including everything after those 1 minute) :)

I think there are actually good things to take from this video and I appreciate the spreading of knowledge so the people posting rude comments should really just keep it to themselves

Everyone seems to be a pro and judge you. But i liked the video Krik and enjoy all your videos. The quality and content are always top notch and hope you keep them coming.

2 questions how long have you had that hatchet it looks beautiful and what kind of knife is that I love the mirrored Edge on it no doubt stropped amazingly!?!?

Beautiful fire. Good job!!

Very good video man.. I like how you took the time to actually explain and show people how the process goes down most videos are way to complicated and do not show in detail.. Good job You did a great job on this one

@steveasbury8081

5 жыл бұрын

This video you can use in any weather condition.. It works

Your calm demeanour helped me learn from you. If a shelter were built first, and the fire pit created inside... then the heavy rains would not reach the fire and hunching would not be needed...

holy crap dude! amazing camera work and cinematics!!! felt like the woods were sending me a junior high love note! way to inspire me and make me feel totally amateur at the same time! that takes skill! love it!

Love watching your videos and the beginning of this video was awesome! love what you have done with the montage of clips and the lovely music, keep up the good work!

the hardest test of making fire is the coast at the sea during winter,its just brutal to get anything going there,i learned alot from that

@RathwulvenBushcraft

6 жыл бұрын

I agree. Here up North with all that winds at at least 5bft to 6bft firemaking can become quite a task.

Love the idea of the feather wood. Learned something so, thumbs up!

I like how you talk about getting under natural cover in a dry or at least not as wet area and then use your body to protect the dry tender (not everyone is carrying a tarp) , most people don't even mention this and if raining it it absolutely imperative to protect the tinder or you will just wind up wet cold and very frustrated.Good video - Thanks

@BlackOwlOutdoors

9 жыл бұрын

halfwayuphill You're welcome. I was planning on the weather to be worse when we filmed this video. But for some reason, it was sunny. Go figure. I hope to shoot this video again when the weather is terrible. But, we have to figure out a way to protect the camera during that. Thanks for watching. -Krik

i like that you showed exactly what you were doing the hole time with an emphasis on your hands

I had absolutely no luck getting a fire started last night while camping because literally everything was moist from all the rain we've been getting lately and I had no idea how to get my coals hot enough to burn the damp wood I had. Glad I found this video so that doesn't happen again! Thanks!

@ronaldstarkey4336

5 жыл бұрын

I did the same thing once... almost died from smoke inhalation... fortunately I finally prevailed when wood dried out enough to burn... lol

I’m no turtle.... ... Imma tortoise! 🐢🐢🐢

9:30 you pull out dry tender that you had saved in a tin!

What kind of gloves do you use?

This is quite a misleading video. A lot of the principles you talk about are good but when conditions are truly wet it can be very difficult to get a fire going. The conditions you were working in were a bit damp at most. People are going to be very disheartened when practicing these techniques when they find it extremely difficult to get a fire going. It’s not that you did anything wrong but you could have been a bit more honest on just how “wet” everything was.

hey! what is the name of the folding saw you are using? and would you recommend it? :)

really appreciate the vid. I'll never carry a fire stick because I'll always have a lighter, but I really liked they way you broke down the fire construction.

Thanks for sharing though, I do get it that you said the rain stop.

Hey man your content is really informative, well explained, and the production is really nicely to watch. Starting from the clean video to the crispy sound and the smooth edits.

Beautiful gear, sir.

I love seeing that hatchet!

I made some napal is made of gas and fome dose it come in a box like tv and stuff like that and it works super for me.

I have found that if your original wedge uses longer sticks, you can lift the entire kindling bundle off the fire to open up air intake and have built in control. Love your videos.

Nice job, I like to use a large piece of aluminum foil as my hearth. It helps reflect the heat back up. Keep up the awesome work.

from what i learned wet wood smokes and it looks wet, none of this looked wet and it barely smoked. it looks pretty dry too so i'm wondering if it actually rained or if you're lying?

1:30 ish Damn! the mirror on that blade!!!! Respect.

Enjoying your videos, guys. Going through your entire channel this week.

Beautiful hatchet but isn't the polished handle harder to grip vs a plain wood handle or textured synthetic handle?

Great demo and thanks for keeping real. One thing I have done is to place vertical pieces of very small kindling in between the horizontal pieces. I promotes the fire to climb and keeps the kindling being stacked so there is not any airflow.

A well put together video with some useful tips and tricks. Thank you for sharing!

Thanks for telling use this, it worked and I have proof it works, I live in the Pacific northwest

I like youuu! Learning all this outdoor knowledge lately, thank you so much for sharing!

You did fine. Thank you for your time!!😊

We’re do you get that knife

Very helpful as always... love your videos and reviews. Keep em coming. That said I also keep in my fire starting kit: jute and beeswax coated jute. I also carry at all times first aid which include cotton balls and petroleum jelly (in a handy small squeeze tube) when combined have worked for me in wet conditions.

The base part really works well. What I did differently was I used like a dry grass I found, and laid it across the base. I used paper cause I had it, (could replace with feather sticks) on top of the grass, and then kindling, and then fuel. Light the dry grass and it all ignites across the base. Worked really well.

Very good instructions. Thanks for posting this video!

Guys your best bet is to always have a small tinder and fatwood kit kit at hand because you never know when you might need it. Stay prepared! If you can get a fire going hot enough then from there you can dry wet logs pretty quickly. There’s an old country saying, always keep a fire going!

IV fafed around with all the cram balls , feather sticks and cotton wool but I just found it easyer to strip up birch bark put a firer steel to it and put it under more solid bigger bits of birch bark then buying my kindling on and so on hope u find this useful 👌

Awesome thank you. I enjoyed it pretty much anybody can start a fire but you. Have to practice each one of these details to be succesfull. Get out there and try it untill you succeed the time will come when you do need a fire and you will survive. 🔥

Thanks! What if you have very windy conditions?

Not only was this video very informative, it was also stunningly well-edited! Thanks for posting; subsrcibed

@BlackOwlOutdoors

9 жыл бұрын

Angela C. Thanks for subscribing Angela. Welcome!

I personally use a big log behind my base to lean the kindling to. It gets lit after a while and keeps the fire going nice and hot

Thanks a lot it helps to know how to start a fire especially for new comers. Thanks

Very good technique, nice woodsmanship. I couldn't agree more about using and having a hand ax with you. I know knives have been designed to take a pounding while batoning but it goes against all of my training to do so. Your knife is your single most critical survival tool. To risk damaging your knife is foolish in my own opinion. I would only ever do so if I had two or more belt knives and no ax available and fire was critical. JMHO. Good video and sound. Keep up the excellent work.

Enjoying your videos. What kind of hatchet do you have or recommend ?

Do you find that pine feathers most easily?

The back biting is just ridiculous. I think it is a fine video and I thank you for demonstrating these techniques. Very good video and very useful. I understand you're doing this in improving conditions (you said so) but also walking us through if it were raining here is what I'd do. I don't need to see you sopping wet and miserable to understand that if it were raining it might take a bit longer to get the fire going. Thank you to sharing. ~Sherrie from South Carolina

Thanks so much.. It's been difficult setting fire. This helps alot

Great video, thanks for sharing!!!

what brand hatchet and knife did you use? They looked pretty sweet. thanks. also, what do you use to keep your tools on your hip?

@BlackOwlOutdoors

8 жыл бұрын

It was an Estwing Sportsman Axe and LT Wright Genesis knife. I just wear my tools on my belt.

Good tips guys!

@BlackOwlOutdoors

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks man.

Thanks for the video! Very helpful & much appreciated.

Love the video, helped me a lot actually this last weekend when camping in the rain. Of course, it was not to your level of perfection in terms of splitting, but once we finally got the wood chopped down and collected the chips for kindling, we had the fire going in just a couple of minutes. But I cheat a little in the starting with something I learned by accident. I bring along one of those little catering pan heaters that is a gel base, I just dip the end of a twig in there and light it with a lighter, then put it in my base. But, I've used it on several fires already and this one can is still going strong. Heavier on a single occasion fire attempt, but has sustainable use over time without having to be constantly searching for or making new fire starting kits. Another thing I did, that I might get your take on was that I put a couple of non-chopped wet logs under the split log base on the assumption that the embers would just dry them out. Seemed to work pretty well. Do you foresee any difficulties that might occur with this, if conditions were worse?

@BlackOwlOutdoors

9 жыл бұрын

+Sailor On The Trail That's a pretty good idea though. Glad you found some useful info in our videos! As for your question - I could see some problems with using whole wet logs on the base. If you didn't process your wood that much to begin with, those wet logs would greatly hurt your chances of starting a fire. But with processed wood, the fire has a chance to get roaring from the get go. So in sum, if you don't process your wood that much, I'd be careful using those wet logs on the base. If you do have nicely processed wood, then wet logs shouldn't really matter.

I really like the cinematography - subscribed. :) How many cameramen/camerawomen do you have with you?

I cant get the fire lit underwater , I'm very cold , also the fire does it use more air than I need? Please reply soon

I liked it,thanks for sharing.

Good stuff dude!

Hi Krik ! love you shows man, but i was wondering how and what did you do to make your fieldcrafter to a mirror polished scandi grind ?

@BlackOwlOutdoors

8 жыл бұрын

+Shaufi Nasarudin Hey man. That's not the fieldcrafter. It's the GNS which comes with that mirror polish.

@allcreedsvoices

8 жыл бұрын

+Black Owl Outdoors shit... my bad... nvm thanks man !

And I agree with Bill from the Dakotas' about the vasoline soaked cotton balls burning great but if one is in a bind learning to use pine tree sap or pitch is a life saver also...

Hey, I was asking myself, was it possible there to light up the feather sticks directly with your rocky things that make sparkles? The wood looked kind of dry and you did so in an other video. By the way, cool videos man, gonna try some tricks of yours during my next trek!

Great to see the Estwing doing some work

@BlackOwlOutdoors

9 жыл бұрын

It sure does work well, considering its price and all.

Is that an Estwing axe? I've had one of their hammers for about a decade, never thought of them for other gear but I'm sure it's top notch.

Awesome video!

You guys do such good work...

@BlackOwlOutdoors

9 жыл бұрын

TacticalLumberjack thank you kindly! - stony

great video! great advice! I'll have more things to try on my next wet outing!

@BlackOwlOutdoors

8 жыл бұрын

+The Apprentice Thanks buddy!

kindly tell me which camera you used to make this video?

Nicely done👍

Excellent video quality. Professional, really.

Great video!

Good production, video quality and editing. I think you picked to nice a day for wet weather fire making tutorial. I like the feather sticks over twig bundle and I also prefer my hatchet - use it in place of my knife most times. Perhaps a tutorial on tinder bundle creation in wet and dry conditions - no bees wax, pitch or Vaseline.

Very nice video. The music at the beginning matched the tone of the video perfectly.

@BlackOwlOutdoors

9 жыл бұрын

thanks Dan! - stony

Great video and well shot. What knife are you using to feather the wood?

@gametrue2229

5 жыл бұрын

Mitchell Green a big ass knife that you can get at any camping store

Great video and thanks for sharing Krik. Two questions that I hope you don't mind answering. Will you confirm what silky saw you are using in this video along with what knife you are using to make your feathering. Have the same hatchet but knowing the other two would be greatly appreciated. Thanks - KC

I learned how to make a fire! Thank you!

Great demo, guys!

@BlackOwlOutdoors

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael.

That was a cool lesson. In the rain...

You should make a video of how you made that Tulip tinder. I'm curious how found it and made it in such a nice "rope shape." -- Thumbs up and greetings from The Netherlands!

@BlackOwlOutdoors

9 жыл бұрын

Michael Beckmann We did showing just that.kzread.info/dash/bejne/mYF_mKSBkbuWisY.html

@190Michael190

9 жыл бұрын

BlackOwlOutdoors Yea, I found it on the website. But thanks though! And keep making these awesome vids. Can't wait to go sometime to America and go camping!

Is a hatchet better than a felling axe for survival?

Good video. I think you covered all the bases.

Very thorough. Thanks

All I ever use when camping Is a handful of pine needles & a few pieces of small wood, it works like using gasoline every time.

Did this guy just call me a turtle!? Good video though.

@vanman724

6 жыл бұрын

WashingTone yer funny dude

Nice video. I would like to comment on one thing though. Rather than moving your initial flame, move and add the feather sticks and kindling to the flame. You almost put out your initial flame twice due to moving it.

The only KZread video that split wood on the side rather than upright. It is a safer method and I used this method, but with a parang

@gametrue2229

5 жыл бұрын

Adrian J Nyaoi wth is a parang

@DrJr-bn7si

5 жыл бұрын

Google it. Lol

Great video