Thinking about it, this is probably one of the purest KZread channels I know. You simply record yourself doing an interesting thing you love doing, edit the clips together, and upload it. No ad reads, no sponsors, no clickbait. Not even any commentary, unless you turn on the captions. Just fascinating primitive technology and the beautiful sounds of nature. 10/10, wonderful work, keep it up!

@dc8836

Жыл бұрын

I honestly can't think of any other channel at this level that manages to avoid the things that plague all the other channels. Maybe it's because this is just a passion project and hobby for him? I swear I remember reading him saying he was some kinda white collar worker in his normal, professional life, but for the life of me can't remember where.

@NorsePaganFrost

Жыл бұрын

Check out Erik Grankvist making his log cabin. Idk if it's as explanatory but it's very satisfying

@qwerty-wt5dr

Жыл бұрын

No shit

@robertlassiter907

Жыл бұрын

@@qwerty-wt5dr No beating around the bush, you just go ahead and say it! With great eloquence I might add.

@FirstOfTheMagi

Жыл бұрын

@@NorsePaganFrost My Self Reliance has a similar style and also has a playlist of him building his cabin(s) by hand. Really cool and relaxing

I need more charcoal for smelting and metallurgy. These are the 3 methods I've used so far. The pit is the quickest and easiest to set up. But the mound and kiln produce better quality and larger pieces. All charcoal from these methods will work in smelting and forging but the 2 later methods make better fuel. The advantage of the kiln over the mound is that it's re-useable and takes less effort to set up per batch than the mound does (less exposed wood to cover with mud). Also, I've started sieving the charcoal so all pieces used are over about 2.5 cm/1 inch. The larger lumps work better in furnaces because there are larger gaps between them that allow air to pass more easily through the fuel bed. This especially important in natural draft furnaces for smelting.

@luszczi

Жыл бұрын

Good progress. Charcoal is essential in order to filter the jungle moonshine. ;) On a more serious note, the scorpions in the roof were a joke, right?

@69Buddha

Жыл бұрын

What does one large kiln's worth of charcoal get you, time wise? Enough for an hour of smelting? Two hours? One batch of iron bacteria? More? Just curious...

@dylanzrim3635

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if there’s any coal around your area, if you bake it it becomes coke and then your smelting will get better

@dylanzrim3635

Жыл бұрын

@@luszczi they weren’t scorpions

@Kassadin.

Жыл бұрын

@@luszczi I think he smoked his hut so much that they would have all left already

One of the last vestiges of old youtube: just a guy doing things and sharing their experience with the world. Love all your videos, hope you keep doing these for many years to come!

@primitivetechnology9550

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated.

@tilad1420

Жыл бұрын

​​@Matthew Smith TikTok is the new old KZread if you have the attention span of a goldfish

@QPF1OO

Жыл бұрын

@MatthewSmith-rl5ox Bro tiksh$t copied Vine

@carsonrush3352

Жыл бұрын

@@primitivetechnology9550, I have over 200 subscriptions, and this is easily in my top 10 favorite channels. Keep up the incredible work! Also, I love that you're demonstrating to people that you have to cut off the oxygen flow to maximize charcoal output. I see so many gardening youtubers trying to create "Terra Praeta" (soil mixed with charcoal), but are mostly just clear burning their plant trimming waste into ash. As a chemical engineer that loves studying baseline chemical technology, this continuously bugs me. Also, if you want to make activated charcoal, you need to steam the coal in an environment with no oxygen. If you create a pot with a raised platform high up inside it, you can pile charcoal on the platform. Then you boil the water with a weighted, slanted lid on the top of the pot to burp the pressure as you go (wet clay could make a fair seal for the material). The water vapor will mix with the air and discharge it as the pressurized vapor escapes (the pressure makes it so that no air comes back in). When the water has boiled of and escaped, you should be left with good quality activate charcoal. What chemicals and chemical technology do you want to try creating first? The ability to create alcohol, acids, and bases are good starting points. You can knock out the first two by simply fermenting some of your old yams, and then letting the alcohol turn to vinegar (an acid). Then you just need to create a distillation pot for concentrating the alcohol. You can also get ammonia base by catching urine in a pot, sealing the top (with clay as a sealant), and redirecting the fermented fumes into another pot to catch it. I don't recommend doing this one near your sleeping huts! There's a few books I recommend for ideas: "Caveman Chemistry" by Kevin Dunn, "The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch" by Lewis Dartnell, and "Dick's Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes or How They Did it in the 1870's". There's a lot of primitive chemical tech in all of those books. What kinds of ores are you seeing near your work area?

@mka290

Жыл бұрын

​@@carsonrush3352 спасибо вам за очень информативный комментарий

I've been watching your videos for years, this is some of the most interesting and wonderfully made content I've seen thank you for all the time and effort you put into these

@primitivetechnology9550

Жыл бұрын

Very much appreciated.

@djustrick1446

Жыл бұрын

씹

@arkwell04

Жыл бұрын

brother those are fake videos

@Lassie23

Жыл бұрын

@@arkwell04 no this channel is real

@MoralPreaching

Жыл бұрын

​@@arkwell04 This one specific content creator is real.

"Now it lives in the roof with the scorpions" Well that's not terrifying at all

@Kyrinson

Жыл бұрын

Yeah... my reaction to that line was "The WHAT?!!! 0.0"

@matthewcox7985

Жыл бұрын

​@@Kyrinson And that explains why he did that indoors - especially the big Smoke Out!

@blastermaster5039

Жыл бұрын

​@@matthewcox7985 True. Smoke almost always drive away or kill insects.

@DDeden

Жыл бұрын

​@@blastermaster5039 That's why chimneys often weren't used, smoke drifted through the roof thatch, keeping vermin away.

@who_needs_a_handle

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes. Oz

This man deserves an honorary doctorate in history with the skills and methods he's researched, resurrected, and demonstrated.

@CL-go2ji

Жыл бұрын

PREhistory.

@n0denz

Жыл бұрын

Paleoanthropology!

@dougerrohmer

Жыл бұрын

Isn't the "honorary" part a bit of a slap in the face? Don't they give those to irrelevant people who the campus administration wants to suck up to? How about giving him a legit doctorate, he just has to publish an article or something. On paper he made. With ink he made. On a typewriter he made. 😁

@dhuh6760

Жыл бұрын

I believe he, actually has that already, or something like it.

@edward9674

Жыл бұрын

Is experimental archaeology a thing you can doctorate in? I think that'd fit the bill.

I watch every one of these with my kids. One of my favorite traditions.

@primitivetechnology9550

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this, much appreciated.

@Thermospon

9 ай бұрын

Fly your kids to the Amazon rainforest and have the show thare experience

Dude, never time lapse again! I will never get tired of seeing you make a fire. We love to see every slow, careful minute of the effort you put into these primitive technologies. It's one of the main things that draws me here every time.

@Toksyuryel

Жыл бұрын

I assume he did it to cut down on the run time of this video, it's one of the longest videos on this channel. But I too was disappointed!

@paulsd9255

7 ай бұрын

Bruh I much prefer time lapses over time skips.

@pbnetto

Ай бұрын

I think he timelapsed it to show how much time is needed to start a fire. If he timeskipped it, we wouldn't have much sense of time demmanded to do it

Truly one of the last bastions of old KZread, never change my man. Apologies i couldn't give more.

@primitivetechnology9550

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated, I'll keep the content coming.

@chanakya6735

Жыл бұрын

​@@primitivetechnology9550 how do you get internet in the forest ??

@northernresistance_

Жыл бұрын

@@chanakya6735 You don't need internet to record with a camera...

@chanakya6735

Жыл бұрын

@@northernresistance_ i know but to upload a video we need internet , where will he get that ?

@northernresistance_

Жыл бұрын

@@chanakya6735 At his home?? You think he lives in the wild?

I like these videos, cause they give me a false sense of self confidence that I would not expire almost immediately if I was left in the wild. Also they're chill as hell

@MrAntibeous

Жыл бұрын

lol, right!

@MattTrevett

Жыл бұрын

I felt the same way until the centipede part!

@Mrtheunnameable

Жыл бұрын

Australia is probably the worst place to be left in the wild.

@nobodyspecial4702

Жыл бұрын

@@MattTrevett Any place that has centipede's that size is someplace humans were never meant to go.

@lvlndco

Жыл бұрын

After watching this I think I'll have to try making some charcoal this spring.

I love the fact that this guy never started making none of that "boom pow" commentary, titles, or thumbnais. Just kept his videos consistent all the way. Fame hasn't made him weak, it has only strengthen him. Good work. God Bless. 👍 (Long time fan since like 2015-2017)

Thank you so much for the amazing content you have been providing us with for all these years. By far my favourite channel! I wish you all the best and sincerely hope to see your work for many years to come!

@primitivetechnology9550

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support and the encouragement. I'll keep it up, much appreciated.

"Now it lives in the roof with the scorpions". My man just wrote the world's shortest horror story!

@kennydonachy

Жыл бұрын

Ha

@everythingsalright1121

Жыл бұрын

First of all your name amuses me Second of all, while i knew creatures probably lived in the hut or the roof...its not something i constantly worry about when watching his videos, nor was i expecting scorpions...mildly horrifying to think theres tons of venomous creatures above his head at all times that could fall down

@kevinstobbs9134

Жыл бұрын

@@everythingsalright1121 genuinely think you might be the first person to ever realise the name is a joke!

@syconsenti5904

Жыл бұрын

@@everythingsalright1121 A scorpion once made a guest appearance in his sandals video as a footwear connoisseur! So not just overhead lol.

@icedragonair

Жыл бұрын

I was like "im sorry, with the what?" The guy has beautiful comedic timing

I absolutely love that despite proving a thousand times you can light a fire with the stick spinning technique, you still do it every time. 100% commitment, no shortcuts. Except maybe the pants but KZread wouldn't like you to take them off I guess

@tristanridley1601

Жыл бұрын

That's how I describe this channel to friends. "Everything you see he made in a previous video. He started off in the woods with his own bare hands and pants. And he only has the pants for our benefit, never uses thread from them to cheat or such."

@user-gn8nk5zo5y

Жыл бұрын

😂

@FuImaDragon

Жыл бұрын

Around here we have some nasty spiders that live in wood piles so it applies to the Midwest USA

@fimbulsummer

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's not what the women watching are saying, though...

@guillaumeemualliug8220

Жыл бұрын

​@@tristanridley1601 here in France I use this lovely saying or ours, staying that he started "with his his d**k and his knife" (avec sa bite et son couteau)... And he didn't even have the knife at first 😁

Never gets old. Not a single one. Love it.

É muito difícil ver todos os vídeos deste canal e aguentar o desejo de simplesmente deixar tudo pra trás e ir viver na floresta kkkkkk Mas ainda estou aguentando firme.

"Now [the centipede] lives in the roof with the scorpions" I love these videos, and they do showhow life without all of our modern amenities would be more than bearable. However, quotes like the one above are good reminders of why I'm not personally roughing it and developing primitive technology in the woods of Australia. Thank you.

@AngelaMerici12

Жыл бұрын

😆 🤣 🤣

Thank you once more John, for still uploading and experimenting things after all these years.

@nunyabusiness7001

Жыл бұрын

@@Ek-up6ut neither

@deargodwhy9718

Жыл бұрын

​@@DontReadMyProfilePhoto_3ok

@NotsiaLebouf-gv2yb

Жыл бұрын

BUNNIN DA CRAB PAK

@fbiagentmiyakohoshino8223

Жыл бұрын

@@DontReadMyProfilePhoto_3k i wont

"Now it lives in the roof with the scorpions." What a lovely, wholesome and also frightening sentence!

I have never been sucked into knowledge like I have with this silent man. Will I be making my own charcoal? No. But, I am certainly interested in the process and all that he shares with his videos. Thank you!

I know there's a lot to be impressed by while watching these vids. But today I was just admiring how good you are at making mud. Every video, the mud is on point

@6022

Жыл бұрын

This is one of the most evergreen statements in the world. Thousands and thousands of years ago, in whatever language they used at the time, you'd have one guy saying to another, "Look at that guy's mud. His mud is on point."

@nekrataali

Жыл бұрын

"Naw man...that's too many seashells for mud. Who's your mud guy?" --Ogg 16,847 B.C.

@StiffPvtParts

Жыл бұрын

Makes you realize that even something as "primitive" as mud can actually be a valuable and useful resource. From the creation of charcoal, all the way to semiconductor manufacturing. It's silica, and without it, you wouldn't be reading this right now.

@jcolinmizia9161

Жыл бұрын

Beautiful mud, but also watching him make fire from sticks, making it look so easy.

@OutsiderMoonie

Жыл бұрын

He keep it 100 with the mud fsfs

I love how he warns us to be careful of venomous insects as if we are following along at home in our homemade brick shelters 😂

@thealkymyst

Жыл бұрын

You aren't?

@oskar7222

Жыл бұрын

@thealkymyst I'm still at the bed shed stage unfortunately

@TheOnyxFlame

Жыл бұрын

In Australia nonetheless

@abhimaanmayadam5713

Жыл бұрын

Tbf he is Australia. They've got more things that can kill them.

@Wishbone1977

Жыл бұрын

@@abhimaanmayadam5713 Yeah, while I'd love to try my hand at some of the things he does... Not in Australia. Nope, nuh-uh, I ain't doing that 😀

Thanks for always making such great content and teaching us!

@primitivetechnology9550

10 ай бұрын

Glad you like it, Much appreciated!

¡Gracias! I never miss any of your videos and every single one always catch me in a way that make me forget all troubles and just feel inner peace. Also learn how us humans worked with this literal Primitive Technology is fascinating. Very very appreciated, a hug!

@primitivetechnology9550

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your support, glad you like the videos, I'll keep them coming. Thanks.

What's interesting about charcoal is that it's wood that hasn’t been completely burned. The more volatile parts of the wood have been burned off, but what’s left behind is almost pure carbon. Carbon burns in air at a very high temperature, this is why it was used for smelting things instead of regular wood

@skybike89

Жыл бұрын

I would like to subscribe to charcoal facts

@rpbajb

Жыл бұрын

What temperature? Will it melt iron?

@tommyscollection

Жыл бұрын

That was really char-cool !!! 😎

@rnp497

Жыл бұрын

i knew it burnt hotter, I didn't know why until now. Thank you

@teebob21

Жыл бұрын

@@skybike89 Charcoal was used historically as a source of carbon black by grinding it up. In this form charcoal was important to early chemists and was a constituent of formulas for mixtures such as Black Powder. Due to its high surface area charcoal can be used as a filter, and as a catalyst or as an adsorbent.

What a legend. Easily one of the highest quality creators on KZread.

@NotsiaLebouf-gv2yb

Жыл бұрын

BUNNIN DA CRAB PAK

@openwrtguru247

Жыл бұрын

Yes, he is. I think he's the pioneer when KZread or social network is not popular like nowadays.

@dentroy7926

Жыл бұрын

What are some other KZread channels of this level of quality

@n0denz

Жыл бұрын

John's a window back into the old days of KZread, pre-2011. People would upload simple tutorials, nature hikes, their own yards from inside their houses. There were no partnerships, monetization, ads, subs, notification bell, late nite hosts' channels, or spam from India. People uploaded because it was fun to contribute things to the internet.

I haven’t seen your videos in a while. I’m glad you’re still around after all the fakes kind of blew the whole scene up and made it look unrealistic and unachievable.

Never gets old. Not a single one. Love it.. Never gets old. Not a single one. Love it..

Me and my wife have been watching your incredible movies for years. Multiple states, jobs, kids, houses etc.. we just found out your videos have closed captions and youve been talking to us for years. We are both in our mid 30s and literally threw insults and curses like children. Thank you 1000x times for your posts. Even if theyve been more silent than intended :)

@ericlestick7325

Жыл бұрын

Closed captions? NO WAY! .......Oh my goodness. It's true.

@infernaldisdain8051

Жыл бұрын

I guess you just got a lot of rewatch value.

@Smugginz

Жыл бұрын

@@infernaldisdain8051 It's been a treat to be honest.

@dh8203

Жыл бұрын

Wow, I also had no idea! The videos are done so well I never thought anything was missing.

@jason3898

Жыл бұрын

To me it's more fun to watch them without the first time. If I'm curious about what's going on, I'll turn them on after.

Never have I been more grateful to live where the scorpions and centipedes stay relatively small. I love that this channel is about more than survival skills. I love the varied glimpses into how our thousands of years worth of ancestors must have lived, you know, just day-to-day. The effort, time, innovation and plain hard work that went into everyday living before the modern world is amazing. Thank you for researching and sharing these skills and knowledge.

@SoupyMittens

Жыл бұрын

If I saw that thing I'd burn the forest to the ground and then bomb it

Всем уважающим этот канал, как и самому автору этого канала, здравствуйте! Хотел поделиться мнением о книге, которую купил вчера - "Примитивные технологии". Давно хотел приобрести нечто подобное, т.к. такое пособие может пригодиться и будет полезно. Я с самого начала создания этого канала наблюдаю за всем, что показывает его автор и диву даюсь тому, какой он гениальный человек. Моё искреннее уважение, Вам Джон Плант! Теперь по поводу книги. Скажу о минусах: Книга иллюстрирована. Но иллюстраций мало и от них (для непосвященных о канале в ютюбе) толку нет. Есть конечно и те, где и так всё понятно. Но таких мало. В большинстве случаях по 3 иллюстрации, одна из которых находится в центре сгиба книги и, в итоге не видно деталей, которые приведены в пример к описанию действий. Опять же, это Я понимаю всё, поскольку чуть ли не наизусть уже всё пересмотрел на канале. Но для новичков, это будет неудобно. Выбор черно-белого варианта иллюстраций, полагаю, был из за маленького бюджета для создания книги, т.к. цвета слишком серые и неразборчивые для понимая того, что на них происходит. Касательно самих инструкций. Мало деталей. Иногда нет понимания того, какие манипуляции нужно производить с теми или иными приспособлениями. Может, как раз, если бы иллюстраций было больше, то и понимание было бы. По моему мнению, около трехсот страниц, учитывая в размерах совсем небольшой формат издания - это очень мало. Такое пособие могло бы быть на 2000 страниц со всеми деталями и иллюстрациями. Ну или в несколько изданий выпустить. Ведь это очень ценный материал. И дело не в цене. Я в Казахстане купил книгу за 2450 тенге и это дешево! Я бы её и за 20000 тенге купил бы, ведь главное - содержание. Приношу свои извинения за такую критику. Я ни в коем случае не хочу кого-то унизить или оскорбить. Пишу только то, что действительно думаю верным написать и ознакомить тех, кто возможно собирается купить книгу. И надеюсь, если это будет возможно, Автор сможет переиздать книгу, отталкиваясь от мнения его подписчика(ов). И я буду в числе первых, кто купит её еще раз! Конечно, если я единственный, кто так считает, то буду рад и тому, кто меня поправит, т.к. и я могу ошибаться, за что также прошу на меня не держать зла. Всем мира и здоровья!

Thank you for the videos, but more importantly thank you for knowledge.

In the well-known children’s book “Swallows and Amazons” there is a vivid description of charcoal making as it was done in England in the 19th century. Charcoal burner was a respectable country specialty. The book describes essentially your second method, except the mound is taller than a man. The burners tend it all night, slapping wet turfs on where fire shows through.

Seeing the difference in the height of the charcoal pile from 11:45 to 14:50 fills me with joy… because I know it means you’ve been using lots of charcoal for fun things!! 😊 excited to see what this kiln lets you do

@brankenmason8463

Жыл бұрын

the first pile only have one layer of bricks, then in the end it had 2 layers of brickwall

@FlorentPlacide

Жыл бұрын

At first I thought the same but, as Branken Mason did, I soon noticed he had upped the brick edge. After the second batch and the subsequent pouring I even had thought that he needed to do raise the wall.

Been watching for years now and I've been wondering: how did you learn this stuff? Was it trial and error? Did you learn from someone else?

@primitivetechnology9550

Жыл бұрын

Lots of trial and error. Some research was from the internet and books though too. Much appreciated.

If I had to choose one channel to watch on KZread forever, it would be this channel. This winter I've experimented with with making charcoal in my woodstove(edibleacers style) for biochar in the garden, something so satisfying about it. Thank you for this wonderful content!

You've got my nephew building a small hut on my sister and brother-in-law's property now, makes me happy to see you inspiring a younger generation.

@TheMCzorro

Жыл бұрын

"Mom?" "Yes, what is it, sweetie?" "Do we have any good clay sources around the house?" And then the next thing you know, he's playing with a Spiderman figurine he personally fired in a mud kiln along with some bricks, barrel tiles and a cereal bowl lol

@Thewilderness10

Жыл бұрын

Who else loves seeing wild animals? My channel could be all you need. Thanks beforehand!

"Now it lives in the roof with the scorpions." Me: 😱

@Scriptease1

Жыл бұрын

Don't worry in the second part he smoked them out

@bertrandmesnard4816

Жыл бұрын

He lives in Australia. Scorpions are like pets there

@everythingsalright1121

Жыл бұрын

@@bertrandmesnard4816 yeah but you dont want one to fall down on his head while he's recording

@betteroywoth2445

Жыл бұрын

​@@bertrandmesnard4816 that would explain the centiped and the scorpion

First off, I’m returning all of a sudden and I’m so SO happy to see how much you’ve been uploading lately! Secondly, I’m a blacksmith, and I been trying to figure out charcoal ever since 2020, when I saw your video utilizing the mound.

@troycongdon

Жыл бұрын

Charcoal is wood “burned” in an environment without oxygen. If you have lots of wood and free time and want to make your own for blacksmithing, FILL (packed as tight as you can) a metal 55 gallon drum with wood, put the lid on it, and have a bonfire under and around it.

@Kelnx

Жыл бұрын

@@troycongdon "Cooked" is probably a better word there. You're cooking wood to get the junk you don't want out of it so the leftover carbon burns at a much higher temperature than wood.

@jordan9604

Жыл бұрын

@@troycongdon You can actually use the gasses from cooking wood to make a very primitive motor if you could find enough iron and have the capabalities to machine it a little. Much the same as a forklift uses propane for it's engine.

@raymondraptorclaw2901

Жыл бұрын

@@troycongdon ah yes… I been trying to get ahold of some kind of metal container that I can basically make a reusable mound or kiln out of. So far, I’ve seen people use paint cans, too. I was even about to dry baking some sticks in an Altoids tin kinda like a Dutch oven to make drawing charcoal. Thx for the tip. It’s important that the wood does not combust, think of what would happen if you burned wood with just pure heat and there wasn’t enough oxygen in the air for it to set on fire. That’s basically what we’re aiming for.

@ScienceDiscoverer

Жыл бұрын

@@raymondraptorclaw2901 What I realised thanks to this channel is that charcoal is actually the same as coke coal, just less dense. Raw wood = raw coal. Charcoal = coke.

"Now it lives in the roof with the scorpions" that sentence alone makes my back crawl

words cannot express just how much I love this channel and your work. there are so many channels out there, big ones with entire teams of people and high budgets, production quality, etc. I appreciate those things but... it is pretty funny that, for all the money, production quality, editing, and script writing that goes into those channels, there's still people like you. Literally just one dude out in the wilderness with a pair of boxers and a camera. No voice over, no ads, no sponsors, no music, no extreme editing... just doing something you love and showing it off. there's something special about that

The mud mound method is the one that I learned about in school. Its neat to see it actually be put to use in real life!

I'm a simple man. I see Primitive Technology's new video, I upvote automatically.

I discovered this channel because of a KZread channel that debunked content creators faking their "primitive contents". He mentioned this channel and used it as a basis of what a legitimate primitive tech really looks like. Hats off to this guy!

Until yesterday, I didn't know you were posting again. I've binged every video since you've been gone. It's been better and more relaxing than ever.

@The_Racr1

Жыл бұрын

subscribe and you won't miss anymore

“Now it lives in the roof with the scorpions” is one of the scariest sentences I’ve ever read

Almost a decade creating content of the highest quality on KZread. A guy doing his thing, no useless commentary to make the video longer, does in a comprehensive and practical way to actually teach what he does and honestly sparked a whole trend of people trying to build things in the woods with "primitive methods" but nobody got close to how good or real this is

I'd love to see more food-related content (can't live my imaginary primitive life on charcoal, after all), but I know that probably takes more time. Always lovely to see more Prim Tech in any case.

@everythingsalright1121

Жыл бұрын

I wonder what else he can scrounge or grow there

@ScienceDiscoverer

Жыл бұрын

I don't like when animals are hunted just for show, not actual survival. Like, he has normal food at home, why he needs to hurt critters? Just to "entertain" viewers? I think its not right. There was one video hid did on shrimps, I didn't like it. Agriculture is fine, tho. He has a couple of agriculture vids.

@ScienceDiscoverer

Жыл бұрын

@@everythingsalright1121 He also did video on growing some kind of jungle potatoes.

@Aquilarden

Жыл бұрын

@@ScienceDiscoverer I didn't say anything about hunting. He's shown some about raising crops as well as processing them, so more of that would be cool. Aside from that, food preservation and storage would be interesting to see.

@MartinLeong25

Жыл бұрын

​@@ScienceDiscoverer he also did it to eat

Yes, the fire and furnace experiments are my favorites! I'd also love to see another shelter project soon.

@Reckless1985

Жыл бұрын

yeah seeing that centipede made me think: "welp, time to move!" I don't think the smoke fumigated that hut enough.

@DMXIII

Жыл бұрын

​@Don't Read My Profile Photo Don't worry, I won't Bot :)

@bellwethertrucking3650

Жыл бұрын

Idk. He doesn't really need a new shelter and it doesn't get much better than his video of the fired brick hut with concrete mortar and terracotta roof. His goal is to get into primitive metallurgy.

@YounesLayachi

Жыл бұрын

anything made of clay and bricks are my favourites too

@SAWhowhatnow

Жыл бұрын

@@YounesLayachi he makes me very badly want to dig for clay in my yard and make my own stick-fueled kiln!

I really love how he researches everything that he shows us to make sure he is staying true to the way things used to be done.

@hamjudo

Жыл бұрын

He always uses primitive materials, but he has made videos showing experiments with technology with no ancient precedent. The most recent example was filtering water through plant stems. Also watch the video where he makes a centripetal blower out of clay. Make sure the captions are turned on. He wrote about the lack of precedent. A historically accurate technology would be leather bellows. That involves hunting or farming large animals and tanning their skin. That is not going to happen.

@funkymunky7935

Жыл бұрын

@@hamjudo I like to see a Cassowary hunt

Your channel provides a constant source of information and inspiration for anyone out there wanting to try these things for themselves. You've inspired me. Thank you, John.

Thanks for this wonderful content!

@primitivetechnology9550

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou!

I learned how to make charcoal from one of your older videos and I've used it for my Biolite stove ever since! It's so legit to just throw in a ziplock and go for a camp. It burns hotter and longer just like you said! And I did a little tiny batch in my backyard

@dpeter6396

Жыл бұрын

And it's very light weight!

@Bigvs.Dickvs

Жыл бұрын

Biolite stove? That thing that has a *battery* attached to a *hot burning* stove? How is such a fire hazard device even allowed to be sold? Mankind creates an idiot proof system, and then mankind creates a new kind of idiot...

Using the pit method, learned from this channel some time back, I made a really substantial amount of charcoal from lots of bushes and scrub I had to cut down. The fact that it was "poor quality" (ie: small pieces) was actually a good thing, as I wanted to use it to mix into the soil in a raised bed to improve the soil-quality. I used a metal fire-pit bought from a DIY store. My main lesson learned is: Make sure you put it out properly, one of the batches re-lit itself and I lost perhaps half of it before I discovered it.

@lamprou

Жыл бұрын

I use a large cast iron dutch oven for my garden biochar. I fill it with wood chips, put the lid on and place it in fire pit. Enjoy an evening fire and beer and company. The next morning I pull it out, water it down and its ready. Its pretty amazing how much it shrinks but it makes nice small bits of char, ready for the gardens. Though I normally add it to the compost pile.

@brunetyannick1174

Жыл бұрын

Activated charcoal (to provide habitat for soil microorganisms) =/= regular charcoal, you'd better just shred your organic matter and use it as mulch, mix with some green to get around 30 C/N if you want it to break down quickly, and you're good to go ! Unless it's full thorny bushes, then I guess it's fair enough to burn it if it's too tricky to handle

@erikolafsen1407

Жыл бұрын

@@brunetyannick1174 Hawthorn. Evil stuff. When cutting it down, one branch hit me on the head, and one of the spikes (can't really call them "thorns") got stuck in my skull. Burning it all felt like justice being done.

I have been watching Australian Survivor and now I want Mr Plant to go on the show, build shelters, weave blankets, start a Yam Garden, smelt ore, and not say a single word but speak by writing in the sand. Best teamate ever

I'm so so happy you're back!!! I love your videos so much, you're such a talented survivalist. Glad to see you're back, and hoping for more videos coming soon! Much love from Brazil!!!!!!

I've been watching your videos for 7 years, it has been amazing watching your journey and it always makes me happy to see a new video of yours!

it's still weird to me to this day thinking how something so simple like making charcoals always takes me off from tiring days of work, you sir, have this magic in your contents that made my days

This man has a more successful channel than most and he's never spoken a word. Let that sink in.

This dude is king, hands down the best, the only legit one, its so far from being a contest that it isnt even funny. His content is pure gold.

It would be interesting to see you make your own water filter using a charcoal method. Love your videos! I sometimes go back and watch your older ones whenever I'm feeling down or want to relax. The irony of me getting electrocuted earlier and you uploading a video today is something else lol

@randomsandwichian

Жыл бұрын

That would truly be the next step in off grid living, how to have consistent clean water. Might even help in places where clean water is hard to source.

@SerPurple51

Жыл бұрын

​@@randomsandwichian​absolutely! He did a video in the past where he did this siphoning water purification method, but the canes he used got clogged and eventually needed replacing. But I bet it would be a lot quicker and less resources using a charcoal method. Maybe even build something like the water powered monjolo he did a while back and make it somewhat automated. He's pretty clever, so I'm sure he could come up with an idea!

Playing about with water, mud, sticks and fire whilst making a useful product. It doesn't get more fun than that. Thanks John.

I love your videos so much. They're so calming and interesting. It reminds me of when I was little and would spend hours outside in the dirt making different kinds of mud bowls and things to let them dry and experimenting with different methods. I would spend hours doing that and your videos reminds of me of those simpler times.

@jaythecappy

Жыл бұрын

It's so interesting to me how many of these behaviors mirror the way children play in nature. It makes me wonder if it's some sort of human instinct, like how birds will make nests without being taught. Like some deep part of us knows that digging in the mud is the very first step to make new things

You should take a look at Catalan vault building and Nubian vault building. They're methods for constructing brick domes/vaults without the use of scaffolding or support by building each course of the dome at a roughly 60-70 degree angle so that each course, in part, rests on the previous one. The Nubian vault technique in particular lays the brick courses in a specific way so that they form a catenary arch, allowing the roof to support itself atop the walls of the structure without needing things like buttresses. It's done by building a semi-circular arch, and then adding roughly a finger's width to the radius for each brick course past about 70 degrees up from the horizontal. There's not a lot about catalan vault building on the internet, but there's a whole dossier about nubian vault building, but it's a little tricky to track down an english translation from the original french.

@primitivetechnology9550

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I've been looking into Nubian vaults already. They're interesting due to the lack of form work needed during construction. I also like how you can add layers as more bricks come to hand so that the vault grows forward. Much appreciated.

I think he is gonna need a bigger hut with storage space for all his future projects. This is such a great channel, it’s very relaxing. I had no idea that watching charcoal get made would be so exciting.

@NiyaKouya

Жыл бұрын

If he ever runs out of space, he'll probably look up some interesting way to build one that wasn't covered yet, build it and make a new video about it ;) So in a way, I hope he runs out of space at some point in the future ^^

My day is always instantly improved when I see a post of a new video from you! Better than that, the rest of my life is improved by the knowledge in it. Thanks!

@TippyHippy

Жыл бұрын

I put my hamster in a sock and slammed it against the furniture

Lived in Senegal, Africa back in 1969. Used to watch them make charcoal just down the street. They used the "cover it with mud" technique only on a massive scale. Fascinating stuff to a 10 year old boy.

the second method is still used in Tunisia , we call here (Mardouma) which means the Immersed or the Buried , thank you for your efforts

One of the last youtube channels that has "long" videos, and I watch 100% start to finish EVERY time. Awesome content!

@MatthijsdeWit111

Жыл бұрын

Your attention span has gone to shit then, if you think 15 minutes is a long video 🤔

@jacewhite8540

Жыл бұрын

still plenty that make long videos at least in my feed, but i also carefully cultivate my algorithm

@ScienceDiscoverer

Жыл бұрын

@@jacewhite8540 One false move, and you are bombarded with over 9000 30 second videos for goldfishes ._.

@Preinstallable

10 ай бұрын

@@ScienceDiscovererI hate youtube shorts

@squidwardo7074

10 ай бұрын

10-20 minutes isn't really long. I frequently watch 1-2 hour long videos/podcasts. tbf tho those are on 1.5x speed and i watch everything at 1.25 if its not just talking

"Now it lives in the roof with the scorpions" is both acceptance of our place in nature at its finest, and a gentle reminder that all of John's videos are filmed in Australia, where this is absolutely normal.

@omgawesomeomg

Жыл бұрын

Also the reason I'm never doing any of this, ever

@martijn9568

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, scorpions live in a lot more places than Australia.😅

@francesquinn-escott744

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely normal for us in Australia's Top End to encounter crocks (salties or freshies) too, along with goanna, Sting Ray, jellyfish, spiders and let's not forget about th killer cassowary 😊😊 Come to the Territory, and die um, happy 💀

Possibly the most entertaining 15 minutes on KZread and all our guy did was make charcoal.

This guy's KZread channels the greatest thing in the history of the internet

All the delights of a typical PT video, but the surprise appearances of a mesh sieve and venomous bugs really elevated this one. Have you had any stings or close calls in your years doing this?

I always love to see a new video from you. The channel is a favorite for a variety of reasons, but their serene nature, the care given and the passion in what you're doing are a big part of it.

@Cammac8

Жыл бұрын

If you thought his videos were good - wait until you watch them with CC turned on!

@Arkios64

Жыл бұрын

@@Cammac8 That's just the correct way of watching them: After watching it and building your own opinions and reasons for why he does things as he does, watch it again with CC.

@markfryer9880

Жыл бұрын

Great comment J.L. Summed up everything about John's videos that we have come to love. All done by hand in Far North Queensland, Australia. And no stupid plunge pools!

@ILCorvo001

Жыл бұрын

@@Cammac8 Oh I know. When I first started watching a few years ago, I had no idea there were any CC (since there was no dialogue). But honestly, yeah, as Arkios said, I usually watch them once without CC, and then again with it to get the full experience.

@ILCorvo001

Жыл бұрын

@@markfryer9880 Aye, the commitment to using only handmade tools for everything is a big part of why I love the channel. There's something almost, for lack of a better word, "magical", to watching someone, for all intents and purposes, show what it was/is like to live as a Native or Aboriginal - not just in Australia, but anywhere Native populations still, or once, existed. It's just, wholesome, I guess. It makes me happy in a specific way that few other things do.

Ok you are a young man where did you get all of this knowledge? You are as if you grew up in a family that did all of this. Your knowledge and videos are wonderful!! I have lived as a forager and survivalist but your skills put me to shame. I do want to know how you shave and your food source? Maybe a quarter mile away you have a million dollar mansion. Anyway keep the videos coming your one of the best I have seen and I have seen a lot!

Every time I see you pop up on my home page I get excited as hell. I turn it on and everything else goes on airplane mode. I do get worried that you'll run out of things to do but as always you make just watching the process so much fun! I just want to watch you build and create with just the things around you. Amazing KZreadr and my favorite channel by far! Love you John!

@OutsiderMoonie

Жыл бұрын

I bet it got hot as hell in that hut! rofl

Спасибо за знание!

It's always a good day when Primitive Technology posts a video!

every video from you it`s like a holiday. thank you for the inventing a "silent" style for youtube.

I have learned more from your videos in the past 7ish years than I ever thought I would need, much less use. As always, fantastic.

So good to see you back and making videos. You make what is for the rest of us, very difficult - and you make it look easy. I love your calm tone, your skill in bushcraft, and the overall kick-ass way you tame the elements. Thanks for the upload sir. In a world of many YT wannabes, you are the real thing! 11/10.

@paulferry7791

Жыл бұрын

He's just a little too chatty for my tastes... 😏

@thedbcooperforum

Жыл бұрын

You guys still falling for these videos lol

@Will-fs7oz

Жыл бұрын

@@thedbcooperforum what does that even mean

@thedbcooperforum

Жыл бұрын

@@Will-fs7oz many believe one or two guys do all the work..takes months sometimes with lots of help..ever notice they never have any roots or rocks lol..only the gullible believe..

@johncarloexconde5488

Жыл бұрын

​@@thedbcooperforum i have seen those channels that claim to build grand structures with just sticks and mud but this channel right here im sure is legit. The other channels have been exposed by a journalist (?) (or photographer im not sure) but they started to do those things because they want to copy THIS CHANNEL. this gentleman does this because its his hobby and the place that he does this videos is his land as far as i know.

"Now [the venomous centipede] lives in the roof with the scorpions" me reminding myself that my fantasies of giving up life to live in a mountain forest in harmony with nature is just a fantasy.

My old time favourite KZread channel! I'm so glad you're still making videos.

Sempre muito bom os vídeos, parabéns

The second method was (and in a way still is) used in Poland for centuries. But the mounds are said to be huge, staying closed (fired) for days. Also, but this has to do with the wood itself I suppose, at the bottom there was allways a jar (or rather lots of them) collecting tar and pitch. Great video, I admire your dedication. Keep it up, and greetings from Poland.

@grzegorzolek9219

Жыл бұрын

Niestety, wypał w Bieszczadach dobiegł końca, retorty stoją zimne. Chiński węgiel tańszy.

I’ve been on KZread since I was like 10 (Jesus that’s almost 9 years ago now) and this is the only channel I’ve always clicked on the notifications for no matter what the title and no matter what I’m doing at the moment. Thank you for being by far the most entertaining and consistent channel on this platform. Your videos are endlessly entertaining and infinitely rewatchable. I wish you many subscribers, and I hope that you never stop uploading. Thank you for starting and continuing this channel.

@youribosque9832

Жыл бұрын

there's an inherent intemporality to his work, and there's obvious will and dedication to it. best ingredients make best cuisine.

Your work is amazing brother. So much we can learn from the old methods.

Like so people know: turn on captions! He explains what's happening throughout the video 😊

5:45 now it lives in the roof with the scorpions 💀💀💀

It's great to see techniques and technologies that are scalable like this!

Dude, you have no idea how therapeutic your videos have been for me, and I'm sure many others

@nickmorzinski5558

Жыл бұрын

There is a centipede in your roof

I'm so glad you're back making videos. I feel like for the permanant kiln, having the only holes come out the bottom (for escaping gasses) and having a separate fire beneath it would give more straightforward results (higher yield, no need to sieve) than setting fire to the source wood itself.

I love how you turned a once mundance step in smelting into a video for us to enjoy, whilst seemingly helping yourself experiment with different processes.

I watched way too many of your videos before I learned that you explain your methods and procedures as you go in the captions. I had to go back and re-watch all of them. Solid job on those btw. They answer the vast majority of my questions.

It's cool to think that if you were able to do this full time, you'd probably have windows, doors, soaps, plants, all sorts of stuff truly make this place livable

@ElBach1y

Жыл бұрын

imagine two people working together like that. now a whole community. that's what being human was like for a loooong time

Probably the one guy that could fast-forward mankind the most if somehow we could send someone 50k years ago. 😮

To be honest, it reminds me of how incremental human progress was before history, the work this channel has done so far to develop a fuel that provides a high temperature for melting. They weren't stupid, they just did the best they could, and that's what inspires me.

I am most likely never going to need the information I've learned in this video, but god damn if it isn't just incredibly fun to learn it. This channel really is one of the peak examples of what makes KZread a remarkable platform.

There is something so meditative about these videos. I've seen so many now, but I can never get enough.

Gotta love that you're making these frankly educational videos, and all the comments are just "you have no music" and "this is classic youtube". Why don't you fans talk about the actual content of the video? To get the ball rolling, while I do appreciate how he uses the classic stick method of fire starting, I have to wonder both why he doesn't do the bow method or find a flint stone, both of which are suitably primitive in their own right. Constant, repeated motions is bad for your hands in the long run.