Survival- Emergency Tree Resin Torch

Тәжірибелік нұсқаулар және стиль

I make an emergency torch using materials that were gathered from the surrounding forest. I also made a secondary torch using materials that most people commonly carrying with them.
A torch has several uses:
- It is a great way to provide light when you have none.
- It can be used as a deterrent against wild animals.
- Or as a emergency signal light in the dark.
- And it is also an excellent way to transport fire, especially in
wet conditions.
Caution: When carrying a torch, be sure to tilt it away from your body to prevent flaming resin from potentially dripping onto your clothes or skin. As well, keep it away from areas/things that might easily catch fire.

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  • @robertbjgvch190
    @robertbjgvch1905 жыл бұрын

    Your skill says "prepared", your haircut says "apocalypse".

  • @ne_one

    @ne_one

    5 жыл бұрын

    Deadhorse905 Don’t know about you but I saw this guy’s haircut and thought, yup I trust everything he’s about to say...

  • @RawDoggin_78

    @RawDoggin_78

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lmao

  • @seyievetolohe2151

    @seyievetolohe2151

    5 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @budman8926

    @budman8926

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Lance Rattie You sound like a little rat!

  • @jewelhome1

    @jewelhome1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Whitewalls.

  • @aceofspades856
    @aceofspades8566 жыл бұрын

    In an emergency, the last thing I would use is a pair of socks. I would use one of the other options. A dry pair of socks is important to have. Great video though! Thumbs up

  • @ShaddySoldier

    @ShaddySoldier

    5 жыл бұрын

    *LOO-TENNAT DAN?*

  • @RudiRulozz

    @RudiRulozz

    5 жыл бұрын

    Inspirasi saya👍

  • @Nosurrender115

    @Nosurrender115

    5 жыл бұрын

    ShaddyCrunchum it’s the truth. Dry socks are important. If your feet get messed up you get messed up. Lol

  • @johnnyssik

    @johnnyssik

    5 жыл бұрын

    My feet are afraid of the dark.

  • @whynottalklikeapirat

    @whynottalklikeapirat

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ShaddySoldier LUTENTEEEENT! ;D

  • @ShadowManceri
    @ShadowManceri Жыл бұрын

    When using torch, keep it at your side rather than front of you. In darkness the torch will blind you and your visibility will be greatly reduced. But when kept at side it provides light without blinding you (well at least that much). Also drips are less likely to land on your foot and if you happen to trip, you are not faceplanting into the torch.

  • @oneyetiger
    @oneyetiger4 жыл бұрын

    Reading comments is an education beyond words. Fire is #1 survival rule of first order. The learning never ends. Thanks for opening mind up to endless possibilities.

  • @richard2mitchell
    @richard2mitchell5 жыл бұрын

    you get my respect sir (if that means anything to you) for not just cutting the base of the tree

  • @SlingsAxes
    @SlingsAxes7 жыл бұрын

    I like that you took the extra time to do this with a voiceover instead of live narration. The audio level is uniform and everything is clear. Additionally, you have a great voice. You speak clearly, with a strong resonance.

  • @TheOutsiderCabin

    @TheOutsiderCabin

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Your feedback is much appreciated.

  • @downtroddendave860

    @downtroddendave860

    6 жыл бұрын

    Agreed! I much prefer a voice-over to live narration. FWIW: I feel this not only sets a more serious tone, it also provides a wonderful effect when mixed with live ambient audio from the on-screen environment.

  • @shootnstar360

    @shootnstar360

    6 жыл бұрын

    Gaaayyy

  • @Lawrene.Jeanette2

    @Lawrene.Jeanette2

    6 жыл бұрын

    Agreed .I like this guy, straight to the facts no annoying music to fill the quiet of the Forrest .easy to watch great channel

  • @malingreenleaf1414

    @malingreenleaf1414

    5 жыл бұрын

    Keep it in ya pants

  • @Gr3nadgr3gory
    @Gr3nadgr3gory Жыл бұрын

    I remember doing this with a small pine we had in the back yard. You can make a really small cut in a tree and it will OOZE resin within an hour, I find fresh resin is easier to work with.

  • @scottyg4605
    @scottyg46055 жыл бұрын

    Use catcins but allow them to sit in the really hot resin, submerged. Once saturated let them cool and harden. Once hardened wrap/ bind them with green bark like a tight woven basket and then dip just the top half inch in resin and leave it to cool and harden again. Make as many as you can and when you need them they are at hand. Only light them at the very top so that they burn down slower, also use as emergency fire lighters. 😀

  • @kathytrombley8842
    @kathytrombley88427 жыл бұрын

    grind the cat tail up, mix it with the resin, in the can, & mount the can in the torch. Refillable!

  • @thesilentone4533

    @thesilentone4533

    7 жыл бұрын

    Kathy Trombley that's genius!

  • @stupidman9774

    @stupidman9774

    7 жыл бұрын

    now her is a prime example why woman will always out survive the men.

  • @flyingsky1559

    @flyingsky1559

    7 жыл бұрын

    Stupid Man Mate, you're an idiot.

  • @jonathanknobel3550

    @jonathanknobel3550

    7 жыл бұрын

    Stupid Man your name fits you very well.

  • @bairfamilyfarm1336

    @bairfamilyfarm1336

    6 жыл бұрын

    Cut holes around the top of can and it doubles as a stove!

  • @CynicalPanda1017
    @CynicalPanda10175 жыл бұрын

    Put the can in the end of the torch, stuff in socks let it soak and set, light it inside the can. It doesn't drip and will burn longer and you can just add more chunks of dry resin as you go.

  • @duderino6171

    @duderino6171

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hacker pro

  • @rallywagon261

    @rallywagon261

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nah, wouldn't make nearly as much light and would blow out pretty easily.

  • @12201185234

    @12201185234

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@rallywagon261 Not if you perforated the top half of the can. This would only be advisable, however, if you have two cans.

  • @rallywagon261

    @rallywagon261

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ok Fuck you Google, Fuck you Google ok. So tell me then, do you think doing it your way would keep the sap hot enough to continue gassing? I am not certain lighting it in an open can would keep it gassing without an external heat source.

  • @jimandaubz

    @jimandaubz

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@rallywagon261 the op and offensively named fellow is reffering to making a pine sap lamp. They work well enough and have an ancient history of use. But, then so do torches.

  • @imkwyl_jr
    @imkwyl_jr5 жыл бұрын

    Useful resin fact: it is oil soluble, if you got it on your hands/tools and soap doesnt work oil will

  • @WayTruthLife2100

    @WayTruthLife2100

    5 жыл бұрын

    My grandmother had a Christmas tree farm. We'd head out there in November amd early Demeber to make wreaths. To take the pitch off our hands wed take a cube of margerine and wash up with soap after. Margerine works like no other and its super cheap.

  • @Rwy801998

    @Rwy801998

    5 жыл бұрын

    I usually just rubbed my hands in the dirt, it doesn't remove it, but the dirt sticks to it, so you can't tell you've got resin on your hands. Of course, you'd clean it off as soon as you can, but its a temporary fix

  • @varengrey7221

    @varengrey7221

    5 жыл бұрын

    I just imagined somebody making a torch by spraying fat wood with WD-40. *I would be that somebody.*

  • @danielhamilton2427

    @danielhamilton2427

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@WayTruthLife2100 my grandma always used Mayonnaise. Us kids ran around smelling like sandwiches lol

  • @markrankin3297

    @markrankin3297

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@danielhamilton2427 Interesting, Mayonnaise and margarine are both made out of oil, good to know.

  • @Minion0ne
    @Minion0ne4 жыл бұрын

    I'd like to see this experiment again, but with soaking instead of coating. I hypothesize that the cattail burned shortest because it simply had a coating of resin with no reservoir. The cone had the spaces under the tabs of it. the socks worked best due to the fact that the weaving process produces so many small holes and natural wicking action pulled more of the resin into the fabric creating a larger reservoir.

  • @Michael_MW

    @Michael_MW

    5 ай бұрын

    Good point. That would be interesting to see.

  • @baconlover7747
    @baconlover77476 жыл бұрын

    I've used hobo stoves mounted on a stick as a torch. Burned for a good hour+ and whenever the wind put it out it just re lit itself like a trick candle. A very good makeshift torch idea I'd say

  • @joeyleerobbins
    @joeyleerobbins5 жыл бұрын

    "Keep away from anything that might easily catch fire." ***walks into dense pine forest***

  • @gipsysidney5737

    @gipsysidney5737

    12 күн бұрын

    I was searching for this comment :DDD

  • @Shinerdeciple
    @Shinerdeciple5 жыл бұрын

    Save lid of can. Cut slit in lid. Cut cloth into strips and pull through slit. Put resin in can and the tail of the cloth. Secure lid on can. Just like a kerosene lamp.

  • @markbergemann1894

    @markbergemann1894

    5 жыл бұрын

    Good call! Fun

  • @markbergemann1894

    @markbergemann1894

    5 жыл бұрын

    The sap cooling to a solid would be a problem.

  • @roo1872

    @roo1872

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@markbergemann1894 a hot rock or two might give some extra time

  • @claygriff96

    @claygriff96

    4 жыл бұрын

    When refilling the lid will be to hot to touch so it would kind suck if you need light right then and their

  • @granden2077

    @granden2077

    4 жыл бұрын

    I am going to give it a try. The flame should keep resin liquid enough to wick. Good thinkin'.

  • @alexandergomez9217
    @alexandergomez92174 жыл бұрын

    Great video! I honestly have not once considered making a torch and I really enjoyed the video! Only suggestion would be regarding splitting the wood for the torch containing the wick. Just wanted to say instead of trying to pull down on the axe, just get a decent sized log about the width of your arm and use that to hammer the axe. Minimize your chances of injury. Great video dude!

  • @brotherlove100
    @brotherlove1007 жыл бұрын

    Other ideas? Historically, torches were made by soaking natural fibre ropes/cordage in kerosene (or any other mixture you can think of/find) and wrapped on a stick. The idea was that the fuel would be consumed but not the "wick", which could be cooled and resoaked and reused. So if you had any time to prep these "just in case" torch heads, try cutting lengths pf thick manila rope, whip the ends to prevent fraying and pre-treat them in your choice fuel, then you can bag them or better yet, dip them in wax of any kind to seal and preserve them, also adding to the burn time. That way all you have to do is source a good stick.

  • @Holc83

    @Holc83

    6 жыл бұрын

    kevlar burn realy good. I use it in the army, almoust melted a stove :)

  • @spencerleava2502

    @spencerleava2502

    5 жыл бұрын

    Because we all know how available refined petroleum mixtures like kerosene were throughout history : P

  • @Boldozofurizo

    @Boldozofurizo

    5 жыл бұрын

    Or just carry a lamp

  • @frailty7280

    @frailty7280

    5 жыл бұрын

    Torches were rare historically ( I recommend Lindeybeige’s video on it) they were blinding in the dark if too bright and were far less practical than just carrying and lantern or candle.

  • @SamLopeZz

    @SamLopeZz

    5 жыл бұрын

    @LagiNaLangAko23 glass has existed since the Egyptians. And yes oil and fats/grease is what was used in lanterns, not kerosene like the OP suggested.

  • @nicywicy
    @nicywicy5 жыл бұрын

    First time watching your video, thank you so much for teaching me about the tree and also taking the time to make sure you left enough resin for it. It's something so small, but so thoughtful and kind, which is a rare commodity these days.

  • @revbobmartin
    @revbobmartin4 жыл бұрын

    I remember my brother and I making those up when I was a boy. We thought that we made that up ourselves. No one ever showed us how to make them but we used pine cones in between a split four way stick and just used a little pine pitch and stone and steel to ignite them. When we got a little older 3-4 grade, we found out that this was just one way that was known for as long as known. Funny how it all just seemed to be naturally known something that we knew how without being taught or shown one before. Miss those days in the deserts and wooded mtns of the West by northwestern down to the west by southwestern lower 48

  • @athanasioslianoudakis9119
    @athanasioslianoudakis91195 жыл бұрын

    As x-army officer in greece...we use the same technique with socks...but if u find a dry open pinecone.not so closed.it will keep the flames longer due to some openings of the petals than a sock...at your test you use a pair of socks...thus they can hold more resin than a cone but if you do the test with the same volume , socks will burn almost the same time...all the best

  • @cindykq8086

    @cindykq8086

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nothing speaks like the voice of experience.

  • @SamLopeZz

    @SamLopeZz

    5 жыл бұрын

    Right on Greek brother. I was thinking the same thing during the video, just thought "well the socks soak up more resin and can hold a lot more

  • @WiIdbiII
    @WiIdbiII7 жыл бұрын

    You should always fall out of the tree, it's faster than climbing down .

  • @TheOutsiderCabin

    @TheOutsiderCabin

    7 жыл бұрын

    +WiIdbiII lol

  • @SBVCP

    @SBVCP

    6 жыл бұрын

    i loled, but i actually have more problems climbing down (in vertical) than up so i would probably literally jump (and perhaps, very possible to hurt my ankle tripping on a pine cone)

  • @zindi1138

    @zindi1138

    6 жыл бұрын

    into freezing water just before night fall..a wise decision .lol

  • @cassaxiom8019

    @cassaxiom8019

    6 жыл бұрын

    The Outsider if you want your torch to last longer mix birch oil with the resin.

  • @bearygoodbeans8169

    @bearygoodbeans8169

    6 жыл бұрын

    An unexpected chuckle ALWAYS brightens the day. WARM greetings from TOronto!

  • @dima8955i
    @dima8955i4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, wrapping birch bark tightly and inserting resin in between layers.

  • @whisperaude8057
    @whisperaude80575 жыл бұрын

    I soaked the sock with the pine inside burned for 35 min came in handy I hiked up the mountain went off trail and got lost got dark the torch helped to find the trail again. Thanks a million I saw ur video 2 days before this. 2 miles off .very great full.

  • @AMindInOverdrive
    @AMindInOverdrive6 жыл бұрын

    These are great videos. After watching the Alone tv series and with me not knowing ny of this stuff, it's great to be able to gain some knowledge from your videos. You never know when you'd be in a real survival situation

  • @VTPSTTU
    @VTPSTTU7 жыл бұрын

    The first thought that came to my mind for another wick test was Spanish moss, but regular moss might work also. If you lashed reeds tightly together, they might act as tubes to hold the resin.

  • @dustinsmith8341

    @dustinsmith8341

    6 жыл бұрын

    Spanish moss isnt really a moss. But what regular moss were you thinking would work?

  • @FelixImmler
    @FelixImmler7 жыл бұрын

    Wowww, what a interesting video. Very exciting comparison between socks , cattails and pine cones . Thank you for this great video !! Greets from Switzerland Felix

  • @stanbumstead813

    @stanbumstead813

    6 жыл бұрын

    Felix Immler s

  • @BoopSnoot

    @BoopSnoot

    5 жыл бұрын

    Its actually pretty dumb though. Almost all recorded fatalities that occur in the wilderness is when someone is alone and injures themselves. You can survive for many weeks with just water, and there are safer ways to make a fire, so traveling at night doesn't make a lot of sense anyway. It would be far too easy to accidentally fall when climbing down a tree like that, or it has a termite infested branch or is more slippery than you thought, or even just the final dismount you hit a root and twist your ankle badly, and now you're immobile with no one for help. The #1 rule for survival is to avoid all unnecessary risk.

  • @sanjayjogdand9102

    @sanjayjogdand9102

    5 жыл бұрын

    Great! You are so resourceful !!

  • @BoopSnoot

    @BoopSnoot

    5 жыл бұрын

    @louiseleu OK bigfoot.

  • @chimpchowder5774
    @chimpchowder57745 жыл бұрын

    Great demo! Thanks for taking the time to teach! This answered a life long question of how and what to use. So, The internet does have a little to offer! Thanks Brother!

  • @bobbyhill4118
    @bobbyhill41186 жыл бұрын

    I always made my resin torches using nothing but resin, some cedar bark, and some sort of clothing or something to hold the resin in place. The finer in the bark would help hold and contain the resin as it burned, and the thing holding it in place would keep it in place. It’s a really good survival/bushcraft skill to have as well.

  • @revbobmartin
    @revbobmartin4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the memories, these old skills will be the what will matter if the world ever tried to do that “green new deal” or extremely bad electric grid destruction no matter if natural, terrorists or war attack, these skills will be the difference between living or dying. Life of the pioneers, mtn men and the first peoples, including my father’s blood father and my mas grandma’s ancestors skills of survival. How many Idahoans remember back in the 60’s the schools would try to teach some desert survival skills in the class rooms before and while out in the desert to learn about the pioneer history by partnering up, two by two, to make a shelter, fire using one of a few different techniques, find water and or make a ‘watergen’ water collection system using rocks, dirt, fine cloth or plastic garbage bag with homemade water catcher. Make up own hunting traps and other hunting/self protection tools using natural materials as well as any other tools to help survival chances such as fire signaling setups and great SOS signs with contrasting materials. I remember the only things that they supplied to us was a plastic bag, roll of string and rock of obsidian if I remember they also let those who brought a lunch could keep it for the end of the trip.

  • @jasonshaw3267
    @jasonshaw32676 жыл бұрын

    great video. I like the torch material comparison, very useful. if I know that a pine cone burns at 15 mins and I know the distance to be traveled, I can prep enough cones to walk all night

  • @harmleyten4

    @harmleyten4

    5 жыл бұрын

    Replacing the cones isn't ideal. If you don't have something to light it with. It will probably go out while replacing bit still a good idea

  • @SamLopeZz

    @SamLopeZz

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ideally you would carry a few chunks of solid resin in a pouch, and just keep smearing it on the burning torch as needed

  • @jdryak
    @jdryak6 жыл бұрын

    Cut the socks into long strips about 4 inches wide (if possible). Smear the fabric along the length of the strip with warmed (not melted) resin. Roll each strip up, strip over strip and place into the receptacle you fashioned from the green wood. Great channel!!! Thanks!

  • @oldcodger3509
    @oldcodger35096 жыл бұрын

    Super video! Looks like a great way to 'light' the night plus carry fire from one campsite to another easily, especially if you use several of your torches to keep the fire going! Thanks for such a great tip! Save bushcrafting to you and yours always!

  • @javierluna56
    @javierluna565 жыл бұрын

    Great video man. It's cool to learn these things you can do with natural materials.

  • @TheWoodedBeardsman
    @TheWoodedBeardsman7 жыл бұрын

    Nice video as always.

  • @CircumcisionIsChildAbuse

    @CircumcisionIsChildAbuse

    4 жыл бұрын

    how to ruin your knife 101 video.

  • @bellpebber63

    @bellpebber63

    3 жыл бұрын

    I like your profile name

  • @thetawave2473

    @thetawave2473

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CircumcisionIsChildAbuse Do you ALWAYS have to be the center of attention circumcision guy? Jealous much?

  • @CircumcisionIsChildAbuse

    @CircumcisionIsChildAbuse

    Жыл бұрын

    @@thetawave2473 jealous of what?

  • @bearygoodbeans8169
    @bearygoodbeans81696 жыл бұрын

    Outsider: 1. you are the best, and 2. your audience is a delight. Little did I know when I started browing the comments that I would discover why I need to carry tampons! Thank you for sharing your vast knowledge!! WARM greetings from TOronto!

  • @bobbyhill4118
    @bobbyhill41185 жыл бұрын

    I usually get some birch bark curls, some eastern red cedar bark, and some resin to make a torch. The cedar traps the pine resin in as it burns, and the birch bark also burns, but it prevents you from losing any resin. I once had burning tree resin burn me. It wasn’t fun.

  • @carlrooker
    @carlrooker5 жыл бұрын

    When I was in Boy Scouts, about fifty years ago, we would sometimes put the pine sap into a can, heat it up, and then light it directly.

  • @thehipmyster
    @thehipmyster5 жыл бұрын

    I did not expect a mohawk

  • @traininggrounds9450

    @traininggrounds9450

    4 жыл бұрын

    He's possibly doing a Native American tribe style cut. I thought maybe he might have Native American blood in him and that he was following in the footsteps of his ancestors. But yes its possible that all it is, is a mohawk and that's how he rolls. Either way, it doesn't matter.

  • @scotiancoast3648

    @scotiancoast3648

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's not a Mohawk, it's a Hawk named Mo.

  • @SkinnySkinch

    @SkinnySkinch

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@traininggrounds9450 dude get over yourself and stop trying to tell everyone what you THINK this man's haircut is for. You're wrong. It's 2020, thats why he has a fu**en mohawk. Not because of some Native American tribute.

  • @traininggrounds9450

    @traininggrounds9450

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@SkinnySkinch Man I said nothing wrong or pretentious. You come at me like you've got something to prove. The thing you said of me is true of you, get over yourself. And what does 2020 have anything to do with my comment? Are you inane? Yes you are

  • @wesleymarkmusic403
    @wesleymarkmusic403 Жыл бұрын

    Great ideas!! I could almost smell the resin. Love it.

  • @homayounshirazi9550
    @homayounshirazi95505 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the demonstration. Years ago when my semi-dry Christmas tree caught fire I discovered how potent a fire hazard its resin was. I learned to stuff a few cones as "accelerant" when I would start my wood stove. Now, my son's old socks would be used as Tiki torch for summer lighting and mosquito repellant on our porch. 25 minutes is a lot of time for one pair of old socks! LOL.

  • @danofiremano
    @danofiremano7 жыл бұрын

    I think Jute Twine would make a great wick for a pine resin torch. You could even use it with an open (seedless) pine cone by wrapping/weaving it through the cone and the natural scoops may even hold the resin better.

  • @Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger

    @Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jute twine is interesting; I think it would make a marvellous wick for any given candle, the twine can be put to use as lashing or made into rope, if the circumstances TRULY called for it you could drop the whole roll into resin, soak it, and light it to have a decently long lasting torch. I would say that might last as long if not longer than the socks honestly; will test when next I habe a spare roll. (I made a garden fence from it once before, lasted all year in the desert despite bad monsoons. The elements calcified it so it took some time to actually light)

  • @mikenono4756

    @mikenono4756

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jute Twine is one of those things I always have a roll of in every pack I own , truly awesome stuff... Light weight , takes up next to no room , dirt cheap & much like Duct Tape has a 100 uses..

  • @OldDogNewTricksJoey
    @OldDogNewTricksJoey5 жыл бұрын

    i liked your turch and no anoing music you got a suscriber. nice.

  • @michaelnorman4476

    @michaelnorman4476

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jose Lopez I hate when videos play background music. And it is inevitable on a short loop and it just gets really annoying and repetitious.

  • @Cody4K420

    @Cody4K420

    5 жыл бұрын

    You right tbh

  • @barrett9631
    @barrett96315 жыл бұрын

    We soaked cat tails in gasoline for torches when we was kids. We explored the sewer systems using them for light. Good video. Thanks.

  • @dyllansieveking3404
    @dyllansieveking3404 Жыл бұрын

    Kathy makes a good point grind in the cats tail or anything fibery to add to the integrity of the resin when it cools might add a little time too it. Excellent video I’ve learned a lot

  • @coryboyd7958
    @coryboyd79588 жыл бұрын

    great video as always. I swear you need to call audible and start reading books for them. your voice is incredibly soothing. LOL. Thanks for the informative video. that could come in very handy.

  • @barbaraschmitt2873

    @barbaraschmitt2873

    5 жыл бұрын

    Maybe he's already using audible 🤔

  • @FatherAndSonFun
    @FatherAndSonFun8 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video! it's nice how you tried three different materials to see which would burn longer! Thanks for sharing!

  • @ReeceDee
    @ReeceDee4 жыл бұрын

    Just Wow. I had no idea in the forest nature really does provide everything you need. Awesome video 👍

  • @patrickschwartz5790
    @patrickschwartz57905 жыл бұрын

    Something else for a torch? Flashligth burns very long. Seriously doing this with a voiceover was very professionnal, clear, very educative. thumbs up!!

  • @taohuang359
    @taohuang3594 жыл бұрын

    I’ve done this too as a demo for my kids. But there is one very important step that you left out. Avoid trees with poison ivy. No matter how much primo resin is up there, a bad case of poison ivy will make things much worse from a survival standpoint.

  • @superdrunkdnb

    @superdrunkdnb

    Жыл бұрын

    Also avoid trees that are protected by mountain lions or bears. They do not like people stealing their resin.

  • @Gr3nadgr3gory

    @Gr3nadgr3gory

    Жыл бұрын

    Unless you happen to know for a fact you're not allergic to poison ivy. Then you can use it like fucking Virginia creeper.

  • @jacobb7943

    @jacobb7943

    Жыл бұрын

    Good point but painfully obvious.

  • @arteshki5779

    @arteshki5779

    Жыл бұрын

    He said, use common sense

  • @commoncentsamerican

    @commoncentsamerican

    Жыл бұрын

    well duh

  • @acet7
    @acet78 жыл бұрын

    Nice tip, thanks for sharing

  • @gortnewton4765
    @gortnewton47655 жыл бұрын

    Nice job, carefully and thoroughly explained.

  • @Jigaboo123456
    @Jigaboo1234565 жыл бұрын

    @The Outsider Good clip, thanks. I appreciate that you had to use what was available WHEN it was available, just as one has to do in a real survival situation: that said, if the cat tails can are picked long after they have seeded, they are often still on the plant many months later, and they are then really fluffy, like a Fat Freddy.s Cat tail, so much so that a good stand of them could provide not only a much better wick than the one you were obliged to use here, but as the down is easily plucked out, a good stand of them will provide very warm down (each one provides about as much insulating down as big as.a base ball). If you have any sort of bag, or can improvise one, you can easily make a pillow, sleeping bag, etc in about 30 minutes ,and/or stuff you clothing with them. I'm sure you know this, but it's worth pointing out that the stems of dead ones make a reasonable fire drill, and the roots can be roasted (they're not bad, and full of carbs. The young stems can also be eaten. When the heads are really fluffy, they should burn longer and drip less- packing dry grass into the resin should also help to "key" the resin and make it drip a little less.

  • @retiredshitposter1062
    @retiredshitposter10628 жыл бұрын

    There are mushrooms that grow on trees called conks. There's on called a tinder conk and it will last for a super long time. It's very hard and dense, and it's very common. You don't need sap, it doesn't hold a flame, but it will keep an ember for a long ass time. It's safer to travel with IMO. It also has some medicinal uses but you need to alcohol extract the compounds.

  • @gustopher6500

    @gustopher6500

    7 жыл бұрын

    horseshoe or charcoal Fungus works like that too. charcoal Fungus is recocnisable by its charcoal like appearance. and horseshoe Fungus by its crème like horseshoe appearance

  • @palehorsesurvivalandtactic9771

    @palehorsesurvivalandtactic9771

    6 жыл бұрын

    Echo Chamber Infiltrator You are referring to a woody mycelium known as chaga. Very medicinal. A double decoction of alcohol then water will extract all of the available bio nutrients however a hot water extraction will suffice as well. I routinely perform long decoctions using water only. You are correct in using a piece of chaga to transport a coal from one place to another. One technique is to bore a hole through one end of the piece of chaga and attach a lanyard. This allows for easy carry and the lit chaga can be twirled occasionally to ensure that it remains lit. Primitive skills instructor and herbalist 30+ years experience Bill

  • @SamLopeZz

    @SamLopeZz

    5 жыл бұрын

    Great tip guys didn't know about that fungus. But to be fair that wouldn't work as a light or to fence off wildlife

  • @halfpipefreak

    @halfpipefreak

    5 жыл бұрын

    Tinder bundle fungus. Grows on dead Beech and Oak trees. In WWI the soldiers got their wounds treated with those fungus to help stop the bleeding and to counter infections and bacteria from doing nasty things in the wounds.

  • @Bendog300
    @Bendog3005 жыл бұрын

    i remember as a kid my dad wanted to chop a tree down in the garden i hacked at it with my toy hammers and plastic saw the next day we went to chop it down. my mum said the tree had been crying snd that was the sap at that point i told my dad i didnt want to chop it down. the tree still stands!

  • @michaelburns5558

    @michaelburns5558

    5 жыл бұрын

    Random story... lol one time, at band camp. ...

  • @christianhoffmann8607

    @christianhoffmann8607

    5 жыл бұрын

    thats sweet 😊

  • @charliechuckles4271

    @charliechuckles4271

    4 жыл бұрын

    It was crying fr tho

  • @Man-jf6lz
    @Man-jf6lz5 жыл бұрын

    The best survival torch I've seen is not getting lost in the first place 👌

  • @JeffsTrades
    @JeffsTrades6 жыл бұрын

    Binding the torch with spruce root, packing the inside with dry sticks, and load it with resin. The spruce roots will make a basket, they're wet, etc. Great work.

  • @lennydestefano6285
    @lennydestefano62857 жыл бұрын

    Excellent work. I would be interested to see some fibrous material stuffed into the sock and the resin poured into it. That may make it hold more resin and burn longer. Maybe stuffing the pine cone into the sock first??

  • @danaharrelson5294

    @danaharrelson5294

    6 жыл бұрын

    I had a similar thought but found this comment first lol

  • @boberoni7518
    @boberoni75187 жыл бұрын

    R.I.P socks

  • @drkn9t

    @drkn9t

    6 жыл бұрын

    Boberoni no toilet paper? good bye socks

  • @wh3472

    @wh3472

    5 жыл бұрын

    Boberoni. All these celebrities deaths lately and all the RIP comments to who ever. The one guy that gets it right is saying R.I.P. To socks. That's cracks me up. Thanks.

  • @darrenparkes9805
    @darrenparkes98054 жыл бұрын

    Excellent, excellent, cant wait to give it a go , big thanks from daz in Australia. Our winter season here spending heaps of time in pine forests, during this COVID time keep well keep safe

  • @ShikamaruXT
    @ShikamaruXT4 жыл бұрын

    I once tried to make a torch from beeswax(as a beekeeper, i have no problem getting enough), but i lacked the piece to soak the wax in. Now i may be able to do it, but this version is really survival tech! Probably tight packed twigs or evergreen needles might work.

  • @HyperionBadger
    @HyperionBadger5 жыл бұрын

    6:36 damn.. Where do you live to have a forest that dark in the daytime.

  • @dentonet2

    @dentonet2

    4 жыл бұрын

    A fairytale forest.

  • @knigthfigth

    @knigthfigth

    4 жыл бұрын

    Probably late afternoon or early morning with good tree density

  • @bilbo_gamers6417
    @bilbo_gamers64177 жыл бұрын

    >In college, the middle of a blizzard. >Walking to class. >Suddenly, blizzard becomes really intense. >Whiteout.jpeg >See an orange light in the distance. >My best bet for survival. >Walk towards it. >See a man in a hoodie with a fucking torch made from a pine branch and resin.. >We have to walk to class together. >Get to the class. >Torch is extinguished is the snow. >Fin

  • @3literranga571

    @3literranga571

    7 жыл бұрын

    Bilbo_Gamers lol

  • @ericmieremet

    @ericmieremet

    6 жыл бұрын

    i dotn get it

  • @rickmorrow5460
    @rickmorrow54605 жыл бұрын

    My grandad made torches from evergreens by chopping into the trunk of the tree around a branch about 1.5 inches in diameter by using the burl wood in the trunk he had the resin needed for fuel. The branch needs to be alive and pliable for the torch to last. I tried it once and it worked pretty well.

  • @mattjohnston5807
    @mattjohnston58074 жыл бұрын

    Whoever invented this is a genius!

  • @CuDylan
    @CuDylan8 жыл бұрын

    It would be interesting to see how well a tightly balled up piece of old man's beard does. Maybe it would act as the sock being porous enough to absorb the sap well. Although it would have to be harvested somewhat alive so combustion would be prolonged.

  • @kevymoranski3887

    @kevymoranski3887

    8 жыл бұрын

    You're scaring me!!!

  • @CuDylan

    @CuDylan

    8 жыл бұрын

    Kevy Moranski Not that kind of Old Man's Beard! Nice beard though.

  • @melodoobie

    @melodoobie

    8 жыл бұрын

    I'm curious to know where I can get some old man's beard!?

  • @kevymoranski3887

    @kevymoranski3887

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Melo M $5/" here, I have 7.5".

  • @melodoobie

    @melodoobie

    8 жыл бұрын

    + Kevy Moranski you lost me at + Melo M ;)

  • @omid-nasi
    @omid-nasi6 жыл бұрын

    A safe way to melt anything from wax to resin would be to have put the can in a pot of boiling water so the temp never goes above 100 degrees C

  • @xWHITExEAGLEx

    @xWHITExEAGLEx

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SamLopeZz No, if it's immersed in the water, the water will keep it at 100 degrees.

  • @Thalanox

    @Thalanox

    4 жыл бұрын

    I've melted wax in a BBQ before. It's a charcoal BBQ. The wax chunks are placed in a tin can, and a small tea candle is placed in the bottom of the cheap charcoal bbq. Then, the lid is closed as the temperature slowly rises. The BBQ is meant to sit on a table, and isn't that great in general, but it's been good for this and other small projects. It takes a long time for the wax to melt, but it's very low heat and safe. I also use the same method to try to render cooking grease and fat to make little tuna can burners with cardboard wicks in them.

  • @peterfotopoulos8325
    @peterfotopoulos83255 жыл бұрын

    Focusing on the Mohawk you end up missing the heavenly glory Very good video thank you Getting bush oil out of dead tree roots is a hoote as well.

  • @phillipnunya6793
    @phillipnunya67935 жыл бұрын

    I like your videos about this stuff. Very useful information for anyone who goes outside often.

  • @MUDSWAT
    @MUDSWAT8 жыл бұрын

    I want to know how to hold the torch so I can see! If you hold it in front of you, you can't see a thing!

  • @TheOutsiderCabin

    @TheOutsiderCabin

    8 жыл бұрын

    Good point. I generally hold it at my side, and even tilted slightly behind myself if possible. Or if you're wearing a hat with a peak, just hold the torch above your brim's line of site. Just like how you put down your visors in the car when driving toward the sun when it's low on the horizon.

  • @joeanonimous1105

    @joeanonimous1105

    6 жыл бұрын

    I would add that if you want to take the time to make a more effective torch, you can attach a piece of thick bark that cover 90 - 180 degrees around the flame, so you can shield your eyes from the direct light and retain at least some of your night vision. Then you can see fine.

  • @fjb4932

    @fjb4932

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hold your other hand up between the fire and your eyes. Must everything be explained...

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary7 жыл бұрын

    He will never be able to get that knife (or that sock) clean again.

  • @vibhupande

    @vibhupande

    7 жыл бұрын

    i had the same thought.. pine resin is damn hard to get off things. any solutions to this problem?

  • @ricardorodriguez-sq5sk

    @ricardorodriguez-sq5sk

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yes but it would make a handy knife torch...!!!

  • @radraven5757

    @radraven5757

    7 жыл бұрын

    vibhupande you could use anything... you could sharpen a stick and then take it off with that, then only use that stick to take of the resin 👍👍🌲🔥

  • @Dover939

    @Dover939

    7 жыл бұрын

    +vibhupande Late response, but alcohol works well to get rid of sticky substances. Flour will also work, but not quite as well.

  • @douggie4223

    @douggie4223

    7 жыл бұрын

    heat the knife, stick the knife tip into hot coals for about a min and let the pine resin drip off, be careful if you have a nice handle (which i would ask "why are you using a good knife to scrap pine resin?").

  • @MBW4449
    @MBW44496 жыл бұрын

    The socks held more sap than the other items, hence the longer burn time. That is a cool video. Thanx.

  • @johanponin1360
    @johanponin13606 жыл бұрын

    delighted that you left resin on that bark :)

  • @tranqz7736
    @tranqz77366 жыл бұрын

    resin is mother nature wax. obsidian is mother nature glass.

  • @yurivandenakker7618

    @yurivandenakker7618

    6 жыл бұрын

    yep.. and also a game developer.. :D

  • @filonin2

    @filonin2

    5 жыл бұрын

    No, bee's wax is mother nature's wax.

  • @driftertravelerman6893
    @driftertravelerman68937 жыл бұрын

    4:31 a wild pidgeotto appears!

  • @Serjo777

    @Serjo777

    6 жыл бұрын

    Literally nothing appeared there..

  • @leonmack5699

    @leonmack5699

    6 жыл бұрын

    the dude looks like pidgeotto

  • @rjiggy07

    @rjiggy07

    6 жыл бұрын

    DOOO! made me look..lol...

  • @kimberlyduncan1053
    @kimberlyduncan10535 жыл бұрын

    That was a VERY useful video! Thank you for sharing!!

  • @solmartin5570
    @solmartin5570 Жыл бұрын

    Here in the Northern rockies, I have made very similar with pine sap and "moose moss" a long stringy lichen that grows in conifer trees everywhere. Its a great wick! 25 minutes no problem with a wad the size of a golfball.

  • @williamramsay346
    @williamramsay3465 жыл бұрын

    You shoulda edited that tree climb bro

  • @Superintendent_ChaImers
    @Superintendent_ChaImers7 жыл бұрын

    I used a John Wick DVD.

  • @mcgriddle552

    @mcgriddle552

    5 жыл бұрын

    Noice

  • @hotrodhotrod-wc3bu
    @hotrodhotrod-wc3bu5 жыл бұрын

    Also a thumbs up for no bull crap straight to the point and verey clear on the project

  • @fyremanjef
    @fyremanjef4 жыл бұрын

    Nice job! . I like had you had 3 options and compared the 3 honestly. 👍👍 Some people just like to share their opinions or even leave out their failures. I liked your approach

  • @michaelweigel6230
    @michaelweigel62308 жыл бұрын

    i use to make torches like this... i used spider webs as the wick 1 time (an experiment). they work OK but burn too quickly,.

  • @gametrue2229

    @gametrue2229

    5 жыл бұрын

    Michael Weigel tf did you get spider webs from?

  • @tomroberts1105

    @tomroberts1105

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@gametrue2229 Spiders, I'd imagine.

  • @gametrue2229

    @gametrue2229

    5 жыл бұрын

    Tom Roberts ... how would he harvest it

  • @tomroberts1105

    @tomroberts1105

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@gametrue2229 Broom (esp a straw broom). When we moved out of a place, we'd 'walled off' a section of the storage area with boxes and furniture. The area under the stairs behind that wall, when we moved out, I swear there was enough cobwebs to weave a swimsuit for a Drow!

  • @gametrue2229

    @gametrue2229

    5 жыл бұрын

    Tom Roberts cool, i thought it would be too old and be brittle

  • @Mr2at
    @Mr2at7 жыл бұрын

    A twinkly, a corndog and a Yorkshire Terriers

  • @bacchusquintilis7356
    @bacchusquintilis73565 жыл бұрын

    Good video! Positive vibes from America!

  • @stevecarlson3779
    @stevecarlson37792 жыл бұрын

    LOVE your channel

  • @KeillorChristopher
    @KeillorChristopher6 жыл бұрын

    Combining the spruce cone with the cat tail in the resin save the socks to keep your feet warm

  • @dragom2009
    @dragom20096 жыл бұрын

    Be awere of flaming pieces falling of the tourch and starting an accidental forestfire it can decimate whole forest ares of Wood.

  • @packtor1012
    @packtor10125 жыл бұрын

    Honest and good review brother! Great job! If you lightly wet the things you have before putting the risen or however you spell it in English on it lenghtens the burning time although it crackles a bit more and is a bigger fire hazard. Live Wild and Free

  • @jennyandre5729
    @jennyandre57296 жыл бұрын

    Absolutley freggin awsome videos!!!

  • @malgremor85
    @malgremor855 жыл бұрын

    I wish I could still climb like that...So, the socks burned longer & brighter, but they probably stank the most...

  • @benjoseph8387
    @benjoseph83877 жыл бұрын

    cotton or wool socks ok...synthetic socks = toxic smoke 😫 😌👍

  • @rebeccamiddleton6465

    @rebeccamiddleton6465

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ben Joseph Ben survival nuff said

  • @imre8623

    @imre8623

    5 жыл бұрын

    Socks you already wore= toxic

  • @jonbyron38

    @jonbyron38

    5 жыл бұрын

    Burning wool may emit cyanide

  • @SamLopeZz

    @SamLopeZz

    5 жыл бұрын

    If you're doing it right the socks aren't suppose to burn much. Remember it's just a wick

  • @MrSottobanco
    @MrSottobanco5 жыл бұрын

    I like your videos. They make me want to go out into the backwoods and forage.

  • @Darkstar.....
    @Darkstar.....5 жыл бұрын

    Im so happy you left a layer of resin on the tree. Tree rot is no joke. Great video. Wish there were resin trees here. You need to go to a pine plantation for it and its usually private property.

  • @drinkalotofwater
    @drinkalotofwater7 жыл бұрын

    warning, common sense, swear I laughed! just use common sense people please

  • @driftertravelerman6893
    @driftertravelerman68937 жыл бұрын

    hello, i am a evergreen tree... i love being burned down.... not only am i made out of wood... but i also PUMP MYSELF FULL OF FUCKING NAPALM

  • @twilightgardenspresentatio6384

    @twilightgardenspresentatio6384

    7 жыл бұрын

    puppy in pants evergreen cones are built to survive fire and some will only open if they are burnt- giving their young a chance to out grow the other trees in the burned spaces and fill the canopy using the ashes as fertilizer- fire climax forest creatures have predictable habits

  • @michaelzimmerman8959
    @michaelzimmerman89594 жыл бұрын

    That was awesome!!! thanks for sharing.

  • @FenixMajere
    @FenixMajere5 жыл бұрын

    You sir look nothing like the typical outdoorsman. I approve so very much lol. Thanks for the content.

  • @thomaspayne6866

    @thomaspayne6866

    4 жыл бұрын

    No, he looks like a skater who got lost in the woods in 1981

  • @dmk351
    @dmk3515 жыл бұрын

    "keep it away from anything that might easily catch fire. basically just use your common sense." yea. like lighting a non secure fireplace in a dry clearing, adding fire-accelerants, and then running arround with that in spruce woods....

  • @tommysullivan9972

    @tommysullivan9972

    5 жыл бұрын

    No good story EVER started with, "after I took the proper safety precautions I proceeded with care"

  • @harmleyten4

    @harmleyten4

    5 жыл бұрын

    You got a point

  • @c.j.rogers2422

    @c.j.rogers2422

    5 жыл бұрын

    Killjoy

  • @ResetGovernment
    @ResetGovernment8 жыл бұрын

    Hillary's emails as a wick

  • @TheOutsiderCabin

    @TheOutsiderCabin

    8 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @dougyankunas3104

    @dougyankunas3104

    7 жыл бұрын

    lmao . nice one.

  • @shade38211

    @shade38211

    7 жыл бұрын

    Mario Gutierrez or trumps family tax returns.

  • @AniMaTheEarth

    @AniMaTheEarth

    7 жыл бұрын

    shade38211 i thought they releases them?

  • @KandiKlover

    @KandiKlover

    7 жыл бұрын

    Trump's wig as tinder

  • @trmwyldshade1482
    @trmwyldshade14825 жыл бұрын

    I like the use of the twigs as spacers. A length of cotton fabric, like a light duty scarf or long bandanna could be laid flat and liquid resin poured over the length of it and then rolled into a tight bundle may provide for a long burn. I'm keeping the socks for my feet! LOL

  • @nellyparidise
    @nellyparidise5 жыл бұрын

    I bet it smells amazing🙏 thank you for another helpful video!

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