That’s great to hear! Coincidentally I happened to come across your Burdock video while doing a search. Enjoyed it thoroughly! (not just because of the WS shoutout). But thank you for the great compliments. Good to hear you’re enjoying the content.
@@wildernessstrong6131 thanks brother cant wait for the nettle video. We have stinging nettle here down near the swamps. Going to harvest me some next time I'm out that way. You and your son have a great 4th!
Well, you have a following here for sure. Quite anxious to see how to properly process urtica dioica (stinging nettles) into viable no-char tinder for flint and steel. I love charred punkwood best so far, and use fluffed up amadou (fomes fomentarius), and charred cat tail heads (typha latifolia) as well, but I have not tried nettles yet. My friends in the UK have had much difficulties with nettles so far. Your processing method will be helpful to know. Thanks.
What a great fire carrier design! Have you looked into Sea shell carriers? I read about a type of primitive Penobscot carrier using a large conche or perriwinkle shell that seems to work using the same principles.
Such an interesting topic! Tnhx! You can also do this with the Birch Polypore (Fomitopsis betulina) (dried!) but it doen't burn nearly as long as your examples.
Excellent! I have used similar carriers here in eastern washington. Mine were made of cottonwood inner bark, sagebrush bark, and nettle or burdock. Wrapped with willow bark and mullein leaves.
How do you know what rock will spark? Can you make a video on that please. Im in New Mexico, i am sure i picked up some. Just do not know what im looking for. Im just a rock hound. Nose is always down gathering rocks
That is a great follow up video idea. We planned on doing a follow up video on fire carriers but hadn’t considered how they could repel mosquitoes. I’ll give that some thought. Thanks.
Actually yes! We’ve been working with it for several weeks now along with dozens of other new Tinders in our area. We’ve got a video coming out as soon as our experiments are done which will show how mugwort and many others performed. Definitely some exciting new results … so stay tuned! 😉
Fascinating! I've heard chaga is an excellent coal carrier as well, any idea how long it would work if you had a softball size chunk for example? Is this easy to locate out west?
We do have chaga in Oregon where we live, but not conveniently around us. We’ve had to come up with several alternatives for catching sparks and carrying coals. Hopefully you got to see the most recent tinder video we did which has a large list of amazing underrated fire Tinders. Flint & Steel Complete "NO CHAR" Tinder List...Declassified th-cam.com/video/i1N0voqDk0Y/w-d-xo.html
BTW I'm having trouble with drying my burdock. I'm thinking it's because of our humidity here on the east coast right now. Any suggestions for the drying process ??
Well with Burdock we are yet to have success harvesting green leaves and drying. Our success has come by foraging around the bottom of the plant to collect already dead leaves. Stinging Nettle and Pacific Waterleaf can be harvested green and dried the same day in a few hours of sunlight and give reliable results but so far we cannot produce the same results with Burdock. So grab some dead leaves, make sure they’re dry and give it a shot.
@@wildernessstrong6131 Funny you should mention this. I was able to find a few dead leaves today while out . I'm beginning to think the humidity plays a factor in it. Humidity in the mid to upper 80% range here.. I still gave it a try with the dry leaves but no luck.. Gonna give it a few days to dry more . Thanks again to you both !!
@@wildernessstrong6131 I'm also wondering if the chlorophyll is a contributing factor since yours were actually brown compared to what I found and processed went to grey.. Thanks again for all your help...
How do you gather the stinging nettle with your bare hands? That stuff stings and burns me damn near just by looking at it! 😂 It's some evil stuff! I would absolutely have to wear gloves. If I had none then it would need to be a dire emergency to touch the stuff bare handed!
Good question. You can handle stinging nettle carefully by pinching it firmly. You can also rub off the needles with a glove or thick leaves. You can see us doing that in this video: Flint & Steel Fire NO CHAR | Amazing Results! th-cam.com/video/u9alYSk69_0/w-d-xo.html
I must note that describing Native American fire keepers using the past tense is rather misleading, it is still a very, very living tradition! I know some that have kept a single fire alive for decades, including passing it from mentor to pupil!
Thanks! That’s great to hear. We’re definitely working on it. We’ve always wanted to achieve this and feel like we’re getting closer. We use the term flint for convenience sake but we’re experimenting with several types of common “flint like” rocks in our area.
See our recent complete updated list of incredible Flint/Steel No Char Tinders here:
th-cam.com/video/i1N0voqDk0Y/w-d-xo.html
DEFINITELY looking forward to seeing your processing for the nettles and burdock !! Great stuff as always !!
Little visitor? That was lunch!! Another outstanding video learning a lot! Thanks!
Yes - sometimes these little visitors become little snacks. This one got lucky. Glad you're enjoying the videos!
Once again amazing content I've learned so much I also can't wait to see nettle processing. Thank you for your knowledge.
Hey great to hear. So glad you’re enjoying the content!
Looking forward to the nettle video, thanks for sharing. Managed to get Burdock to catch a spark here on the second strike thanks so much!
That’s great to hear! Coincidentally I happened to come across your Burdock video while doing a search. Enjoyed it thoroughly! (not just because of the WS shoutout). But thank you for the great compliments. Good to hear you’re enjoying the content.
@@wildernessstrong6131 thanks brother cant wait for the nettle video. We have stinging nettle here down near the swamps. Going to harvest me some next time I'm out that way. You and your son have a great 4th!
I’ll say it again you guys are amazing and when it comes to natural fire, you’re the best of the Northwest!
A great compliment! Thank you!!
Well, you have a following here for sure. Quite anxious to see how to properly process urtica dioica (stinging nettles) into viable no-char tinder for flint and steel. I love charred punkwood best so far, and use fluffed up amadou (fomes fomentarius), and charred cat tail heads (typha latifolia) as well, but I have not tried nettles yet. My friends in the UK have had much difficulties with nettles so far. Your processing method will be helpful to know. Thanks.
Good to see you making videos again. I always look forward to them
That’s great to hear. We sure have a blast making these and there’s much more to come.
I had never thought of this , thank you
This has become my favorite TH-cam channel! Have you ever been successful striking flint on flint for fire?
Not yet, but working on it. Glad you’re enjoying the channel. Thanks!
We love you man yeeeeees. You make new method for campaign and Bosch craft supplies
Super informative and presented well. Thanks for sharing!
Im happy I hit the follow button after watching that No char video the other day. Another great video.
Much appreciated. Thanks for watching!
What a great fire carrier design! Have you looked into Sea shell carriers? I read about a type of primitive Penobscot carrier using a large conche or perriwinkle shell that seems to work using the same principles.
Such an interesting topic! Tnhx! You can also do this with the Birch Polypore (Fomitopsis betulina) (dried!) but it doen't burn nearly as long as your examples.
Ok nice. Thanks for the info.
Excellent!
I have used similar carriers here in eastern washington.
Mine were made of cottonwood inner bark, sagebrush bark, and nettle or burdock.
Wrapped with willow bark and mullein leaves.
Sounds great! Thanks for the comment.
another great video
Fantastic video - really good impressive experiments. I'm learning a lot from the series which I will be practicing and using.
Great to hear! Glad it was helpful.
Great series! I've been wanting to try making nettle tinder but now looking forward to your video on the process. Thanks for sharing !!
How do you know what rock will spark? Can you make a video on that please. Im in New Mexico, i am sure i picked up some. Just do not know what im looking for. Im just a rock hound. Nose is always down gathering rocks
Not sure if I missed it in my binge watching all you vids, but did you cover what works best or how to use these as a mosquito repellent in camp?
That is a great follow up video idea. We planned on doing a follow up video on fire carriers but hadn’t considered how they could repel mosquitoes. I’ll give that some thought. Thanks.
Is there a differenece between Great Burdock and Common (Lesser) Burdock?
Have you experimented with dead mugwort stalks for no char tinder? There’s lots of artemisia ludoviciana in my area. It seems like it should work.
Actually yes! We’ve been working with it for several weeks now along with dozens of other new Tinders in our area. We’ve got a video coming out as soon as our experiments are done which will show how mugwort and many others performed. Definitely some exciting new results … so stay tuned! 😉
Fascinating! I've heard chaga is an excellent coal carrier as well, any idea how long it would work if you had a softball size chunk for example? Is this easy to locate out west?
We do have chaga in Oregon where we live, but not conveniently around us. We’ve had to come up with several alternatives for catching sparks and carrying coals. Hopefully you got to see the most recent tinder video we did which has a large list of amazing underrated fire Tinders.
Flint & Steel Complete "NO CHAR" Tinder List...Declassified
th-cam.com/video/i1N0voqDk0Y/w-d-xo.html
BTW I'm having trouble with drying my burdock. I'm thinking it's because of our humidity here on the east coast right now. Any suggestions for the drying process ??
Well with Burdock we are yet to have success harvesting green leaves and drying. Our success has come by foraging around the bottom of the plant to collect already dead leaves. Stinging Nettle and Pacific Waterleaf can be harvested green and dried the same day in a few hours of sunlight and give reliable results but so far we cannot produce the same results with Burdock. So grab some dead leaves, make sure they’re dry and give it a shot.
@@wildernessstrong6131 Funny you should mention this. I was able to find a few dead leaves today while out . I'm beginning to think the humidity plays a factor in it. Humidity in the mid to upper 80% range here.. I still gave it a try with the dry leaves but no luck.. Gonna give it a few days to dry more . Thanks again to you both !!
@@wildernessstrong6131 I'm also wondering if the chlorophyll is a contributing factor since yours were actually brown compared to what I found and processed went to grey.. Thanks again for all your help...
Good idea. How many hours does such a fire carrier usually glow, if you walk in nature ?
8-10 hrs is typical for carriers these sizes. We’ve made larger carriers that went +30 hrs but of course the wind conditions have a lot to do with it.
Trays. Milkweed. Milkweed plants after draay
Is it possible to put the fire out in the carrier and save it for later?
Yes absolutely. It’ll work great once you light it up again.
How do you gather the stinging nettle with your bare hands? That stuff stings and burns me damn near just by looking at it! 😂
It's some evil stuff! I would absolutely have to wear gloves. If I had none then it would need to be a dire emergency to touch the stuff bare handed!
Good question. You can handle stinging nettle carefully by pinching it firmly. You can also rub off the needles with a glove or thick leaves. You can see us doing that in this video: Flint & Steel Fire NO CHAR | Amazing Results!
th-cam.com/video/u9alYSk69_0/w-d-xo.html
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I must note that describing Native American fire keepers using the past tense is rather misleading, it is still a very, very living tradition! I know some that have kept a single fire alive for decades, including passing it from mentor to pupil!
Oh look, it's Bob Marley's joints...
lol, char-leavened
This has become my favorite TH-cam channel! Have you ever been successful striking flint on flint for fire?
Thanks! That’s great to hear. We’re definitely working on it. We’ve always wanted to achieve this and feel like we’re getting closer. We use the term flint for convenience sake but we’re experimenting with several types of common “flint like” rocks in our area.