Making fire steel - blacksmithing, flint knapping, amadou and campfire.
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- Making and using a viking fire kit. I forge a fire striker, do flint knapping and processes tinder from the Hoof Fungus... And I use it to make a fire, just like vikings and many others used to do it. Open the full video description for more information.
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Date: April 2024
Day: about 15°C (59°F)
Night: about 5°C (41°F)
Hours of daylight = about 15
Location: Scandinavia, Northwest Denmark - sea, spruce/pine and hardwood forrest. Some of the most remote in Denmark, but limited how remote it can get. A lot of birds and deers etc. No bears, only a few wolves.
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Consuming: coffee.
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A few questions:
1. Can you tell me more about processing the fungus?
Yes - I briefly boil the hole fungus, just a few minutes. The heat makes it easier to separate the amadou layer from the rest of the fungus. Many ways to do the separating, but I like to do it by boiling and hammering. You only use the amadou layer/the top layer for tinder - it's okay to keep the hard shell attached to the amadou. When separated do I boil the amadou for a few hours - giving it time to absorb the qualities from the wood ashes. While hot and wet, do I hammer the amadou flat and dry it. If you have limited amount of wood ashes, hard woods makes the best ash, when wait adding the ashes until the amadou is seperated from the rest of the fungus. Amadou is usually only about 5% of the fungus - can though vary a lot. The amount of amadou made in the video is enough to light 50 plus fires.
2. Is the blacksmith setup inside a tent?
Yes - a large lavvu/tent. Just made from cheap tarps, spruce poles and nails. Nothing fancy... Made it a few months ago.
3. What blower do you use in the blacksmith shop?
In my case is it one made in Denmark for the danish military. Bought it local from a private seller here in Denmark. Similar is common for blacksmithing - if you want one try to google "Hand crank forge air blower" or similar. I use the same blower in most of the other blacksmithing videos - I have just made a wooden box for it - keeps it more stable and more quiet. Here is a video showing my blower without the wooden box • MAKING A BLACKSMITH SH...
4. Can you tell me more about the striker?
Yes - the design shape can vary a lot, but the common thing is that it is hard steel. You want it as hard as possible - as hot as possible for the hardening and use water, no tempering. My recommendations would be to use old files or coil springs - in this video did I use a coil spring from some farming equipment.
5. What type of axe are you using?
A classic russian axe design. Homemade - C45 steel and ash handle.
6. Where did you get the flint/stone from?
Here in Denmark do we have flint all over, so no problem for me... Flint is ideal because it is very hard - but you can use other stones as well, the stone just need to be harder than the steel striker.
7. Where did you get the anvil from?
Forklift fork, cut with angle grinder and heat treated like an anvil.
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Some of the gear used in the video:
1. Pants = Klättermusen Gere 02
2. Axe and knife = homemade
3. Boots - Lundhags Forest
4. Backpack = Eberlestock Mainframe F1
5. Kettle = Eagle 1.5L
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Camera gear:
Nikon D4
Nikon 50mm 1.8
Nikon 20mm 2.8
Nikon 300mm 4.5
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Missed your videos.
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Great memories. Thank you.
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Welcome back !
No pseudo viking folklore, no expensive outdoor equipment, no survivalist speech, just the natural essential, just bushcrafting.
Thanks for your efforts in making something worth watching. It's great to see someone actually doing something in the woods apart from just camping there. Please carry on with your method of doing your video's. I love it when I am shown something new. I am 62 and I have seen and done more than is shown in 95% of so called bushcraft videos.
Many thanks John
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thanks for sharing this ancient knowledge with us! i knew that these tree mushrooms where used to start fires but i had no idea how to prepare them until now.
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Thanks Bertram, this is exactly the kind of video we were waiting for from you! Master!!
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When we needed him most he returned
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The legendary man is back
Man I'm so glad to see you again, I really thought you had definitly stopped TH-cam, you just made my day haha
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The first person on TH-cam who forge a mushroom❤
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Babe wake up, new Rune video just dropped!
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In Ukraine we call it " kresalo". I also have couple, that one from file is super, and another one, self-made from iron stripe- very poor on sparks
Wait, this is the bush craft i remember the most from your past video! Good to see a re-do and crazy how it only took one stroke to ignite.
this episode was fire 🔥
Finally you are back, I love your content man!!
The first strike for a fire. Nice. Nice to see you on again.
Ciao amico mio io sono italiano e ti ho sempre guardato e da tanto tempo che mi fai i video pensavo ti era successo qualcosa di grave bentornato grazie 🙏
He is weak and has forgotten a lot, but he is alive...
He came back!
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All that work culminating in the end with a cup of cowboy coffee...perfect! From making the fire steel, knapping the flint, processing the amadou, then using everything you made and gathered to make a fire and brew some magic coffee. This is the real deal folks. Thanks Bertram for the superbly made and presented video, well done and sorely missed if I may say so. Hope to see you again soon, it's been a long time Rune... Enjoy nature!
I have so missed your videos! glad to see you have a new one up!
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First! Finally a new video
Such a talent your have, Bertram. More videos please!
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I would also welcome the unedited three-hour material
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Grazie Maestro
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You took so long 😢 i miss you bro
Hope more videos. Best of best
No pares de hacer videos, creaste un nuevo género audiovisual.
Finally 👏
the legen is back!, why hasn't uploaded a video for so long, man?
Just the inspiration I need to get me back outdoors instead of sitting here playing computer games piling on the pounds. Thank you my friend you have probably just saved my life ❤
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Рад что вы продолжаете заниматься своим ремеслом
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Thank you for another great video Bertram!
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nice video...as always...Malte
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Thank you for the quiet, calm, lovely work.
finally remembered you had a youtuber channel?
Undertaker Is back❤
Excelente, conteúdo extraordinário, muita técnica primitiva em apenas 17 minutos!
давненько вас не было!
How to make fire like 1000 years ago, silex and metal with amadou ! Thank you to be back in our life Rune 🙂
El mejor.
Sure have 😅 been waiting yeah
May your creativity and thirst for knowledge never dwindle.
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from turkey
Love the video. The steel part is it high carbon. How do you tell the difference between flint and other rocks without breaking it open.
welcome back, Bertram! good to see a video from you again!
Welcome back Bertram. I will miss u
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Glad to see a new video. I hope for more cool adventures this season.
Cricket leader among lighters. 🤔
The cup of coffee storyline was simply fascinating! Your photography was, as usual, superb and your handiwork exceptional. Thank you for posting another video. Hope that you are well.
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Where have you been all this time, man?
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