These bushcraft on a budget videos are just what I've been looking for assembling items for a new hobby. When I look for reliable advice, I consider a well-grounded man like yourself for a source. Thanks for this series, Dave.
When I was piece hiking the AT I used to take along my old Coleman coffee pot. It did everything. I've had it since 94 and its getting kind of banged up. I'd like to replace it with an older more durable peculator. I used to have a small one but I gave it to a cute girl. She still uses it.
Dave, My wife and I were fortunate enough to inherit the same big set that you featured. Ours came with I think 4 or 6 plates and two handles and the lid works as a frying pan. It came with handles for the frying pan and had another smaller frying pan. Great set.
I have that exact large cook set. It was my step fathers. The set is well used and probably 40 years old. The coffee pot is great and made many pots of coffee and tea, plus water for washing dishes. I know some use a large coffee can. They add a bail. The plastic lid will help keep it clean and it would be fairly easy to cut a lid out of thin steel. I have about 4-6 old BSA style skillet pan kits. .50 to $2 on garage sales.
I picked up one of the vintage aluminum coffee pots with handles etc off ebay for $7 and I must say it is king over other pots etc I have used.The handles are strong and works great with a tripod etc.I carved out a piece of cork to plug the spout for transporting water.
great job! :) to show that expensive equipment is not the only option, but you can improvise and have a good equipment, just need the will and the imagination. Greetings from Croatia
I take two of the dog bowls and use one to boil water and the other as a lid and use the vice grips to hold the two bowls together. The ones I got required a little bending to allow the bowls to sit flush once you clamp the vice grips on, but well worth the little trouble and works great. Thanks for the tips!
Thanks for keeping the sharing of "tribal wisdom" going strong Dave. That nestable cook kit looks like a BSA Trail Chef Patrol Cook Kit - something I used quite a bit as a Scout. You mentioned that coffee pot.. Every patrol had a full kit and we would make the best Sassafras tea in it. The lid was our fry pan and we would cook in the inside pots and heat water for clean-up in the big pot.
Thanks Dave. I like the way you show people how to find good stuff cheap. That is good on you. I bought the 1.1 liter MSR Seagull for about $20.00USD at Dick's Sporting Goods. That isn't too bad. And of course I have the Pathfinder 32 oz stainless water bottle and cup! Fantastic products! Thanks.
So glad you uploaded a cpl more vids, sir! I LOVE your channel and have the utmost respect for you and what you do. I think most of us envy your lifestyle and blessings.
I'm a stainless steel guy all the way. It's only marginally heavier than either titanium or aluminum (we're talking grams), it's the most durable, its super easy to clean up and it's also super-hygenic. As for the Vise-Grips idea, love it and use it, only I use "needlenose Vis-Grips" which give one the option of also being able to fold and form metal if one needed to.
I have been seriously into minimalist camping/bushcraft for about 4 years. And im still not happy with my cookset. Ive gotten a lot of great ideas from your videos over the years. I have mine narrowed down to about a 7.5 X 5 inch round nesting situation wich contains an aluminum pot-teflon coated, a aluminum fry pan/pot lid. (A gripper style handle for those 2) A stainless steel 7" bowl or fry pan. And... if i feel like carrying the weight.... a titanium skillet. A stanley thick plastic cup, titanium fork/spoon, and plastic folding spatula, nests inside also. Its compact enpugh... but i can not hang the pot over the fire. No bail... Its my only issue with my set. Ive never tried using the straight up canteen and nesting cup. One day. Maybe. But these videos are always helpfull... grounding, in a way. Reminds me to focus on what the set needs to do. And thats always the goal right?
I carry a stainless canteen cup and nesting cup. Great combo for solo use. One for hot chocolate and one for oatmeal and it cost me under $15. I ordered the large MSR ,1.6L, so that I could have a larger option especially when with other people. I would like to add a fry pan and a couple baking pans. Cooking is a big passion of mine so I'll make room for the extra weight and space.
Great vids. Loving the Budget theme, seeing as college students like me are generally pretty skint. Gonna hit the bush in a couple days, better get my kit together!
I've heard the problem with aluminum leaching into food comes when you cook acidic foods like tomato. Very good video. I'm sure the outdoor school is top-notch.
We seem to be on the wave length...I feel it too. I just improved my container selection by using stainless steel cream dispensers common here and purchased at the thrift store for no more than 10DKK, or 2 bucks USD. These have handles so I only had add stainless steel bails made from tongs. These will function much like the Civil War mess kit pot-cup. BTW, by the MSR pot we have can be hung from a 'S' hook if the clips on the handle are slid into the correct position that is near center.
Hey Dave, great VID! Keep them coming! By the way, I also use the dog dish. It's food grade stainless steel and tough as nails! I spraypainted the outside with the high heat BBQ paint and use this sucker like crazy! I learned that trick from your video, along with the small vise-grips as a handle!! Bulletproof is right!! Thanks for all you do Dave!! God bless ya man!!
Excellent video! I favor the stainless because of the extreme durability compared to aluminum. Since cooking containers are a more universal need, rather than a niche type item, there are lots of items on the market (such as that dog bowl) that can do the same job as the more expensive items geared towards the outdoor recreation market. I appreciate the overall common man tone of this video, ESPECIALLY because you've just come out with a $80 (very nice looking) dedicated canteen kit.
Thanks for your great and informative videos For my bow and 3 arrows i use a 4 Inch PVC-Tube with an screwcap. To carry the tube i build something i call "Carryall", sewed together from old straps. If someone like to see the strapsystem, i can provide pictures. I like that system, cause it´s very good for multipurpose. You can carry a bundle of woodsticks, a blanketroll or other things with ease as long it fit in the straploops.
Dave do you like the enamal pots and pans,i have a set over 20 yrs old still good,i use the large pot all the time,not that light but durable.Glad you are doing the common man again.
Great video w/ a bunch of different options to use in the woods... I just got a ww2 canteen w/cover for 1.00 at a fleamarket and the nesting cup at goodwill for a 1.50... I think i'm going to go w/the dog dish and vise grip and have a kit that cost me less than 10.00. I am going to have to find an MSR kit to round it out... Thanks Dave.... Greetings from NC Tim
Dave, I am happy to see you posting again. I need a special favor from you and all Pathfinders... A friend (Dean Jones, most known for his Disney movies "The Love Bug") needs your help/prayers. Dean is not well and needs all your prayers now to return to good health. Will you help a fellow Pathfinder out? Thanks in advance. Mark
I don't remove the chain. When I set my canteen into the fire, I set the lid to the side so it doesn't get hot enough to melt and that way I can use it to lift out my canteen when it's done. It works every time. I actually thought they were designed to be used like that, if not it worked out well.
Have a French army canteen that is very similar to the first example you showed. The wide mouth is useful, indeed. The British P44 canteen is similar, but are more rare/expensive.
Dave someone did a video on YT and said you didn't need a container to make char cloth, they just burned 100% cotton and said that it would work, Is this true???? is it good for char??? because I've have followed you for a long time and I've never heard you recommend a char method without using a container! I love your common sense! Take Care
A couple of the 'luxuries', I guess you'd call them, that I always carried when I was in the bush was something plastic to use for a plate, usually a frisbee, & a $2 insulated 12oz. coffee mug from a gas station. Metal, whether stainless or aluminum, will obviously work for these things, but in my experience your food tends to get cold a lot faster in a metal container than in plastic. Combined they only weigh a few ounces, but they're worth their weight in gold when you're having a hot meal!
Spent a lot of time reading up on the aluminium thing and what isn't mentioned is the people who had Alzhiemer's who's brains were tested also had many other metals in their brain besides aluminium. no direct link could be found between aluminium and Alzhiemer's but they couldn't rule it out as a secondary factor (along with tonnes of other things). For this to be even a secondary factor you would have to take in a lot more aluminium over a long period of time than cooking with the stuff could put into your system. Basically, if you work with melted aluminium don't breathe in the fumes otherwise, no drama.
you can also get get good quality food grade buckets from Walmart. just go to the bakery and ask. they'll put a price sticker on them and you can pay for them up front, there about a dollar and will hold up real well as long as you don't do what i used to do and throw them around all the time.
Avoid things with a coating on them. I did flip a dog bowel and paint it with high heat paint and use it to cook with like Dave suggested. It worked really well. You can get some clips and clip two of them together and bake in them as well.
Awesome container options thanks for sharing. One question would you consider changing out your trash can with a 5 gallon bucket for your pack. I got a couple 5 gal. buckets from a pool store and they have screw on lids!
When I was a kid our parents took us camping all the time, they had what from what I can tell was the same as your aluminum nesting set BUT it also had at least 5 aluminum (I think) plates and at least 5 plastic (I'm positive) cups. Also I believe your other pot goes with the larger set.
Dave, i was watching some of your old muzzle loading out of a break open and i was wondering if you would do a video on how to reload a shell or use a pump for a muzzle loader. Thanks keep it up your great.
For me, a container would be the most difficult thing to re-produce in the wild. You can break a rock for a sharp edge cutting tool, use vines or bark for cordage, make a bow-drill fire, and cover up by collecting leaves & branches. But a container ? Very difficult. So far, been able to cook anything I need using only the SS 32oz. bottle & cup. Even made blueberry muffin in the cup by putting water in the bottom,make a liner & lid with aluminum foil, pour in the mix and heat.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE VIDEOS AND INFO DAVE, PLEASE Google "fire safe cigarettes" sometime and start rolling your own, nothing wrong with a smoke now and then but ethylene vinyl acetate is not what you want to be smoking in Pall Malls and anything else pre-rolled at the store since around 2008... Bugler Gold and Top SuperRoll and both quality tobaccos, you'll save $ too... Thanks again for you all you do
hey dave i was wondering, what about using some of the cans from canned foods or coffee. wouldnt those work to aside from the not having lids but the availability factor i think somewhat makes up for it
i was wondering if you can do a video on how to smelt iron or other metals the comman man way, got my pit forge a little too hot, it melted the sand and turned it into glass and also melted my knife i was making. greatly appreciate yor videos, keep it up
Aluminum also melts at a low temperature. It melts at 1200 degrees. So you could get a fire hot enough to melt it if you were attempt to make char cloth in it.
Awesome videos and thank you so much for showing us items that those on a restricted budget can find. There are a lot of "metal" water bottles out there now a days. Can you use any of them in a fire? Or only certain grades(?) can be used for fires?
i took a brown paper bag cut out one side (the big side) folded it into a box shape as shown in wild wood wisdom barkcraft section staple it together so it wouldn't unfold. filled it with water and boiled the water on a one burner propane stove. as long as the flame doesn't go above the water line the bag won't burn.
I just found a heavy guage aluminum perc coffee pot at the goodwill for a dollar and tax. It is twice as heavy as the same sized new version found in sporting goods camping sections.
have you checked out the foster pot ultralite backpacking pots. made one for myself for pretty much free but durability would be an issue but your making the pot from trash
I thought I was the only one who adapted the stainless steel pet bowl as a cook pot, LOL! I put a handle on one, and use pliers with another. Of course now the cats are glaring at me strangely when I pick up their bowls to wash them.
could you maybe name some woodsmen in europe or just the country theyre in? itd be intresting to see if there are any near me. oh, and awesome video as usual
man i never thought about using a dog bowl, come to think of it its really practical, light and dirt cheap here in my country. thanks dave your vids are really thought provoking :D btw can you give me the brand name of the pot set you mentioned? all those for $20 its a steal :)
Hey Dave what is your thoughts on titanium? I know it is costly but what about the weight savings? Is it safe to eat off of? Also what about aluminum that has a coating? Would that prevent the possible leeching?
Hi Dave, Great series of videos for all us common men on a budget! I had a question about aluminum canteens / cookware. Can you boil water etc in an aluminum canteen? Do you have to worry about them melting or breaking down if repeated etc? I found a cheap canteen kit on ebay that's the ww1 style aluminum canteen, cup, and cover. The top is connected to a metal chain that ends in a carabiner so it won't get lost. the whole set is $14 with free shipping and I was wondering if it was worth it.
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These bushcraft on a budget videos are just what I've been looking for assembling items for a new hobby. When I look for reliable advice, I consider a well-grounded man like yourself for a source. Thanks for this series, Dave.
I like the materials discussed in these pathfinder videos. Survival is paramount.
When I was piece hiking the AT I used to take along my old Coleman coffee pot. It did everything. I've had it since 94 and its getting kind of banged up. I'd like to replace it with an older more durable peculator. I used to have a small one but I gave it to a cute girl. She still uses it.
Dave,
My wife and I were fortunate enough to inherit the same big set that you featured. Ours came with I think 4 or 6 plates and two handles and the lid works as a frying pan. It came with handles for the frying pan and had another smaller frying pan. Great set.
Thanks for the tips on the bullet proof bushcraft on a budget series much appreciated! Sincerely
PMK outdoors
I have that exact large cook set. It was my step fathers. The set is well used and probably 40 years old. The coffee pot is great and made many pots of coffee and tea, plus water for washing dishes. I know some use a large coffee can. They add a bail. The plastic lid will help keep it clean and it would be fairly easy to cut a lid out of thin steel. I have about 4-6 old BSA style skillet pan kits. .50 to $2 on garage sales.
Love the bulletproof bushcraft series so far, Dave! Lots of great tips!
I picked up one of the vintage aluminum coffee pots with handles etc off ebay for $7 and I must say it is king over other pots etc I have used.The handles are strong and works great with a tripod etc.I carved out a piece of cork to plug the spout for transporting water.
great job! :)
to show that expensive equipment is not the only option, but you can improvise and have a good equipment, just need the will and the imagination.
Greetings from Croatia
I take two of the dog bowls and use one to boil water and the other as a lid and use the vice grips to hold the two bowls together. The ones I got required a little bending to allow the bowls to sit flush once you clamp the vice grips on, but well worth the little trouble and works great. Thanks for the tips!
Thanks for keeping the sharing of "tribal wisdom" going strong Dave. That nestable cook kit looks like a BSA Trail Chef Patrol Cook Kit - something I used quite a bit as a Scout. You mentioned that coffee pot.. Every patrol had a full kit and we would make the best Sassafras tea in it. The lid was our fry pan and we would cook in the inside pots and heat water for clean-up in the big pot.
Cool video dave. I also like to use the trash can when gathering tinder and fuel. Thanks for everything
Thanks Dave. I like the way you show people how to find good stuff cheap. That is good on you. I bought the 1.1 liter MSR Seagull for about $20.00USD at Dick's Sporting Goods. That isn't too bad. And of course I have the Pathfinder 32 oz stainless water bottle and cup! Fantastic products! Thanks.
Thanks for the budget series videos. My scouts and parents love the pointers I give them that I got from you. Keep them coming and God Bless
Excellent. I've been using sets like this for decades!
glad to see that you got you tech issues all figured out, Great video and series. Thank you.
great video,with all the crazy weather it pays to go prepaired
The eye-bolt on the vice grips is an awesome mod!!!! Thanks for this GREAT series, I'm learning a ton!!
So glad you uploaded a cpl more vids, sir! I LOVE your channel and have the utmost respect for you and what you do. I think most of us envy your lifestyle and blessings.
i guess these people dont drink pop, beer or energy drinks all put in aluminum cans?
That's a killer cook set....what a deal!!
Once again, Outstanding lecture! Thumbs up on your delivery method and video quality!
Loving this particular series! Thank you for all your great ideas.
I'm a stainless steel guy all the way. It's only marginally heavier than either titanium or aluminum (we're talking grams), it's the most durable, its super easy to clean up and it's also super-hygenic. As for the Vise-Grips idea, love it and use it, only I use "needlenose Vis-Grips" which give one the option of also being able to fold and form metal if one needed to.
excellent, really enjoy the bulletproof bombproof series of videos. keep the videos coming dave. Rich
Great video, really appreciate the bushcraft on a budget series!
Just found a stainless bowl at a local thrift store today. 50 cents. About a quart in capacity. Great deal
I have been seriously into minimalist camping/bushcraft for about 4 years. And im still not happy with my cookset. Ive gotten a lot of great ideas from your videos over the years. I have mine narrowed down to about a 7.5 X 5 inch round nesting situation wich contains an aluminum pot-teflon coated, a aluminum fry pan/pot lid. (A gripper style handle for those 2) A stainless steel 7" bowl or fry pan. And... if i feel like carrying the weight.... a titanium skillet. A stanley thick plastic cup, titanium fork/spoon, and plastic folding spatula, nests inside also. Its compact enpugh... but i can not hang the pot over the fire. No bail...
Its my only issue with my set.
Ive never tried using the straight up canteen and nesting cup. One day. Maybe.
But these videos are always helpfull... grounding, in a way. Reminds me to focus on what the set needs to do. And thats always the goal right?
Well done. Let's not forget that the common, metal coffee can be a functional camp pot, although the plastic kind are becoming the rule.
thank you for your hard work on these videos.
always appreciated.
Good stuff...lots of points I never knew...please keep these vids coming.....like the budget aspect,also.
I carry a stainless canteen cup and nesting cup. Great combo for solo use. One for hot chocolate and one for oatmeal and it cost me under $15.
I ordered the large MSR ,1.6L, so that I could have a larger option especially when with other people.
I would like to add a fry pan and a couple baking pans. Cooking is a big passion of mine so I'll make room for the extra weight and space.
Awesome video! Watching it a second time now. And sending it around to friends. Good to see you back in the woods my friend.
GREAT VID Mr, Dave.It makes me wish someone would come up with a 5 gallon bucket backpack.Now that would be very handy.
Great vids. Loving the Budget theme, seeing as college students like me are generally pretty skint. Gonna hit the bush in a couple days, better get my kit together!
good to see you making videos again, i really appreciate your work
I've heard the problem with aluminum leaching into food comes when you cook acidic foods like tomato. Very good video. I'm sure the outdoor school is top-notch.
I,ve used the larger kit for many many years, love it, only thing I would add is aluminum pie plates that nest inside.
Another great video, i love the budget series.
We seem to be on the wave length...I feel it too. I just improved my container selection by using stainless steel cream dispensers common here and purchased at the thrift store for no more than 10DKK, or 2 bucks USD. These have handles so I only had add stainless steel bails made from tongs. These will function much like the Civil War mess kit pot-cup. BTW, by the MSR pot we have can be hung from a 'S' hook if the clips on the handle are slid into the correct position that is near center.
Hey Dave, great VID! Keep them coming! By the way, I also use the dog dish. It's food grade stainless steel and tough as nails! I spraypainted the outside with the high heat BBQ paint and use this sucker like crazy! I learned that trick from your video, along with the small vise-grips as a handle!! Bulletproof is right!! Thanks for all you do Dave!! God bless ya man!!
Excellent video! I favor the stainless because of the extreme durability compared to aluminum. Since cooking containers are a more universal need, rather than a niche type item, there are lots of items on the market (such as that dog bowl) that can do the same job as the more expensive items geared towards the outdoor recreation market. I appreciate the overall common man tone of this video, ESPECIALLY because you've just come out with a $80 (very nice looking) dedicated canteen kit.
Another great video Dave thanks keep making them
Thanks for your great and informative videos
For my bow and 3 arrows i use a 4 Inch PVC-Tube with an screwcap. To carry the tube i build something i call "Carryall", sewed together from old straps. If someone like to see the strapsystem, i can provide pictures. I like that system, cause it´s very good for multipurpose. You can carry a bundle of woodsticks, a blanketroll or other things with ease as long it fit in the straploops.
That is a myth about the aluminum. great videos Pathers
Dave do you like the enamal pots and pans,i have a set over 20 yrs old still good,i use the large pot all the time,not that light but durable.Glad you are doing the common man again.
Great video w/ a bunch of different options to use in the woods... I just got a ww2 canteen w/cover for 1.00 at a fleamarket and the nesting cup at goodwill for a 1.50... I think i'm going to go w/the dog dish and vise grip and have a kit that cost me less than 10.00. I am going to have to find an MSR kit to round it out... Thanks Dave.... Greetings from NC Tim
My main cooking container is an old coffee pot, I love it.
Dave, I am happy to see you posting again.
I need a special favor from you and all Pathfinders...
A friend (Dean Jones, most known for his Disney movies "The Love Bug") needs your help/prayers. Dean is not well and needs all your prayers now to return to good health.
Will you help a fellow Pathfinder out?
Thanks in advance.
Mark
Great video Dave
I don't remove the chain. When I set my canteen into the fire, I set the lid to the side so it doesn't get hot enough to melt and that way I can use it to lift out my canteen when it's done. It works every time. I actually thought they were designed to be used like that, if not it worked out well.
Dave, you should make some sort of spout for your dog bowl pan. You could just bend one part of the metal to make it easier to pour the boiling water.
I have a 1.1 liter MRS seagl thanks to you thanks Dave it works grate
great video Dave!!
hey dave i love your videos
Have a French army canteen that is very similar to the first example you showed. The wide mouth is useful, indeed. The British P44 canteen is similar, but are more rare/expensive.
Great vid Dave!!
Dave you ever think about bending part of the lip of the dog bowl up into more of a spout for easier pouring? Love the vids! Great stuff!
Dave someone did a video on YT and said you didn't need a container to make char cloth, they just burned 100% cotton and said that it would work, Is this true???? is it good for char??? because I've have followed you for a long time and I've never heard you recommend a char method without using a container! I love your common sense! Take Care
Walking is dangerous to your health, yet we do it everyday. This is budget bushcraft talk, not pristine gear talk.
A couple of the 'luxuries', I guess you'd call them, that I always carried when I was in the bush was something plastic to use for a plate, usually a frisbee, & a $2 insulated 12oz. coffee mug from a gas station. Metal, whether stainless or aluminum, will obviously work for these things, but in my experience your food tends to get cold a lot faster in a metal container than in plastic. Combined they only weigh a few ounces, but they're worth their weight in gold when you're having a hot meal!
Spent a lot of time reading up on the aluminium thing and what isn't mentioned is the people who had Alzhiemer's who's brains were tested also had many other metals in their brain besides aluminium. no direct link could be found between aluminium and Alzhiemer's but they couldn't rule it out as a secondary factor (along with tonnes of other things). For this to be even a secondary factor you would have to take in a lot more aluminium over a long period of time than cooking with the stuff could put into your system. Basically, if you work with melted aluminium don't breathe in the fumes otherwise, no drama.
you can also get get good quality food grade buckets from Walmart. just go to the bakery and ask. they'll put a price sticker on them and you can pay for them up front, there about a dollar and will hold up real well as long as you don't do what i used to do and throw them around all the time.
Avoid things with a coating on them. I did flip a dog bowel and paint it with high heat paint and use it to cook with like Dave suggested. It worked really well. You can get some clips and clip two of them together and bake in them as well.
Awesome container options thanks for sharing. One question would you consider changing out your trash can with a 5 gallon bucket for your pack. I got a couple 5 gal. buckets from a pool store and they have screw on lids!
I just picked up a 3 pot 2 lid nesting set for 6$ yesterday at a second hand store So keep your eyes open lots of deals out there.
When I was a kid our parents took us camping all the time, they had what from what I can tell was the same as your aluminum nesting set BUT it also had at least 5 aluminum (I think) plates and at least 5 plastic (I'm positive) cups.
Also I believe your other pot goes with the larger set.
Dave, i was watching some of your old muzzle loading out of a break open and i was wondering if you would do a video on how to reload a shell or use a pump for a muzzle loader. Thanks keep it up your great.
For me, a container would be the most difficult thing to re-produce in the wild. You can break a rock for a sharp edge cutting tool, use vines or bark for cordage, make a bow-drill fire, and cover up by collecting leaves & branches. But a container ? Very difficult. So far, been able to cook anything I need using only the SS 32oz. bottle & cup. Even made blueberry muffin in the cup by putting water in the bottom,make a liner & lid with aluminum foil, pour in the mix and heat.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE VIDEOS AND INFO DAVE, PLEASE Google "fire safe cigarettes" sometime and start rolling your own, nothing wrong with a smoke now and then but ethylene vinyl acetate is not what you want to be smoking in Pall Malls and anything else pre-rolled at the store since around 2008... Bugler Gold and Top SuperRoll and both quality tobaccos, you'll save $ too... Thanks again for you all you do
hey dave i was wondering, what about using some of the cans from canned foods or coffee. wouldnt those work to aside from the not having lids but the availability factor i think somewhat makes up for it
just bought one a few days ago. havent had a chance to test it out. also havent figured out a good way to put in/take out of the fire....
i was wondering if you can do a video on how to smelt iron or other metals the comman man way, got my pit forge a little too hot, it melted the sand and turned it into glass and also melted my knife i was making. greatly appreciate yor videos, keep it up
Aluminum also melts at a low temperature. It melts at 1200 degrees. So you could get a fire hot enough to melt it if you were attempt to make char cloth in it.
Awesome videos and thank you so much for showing us items that those on a restricted budget can find. There are a lot of "metal" water bottles out there now a days. Can you use any of them in a fire? Or only certain grades(?) can be used for fires?
i took a brown paper bag cut out one side (the big side) folded it into a box shape as shown in wild wood wisdom barkcraft section staple it together so it wouldn't unfold. filled it with water and boiled the water on a one burner propane stove. as long as the flame doesn't go above the water line the bag won't burn.
Stainless animal bowls, not only been using them for years, I'm eating my dinner outta' one right now.
Great video Dave..
I personally don't believe that about aluminum either.
I just found a heavy guage aluminum perc coffee pot at the goodwill for a dollar and tax. It is twice as heavy as the same sized new version found in sporting goods camping sections.
Dave reproduce that coffee pot in stainless. thats bullet proof and strong. is it a perculator?
Great video Dave. Luv these common man videos but what happened to the backpack video?
have you checked out the foster pot ultralite backpacking pots. made one for myself for pretty much free but durability would be an issue but your making the pot from trash
I thought I was the only one who adapted the stainless steel pet bowl as a cook pot, LOL! I put a handle on one, and use pliers with another. Of course now the cats are glaring at me strangely when I pick up their bowls to wash them.
could you maybe name some woodsmen in europe or just the country theyre in? itd be intresting to see if there are any near me. oh, and awesome video as usual
for those looking for that big aluminim cookware set found it on ebay just put in camping cookware cost is 24.00
you didnt mention squash and gourds. Those dog bowls are a good idea, classy too
I purchased some aluminum cups and pots and pans from an estate sale, they appear to be from the 1950's.
how do you clean them before use?
i generally clean them with dawn or other good dish soap and a nylon scrubbie, if they're not rusted out.
man i never thought about using a dog bowl, come to think of it its really practical, light and dirt cheap here in my country. thanks dave your vids are really thought provoking :D
btw can you give me the brand name of the pot set you mentioned? all those for $20 its a steal :)
Hey Dave what is your thoughts on titanium? I know it is costly but what about the weight savings? Is it safe to eat off of? Also what about aluminum that has a coating? Would that prevent the possible leeching?
Gotta check out the bear bowl!
I love my msr seagull, I have the 1.6 liter.
Is that a shelter behind you?
Hi Dave,
Great series of videos for all us common men on a budget! I had a question about aluminum canteens / cookware. Can you boil water etc in an aluminum canteen? Do you have to worry about them melting or breaking down if repeated etc? I found a cheap canteen kit on ebay that's the ww1 style aluminum canteen, cup, and cover. The top is connected to a metal chain that ends in a carabiner so it won't get lost. the whole set is $14 with free shipping and I was wondering if it was worth it.
Wow Dave, did you make that camera in the wilderness?
I agree...I am not concerned with aluminum either. If anything, it's all the additives and preservatives in our food that is the problem.
Would metal containers have a seam if you print them out from a 3D printer?
I bought a stainless canteen cup from your store late last year,it looks like it has been sprayed with something on the inside.Is it safe to use?
Dave,
What is your opinion of the canteen set available through CHkadels?
What about that Wally mart grease pot,liked the as dog bowls,5 bucks at $ store,good ideas for thrifty Scouts! !!!
Strange question, do you guys have black widows in the woods out there? I know we have em where I am at, just curious about Ohio.