Best way how to make char cloth, natural tinder, making fire with flint and steel, lunttu, bushcraft

I'm showing best way how to make char cloth in an traditional and easiest way. Char cloth is natural tinder and the easiest way to catch a spark when making fire with flint, steel, char cloth and a "bird's nest". At the end of this video I´m showing how effective char cloth really is.
I'm showing on another video how to use flint and steel and char cloth.
Try yourself! It's surprisingly easy and great outdoor fun! DIY!
Paras ja helpoin tapa tehdä perinteisessä tulenteossa käytettyä sytykettä, lunttua. Kipinä isketään käyttämällä karkkua eli tulusrautaa eli kipinärautaa ja piikiveä.
Tulenteko ilman tulitikkuja.
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[@backwoodstrails]

Thank you for actually using flint and steel on your char cloth. A bunch of guys on TH-cam are making char cloth and using a ferro rod to get an ember with the char cloth. If you are using a ferro rod, there is no need for char cloth, it's just an extra step when you can go directly from your ferro rod to an open flame with good tinder or simply a PJ cotton ball.

[@RUGRAF-rf8fi]

I absolutely agree the hole on the side is brilliant!! Thank you

[@KuukkeliBushcraft]

I have made a lot of charr cloth in my time but always made the hole in the top. Your method is so much better. You can close the hole. Genius.
Thank you very much for teaching me something new.

[@hungrycatwilderness]

Thank you for your kind comment!

[@interrogationfiles]

That's cool tip close the hole thank u u got a subscriber

[@Gator-357]

You can make char from any natrual cloth, rope, fiber or plant. I have made it out of just about everything at one point or another. My favorite things to make char from are cotton or hemp rope 1/2" to 1" in diameter or rolled or braided denim. I find that having it in a stick form allows for more versatility. You can break of a smal piece or ignite the whole end like a cigar and have a large, hot ember for starting wet or damp tinder or for windy conditions. As long as you make it correctly, it readily takes the tiniest of sparks. Also, you can you any container that is mostly airtight and fireproof. I find that bigger holes or gaps in tins don't matter as long as they don't allow for excessive air flow. You can always cover it with a cloth or tin foil after you pull it out to avoid ignition if it has larger holes or gaps. I have even used aluminum foil tightly wrapped arounf the material. Also, when using a tin, if you put a layer of punk wood on the bottom and then stack your char material on top of it, you get a much better final product that is dull and fluffy and doesn't get hard and shinny as sometimes happens. Also, I like to make a big batch at a time and keep it stored in an air tight container. Then you can toss some in a tin or baggie before your trip and don't have to mess with making it every time or two.

[@douglasreed9237]

Awesome now I need to find a nice can like you used. Thanks for the info. 👍

[@kirtadams439]

This is a great video. Thanks for posting it here.

[@list1726]

Thanks for posting

[@hfrendal5374]

Did you really use minutes of the vid to stuff your tin with cotton? Yes you did!

[@hungrycatwilderness]

Why rush? Enjoy every moment!

[@waveman0]

T-shirts make for a very good charcloth that takes a spark very well but is less robust.
Jeans are for me, are the best material, they balance robustness with the ability to take a spark.

[@hungrycatwilderness]

You are right about the jeans as good char cloth material! Also my old jeans are going to be chared!

[@waveman0]

@@hungrycatwilderness I buy my jeans from Op-Shops, I don't care what style or size, just that they are 100% cotton. They are usually about $5 a pair. I tend to buy $20 worth at a time. That gives me a whole heap of char cloth.

[@kristianmartialsurvivalper8522]

how long did you keep it charred in fire 🔥

[@hareth3911]

Does the bottom pieces of cloth will not be that good charred? Because i see it might be that ?

[@samthai818]

With that small of a tiin and that great of a fire, I believe you should get pretty complete charring. I use a 1 qt tin with 60+ pieces of cloths and out of 5 burnings I only had about 3 pieces that were 75% partially charred. This was done on a propane burner. I rotated the tin all sides, even upside down and shaking the tin fairly vigorously to ensure good even contact and exposure of the contents.

[@hareth3911]

@@samthai818 thanks🌹

[@irvsstella]

Will this work with a ferro rod?

[@jamesruth100]

You can use char cloth with a ferro rod, but the way you use it will be different than how it's done in this video.
You'll want to place your char cloth on a stable surface (rock, table, etc you get the idea), then position your ferro rod vertically over top of it (it can even be touching the fire cloth, or flush against your stable surface right next to it). You'll want to strike from the top of your rod (ie. the end you're holding) downwards onto the char cloth, and if you're positioned correctly the sparks should catch pretty quickly. At that point just take your char cloth, put it into your tinder, and blow on it to nurse your fire; the char cloth burns relatively slowly and stably when it's just caught sparks, so you don't need to rush.

[@samthai818]

Ferro rods throw larger showers of sparks at much hotter temperature ensuring a burn within 2 strikes, most within the first.

[@volubilis4143]

I do otherwise for have charred cotton.
This avoids the "corrugated iron" effect.
Then I hit 1 time to have embers.
Here is the video: (th-cam.com/video/gLe35yNFv9E/w-d-xo.html)
Please can you tell me what editing software you are using. Thank you.

[@hungrycatwilderness]

Hi! Good video you have! Very well organized system!

[@samthai818]

There are flames only because your tin is completely in a fire. I have a larger 1 qt tin and on a burner you would be hard pressed to see flames. You would need to regulate your burning just at the right strength to give a gentle stream of escaping gas, enough for you to light with a lighter. Otherwise too little escaping gas and lit flame goes out, or too much escaping gas roaring lit flame goes out immediately. I am also surprised that your tin has no liquid smoke residue crystalizing up coating the inside surface of your tins. The again you are only doing 16 pieces at a time. I do about 60 in a qt tin and smoke goes to liguid and then crystallizes completely coating the tin. I did a whole large t shirt, so it took 5 rounds at 25 minutes per. Now i have enough char cloths for a year or two. Good stuff, thanks for sharing.

[@daltoncraig8300]

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