Unprepared Natural Tinder for Flint and Steel / Bushcraft-Survival / 4K
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- I try to answer the question if there is a natural tinder for Flint and Steel which can be used unprepared, hope you’ll enjoy, Taro
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Hi my name is Taro, I'm Bushcraft / Survival Instructor and author of the german Book "Feuer machen" (Fire making) and French Book "FAIRE DU FEU" based in Switzerland. I'm interested in bushcraft and survival techniques like fire making, building shelters and outdoor improvisation. I share my opinions and experience here on my youtube channel "Taromovies"
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For more videos please subscribe 🔔 to my channel and give a thumb 👍 up, thanks so much for your support, Taro
I will like every episode before watching. Been watching you for years
Many many thanks for you amazing support over such a long time. I try to carry on here in youtube, so more videos soon, wish you and your's only the best, Taro
"I don't know" A man with the humility to admit it. Thumbs up.
Thanks for your kind response, I’m trying never to stop learning and to think out of the box, Take care, Taro
@@Taromovies A fellow from Switzerland said the bridges and mountain passes are still mined? Is that true? If so Switzerland doesn't have an army. Switzerland is an army! Lol. Take care bud.
@@forrestry No not mined, but the soldiers take there weapons at home even if they are not on duty, so swiss army is one of the fastest to get mobilized
Love your videos my g
Thanks for your kind response, Taro
Thanks I’m so glad your back.
Thanks so much for your kind response 🙏
Love it...good that your back
Thanks glad to hear that 🙏👍
good info
Thanks Darren 👍
Nicely done :)
Many thanks !
Another great video my Friend!
Many thanks my dear friend 🙏
Excellent work, Taro! I will definitely have to explore this. Cheers
Thanks for your feedback, wish you fun by trying it, Taro
💥🔥This was new to me.Thanks for showing it.👌👍
Thanks for watching and your response Ernst!
Amazing video! Very helpful
Thanks for your kind response
Another learning video. That's what I really like about your videos. Always learn something. Take care, Al
Thank you Al 🙏
Sehr geiler Trick!! Danke für's Zeigen!
Danke Felix, freue mich auf's Freitag Video!!! LG Taro
Awesome video. Thanks for taking the time to make it.
Thank you William!!!
Wonderful video! Thanks. 🔥🏕🙏
Many thanks Rob, have a great Sunday 👍
Great discovery! 👌 Thanks so much!
WONDERFULLY DONE My Friend..stay awesome Taro!
Many thanks for your kind comment!
Came from Felix Immeler channel. Thanks and subscribed.
Thanks so much for your comment and your sub 🙏 take care, Taro
Taro, you always come up with great ideas. Enjoyed the video. Great to see you again!
Alway good to receive a comment of you, thanks for the support!!!
Excellent Taro! I have always wondered the same question about flint and steel. Thank you for the videos
Thanks to you for your kind response👍
Very impressive video. Well done
Many thanks 🙏
Idol
Thanks 🙏
Fantastic, I'm on the same journey
Thanks and also fun and success to you 👍👍👍
Nice nature skill tora god bless u
Many thanks Edward 👍
Sehr sehr gut lieber Taro! Beste Grüße, Sepp
Vielen Dank und einen schönen Sonntag an Euch alle, LG Taro
Excellent! Very good and detailed informative video. I have wondered alot about this over the years.
Many thanks again Andreas, take care my friend, Taro
Good video and tips , thanks for sharing , God bless !
Thanks so much Michael 👍
Great to see your regular videos again Taro. All the best bro, you and family stay healthy.
Hi Dave, great to hear from you
my friend, didn’t recognize your channel because new name and pic, sorry for that, try my best to do an regular upload, thanks for your support, you’re often in my mind always when I’m in my little gear room, so thanks again for all the gifts, wish you also only the best, Taro
@@Taromovies All the best Taro. We all have a little gear room lol. Trouble is the room is never big enough for our growing collections lol.
@@southernlandsolo7839 can only agree my friend 😅👍
I appreciate you and thank you for your knowledge and sharing your experience with us...i haven't found much amadu from the horseshoe fungus in my area but I'll try to find more of them when I go out on my next Fatwood harvest...I like the flint and steel just as much as the Ferro rod! Anywho I'm watching from the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island in Canada and you got a new subscriber out of me bruv! Hope your week is blessed and encourage you to come over and see the fires and elk videos I do. Cheers, Jerbs #22ADAY 👍🏼🇨🇭🔥🔪🔥🇨🇦👍🏼
Hello, Taro! I am here because Felix Immler recommended you in his recent canoe launch video that you were in...good info in this video, thanks!
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Oh that’s great, welcome Edgar and thanks for your sub🙏 Taro
Hey it’s been a long time since a post. I’ve been looking forward to a new one.
Cheers from Canada!
Thanks for your support Marcus!!!
Wonderful video, my friend. I am looking forward to seeing you and Felix test out his new canoe!!
Thanks David! To be honest i'm also waiting for the Upload on Friday on Felix's Channel:-)
Hey Taro ,
super video met een informatieve inhoud .. dank voor het delen ...
grtz. Janneman uit Holland !!
Bedankt voor het kijken en je mooie woorden mijn vriend, Taro
Very good technique I was always under the impression you had to boil the amadou with ashes thanks for the tip and improving my skills
Yes Allen me too, until I was getting back to zero, thanks for your kind response 👍
Merci! I'll be keeping my eyes open for tinder fungus (Zunderschwamm) on my next walks/hikes in the woods!
I already have some flint (brought it home from Germany) and a fire steel (sourced locally), so all I need is time to practice!
Hi Alexander, that sounds great, so you have all you need, wish you lot’s of fun by trying and practicing, thanks for your response, Taro
Taro, I have now watched ALL of your videos. First I want to thank you because your teachings have enriched my life and information bank. I am looking forward to see a new video soon. And second I want to wish you and your beloved ones a merry Christmas with warmth, love and many presents. Also wish you happy new year, may 2022 be full of success and many many new videos.
Tschüss, ciao and bye bye :D
Hi Adde, thanks for your very kind response, feedbacks like yours are my main motivation to carry on here on TH-cam, wish you and yours also a merry Christmas and only the best it 2022👍 kind regards, Taro
Hi Taro. Nocheinmal ein super video. Mann muss arbeiten fur Feuer usw. Bleib gesund. ATB. Nigel
Hi Nigel, agree there is not much for free in life :-) take care, Taro
Very nice demonstration! Thank you for the tips. I will start working on that now. Wish me good luck 😉 take care and cheers from Canada!
Thanks for your kind feedback and yes of course I wish you fun and success by trying it, Taro
Really enjoyed this. Great video and subject. We’re fascinated by the topic of uncharred tinders for flint and steel and have covered it in several videos. If you discover more please keep us posted as we want to continually add to our list. Thanks!
Thanks for your kind response, its not a topic to get a million views on TH-cam….LOL but I love to learn from each other and try new things, subscribed to you channel and will watch your videos soon, maybe you are also interested on this one: th-cam.com/video/l9NMP4oEons/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for posting. I appreciate that you took your time and checked the answer to the question I asked you in a comment from a previous clip. The video proves that the thorough preparation of the materials increases the chances to get the spark and then the fire. I will also try to get fire with this mushroom as it is found in nature.
Thanks again for your comment and your input, sometimes we think to complicated so we can’t see the simple solutions, wish you fun by trying it, take care, Taro
Another great vid . Your demonstration was very good , but like you said you must practice . Thank you for sharing .
Thanks for your comment John 👍
Hi Taro!
No matter how, the first fire counts.
Thumbs up.
LG +Ewig Glut
So ist es lieber Sepp, danke und eine gute Woche, LG Taro
Jsem moc rád, že znovu dáváš další videa. Moc ti díky za tvá krásná a poučná videa. Přeji hezký večer. Ahoj. ;-) Radim Sieber
Many thanks for your kind comment, wish you a nice week, Taro
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Impressive!!! I will have to try and find a similar mushroom in Tennessee. Amazing skill good sir!
Thanks Sean, wish you fun by trying it!!! Taro
Thank You again for another good piece of knowledge for survival. I hope we all can pass these techniques onto our children. Things like this are key for survival when society fails, hope that doesn't happen. Again from the Village of Enoree, SC USA, I hope You and your Family are doing well.
Hi Steve, thanks for your kind appreciation, yes that is one of the motivation why I wrote a book about fire making (available in German and French unfortunately not in English) and past the knowledge and experience in courses and workshops, I’m not a typical preparer bad is never wrong to be prepared, just in case, we are well here in Switzerland and I hope you and yours are fine as well, all the best, Taro
That's a very interesting technique with that super dry wild mushroom
Thanks and yes, the Fungus has to be dry, depending where you find it you can use it straight away or take some time to dry it first👍
It was great to see you out again. Thank you for your great demonstration! You should try that using a titanium striker. The spark is much hotter.
Thanks for watching and your response, yes its depending what you like, if you like the traditional way so you probalby use the classic carbon steel striker because our achestors did not have titan, all the best, Taro
Nice work Taro. As I remember there is a fungus on the ash tree that should take a spark when just dried
Thanks for watching and your feedback!!! Taro
Great info. Was the "tinder fungus" fresh harvested or was it dried? I am wondering if your repeated striking was causing sparks to micro char in an accumulative manner so that eventually it would be charred enough to except the relatively cool temperature spark and ignite. What is your thoughts on that?
Hi Lonnie, many thanks for your response, the mushroom has been harvested a long time before and was dry, otherwise from my point of view it is very dependent on the weather conditions and the location, in some regions I have already caught tinder fungus where the dead trees were very exposed and after a longer dry weather period, so you could use them directly after the harvest, you have observed the charing very well, yes in this case some charcoal formed up with the first sparks which then absorbed the other sparks, so I had to strike more than usually, but at home it has also worked directly, its depends on many factors, how sharp the edge of the flint is to get good sparks, how dry and fluffy is the mushroom, is it windy like in the video recordings etc., somebody metioned you used Charga as unprapared tinder material? can you send me the link to it? kind regards my friend and have a great week, Taro
@@Taromovies Yes I have often used pre dried chaga for flint and steel ignition as well as even rock on rock ignition. Don't feel like you need to watch all of these videos below but only whichever ones sound of interest to you. The last two videos in the list are now quite old.
Primitive Survival Fire Using Only Rocks
th-cam.com/video/4IpjRyTMvbI/w-d-xo.html
Survival Fire Lighting Using Rocks
th-cam.com/video/UVY6es_guRM/w-d-xo.html
Locating And Using Rocks to Start A Fire
th-cam.com/video/Ic_EUtH-JQA/w-d-xo.html
Quartz, Steel and Chaga fire
th-cam.com/video/QLOeYdKs_sg/w-d-xo.html
Rock and Steel fire using chaga
th-cam.com/video/yKn2utuzA1Q/w-d-xo.html
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival Hi Lonnie, thats great, thanks for your effort my friend!!!!
Dang!
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Hallo Taro, danke für diese Anleitung. Du bekommst auch alles zum brennen, sogar Farn. Bei mir geht sogar konventioneller Kohleanzünder wieder aus . . .
Gruß Tino
Hallo Timo, ja beim Farn muss man auch den richtigen Zeitpunkt erwischen bis in den Winter hinein funktioniert es noch recht gut, dann wird es einfach zu bröcklich und zerfällt zu schnell, LG und einen schönen Sonntagabend, Taro
No amadou here, but milkweed ovum is still the best natural material, flint and steel.
Thanks for sharing,
Steve, Indiana
Hi Steve, thanks for watching and your response, didn't know milkweed ovum until your hint, looks very interesting to me, never stop learning, all the best, Taro
white tinder fungus, laetiporus portentosus (Australiasian polypore) will take a spark from flint and steel uncharred, simply dried and it is good to go. I've had reasonable results with this, you have to ensure you cut it very thin and then process further by hammering as thin as possible, then drive sparks into it.
I also treat it with potassium nitrate for better results (for a hotter ember)
yes nitrate or boiling in ash water helps a lot, thanks again for your feedback, Taro
Great video! What would be the advantage of a flint+steel like that one you have versus the ferro rods you typically see with other bushcraft applications? Is it just longer lasting?
Thanks for your response, in my opinion is the next level to go back to stone age and use flint on flint, take care, Taro
I see it as a backup plan. Most bushcrafters recommend a carbon steel knife, and a high carbon steel knife can be used to create sparks just like a flint and steel (the lower temperature sparks, not the magnesium enhanced sparks you get from a ferro rod) so if you’re outdoors and have just your knife for some reason, knowing a few plants that can catch that spark without charring gives you a reliable way to start a fire without resorting to something like a bow drill.
@@evanf1443 That's an interesting point. I have never used flint before so bare with me here but... if you are in a situation where dry materials can be found such that flint method could work and you only have a knife, wouldn't it be easier/more efficient to use a bowdrill? Striking a carbon knife to just get that spark right seems harder (?). I guess one scenario is if you dont have any cordage to make a bowdrill but for some reason handdrill still seems easier and higher chance of ignition than striking a knife for sparks. Again, never tried using a knife for this purpose so I am just asking.
@@justknibbles5010 I’m more experienced with flint and steel than I am with a bow drill personally, but if you’re comfortable with a bow drill that might serve you better.
You should start farming my Friend
Yes I would i I could :-) maybe my next life, thanks for watching
Have you never tried 'King Alfreds Cake' ?
I love your content, watched it for years. Curious, why don’t you just carry a lighter?
First of all thanks so much for your support over such a merry time 🙏 IIm fascinated about primitive fire techniques since a was a child. Couldn’t understand how Jeremiah Johnson started a fire just with some sparks. Unfortunately under a tree with snow 😅 and it didn’t work as soon as I had a try. Over the years I realized that to light a fire is not only depending on the spark, matches or lighters. You have to choose the right material and prepare it properly depending on the current circumstances. So if you’re able to do this under nearly all weather conditions, it’s makes all easier by using a lighter. Luckily so was able to publish a book about it in German called „Feuer machen“ and French „Faire du feu“. I’m my opinion you should have always at least one backup. I carry my ferrorod, flint and steel. No lighter to challenge myself 😃 but there is nothing wrong with using matches or lighters because at the it only counts that you have a fire when you need it 👍 all the best, Taro
@@Taromovies Thanks, and again, great content.
Chaga funktioniert auch sogar noch besser :)
Ja, ja hab ich mal bei Lonnie gesehen, wächst hier leider nicht, den Chaga den ich hier habe ist noch von Dir😃👍 LG Taro
Copy cat...meow...
Is that is just regular horse hoof fungus? It grows on any tree? Or does it have to be from a specific tree? Birch?
Thanks for watching. The fungus prefers beeches but also birches or some other old or death Deciduous trees
Got it. Thank you.