This easily the best video ever made on fire kits. The common sense thinking behind is very rare these days so this one really sticks out. And the explanination of „backup“ was simply amazing!
I picture Grouch staying alive in triple canopy jungle during the rainy season; the voice of wisdom. Not just fire light to be concerned about but also the smell of smoke far downwind. There were guys who smelled the enemy's fishy smelling sweat; good noses. Thanks for the fine video Blackie.
he has told me of being in the total dark on a listening post and smelled something foul.. as he sat still in the dark something big passed behind him and his men.. at dawn he found the tiger tracks
I just came from a video and the comments section was full of haters of mil surplus. I think that probably 90% of us are not from the tacti-cool crowd and mil surplus has served us very well and is within our budgets. Besides, if it was in near new condition when we got it, it’s likely to be able to be handed down to a young camper when we find something we think might be better for ourselves. I learned a lot from old timers on a first elk hunt in a frigid, November in the Pacific Northwest. I’ve now come to understand that the day-pack they insisted I NEVER leave camp without, is basically a Haversack. Though mine was/has been a butt pack with a shoulder strap too. Versatility on how I carry it. Fire, a whistle and rain gear were must haves in that first setup the old timers put together for me on that trip. 27 glorious days in the deep wilderness and 3 out of five got elk, including me. Had to wait for help to know what came next. Always good information thanks Blackie. 👍
Most of those people are probably talking about weapon quality and are comparing a standing military m4 to a 5-6k dollar SR15. In my personal experience being from what some call “tacti-cool” when it comes to packs and cook kits and such like that milsurp is a mega win. IMO. So idk what they’re talking about
@@thatoneguywithtwothumbs Nope, not anything related to guns, it was all about the various small pouches and how to use them for miscellaneous purposes. But I hear ya regarding firearms.
Thanks Blackie. Maybe keep some of those second stage and third stage sources sealed up in one of those vacuum sealed bags with a desiccant pouch to keep them fresh and dry for those times when the situation is really dire.
Good tips. A MOLLE Flash Bang Grenade pouch id perfect for carrying the UCO Titan match container. Old prescription bottles are good water resistant containers unless they are submerged for a length of time. I use them to carry cotton balls and a butane lighter. Thanks Blackie.
The US military molle pop flare pouch works perfect for a silky gomboy, other saws would fit great in it too and the options are endless with that gear! Thanks for showing!
Blackie, I was contemplating something the other day while plugging a tire. In an emergency those plugs could be a fire starter. I wouldn't want to cook on the fire, but for a winter vehicle kit, it is something that stays in the vehicle year round.
Thanks Blackie, great information for the person who is just starting out or more ways to expand on a kit you already have. Thanks again Eddie wheels 😬🧑🏻🦽👍
Blackie, you mentioned the wet or dry sandpaper as a match striking surface.... Does anybody know which grit would most closely approximate the side of the match box? It seems to me that it should be a very fine grit to prevent quickly depleting the match head.
Blackie, Great Video. Thanks, 1980-1982 in Germany you had to be E-5 Buck Sargent or above were the only ones that could have a fire , there were very few that I very saw.
The one firestarting method that seems to be forgotten is flint and steel ... normally people carry a carbon steel knife , and there are many types of rock that can " peel " a spark , so isn't it worth showing ? I personnaly can get an ember , blow it to flame and light a candle in 22 seconds. Flint and steel is my favorite firestarting method . I do have others but it makes sense to have as many as possible specially when you carry the main tool already... and charcol can be found in old campfires or prescribed burn areas or from leftover forest fires , powder the charcol to catch a spark and use same tinder as for other fires .
flint and steel is a way but i live in a area with very high humidity (60 to 90% often) a match will light and go out in that without a wind as the water in the air boils around the flame and steals heat causing the flam to go out..a flint and steel has a weak spark in the 400 to 700 deg range a farro rod does it at 3000F so i prefer to use a ferro and char for the much hotter spark and better chance of success. In the winter i will do a flint and steel video or 2 once my humidity f=drops down into the 40% range.. i have friends out west in that tinder box of California who and bump many kinds of rocks and steel together to get a spark and it be able to catch and make flame he lives where humidity in very low in the deserts
@@BLACKIETHOMAS I am going to have to disagree about the humidity and flint and steel , I live in East Texas .... at times you need " gills " to live here , lol. The real factor of easier fire is proper storage ( air tight ) of your tinder , char , and matches .
in my fire kit i also have those trick birthday candles, the kind you can't blow out. next when was the last time you changed out those strike anywhere matches.??.... the ones in my case where around 4 decades old. would not light on a striker board, too old, crumbled. would light when flame was put too them. so they got changed out with some new ones.
i would carry a few of the reg birthday candles so i could light them in we conditions for a long flam burn to dry out and get a tinder bundle to catch and keep burning . that way i didn t have to use my lighter so much
Another great video!!! I’m relatively new to your channel. Can you share a little bit about your scouting and/or military background. Thanks very much and be safe.
i was not allowed to serve i did enlist but birth defects ( born crippled) kept me out as to scouts i worked with the scouts for many years . i was a shooting sports instructor at summer camp for a number of years.. plus i worked on a scouting round table teaching scout masters skills to help them with the kids merit badges in their troops
@@BLACKIETHOMAS I've found that if you pinch the end closed with a leatherman tool with about 1/32" sticking out you can melt the end closed with a lighter. That makes them completely waterproof.
Don't always know what was British army issue or private purchases lots of Squaddies made, there's many of them in the British army. The fireball? Fire dragon? BCB ferro rod that comes with the full Crusader kits for instance, no idea if they were ever issued. They are ok, not my favourite ferro rods. Back in the day it was a lighter and hexamine along with a hexamine stove and there were these tiny, thin ferro rods knocking about that Lofty mentioned in the SAS Survival guide, im pretty sure they were private purchase though.
Hey man I've been following you for a minute(Like since Shaman's Forge Bushcraft days) Are you on social media? I have several questions for you. Many too long and detailed for TH-cam comments.
Fire is an essential skill of survival.
Blackie Kaufman's phone out of order
This easily the best video ever made on fire kits. The common sense thinking behind is very rare these days so this one really sticks out.
And the explanination of „backup“ was simply amazing!
I agree with your granddaddy about the backup.
You share so much good survival wisdom Blackie and in such a way that it’s easy to remember. 😊
I picture Grouch staying alive in triple canopy jungle during the rainy season; the voice of wisdom. Not just fire light to be concerned about but also the smell of smoke far downwind. There were guys who smelled the enemy's fishy smelling sweat; good noses. Thanks for the fine video Blackie.
he has told me of being in the total dark on a listening post and smelled something foul.. as he sat still in the dark something big passed behind him and his men.. at dawn he found the tiger tracks
I just came from a video and the comments section was full of haters of mil surplus. I think that probably 90% of us are not from the tacti-cool crowd and mil surplus has served us very well and is within our budgets. Besides, if it was in near new condition when we got it, it’s likely to be able to be handed down to a young camper when we find something we think might be better for ourselves. I learned a lot from old timers on a first elk hunt in a frigid, November in the Pacific Northwest. I’ve now come to understand that the day-pack they insisted I NEVER leave camp without, is basically a Haversack. Though mine was/has been a butt pack with a shoulder strap too. Versatility on how I carry it. Fire, a whistle and rain gear were must haves in that first setup the old timers put together for me on that trip. 27 glorious days in the deep wilderness and 3 out of five got elk, including me. Had to wait for help to know what came next. Always good information thanks Blackie. 👍
Most of those people are probably talking about weapon quality and are comparing a standing military m4 to a 5-6k dollar SR15. In my personal experience being from what some call “tacti-cool” when it comes to packs and cook kits and such like that milsurp is a mega win. IMO. So idk what they’re talking about
@@thatoneguywithtwothumbs Nope, not anything related to guns, it was all about the various small pouches and how to use them for miscellaneous purposes. But I hear ya regarding firearms.
@@jasonjohnson6344 all the milsurp stuff I use for camping has always done me well
thanks for watching
My view is it’s proven and tested. Caveat: Not ALL mil sup was a win for us troops.
Hi Blackie, greeting from Australia 🇦🇺, thank you for your time to make these videos, muchly appreciated thank you.
You are very welcome
Keep The Spark Alive With Blackie ! ! ! Thank You Sir .
glad to be of help
Thanks Blackie. Maybe keep some of those second stage and third stage sources sealed up in one of those vacuum sealed bags with a desiccant pouch to keep them fresh and dry for those times when the situation is really dire.
good idea
17:32 HEY BLACKIE! YOU ARE SINGING MY SONG WITH THIS ONE! GOOD STUFF! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! THANKS! 👍👍🦶
hang in there brother we will share a campfire soon.
To recap 3 times is a secondary and backup to what has already been said. Gotcha Blackie, saved me from rewinding vodeo.
glad to help
Good tips. A MOLLE Flash Bang Grenade pouch id perfect for carrying the UCO Titan match container. Old prescription bottles are good water resistant containers unless they are submerged for a length of time. I use them to carry cotton balls and a butane lighter. Thanks Blackie.
thanks for watching
I always keep 3 ways to make fire, but rarely 3 tinder sources.... great point!
glad to be of help
The US military molle pop flare pouch works perfect for a silky gomboy, other saws would fit great in it too and the options are endless with that gear! Thanks for showing!
good to know thanks
Blackie, I was contemplating something the other day while plugging a tire. In an emergency those plugs could be a fire starter. I wouldn't want to cook on the fire, but for a winter vehicle kit, it is something that stays in the vehicle year round.
i think your right the rubber would burn well
Thanks Blackie, great information for the person who is just starting out or more ways to expand on a kit you already have. Thanks again Eddie wheels 😬🧑🏻🦽👍
Glad it was helpful!
Great video! I picked up an assault pack like yours. It was 50 dollars. Like new condition. It is heavy but bomb proof. I like it so far.
awesome
Good informational video Blackie, thanks for sharing YAH bless !
thank you for watching
Blackie, you mentioned the wet or dry sandpaper as a match striking surface.... Does anybody know which grit would most closely approximate the side of the match box? It seems to me that it should be a very fine grit to prevent quickly depleting the match head.
if you go to a auto parts store they often have wet or dry Emory that can be glued to a bottle as ti what grip i would take a guess at 600 maybe
@@BLACKIETHOMAS Thank you
Blackie, Great Video. Thanks, 1980-1982 in Germany you had to be E-5 Buck Sargent or above were the only ones that could have a fire , there were very few that I very saw.
thank you for your service
Thank you Blackie.
my pleasure
Thanks, Blackie. I'll have to check out those flashbang pouches. The compass/first-aid pouches are kind of a bit too small. 👍
thats the beauty of molly lots of adaptable pouches
Thanks
Welcome
Great info! I love this series!
Glad you enjoy it!
Great video. Thank you 🙏👍
Glad you enjoyed it
The one firestarting method that seems to be forgotten is flint and steel ... normally people carry a carbon steel knife , and there are many types of rock that can
" peel " a spark , so isn't it worth showing ? I personnaly can get an ember , blow it to flame and light a candle in 22 seconds. Flint and steel is my favorite firestarting method . I do have others but it makes sense to have as many as possible specially when you carry the main tool already... and charcol can be found in old campfires or prescribed burn areas or from leftover forest fires , powder the charcol to catch a spark and use same tinder as for other fires .
flint and steel is a way but i live in a area with very high humidity (60 to 90% often) a match will light and go out in that without a wind as the water in the air boils around the flame and steals heat causing the flam to go out..a flint and steel has a weak spark in the 400 to 700 deg range a farro rod does it at 3000F so i prefer to use a ferro and char for the much hotter spark and better chance of success. In the winter i will do a flint and steel video or 2 once my humidity f=drops down into the 40% range.. i have friends out west in that tinder box of California who and bump many kinds of rocks and steel together to get a spark and it be able to catch and make flame he lives where humidity in very low in the deserts
@@BLACKIETHOMAS I am going to have to disagree about the humidity and flint and steel , I live in East Texas .... at times you need " gills " to live here , lol.
The real factor of easier fire is proper storage ( air tight ) of your tinder , char , and matches .
in my fire kit i also have those trick birthday candles, the kind you can't blow out. next when was the last time you changed out those strike anywhere matches.??.... the ones in my case where around 4 decades old. would not light on a striker board, too old, crumbled. would light when flame was put too them. so they got changed out with some new ones.
i would carry a few of the reg birthday candles so i could light them in we conditions for a long flam burn to dry out and get a tinder bundle to catch and keep burning . that way i didn t have to use my lighter so much
thanks
Blackie, they sell those pull start fire at Menard.
good to know thanks
Hey Blackie, I put a ring of RTV in the lid of a pill bottle to water proof it.
good idea
Another great video!!! I’m relatively new to your channel. Can you share a little bit about your scouting and/or military background. Thanks very much and be safe.
i was not allowed to serve i did enlist but birth defects ( born crippled) kept me out as to scouts i worked with the scouts for many years . i was a shooting sports instructor at summer camp for a number of years.. plus i worked on a scouting round table teaching scout masters skills to help them with the kids merit badges in their troops
@@BLACKIETHOMAS thank you very much for sharing.
I carry an altoids tin filled with char and char cloth for another type of tinder. Also some of your fire straws
i keep falling back to my fire straws i need to do an update on it.
@@BLACKIETHOMAS
I've found that if you pinch the end closed with a leatherman tool with about 1/32" sticking out you can melt the end closed with a lighter. That makes them completely waterproof.
Now I want to see an instructional video on how to set a dolphin on fire.
Those poor 🐬 😢
Great video…
The water proof leather 🔥 kit can be found at Stitch Gear Outfitters….
I’ll promote Stitch Gear since no one else is….
Please do! stichgear.com he makes great gear
Don't always know what was British army issue or private purchases lots of Squaddies made, there's many of them in the British army. The fireball? Fire dragon? BCB ferro rod that comes with the full Crusader kits for instance, no idea if they were ever issued. They are ok, not my favourite ferro rods. Back in the day it was a lighter and hexamine along with a hexamine stove and there were these tiny, thin ferro rods knocking about that Lofty mentioned in the SAS Survival guide, im pretty sure they were private purchase though.
crusader kits are good gear
Sterno can and a stick of fat wood = a wet match 😂
very true
Would you like some Australian surplus?
Can send some your way
sure love to try it
Hey man I've been following you for a minute(Like since Shaman's Forge Bushcraft days) Are you on social media?
I have several questions for you. Many too long and detailed for TH-cam comments.
If you have been following him since then you would know and wouldn’t be asking these questions…
You are appearing to be a fraudulent scammer….
@@hiramhaji7813 uh no I just don't have time to rewatch everything and it's not listed on his channel.
Oh yeah, nobody asked you
@@monkmccool9795 Well, that escalated quickly.
@@jeffmccausland3569 it always does~
@@monkmccool9795 but yet you have time to watch this….
Oh and you have time to talk on social media platforms….. 🤣