How To Make And Use Char Cloth
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- Lonnie shows how he still makes char cloth just like he used to do over 40 years ago. You will learn quite a few tips on how to make the char cloth as well as how it is used. Nestled into the dialog is several other tips that could be useful in a survival situation.
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Hello my name is Lonnie and My wife is Connie.
Here at Far North Bushcraft And Survival you will learn about many long forgotten tricks and tips of the old time woodsmen. Not only will you learn about bushcraft / woodcraft but you will learn many things that will help you to survive in less than ideal "survival" situations as well. Come along and sit with me by the campfire as I delve into these subjects in a way that you can easily learn to then do yourself.
I will show you how to make shelters, gather food, use wild medicines as well as start fires without matches, lighters, ferro rods, etc
if you read all comments i only been watching couple of years so I'm new but I learned more in the last 2 years than i did in 50 before I started watching thank you
I'm glad the videos have been useful for you.
Wow, that char cloth lights up like a match.
Yesterday I tried this using old blue jean material. I have yet to try making fire with it. I appreciate your video as I did not know how to use it. Now I wish I had moved to Alaska when I was younger.
You explain things very well. Your fire starter works almost as quick as matches. Take care!
Excellent demonstration Lonnie. Thank you.
I love your videos, they give me a feeling of Peace in a stressful world. God bless you
I will admit you guys are decided to your channel and I thank you so much for all the education you have brought to your channel also I have been watching you guys for over a year in a half now
I subscribed because you're for real. When you are in your driveway, you say so. 5, 10, 20+ miles out, you say so. You instruct realism and come across honestly and confidently, which is experience talking and not just practice. Practice is good and necessary which is probably why you do so many videos. You and Connie are living your legacy and the rest of us benefit. Truly sir, you and Connie are salt of the earth. Thank you.
Thank you my friend for the kind words. If I have not already thanked you for subscribing then I wish to do so now. I have noticed that you have been commenting regularly lately and I also appreciate that as it gives me a connection to you the viewer. I do read all comments but cannot reply to each and every comment. I do however like to welcome new subs as well as answer any questions that folks ask.
That was fan-dang-tastic!!!!
Two thumbs up! Now I'm ready to prepare my own "Char-cloth". Pillow ticking! But must be 100% Cotton. Thank You Sir!
Hi Lonnie, I would like to thank you and your wife for your, very informative and entertaining videos, very nice work, and true down to earth information, Kind regards. Duncan
Very well done Lonnie, A very simple and easy to understand tutorial. Very impressive on the flint and steel demo. One strike and that char was glowing. My old friend used to say "three strikes and your out".
The quality of this steel has a lot to do with the success. My friend Charles made a fine steel in this one.
You always make firecraft look so quick and easy, lol. Like a wizard disguised as a woodsman. :P
great video thanks for showing gonna make some myself I'm in Ireland
I used a one gallon paint can, popped a nail hole in it, tossed in an old 100% cotton T Shift and set it on the fire. When the smoke stopped shooting out the hole ..it was done. One scrape on the flint steel.. and the char cloth was glowing red hot. Thanks for the video, my Northern woods brother!
Lonnie I followed your technique and it worked perfectly.
camp site looked better than I figured it could after seeing the mud damage. Thanks for another video.
That mud was still soft in places even after this long of setting up.
You're a sourdough Lonnie. It's always such a pleasure.
Excellent video. Appreciate your teaching method. I learned how to make and use char cloth today. Thank you!
Thanks Connie & Lonnie: This was one of the best explained & demonstrated fire starting with char cloth I've seen & it encouraged ne to try it again Brian 76
Wow, 1 strike on the char cloth. Well done my friend
We just had an ice storm. Good luck in starting a fire in this. Thanks for the info.
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Sir.. I searched “ how to make char cloth “.. you was the 2nd video. I seen your thumbnail.. and that beard lol then I heard you speak… teach me your was Gandalf if the woods!!! 😂. Absolutely great channel and very well made. Informative, well explained and shown. Keep up the great work!
Thank you man it helps because I was in the Boy Scouts and my son needs help
Awesome! Thank you again for taking the time.
Just love your videos! I’m 57 and recovering from stage 4!cancer and I am finding time to work on my bushcraft skills. I am from Northern Alberta and have been as far North as Inuvik 60 miles south of the Arctic Ocean. I have only carried a magnesium and striker with me and only now starting to use a ferro rod. Hope I make it to enjoy some more time in the Bush. Thanks again!
Glad you are enjoying the videos. Good luck with the recovery.
Hey there Lonnie... great to see ya! This ol' video popped up on my recommendations and I just had to give it a re-watch. So much incredibly useful knowledge and tips packed in here. Thanks again for sharing it all. Hope this finds you and yours doing well brother! -John
Yes John we are doing great. Hope the same for you and your loved ones. Thanks for stopping by.
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival My pleasure Brother. I'm really glad to hear that y'all are doing great. We are doing very well also (thank you my friend).
Loved the video helped me figure out char cloth.
Miss the old lean to.. You should think about rebuilding it! Thanks for another very informative video.
Just started watching you...THANKS!
I am glad you found the channel here. Welcome to the channel. Make yourself at home and sit a spell.
Nice presentation Lonnie. Well explained as always. Here in South Carolina I can't dig any size hole without hitting flint rocks. Didn't realize it was not available in your area.
Thanks for that Video. Now I know how to make it right.
Great video I have just started using this method with an old file. I been having lots of fun with it .
Always worth watching and always greatly appreciated. I'm 53 and if a day isn't a school day it feels wasted! Lonnie, Connie you are highly valued educators. Many thanks. Andrew Sprague
Well done sir! Great info, very pleasant presentation.
Thank You!
Lonnie, another informative video. I remember making char cloth in Boy Scouts. we had Flint and steel kits in canvas pouches I want to say that maybe they were army surplus. you've probably already thought of this but if you took a piece of gorilla take and out over the holes after the tin cools off you can keep the char cloth from absorbing moisture and you have enough room to keep some dry tinder in the can
I really enjoy you videos. Thanks for the knowledge you share.
Thanks for taking the time to share your experience - you do it very well. I've watched several of your videos over the past few months and am enjoying them more and more. Just pressed like and subscribe. Thanks!
Not only does this present the info well it demonstrates just how efficient this material is. First lighting 32 scraps onto the birch bark. Char Cloth goes off on the first Tick of the steel. WOW!
Ok thank you for the info. Im from florida and am a outdoors enthusiast and love getting way off the beaten path, so all the teaching you do really is inspiring.
You're the real deal Lonnie. That was slick. You wheeze like a smoker. If you are, ever consider switching to vaping? I did a year and a half ago. No regrets and my health has gone way up with more energy and endurance.
Glad you have achieved better health. That probably does not make big pharma happy. they would prefer to sell you drugs to treat you for lung cancer and a myriad of other associated ailments before you finally kick the bucket. No I'm not a smoker but rather a lifelong Asthma victim. Two years ago the doctors wanted to put me on 2000.00$ dollar per dose Asthma meds to deal with my lung condition that had deteriorated to the point that my condition was considered uncontrolled in spite of taking a lot of meds daily. Today I am doing *MUCH* *MUCH* better due to something as simple as changing my diet and water fasting. I am now currently almost Asthma drug free. Next winter should see me drug free and with lungs in much better condition. My heavy breathing is due in part to diminished lung capacity but mostly to a winter of setting in front of the computer doing TH-cam stuff when I should have been outside getting excersize.
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Great video...thank you for the lesson today. Going to try this over the weekend!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
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ever get scared of burning your beard away?
Well so far it has only caught on fire once. lol
DrDeathAribertHeim Right! lol I always worry about that beard 👀🔥
would you use some of your beard for emergecny tinder? ;)
DrDeathAribertHeim As another bearded fellow you learn when fire is near your face to be mindful where your mug is. But sometimes it isn't enough I enjoy a fine cigar now and then and throwing a log in the fireplace with a good roaring fire like a moth to flame you occasionally get to close to the fire. Or when Relighting a short cigar that went out or axcidently dropping it and getting snagged in old whiskers on its way down or some sparks fly up at you from a fire, I can honestly say more then a few times I have singed old whiskers. I have Never caught them on fire...
knock on wood and I've had a beard pertnear since I was in short pants at 15 years old. So we're talking about 46 years give or take a few here and there when I had to go whiskerless because of a J.O.B.
My point is it is inevitable your gonna burn a few whiskers and if your the careless type and don't jlike using your head as God intended your likely going to have a full on face fire but I am not that kind of man.
Another thing I have NEVER EVER let anyone else light a fire near my face not even in my cigerett days more then 25 years ago when someone was trying to be helpful and offerd a light.
In fact I would blow out any flame coming to my whiskers quickly explaining though I appreciated the thought I simply don't allow anyone but myself put a flame close to my tinders.
That is a true and factual story.
No one ever took offense and we're usually amused by my what some considered over cautiousnous.
But like I said I have NEVER had a face fire So you be the judge....
On second thought I'll be the judge it seems to have worked considering I'm 61 now.
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival had the same question in mind... Rofl
I love your videos so much!! AAAAAAAAH!
From somebody born and raised in the eastern woodlands of North Carolina, moved to the prairie lands of Southern Colorado! Your videos are wonderful!!
I would never move from North Carolina, I love it there.. that's just me though
Just keep up with what you'r doing!!!
That was excellent. Thanks.
Awesome video. Thank you so very much Sir.
Great video Lonnie!!!
This man is experienced
Thanks for making an interesting video. I didn't know how simple it was to make char cloth. Also interesting about charga . I've seen videos about charga by bushcraft Barton's but don't know about the 'dead' charga. Thanks again Lonnie for the interesting content. if ever you run out of flint let me know, we have tonnes of it here in Britain
Short, informative and straight to the point.
Great videos as always, thanks you for sharing your knowledge :-)
Hello. Lonnie
Just wanted to Thank you very much for your Time and Knowledge. I was going to buy some Char Cloth after watching your videos, But now I can make my very own. I found your channel about a week ago and I have watched about a 3rd of you videos so far. I am looking forward to trying a lot of the things I have learned soon. Thank You again And waiting for your next Video. Your Friend Michael R. Gilbreath (Winfield, Kansas)
Welcome to the channel. Glad you are enjoying the videos.
Great info, thanks for sharing. It's amusing how different your environment is to mine here in Florida.
Thank you ... nice video and informative
Thanks for another great video,!
Have you ever tried using an old t-shirt? How well would it work if it was cotton?
Personally I don't recall if I have ever used tshirt but Doris C is correct. If it is 100% cotton then it should work well. If the Tshirt or any other material is new then wash it a few times to make sure all the brighteners, softeners etc are out of the material and do not use any additives in the washewr or dryer when laundering other than laundry soap. You do not want any chemical residue remains on the material. It just needs to be clean plain 100% cotton.
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Great, thanks! I'll give it a try and see how it works. I just picked up a flint and steel with not nearly enough charcloth!
Saw a guy use all blue jeans , he says he prefers it as it is bit heavier and doesn't fall apart.
Sir I did blue jean material, in a metal BB steel container. Oh does it look nice. Cut perfect circle s to fit in. Did 16 piece s. Loose fit. One whole in lid. Boy it worked great.
I loved the quartz and homeade steel striker idea. I will always remember this.
Lonnie - are you still making Bushcraft videos ? I've learnt so much by watching you. I managed to make fire with the Bow and Drill method for the first time this summer - I found it absolutely exhausting ! You make it look so easy. I hope you are still well and continue to make videos.
Welcome back stranger. I have plenty of great new videos that I feel are worth seeing if you have been away from the channel for a while.
Excellent video! Thanks, I just knew your beard was going up in smoke too. The wind was blowing toward your face. Take care.
Great Video!
Great video
I remember this !!
Very interesting
Nice video mate. You are awesome man.
You are a true inspiration
your content is great keep it up.
i like your video, thanks
Thanks for this video! I have been thinking of making char cloth for a while, definitely going to try this soon. :)
Really good video - inspiring thanks for sharing. ATB Nigel
Awesome
great stuff. i watched one of your vudeos where you show us how to make embers with a wooden tool and a stick with a mouthpiece and some sort of string. but it really is too hard to follow for a novice. i need more info please. i watch all your videos now. real informative
this is such a cool video! I just subscribed so I can't wait to watch and learn from you other videos.. Thanks so much
Glad you are enjoying the videos. Thanks for subscribing and welcome to the channel.
Been watching you videos for years Lonnie. Always a pleasure and educational. I really enjoy your methodical and patient approach. Thanks for taking the time to share.
Thanks for the video. I always learn something. Now I don't have to waste the time watching my Charcloth tin like a hawk and blowing out any flames that catch the fumes. Then I don't bother stopping oxygen getting to it I just set it to one side to cool, in the future I will let the devil fire up if it wants to and then cover the holes to stop the oxygen while it is cooling.
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Long time subscriber, big guy.
Now that was great! You have been helping me a ton, Lonnie, and I really appreciate it!
All your knowledge and expertise has been invaluable! God bless and keep up the good work sir:)
Wow ! You're awesome.
I learned a lot Sir !
Thank you 😊
from Michael in Florida
Another great video Lonnie! I should try this one day, to make myself a good supply of charcloth. As I really like to use a flint and steel. What also works good, is collecting the lint from your drier. And should you find yourself in a survival situation without any ignitable material, there will always be some belly button fluff ..... :o) hehehe
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. I came across your channel a couple of months back and I'm soaking up all I can. I'm also having my kids watch them as well as a part of their education. You are an excellent teacher and your kind, humble demeanor speaks volumes about your character. Thanks again!
20 videos on how to make but not use. Ty for showing how
Excellent! I love working with flint and steel. thank you for sharing.
your giving it more surface area
Good video even if i know how to make it, still fun to watch, but be careful of those whiskers you have more fire than you can handle lol
That looks like a tin that used to be full of Johnson's paste wax.
The tin is from *WAY* back so i no longer remember for sure but I'm thinking you are real close as it was probably actually "Rain Dance" automotive wax. Rain dance was my favorite back then. My favorite autobody treatment now seems to be Alaska road grime more often then not. Living so far out of town it is pretty discouraging to wash the car in town only to have it look like it has not been washed in 6 months by the time we arrive back home. We do not have the facilities to wash our car at home during the winter months.
Lonnie and Connie, some day when the SHTF or when someone is lost in the woods or any number of other survival scenarios happens, people will live because of your thoughtful, well detailed, instructional videos. Not to mention they just make my girls camping trips more fun. Thank you and may Great Spirit bless you both.
You, my friend, have a wonderful beard (and you are awesome!)!
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I have A Theory:
I had gone camping with my family when I was 10 in 1989,
And yet I suspect
A lot of boys when they
hit 9 to 12 or 13 years of age,
Go through a 'pyro' phase,
as a normal part of boys growing up, wherein if they are not sent off to some kind of camp or outdoorsy trip
Like the boy scouts,
They may go through a phase wherein on their own they go with their friends somewhere where they get caught screwing around with fire,
Like me when I was 13
I started a fire in the wooded area at the end of my alley
for no reason and then I shit
When I see my stepdad drive by because he never goes this way Im frantically stomping
It out and I forget if he
stopped and beat my ass or
not or just reported to my mother what I did.
But I definitely remember
The day I finished my pack
of Candy Cigarettes and was about to look for a trash can To throw it away when I had a momentary flash of genius:
I didn't have to throw it away,;
I could just set it on fire!
It's nighttime.
Completely normal
nothing to see here right?
So I did and I'm holding it
Watching it burn up and out in 10 seconds and I kick it to the curb and I started walking.
10 seconds after that,
A cop car rolled up on me.
It was friendly officer Nothestein telling me,
I think you need a ride home.
Yeah, to tell my parents
I'm turning into a little pyro.
I was less scared of the cop
Than of having to explain
to my mother why normal people don't stand there
and burn shit.
I think that every male
goes through a period
in his coming of age,
That is Misunderstood
by society, should he be caught screwing around being a firebug, such as when
Youths set newspaper or rubbish on fire the worst being possibly a dumpster,
As opposed to arson,
Which oftentimes Is committed with a financial motive, not necessarily to watch it go up.
Thanks Lonnie! When you made your fire at the beginning of the video did you put the wood on on the fire ninety degrees and ninety degrees back and forth on purpose? I have not seen very many bushcrafters do that. That was a great way to build a fire.
Yes I laid the fire that way on purpose. If you lay the sticks of wood parallel, they tend to cut off the flow of oxygen from each other and minimize performance. By laying them across each other you maximize the air flow to each and every piece of wood. It is a good way to get a fire going. Once it is going well and well established then one may choose to lay the wood parallel in order to slow down the burn rate and create hotter coals.
thanks for pointing that out, I didn't notice it....
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Thanks for the lesson. I have wondered how difficult it is to make char cloth. It looks pretty straight forward.
About how long did you keep the tin on the fire?
You are welcome. The tin was on the fire only about 7 minutes give or take. The bottom line though is to leave the tin on the fire until all smoke / flame has stopped coming out of the holes.
Good vid Lonnie as always, good job with the flint and steel and char cloth well executed im still practicing up on that skill, thank you.👍
I know that buckskins aren't exactly an all weather clothing type material, but I would like to see you wearing you're really cool-looking Buckskin outfit from time to time.
I appreciate your channel and all that you do. God bless!
Really enjoy your videos. You and your wife do a great job and very educational. Thank you.
hey there Lonnie, dont ya just love it when it works right away....:) i lived in eagle river for 15 years and really miss what i consider to be my home, i will always love the North Country, i enjoy your videos, regardless of how old we get, there is always more to learn, say hello to your Mrs, she is a wonderful lady.and also a great camera women.
Im new and i love your video man
Welcome to the channel.
Char cloth has become my fire starter of choice for several reasons. I leave it in the shoe polish can that I use to char it and it fits in a shirt pocket and full can will light 100 or more fires so it is very compact. Since it is never in the form of a flame, wind only helps it burn hotter and is easily ignited with a low temperature spark as that of flint and steel. In the absence of ignition devices it works very well to enhance the ember created by a bow drill which can easily fall apart in your bird's nest.
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