I can picture Lonnie saying, "You know, in all the excitement I can't quite recall if I used six pieces of my chaga or only five. So the question you have to ask yourself is, 'Do I feel lucky?' Well do ya, punk...wood?" Great video. I knew that uncharred punk wood would take a spark and form an ember but didn't realize it could be blown into flame without the need of any, other tinder material. That is great information to have!
Another awesome, reliable, honest, professional and relaxing survival and Bushcraft video by Lonnie and Connie at far north Bushcraft and survival. It's always a treat when a new video is out.
I char my punk wood the same way I char my cloth. I even tried a rather large piece of old deck board left over from a patio build. It all works. Just got my new flint and steel set and its fun practising.
Some of my favorite fire starting methods require punk wood it's some of the most under utilized resources in nature great topic that not a lot of people talk about
i've used it to smoke out my shelters to remove spiders and other insects but never as a fire starter i,ll have to give it a try , always something to learn with you , thanks much !
Hallo Lonnie and Connie, I want to say thank you for all your great videos. Yesterday, all the knowledge you told us, made my day. I was on a short fishing trip with no preparations to make fire, when a swarm of midgets tried to chase me away. I managed it to start the fire just with my EDC knife and an empty Fuellighter. It was a wonderful evening. Thank you again and keep on sharing your techniques and lifestyle!
Wow! I’m going to try your punk wood fire resource method tomorrow! Thank you for being patient with us (your students). I wish Peace for both of you. Mit Freundlichen Grüßen; Salome! Mögest du weiterhin im Frieden und SEIN der Schöpfung leben. Preis sei der Schöpfung, der Weisen, der Gerechten.
Hey Lonnie, good video. I don't even use char cloth anymore, I char punk wood, and any other natural substance found dead laying around. Twigs, and such. The softer and dryer the better. I carry a round tin with me every time. I made a leather belt pouch for it. It has my char material, a small ferrocerium rod, and a small Bic lighter. One other thing in my fire pouch is a small all metal pencil sharpener. I get me a stick or twig, Whittle off the outer bark, and stick it in the sharpener. It gives me fine shavings perfect for starting a fire. Thank you very much for the video, also I truly enjoyed seeing you and Connie with Brooke and Dave on Girl in the woods channel. Looked like a lot of fun. Take care.
Thank you for this. I haven’t used charred punkwood much, but I am planning to keep it as my main charred material for Viking age bushcraft. Great demonstration as always.
Back in the late 1970's early to mid 1980's I went to a lot of the Mountain Man, black powder rendezvous. I made fire lots of times with flint and steel, and once with a bow drill. With the flint and steel, I used char cloth or the burnt end of a cotton rope that was in a brass tube. I always wondered what the mountain men really used since there isn't a lot of cloth to turn into char cloth in the wild. I saw another video awhile back where a guy was charring Mullen leaves to use.
Oh! Also, that fire piston.....I learned of these a year or two ago. I was told they were a gimmick and really didn't work worth a darn. Yours looked like it worked just fine!
Yes my fire piston works great. Here are a couple videos I did on this fire piston explaining the details a bit better if you are interested. Homemade Fire Piston Demo th-cam.com/video/Ih3PykLeqfs/w-d-xo.html Fire Piston Detail th-cam.com/video/0qcLYggJMWY/w-d-xo.html
Thank you Lonnie and Connie. I am blessed to "know" you and learn so much with each video, about the outdoors but also about life and humility. Greetings from North Pole, AK!
That is some awesome bushcraft. I do so love punkwood. Prefer it to char cloth. Only need to show it to the sun (almost) and it starts to glow. Thanks for sharing Lonnie
One of your best fire kindling videos Lonnie. Extremely simple and very effective. Thank you. Old firewood piles are prime sources of good punk. I use even punky maple bark to smoke meat with. Just let your initial fire go almost out and lay on some wet punk. A couple of large, rotted, wet pieces of stump will keep a campfire alive, even in a rain storm for hours without producing flame.
Great vid! Toasted punkwood is my go to most of the time. Every time I go out on a scout I look for it and save it. It was a sunny when you did your vid. Punkwood is a easy solar ignition. I use solar all the time because it dont use up my other ignitions .trying to use the next fire mind set. Keep the vids comeing lonnie.
Totally relaxed and confident in what you're doing, as always. Your videos are the ones I share with my bushcrafting grandkids, as we live too far apart for me to show them first-hand. You two are by far the best!
This video was extra good! Explained very well. I believe char cloth to be rather modern with surplus cotton material being plentiful but back in the day punk would have been the main fire starting method. This video helps keep the old and valuable way alive.
Would you consider doing a video on your fire piston, how you made it, etc.? Really enjoy your videos. Thanks for your hard work producing such interesting content.
I made my fire piston many years ago. Below is a couple videos i did on the fire piston. Homemade Fire Piston Demo th-cam.com/video/Ih3PykLeqfs/w-d-xo.html Fire Piston Detail th-cam.com/video/0qcLYggJMWY/w-d-xo.html
Punk wood's are actually found everywhere there are dead timber. I notice these stumps and decayed tree fells in my public hunting area. Good to get out and practice some fire making bushcraft skills.
Glad to see you aren't smoked in up there like we were here in Seward! Finally cleared out with some rain. I'll have to look around the woods here. I never really thought of punk wood, because I assumed it was rotted and wet. Maybe not so here, even though we are temperate rain forest terrain.
We had a long dry spell and so most of the punk wood had been fairly dry. You can collect wet punk and dry it out for future use if you want to try it. It has also been quite smokey here off and on for quite a while this summer.
Another great use for punkwood that I use it for is bug repellent! A big coffee can with no holes filled with dry punk wood and getting it lit then blowing it out will smoke like mad for a good while and keep the bugs away.
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival i imagine you could partially close it, I also just put a teeny pin hole in two sides of the can at the bottom. It is like a smoke bomb when it gets going. LoL. So I would imagine you'd be able to at least cut it back a little bit with a lid. Mine is actually a pooky sticks can so it has a metal top. Will have to try and see if that still lets enough air in to keep it smoldering.
That's a great method of prepping punkwood char.... PLUS, by heating that tin up the way it does for a while, it could be a heat source in the winter to warm the hands or, if need be, stuff it in your coat to warm the core ... maybe. Thanks for sharing the video.
Excellent video folks, charred punkwood has always been my go to tinder, NW Primate also suggests putting a fine metal mesh say from an old sieve over your tin to prevent it blowing away or getting knocked over
Great in-depth discussion of punk wood. Looks like your fire piston has come into it's own.. one pump and smoke.. looks better than in the video where you show how to make it... i will have to try one of those.. I love the guys you listed too.. you really bring it all together .. thanks J
Don't forget fungi which grows on trees . Cut it in thin slices , hammer stone the heck out of it and char it . You'll never go back to char cloth . ATB
I really enjoyed the video with you and the Wipples meeting up and having a meal at your place ! I always wondered if you all , had ran into each other in Fairbanks or some where. Dave is one big feller .
It’s Always a pleasure to see your video pop up on my screen. A smile always comes to my face. Thanks so much for all your teachings and advice. Stay well,stay safe and God Bless. Ash 🏴
Punk Wood really is a great resource. I always have a resource in my pack and once it's charred it is amazing for many reasons. My char tin is heavily used from starting fires to crumbling a few bits into my pine pitch . I tell ya What Connie is good on that camera too 👍🙂
As often as I see Punk Wood(unknowingly till now)when I'm doing my weekly Hiking,fishing and campouts I can't believe it's never crossed my mind to think about that as an excellent source for fire starting and an alternative to Char Cloth. Another means of helping start fire in my book(mind) and I thank you.
basically just want to cut off the oxygen, start it in a small hole and bury it to cut off the oxygen. or smaller quantity's in an Altoids can great video. i would not have thought of using punk wood to start a fire. you just keep showing me different ways to do this stuff. thanks
I made the fire piston many years ago. Below is a couple videos i did on the fire piston if interested. Homemade Fire Piston Demo th-cam.com/video/Ih3PykLeqfs/w-d-xo.html Fire Piston Detail th-cam.com/video/0qcLYggJMWY/w-d-xo.html
I've been a real fan of the Altoids tin with a "vent" hole in the lid to make char cloth out of old jeans squares. Thanks, Lonnie and Connie, for showing me an endless supply of natural char material! Two thumbs up! God Bless
A recent study (latest and complimentary than Michael Tellurian's one) reported that men with extra long beards, are prone to get their beard in fire, when trying to teach others how to lit a camp fire with the flint-steel, friction and piston methods... Really Lonie, every time you start a fire with one of thiese methods, I'm anxuesly suffering! So I go and trim my beard!
That’s so cool. You are the best with all your knowledge. Love the “like I did earlier comment” Lol!! Big thanks to you and Connie. ATB and have a great and safe weekend.
Thank you Lonnie and Connie, This was very valuable information..I just recently have been working with pun wood. It is a crazy wonderful resource. Looking forward to your next video.
Whoa, that’s impressive. I like using damp punk wood on my fires before I bed down. I lay it on a good bed of really hot coals. It will smolder all night and it’s easy to get the fire going the next morning.
I have seen alot of this stuff around here in northern Sweden but i have not ever used it as firewood because i thought it was just rotten wood.. Thank you for letting me know the other end of this, i will use this method on my next trip! :D Keep up the good work!
I like how u did this all in real-time and didn’t give up. I’m not new to the channel, but u are the real deal and love the quality of content.
I use Punk wood all the time to help get my fire started... But you're the first TH-camr I've heard approve of it👍
I can picture Lonnie saying, "You know, in all the excitement I can't quite recall if I used six pieces of my chaga or only five. So the question you have to ask yourself is, 'Do I feel lucky?' Well do ya, punk...wood?"
Great video. I knew that uncharred punk wood would take a spark and form an ember but didn't realize it could be blown into flame without the need of any, other tinder material. That is great information to have!
Another awesome, reliable, honest, professional and relaxing survival and Bushcraft video by Lonnie and Connie at far north Bushcraft and survival. It's always a treat when a new video is out.
Ditto Steve !
I char my punk wood the same way I char my cloth. I even tried a rather large piece of old deck board left over from a patio build. It all works. Just got my new flint and steel set and its fun practising.
Some of my favorite fire starting methods require punk wood it's some of the most under utilized resources in nature great topic that not a lot of people talk about
Thank you Mr. Lonnie and Mrs. Connie. Great video. Glad y'all are doing well.
Thanks for showing how to use this wood. I’ve lived in South Central Alaska for 50 years and thought that was junk.
i've used it to smoke out my shelters to remove spiders and other insects but never as a fire starter i,ll have to give it a try , always something to learn with you , thanks much !
Grey Beard Bushcraft That’s a great idea. I will try that!
check my channel out at " Grey Beard Bushcraft " , just getting started and working out the kinks .
Maybe throw a few fresh pine needles in as an additional?
Hallo Lonnie and Connie,
I want to say thank you for all your great videos.
Yesterday, all the knowledge you told us, made my day.
I was on a short fishing trip with no preparations to make fire, when a swarm of midgets tried to chase me away.
I managed it to start the fire just with my EDC knife and an empty Fuellighter.
It was a wonderful evening.
Thank you again and keep on sharing your techniques and lifestyle!
Thanks a lot for this wonderful video!! Greetings from Switzerland
Felix
that is a different way to make punk wood thank you.
Great video Lonnie and Connie
Excellent video Lonnie. Thank you
Amazing way to light a fire.Learned another bushcraft lesson.Thanks
Wow! I’m going to try your punk wood fire resource method tomorrow! Thank you for being patient with us (your students).
I wish Peace for both of you. Mit Freundlichen Grüßen; Salome! Mögest du weiterhin im Frieden und SEIN der Schöpfung leben.
Preis sei der Schöpfung, der Weisen, der Gerechten.
Guys I miss the flute music before and after your videos....was really beautiful... Great Videos, God Bless guys and thanks for sharing
Hey Lonnie, good video. I don't even use char cloth anymore, I char punk wood, and any other natural substance found dead laying around. Twigs, and such. The softer and dryer the better. I carry a round tin with me every time. I made a leather belt pouch for it. It has my char material, a small ferrocerium rod, and a small Bic lighter. One other thing in my fire pouch is a small all metal pencil sharpener. I get me a stick or twig, Whittle off the outer bark, and stick it in the sharpener. It gives me fine shavings perfect for starting a fire. Thank you very much for the video, also I truly enjoyed seeing you and Connie with Brooke and Dave on Girl in the woods channel. Looked like a lot of fun. Take care.
I also have a carpenters pencil sharpener for the big round pencils and have used it to make shavings the same way as you.
Awesome “punk wood tutorial”, big thanks to all three of you - enjoy your summer!👍
have been a big fan of punk wood for years , great tip lonnie and connie
Many thanks Lonnie and Connie. Excellent video.
Thank you for this. I haven’t used charred punkwood much, but I am planning to keep it as my main charred material for Viking age bushcraft. Great demonstration as always.
Back in the late 1970's early to mid 1980's I went to a lot of the Mountain Man, black powder rendezvous. I made fire lots of times with flint and steel, and once with a bow drill. With the flint and steel, I used char cloth or the burnt end of a cotton rope that was in a brass tube. I always wondered what the mountain men really used since there isn't a lot of cloth to turn into char cloth in the wild. I saw another video awhile back where a guy was charring Mullen leaves to use.
Oh! Also, that fire piston.....I learned of these a year or two ago. I was told they were a gimmick and really didn't work worth a darn. Yours looked like it worked just fine!
Yes my fire piston works great. Here are a couple videos I did on this fire piston explaining the details a bit better if you are interested.
Homemade Fire Piston Demo
th-cam.com/video/Ih3PykLeqfs/w-d-xo.html
Fire Piston Detail
th-cam.com/video/0qcLYggJMWY/w-d-xo.html
There are also quite a few shelf fungi that make awesome char material for fire lighting use.
Thank you Lonnie and Connie. I am blessed to "know" you and learn so much with each video, about the outdoors but also about life and humility.
Greetings from North Pole, AK!
That is some awesome bushcraft. I do so love punkwood. Prefer it to char cloth. Only need to show it to the sun (almost) and it starts to glow. Thanks for sharing Lonnie
Truly enjoyed this video goes without saying Lorrie . You are a great teacher .
Regards to you and Connie 👍👌🇬🇧
One of your best fire kindling videos Lonnie. Extremely simple and very effective. Thank you. Old firewood piles are prime sources of good punk. I use even punky maple bark to smoke meat with. Just let your initial fire go almost out and lay on some wet punk. A couple of large, rotted, wet pieces of stump will keep a campfire alive, even in a rain storm for hours without producing flame.
Great vid! Toasted punkwood is my go to most of the time. Every time I go out on a scout I look for it and save it. It was a sunny when you did your vid. Punkwood is a easy solar ignition. I use solar all the time because it dont use up my other ignitions .trying to use the next fire mind set. Keep the vids comeing lonnie.
I honestly never thought of using punk wood...I usually use birch bark and fat food but this stuff is amazing! Thank you Sir!
what a good DIY video on how to find, make and use punk wood
Totally relaxed and confident in what you're doing, as always. Your videos are the ones I share with my bushcrafting grandkids, as we live too far apart for me to show them first-hand. You two are by far the best!
This video was extra good! Explained very well. I believe char cloth to be rather modern with surplus cotton material being plentiful but back in the day punk would have been the main fire starting method. This video helps keep the old and valuable way alive.
Would you consider doing a video on your fire piston, how you made it, etc.? Really enjoy your videos. Thanks for your hard work producing such interesting content.
I made my fire piston many years ago. Below is a couple videos i did on the fire piston.
Homemade Fire Piston Demo
th-cam.com/video/Ih3PykLeqfs/w-d-xo.html
Fire Piston Detail
th-cam.com/video/0qcLYggJMWY/w-d-xo.html
Punk wood's are actually found everywhere there are dead timber. I notice these stumps and decayed tree fells in my public hunting area. Good to get out and practice some fire making bushcraft skills.
If it gets any drier on the Kenai, I'll be able to start a friction fire with a stream of water. Another good video!
It has been so hot for so long that the salmon going upstream are beginning to raise a dust cloud. lol
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival I just caught two tree fighting over my dog.
Glad to see you aren't smoked in up there like we were here in Seward! Finally cleared out with some rain. I'll have to look around the woods here. I never really thought of punk wood, because I assumed it was rotted and wet. Maybe not so here, even though we are temperate rain forest terrain.
We had a long dry spell and so most of the punk wood had been fairly dry. You can collect wet punk and dry it out for future use if you want to try it.
It has also been quite smokey here off and on for quite a while this summer.
Another great use for punkwood that I use it for is bug repellent! A big coffee can with no holes filled with dry punk wood and getting it lit then blowing it out will smoke like mad for a good while and keep the bugs away.
Do you put any sort of partial closure lid on it or leave entirely open on top?
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival i imagine you could partially close it, I also just put a teeny pin hole in two sides of the can at the bottom. It is like a smoke bomb when it gets going. LoL. So I would imagine you'd be able to at least cut it back a little bit with a lid. Mine is actually a pooky sticks can so it has a metal top. Will have to try and see if that still lets enough air in to keep it smoldering.
Loved the punk wood video, never knew this worked like that, great thing to know.
I tried the punk wood trick and it worked like s charm.
Beginners luck I think, lol
Thanks for another great video.
Great video again, thanks for the details on the punk wood version of char!!
Hi Lonnie, simply the best mate, awesome tip and we have loads of punk wood in most places in the UK. many thanks for sharing. Ian
GREAT video Connie !! Guess you could say the same to that guy for helping ya :D
Watching this reminds on how the dry woods are so easy to catch fire. Amazing. Mother Nature gives but also takes away.
Super Tip Lonnie! From ember to flames with the same material is Awesome! Many thanks, Sepp
That's a great method of prepping punkwood char.... PLUS, by heating that tin up the way it does for a while, it could be a heat source in the winter to warm the hands or, if need be, stuff it in your coat to warm the core ... maybe. Thanks for sharing the video.
you are a very knowledgeable man and a great teacher
Another Most Excellent lesson, thank you!
great video, ive never tied this but thats somthing il do thank you for sharing
very cool thanks for sharing.
I realy like watching your skills and high quality videos! Thank you for your time and effort making them! Rob from Hungary.
Excellent video folks, charred punkwood has always been my go to tinder, NW Primate also suggests putting a fine metal mesh say from an old sieve over your tin to prevent it blowing away or getting knocked over
The mesh makes good sense.
Awesome. I'm gonna try that this week. Thanks Lonnie, you make it look so easy!
Wow that was great!
Great presentation as always buddy! I appreciate the mention too. 🙂
Thank you for these videos. They are all great.
Great in-depth discussion of punk wood. Looks like your fire piston has come into it's own.. one pump and smoke.. looks better than in the video where you show how to make it... i will have to try one of those.. I love the guys you listed too.. you really bring it all together .. thanks J
Thank you, to both you and your wife. Super helpful.
I’ve been practicing with char cloth, but it’s time to try using charred punk wood. Thanks as always for a great video.
Don't forget fungi which grows on trees . Cut it in thin slices , hammer stone the heck out of it and char it . You'll never go back to char cloth . ATB
I really enjoyed the video with you and the Wipples meeting up and having a meal at your place !
I always wondered if you all , had ran into each other in Fairbanks or some where.
Dave is one big feller .
It’s Always a pleasure to see your video pop up on my screen.
A smile always comes to my face.
Thanks so much for all your teachings and advice.
Stay well,stay safe and
God Bless.
Ash 🏴
Punk Wood really is a great resource. I always have a resource in my pack and once it's charred it is amazing for many reasons. My char tin is heavily used from starting fires to crumbling a few bits into my pine pitch . I tell ya What Connie is good on that camera too 👍🙂
As often as I see Punk Wood(unknowingly till now)when I'm doing my weekly Hiking,fishing and campouts I can't believe it's never crossed my mind to think about that as an excellent source for fire starting and an alternative to Char Cloth. Another means of helping start fire in my book(mind) and I thank you.
15:58 "Do as I say, not as I do!"
L&C great video!
Awesome video thanks
basically just want to cut off the oxygen, start it in a small hole and bury it to cut off the oxygen. or smaller quantity's in an Altoids can great video. i would not have thought of using punk wood to start a fire. you just keep showing me different ways to do this stuff. thanks
Another good, educational, pleasant video..!
Great video kids!!!! We love you guys!!!!
Good job. I didn't realize that punk wood would take an ember so easily. You should sell your fire piston. It looks like it works pretty good.
I made the fire piston many years ago. Below is a couple videos i did on the fire piston if interested.
Homemade Fire Piston Demo
th-cam.com/video/Ih3PykLeqfs/w-d-xo.html
Fire Piston Detail
th-cam.com/video/0qcLYggJMWY/w-d-xo.html
I made a video a few weeks ago where I made charred punk wood but I use a butane stove and tin. I didn't know you could do it that way. Thanks .
Thank you. This is an very informative and helpful video. One never knows when this knowledge will help them in situations that are unexpected.
Good video👌🏻 punk wood and birch bark would be a nice combo😗 make fire easy in all conditions😁
Thanks once again for another 'warts and all' presentation and yes I learnt from it! Stay safe ATB. Nigel
My punk wood I cut to fit an Altoids tin. Then I char the side up only. It works but not as easy to light from as your Big tin is.
Thank you Lonny and Connie for making this video. I sure learned a lot from it. Have a blessed weekend.
Thanks a lot again and best wishes from Kassel, Germany ✌🏻!
I've been a real fan of the Altoids tin with a "vent" hole in the lid to make char cloth out of old jeans squares. Thanks, Lonnie and Connie, for showing me an endless supply of natural char material! Two thumbs up! God Bless
A recent study (latest and complimentary than Michael Tellurian's one) reported that men with extra long beards, are prone to get their beard in fire, when trying to teach others how to lit a camp fire with the flint-steel, friction and piston methods... Really Lonie, every time you start a fire with one of thiese methods, I'm anxuesly suffering! So I go and trim my beard!
Nice.. I've been meaning to do stuff with punk wood. Maybe I should break out my tins and get to it.
Thanks for the video
Lonnie and Connie, thanks for sharing, always excellent instructional content. Atvb my friends 👍
That’s so cool. You are the best with all your knowledge. Love the “like I did earlier comment” Lol!! Big thanks to you and Connie. ATB and have a great and safe weekend.
Good info. Never thought of using punk wood in this manner.
Thanks for showing this Phresh. The replenishing technique was new to me.
Thank you Lonnie and Connie, This was very valuable information..I just recently have been working with pun wood. It is a crazy wonderful resource. Looking forward to your next video.
Great demonstration and tip! Awesome!
Always a great watch lonnie
Thanks for another AWESOME video you two. Have a great weekend and God bless your family. 🙏🙏🙏👋😎
As always, well explained and put together and information. Enjoyed also, your get together with Brooke and Dave whipple. Cheers Wayne
Awesome info Lonnie!
great video as ever.
Whoa, that’s impressive. I like using damp punk wood on my fires before I bed down. I lay it on a good bed of really hot coals. It will smolder all night and it’s easy to get the fire going the next morning.
I have seen alot of this stuff around here in northern Sweden but i have not ever used it as firewood because i thought it was just rotten wood..
Thank you for letting me know the other end of this, i will use this method on my next trip! :D
Keep up the good work!
Man I love that you’re sharing your knowledge with us. Another great video!
Well done again team
That is so cool keep it up Bless on your family
You need a straw???? So you don't burn your beard!!!! Great video! 👍🏾😀❤️🇺🇸
I have a home made "pocket bellows" that works quite well actually.
Great show cant wait to c more tha k guys Lonnie j from wv
Every time I get to see one of your videos, it absolutely makes my day! Awesome demonstration, and great camera work by Connie!
Thanks
Thanks for the awesome video
Good video.