Fatwood Maya Dust Maya Stiks Fire Starter Tinder with Coleman Magnesium Firestarter

[2217coolguy]

what rocks are those at 4:00

[Fuse7000]

Seriously man: "When your in the extremes you need to know what your equipment can and cannot do and that can only be done by testing." ??? I think that if your equipment has been immersed under water for a week, the climatic conditions would be so incredibly fucking ultra-extreme, that you'll be pretty dead yourself too, for like 5 or 6 days already....

[Southernherbalist]

By virtue if simply being soaking wet, even fat pine shavings won't start. On the flip side, a piece of fat pine stick is not going to soak up any water. Just shave and use. Why do people in general feel the need to take the extreme test approach? Keep it simple and you will have a fire.

[OneWildSurvival]

@Southernherbalist Yea the interesting thing I was looking at was since Maya shavings have so much sap in them I really wondered if it would be enough to repel moisture when soaked underwater and still light by spark after being brought out. When your in the extremes you need to know what your equipment can and cannot do and that can only be done by testing.

[DrummingSentinel]

use some magnesium flakes on the wet maya dust. that is what it has been made for :-)

[OneWildSurvival]

@DrummingSentinel Yea you can start that so easy with the shavings. It was more of an experiment I was conducting.

[sparky9278]

Keep on truckin

[ThetaGen]

Was there a reason that you didn't use the magnesium shavings to help you start the tinder? I think if you tried that with some shavings you would reduce your starting time to a strike or two instead of several minutes.

[OneWildSurvival]

@ThetaGen Yea you can start that so easy with the shavings. It was more of an experiment I was conducting.

[georgelopezlover1]

no ofeense but y couldnt u even do the dry maya dust very well? is it because of the china made? i jsut oredered a huge ferro rod and i wanna know if it will take this long to light things, plz reply

[OneWildSurvival]

@georgelopezlover1 the dry sets off easy. I just happened to try this test when it was dang cold out so I was shaking pretty good. Would be a good idea for anyone who uses these to try it when their hands are red from the cold it isn't has easy as it looks.

[guns4toys]

Good test. What would happen if you soaked a stick of fatwood in water and then flung off excess water and made fresh maya dust? In stick form the pine resin might protect the wood from the moisture, or at least prevent it from soaking in too deep.

[OneWildSurvival]

@guns4toys good question.. never thought of trying that.

[Zebra323844555]

I also got a Coleman Magnesium Firestarter but its says its made in U.S.A

[OneWildSurvival]

@Zebra323844555 works like the rest. the key is the striker

[rzahar]

Hy :) ... Lots of firestarters just made sparks but the sparks are not 3000 C like the original... and of course is much hard or imposible to light something... I recomand light my fire firestarter because I know they have the original and really make 3000 C sparks :) .... Good Luck ! :)

[OneWildSurvival]

@rzahar marketing only.

[ericvault]

dude you need a better fire starter would have been better test

[OneWildSurvival]

@ericvault wouldn't have made a difference. you'll just need dry material unless you use magnesium

[bwbucky92]

Don't the firestarter tools work better if you shave magnesium pieces for it to catch onto when you shave the sparks off of it?

[OneWildSurvival]

@bwbucky92 Yes but that misses the point of this video.

[0122358]

did you paint over your tinder container with OD paint?

[OneWildSurvival]

@0122358 Yes I use Rust-Oleum Specialty Camouflage Spray

[ryanjd2006]

if you get a better ferro rod it might work. . . like you said you are using a cheap one made in china. . . not all ferro rods throw the same high temp sparks. . . i might try this and see what happens

[OneWildSurvival]

I see your point. But It would work eventually. I still feel you would get the same results. Multiple strikes before ignition.

So far I think you would be better off getting a package of wetfire for dire need quick start fires.

The other alternative in a less than emergency condition is to find dry materials in the surrounding area even though everything seems wet. Everything isn't always wet.

[ryanjd2006]

i agree not every thing is wet. . . ever. and just as you showed how well maya dust burns with a lighter. i use dryer lint with my maya dust. the lint takes a spark super fast which turns to a flame and lights the maya dust. so thats just how i carry it!

[OneWildSurvival]

Yea very good dry tender and cheap. I prefer cotton balls myself. The objective I was after was working with soaking wet maya dust since no one seemed to have done that video yet.

[yakyakyak69]

Dryer lint is FREE and easier to start with a firesteel.

[OneWildSurvival]

Yes and so is cotton balls but this was just about Fatwood.

[tragicmagicMAN]

dude, why didnt you shave some magnisum on the wet tinder? then strike it

[OneWildSurvival]

The idea was to test the fatwood when it was wet. Dry fatwood will catch a spark without the use of magnesium.