Building a fire rubbing sticks, by the author of Three Hundred Zeroes, K1YPP

[199Leonardo]

here the tilia americana we want, "basswood"

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[199Leonardo]

"zombiehunters. org/ forum/ viewtopic. php?f=92&t=85684"

...basswood fire board and a cottonwood spindle

[199Leonardo]

Here you can learn better usscouts.org/firebyfriction.as­p

[199Leonardo]

I am taking days and days, and i can't do a fire, the problem is that i am sure they don't use any wood they find, i tried to find in the trees the best wood, i found that it is very difficult, i am sure, you will not make fire if lost in the forest by this way !

[k1ypp]

@199Leonardo It is very difficult. I spent many hours until I finally succeeded. Don't push down too hard on the "drill," go for speed more than pressure. Use steady rhythm. You'll do it...Dennis, K1

[500eze]

fuck this im going to make fire with matches

[Trebor3991]

What are the chances of finding cotton string in the wild??

Lol

[igor960000]

screw this i'll just carry flamethrower with me

[FHN1987]

those tools, im sure you wont find them like that in the wild! I think this is a hard version of starting a fire!

[M3xicandude15]

White hair, white beard. But... a Blonde ponytail.

[kozmon0t]

What if it's been raining for an entire week, and then there's gale force winds with heavy sleet, and there's no cave or other dry spot anywhere?

such as the Pacific Northwest

[Mehmet619]

he got this from Man vs Wild

[ribbs06]

What would u do in the wild ... this is a luxury... what would u do to survive cause u dont have this now and none or not many of us do... make a real video

[Ryantube007]

One of these days im going to get off my ass and actually try this....till then i have a magnesium/flint block on my key chain if i get lost in the city somewhere. Never know if ill need to light up a garbage can... then again with the way the economy is going, who knows.

[flaconer110]

how long did it take to set the kindling ablaze?

[k1ypp]

@flaconer110 Once I got good at this, it takes about five minutes. In the beginning I was taking as long as 20 minutes, or until my arm got so tired I couldn't do it without taking a break.

[thecrazyfirekid]

@k1ypp this seems like a very useful skill if there was ever an apocalyptic sort of disaster

[Udername45]

That was much faster than I expected, man. I figured it would take a few days like in Cast Away.

[Ren95]

@Udername45 0_0

How the hell did you think people would survive, if fire making took two days???!!??

[Udername45]

@JoshMeister4789 Ahhhh! Good one! You are quite masterful at the joking. @ws74rq111 hahahaha! That is very funny about the using of primitive fire making methods to light cigarettes. It is also cool that you smoke. I am going to click like on your comment but not Joshmeister's because he already has twelve.

[ws74rq111]

Oh I couldn't do this every time I wanted a ciggy !

[bf2hero]

excellent technique, well demonstrated. 

[mighty9178]

bear grill can start a fire with a snap of a finger and a fart

[mighty9178]

he can make a fire with his beard

[Thematthewrox123]

the Hindenburg!

[TehKrakerzGuy]

Taught me a lot, I also like the sense of humor in the video.

[SuperTave]

i saw dis on dual survoir

[azzz766]

Just use a fucking lighter if you are doing this

[PeterandGarrett]

k1ypp is a mad baller! u rock dude

[JoshMeister4789]

Yeah? Well Chuck Norris can make a fire rubbing 2 icecubes together.

[MrToastOmnomnom]

@JoshMeister4789

Oh ya? Well Bruce Lee can make a fire using Chuck Norris's broken arms.

[Dudewiththehair321]

@JoshMeister4789 Chris Griffin can make fire by with his hand and penis.

[theaussiejoey]

Thank you. Very good education lesson. All the best with your future travels.

[CondemnedPatriot]

I am confuse. This is the man who killed 35 German people aboard blimp führte hindenberg??!!?!2

[MrCactopuss]

are u a hippie

[Steve32867]

Very Cool (or should I have said hot....) Anyway - thanks for the workshop!

[Ilikemustard]

Can you do it without a bow? As in, using your bare hands to spin the stick? That is how Australian aborigines and the African bushmen do it.

[zweetcottoncandy]

i just searched this because i was bored.

[edwardmanboy]

thank you very good i wanna try it. i live across the street from a forest

[bluewaffleisawful]

im looking how to make a fire with a stcik not no certain wood and shaving wood and shet like that

[TOMCUSTA12D]

All that effort, get a lighter and deodrant.

[ChunkierfishReviews]

@TOMCUSTA12D Its for what if you dont have those things...

[k1ypp]

@CyleDyerHero1 You use whatever you can find. If there is a vehicle around, it may have a battery, fuel etc., or a cola can (search Youtube), shoe laces etc. You have to weigh the possible destruction of the laces against how badly you need fire. In the film, I just used stuff around here. There has been some critical review of the video that pointed out I wasn't in the wilderness with purely wilderness materials. At some point I will do another version under those conditions here in Florida.

[robertomendola]

bless him !

[burt2481]

rather than bringing all these prepared materials, bring a match!

[samsonl310]

Dennis, I'm not far from you.. Louisiana here.. I've taken a few survival courses in the past..... I just wanted to thank you for your video and say that you did a great job at explaining both ends of a spectrum. A convenient side of cotton and cardboard, to letting your viewers know of bark and shoe string...... (And if you don't have shoe string, a root of many plants will do as well..:)

Thank you again... take care.... :)

[scoobyj07]

This is still too modern. If you were going to take that stuff with you, why not just take a lighter? You don't find pre-drilled wood, a greased holder with a metal plate, and cardboard in the woods. Making a raw fire with raw material is different. Excuse the frustration, as I had to learn this the hard way.

[greenjeanss]

Good job! I too value survival skills.

[burnindownthehouse]

I'm wondering what if you don't have those specially prepared sticks and pieces of simulated stone and the piece of cotton and the cardboard and you happen to be lost out in the wild? Imagine if you don't have any specially prepared materials with you. How would you make a fire then? In other words, imagine that all you have are the bare essentials and it's freezing out and you need to start a fire quickly. What would you use out in the wild?

[k1ypp]

@burnindownthehouse Shoe laces, tie strings in hoods, etc. would serve as the bow string. In the wild I would have to hunt around for dead wood that would work, one must be harder. I've used palm fronds and pieces of Live Oak. I didn't use those in the film because they're difficult.

The "specially prepared sticks" are just pieces that I worked indents into, nothing special.

I've used sea shells for bearings, but they wear through quickly. In an emergency one uses whatever can be found.

[ytdcfjhvjvp0j]

@k1ypp

But how could I drill those holes in under an hour?

Oh and I have started a fire once. On a hot Australian summer day in the middle of a scrubland using perfectly dry kindling, matches and newspaper.

Since then I've tried many times with matches, unaided rubbing sticks (incorrectly) and smashing quartz together and failed miserably each time.

[ICEGTN]

@ytdcfjhvjvp0j You are right, and I have yet to find a video on youtube about making a fire in the wild!

[knifedude3]

@burnindownthehouse  you would be dumb enough to go without nothing

[dragoncowley]

@burnindownthehouse did you listen, he says if you have nothing chances are you will have shoe laces unlees your a gimp an still use velcro, all you need is a peice of string, you can make everything else pretty quickly if you use your head, theres always a bit of rockery and plant life around, unless your argument is that you live in the north pole of course

[shay11181]

you would make sure you look at all the man vs. wild episodes before you go on a adventure

[k1ypp]

I'm curious, how many that view this video have ever tried to "make" fire? How many succeeded? Leave a comment. Or tweet me at @k1ypp.

Good hiking...

Dennis "K1" Blanchard