a properly dug dakota doesnt need a wind break...by design if you dig the hole deep enough the surrounding soil acts as a 360 wind bread and the empty hole as the oxygen source....dig a deeper hole if your worries about wind...this is the bushcraft version of a rocket stove
@MyBigThing2010 oh and you leave both holes open...it will allow all your fuel to burn and be more efficient as well as smokeless....you should only have ash left at the end with very little wasted coals
@SgtSplatter782 Can you elaborate more? The sparks need to go into the tinder, and the two methods I'm familiar with are striking the flint down toward it, or holding the tinder above it and striking up. Why would you strike away from the tinder?
@mzmadmike sorry wasn't clear. hold the fling and steel over the tinder. instead of striking down with the steel towards the tinder, pull the flint towards you, less chance of you hitting the tinder and scattering it.
@SgtSplatter782 I've never tried that. I'll give it a go. The Vikings would hold the tinder above the flint and strike the steel down, flint up, so the sparks bounced up.
@brmarijn Why did you say "no offense" right after giving offense?
These can be built bigger than a tin can stove, and are, in fact, the predecessor to the tin can stove. Being below ground, they're harder to see if one is trying to be discreet.
@BushcraftOnFire Thanks! It held up great. The bark I stuck in between holes burned right up, but the hole didn't cave in, I was kind of surprised as it was all sand.
pretty cool fire pit , good job my friend !
TheMiwoodsman 4 days ago
@TheMiwoodsman Thanks, I still use this design today.
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MiWilderness 4 days ago
Great video, but please put those dried morels in the stew pot !
meridabetty 4 months ago
@meridabetty :) Thanks! Yea, they ain't the best fire starters anyway.
MiWilderness 4 months ago
a properly dug dakota doesnt need a wind break...by design if you dig the hole deep enough the surrounding soil acts as a 360 wind bread and the empty hole as the oxygen source....dig a deeper hole if your worries about wind...this is the bushcraft version of a rocket stove
MyBigThing2010 6 months ago
@MyBigThing2010 oh and you leave both holes open...it will allow all your fuel to burn and be more efficient as well as smokeless....you should only have ash left at the end with very little wasted coals
MyBigThing2010 6 months ago
trick with the fire steel is to drag the flint away from the tinder instead to stroking the steel down into the tinder.
SgtSplatter782 7 months ago
@SgtSplatter782 Can you elaborate more? The sparks need to go into the tinder, and the two methods I'm familiar with are striking the flint down toward it, or holding the tinder above it and striking up. Why would you strike away from the tinder?
mzmadmike 5 months ago
@mzmadmike sorry wasn't clear. hold the fling and steel over the tinder. instead of striking down with the steel towards the tinder, pull the flint towards you, less chance of you hitting the tinder and scattering it.
SgtSplatter782 5 months ago
@SgtSplatter782 I've never tried that. I'll give it a go. The Vikings would hold the tinder above the flint and strike the steel down, flint up, so the sparks bounced up.
mzmadmike 5 months ago
@mzmadmike that's an interesting method, next time out I'll try that.
SgtSplatter782 5 months ago
this is foolish man... no offense!
you're working hard for at least an hour
(prepare kindling and diggin the hole...)
you are even having a fire lit for at least 10 minutes
without heating ANY food or water!
and later on you wil need a grigplate (grill)
and most carry all that heavy stuff....
so i prefer a tin canstove like brawny made...
thats a real easy and great fire... and she's a girl!!!
its a hobo stove (8(l)
brmarijn 7 months ago
@brmarijn Why did you say "no offense" right after giving offense?
These can be built bigger than a tin can stove, and are, in fact, the predecessor to the tin can stove. Being below ground, they're harder to see if one is trying to be discreet.
mzmadmike 5 months ago
@mzmadmike okay your right...
i did'nt wanna make you cry or upset, but
i do mean you act foolish in this video
and yes! brawny made a much better stove :)
hope you will agree in time... kiss m
brmarijn 5 months ago
nice job
jmmurdy 11 months ago
@jmmurdy Thanks!
MiWilderness 11 months ago
Nice job Bro.. How did it hold up in the end? I love the Dakota.. Primo way to make fire !! Great demo
BushcraftOnFire 11 months ago
@BushcraftOnFire Thanks! It held up great. The bark I stuck in between holes burned right up, but the hole didn't cave in, I was kind of surprised as it was all sand.
MiWilderness 11 months ago
What were they smoking in that coffee house that made you decide to go fishing barefoot? Lol!
goldenscales 11 months ago
@goldenscales :) It was a nice day, that's all.
MiWilderness 11 months ago
the wind break is a bad idea because the dakota fire hole uses the wind to make it burn better and the second hole should be facing the wind.
timehero9 1 year ago
@timehero9 Thanks for the tip!
MiWilderness 11 months ago
good vid, a dakota fire pit is one of my next projects
tuffnutt34 1 year ago
@tuffnutt34 It's pretty cool and real efficient. I just have to refine it a bit.
MiWilderness 1 year ago
One of my favorite camp fires is the Dakota fire hole but my all time favorite is the self feeding fire.
Good video. Thank you
ChuckCh9 1 year ago