Making a Feather Stick - Bushcraft Basics

[cyclist01222]

That feather stick is so pretty I would hate to burn it :-)

[n6663]

Textbook!

[TehPwnguin]

Dude!!!! Now that's bushcraft

[MatchlessFire]

nice one

[blackbat1339]

well darn, i live in an oak majority forest, how does maple work, well i could just use shavings if i need and scrapings

[JesusNo2]

My cats breath smells of cat food

[surviva1000]

great video! :) what is the name of this mora? thanks

[dartmoorwolf]

there was definatly an element of artistic flair in that knife, excelent

[Babyglockster27]

I LOVE my carbon steel Mora knives! Better than most of my umpteen dollar American blades. Great video, mate! Cheers!

[gianandri1989]

what kind of firesteel are you using? LMF Army?

[playmaka2007]

Great feather stick! I've never even heard of this technique! I was just starting a fire the other day and this would've helped immensely! Keep up the great work!

[bassmaster7272]

Nice job.

[theWZZA]

I can't get your theme song out of my head... it's been 4 days... help!

[Comrade503Alias]

Can you please messege me where to get a good "magnesium striker"? or whatever of this type of fire making equipment that last long and is durable? i saw you using one in your featherstick video, and i love the idea of having one of thows for my gear. i am from usa and am fine with online orders.

[jmg1957]

cool

[chitown1966]

thoroughly enjoyed your clip ,very educational and easy to see your demonstration.

Thanks so much. I'll be sure to try that this weekend.

[CiaranRooney125]

Very helpfull, Thanks Ashley & Justin! :)

[djbrumond]

Liked and subbed. Great video.

[TheWoodsranger]

The feather-stick turned out great, but i have a question. You are using hazel, but as far as i know, hazel is hard wood! And everywhere i hear that feather-sticks are made of soft woods like willow, pine and spruce, so is hazel an exeption??

[NaturalBushcraft]

@TheWoodsranger Hazel is good for carving not just feathersticks but stuff like spoons also.

[cekinxxx]

@TheWoodsranger well as you can see it carved pretty well

[TheWoodsranger]

@cekinxxx Ashley already answered me, it's six months later and I have carved dozens of hazel feather sticks. This vid is just great

[NorthSurvival]

@TheWoodsranger

Pine is very good to use, it is a soft wood and it contains pine resin which burns really good.

[NWoodsman]

Another clear demonstration. I didn't see this technique until now, I always used the method that Ray Mears explained in his video. But I'll give this one a try, it sure seems very effective.

[NaturalBushcraft]

@NWoodsman It's great practice for your knife skills and enjoyable to do. The fine curls at the end are essential for catching the sparks. Good luck,

Ashley Cawley.

[DustinTheGoth]

Every time I see the foxes in the beginning of your intro I smile.

The music helps a lot too.

[NaturalBushcraft]

@DustinTheGoth Thanks for letting me know :) Glad you enjoy it. It's one of my favourite bits of film when I managed to see fox cubs & film them for the first time, shame about the camera quality at the time but I think the content makes up for it! Search YouTube for "Watching Fox Cubs in Spring" and you'll see the full footage I captured that day. All the best,

- Ashley Cawley.

[ShaneG33]

Absolutely spot on video thanks

[NaturalBushcraft]

@ShaneG33 Glad you like it :) You should see our website; packed with even more videos, articles and a community-forum with folk sharing skills freely, tis a beautiful thing to see :D

- Ashley Cawley.

[miamiarnisgroup]

Great demo. Clear and concise. Thank You!

[liebre4x4]

i noticed that using a serrated edge will make fine feathers. give it a try and tell me your opinion.

[liebre4x4]

is it a v-edge, or a convex edge? what edge its better for bushcrafting?

thank you

[garethdwatkins]

Many thanks for the tips.. I'll certain try to apply your technique.

[On a technical note (I'm a professional cameraman) your camerman needs to wear headphones to catch the audio interference from your hat chord. A set of cans is as imortant as looking through the view finder at the image. ]

[NaturalBushcraft]

@garethdwatkins ahar! - That's why some camera-men wear headphones! lol.

I am the camera-man, not really a fancy setup, we use a HDD video camera and then I record the audio externally using a dictaphone & a lapel mic. I have hundreds of comments about the interference on this and 1 other video, we only made that mistake on 1 day of filming, learnt our lesson with the hat-string, but yeah we don't have anything in place for hearing such again. Not sure how to implement it.

- Ashley Cawley.

[garethdwatkins]

@NaturalBushcraft Hi Ashley... Your recorder should have a mini jack headphone socket... even a pair of Walkman type ear plugs will do the job..I have a pair of Sony MDR7505 headphones and some good quality earplugs...When I'm out shooting I always put at least the earbuds in if the dialogue is important. Other audio can be dubbed over , but speech can't so any parasite noise and you're in trouble. Your clip mic should be long enough to plug into the camera where you should be able to use cans.

[theWZZA]

Cool that you got it to light as well. The Mora is quite sublime with wood carving.

[NorwegianKnifeDude]

question. Does that work on "live" trees as well? Or does the tree have to be dead in the first place to be dry enough? Thanks for sharing these videos ;)

[NaturalBushcraft]

@NorwegianKnifeDude Dead/Dry wood will curl best, plus your doing this to aid your fire lighting, so why would you bother doing it with live wood? You certainly wouldn't be able to light the curls with a spark if the wood was live/green.

- Ashley Cawley.

[NorwegianKnifeDude]

@NaturalBushcraft yeah that's what I thought :P

[Gerritjoo]

i have got a frosts mora 106w. is that also a good bushcraft knife?

[101boatbuilder]

I have a question. Would you suggest that i get a mora knife and why?

Really cool video by the way i really enjoy it :D

[NaturalBushcraft]

@101boatbuilder Frosts Mora knives are typically regarded as very good for both price and use by many Bushcrafters.

But please: you should not come to me and ask that I suggest you get one and tell you why, that is just lazy and incompetent, don't get something if you don't know why you should be buying it. Do your own research watch our past videos about Mora knives, visit the NaturalBushcraft Forum and ask questions there perhaps.

[101boatbuilder]

@NaturalBushcraft Yeah you're right i checked it out. Thanks anyway.

I would love to join some of the naturalbushcraft meetings and gatherings but unfortunately i live in Denmark :D You should have a gathering here in denmark!...if you can. That is

[OVSMOKE]

@101boatbuilder yeah you lazy!

[WildyJohn]

Great idea's here. I see that you're weilding mora, and was wondering if you could give me a bit of help. I'm using the mora clipper at the moment, as I am kind of a beginner. Anyway, which model would you reccomend that has a full tang construction and is very strong and durable? I'm not looking for a specialty knife, just one that's a good all-arounder and isn't to heavy near the price end.

Cheers

[666eistee]

I have seen serveral videos of Natural Bushcraft now, and I have to say: These videos are absolutely great! I just subscribed, keep up the good work. :)

[ashcaw]

@666eistee I am glad you like them! :) If you didn't know already, we don't just do the YouTube videos, we have a large website also with articles, prizes, a community and more. If you like what we do please support us by sharing our website with friends or family who may also have an interest in any of these topics.

All the best,

- Ashley Cawley.

[666eistee]

@ashcaw Yeah, I visited the website already. Unfortunately, nobody of my friends or family is really interested in Bushcraft. Maybe I can change their opinion. By the way, sorry for my bad English, I'm from Germany, but I try to write understandable. Anyways, I really like what you're doing. :)

[branni79]

Good effort mate. Very well demonstrated indeed. I prefer the two handed knife hold method over a single hand try as you have much more control and it saves all the stress on one wrist.

[bbroegger]

nice, ive seen many ways here on youtube how to make feather sticks and such.

youre the first one ive seen to actually recommend specific wood types.

and the way with length and all of the stick..ashley...this video gets a clean 6/5.

well done sir.

[bigdogITbiker]

I learned something from watching this video. This is what I will make before I start fires in the wilderness.

[NaturalBushcraft]

@bigdogITbiker Excellent! :)

[MdmSzdWhtGuy]

Great vid. Nice job, thanks for posting this.

[NizzleJay]

another good job, this may seem a dumb question, but is that just your normal flint and steal or is it another metal that your using other than steel?

[mickh635]

good tips

[RealFutureStar33]

awesome like the way u described in details

[TheOctoman34]

is that a full tang  blade

[Waldhandwerk]

Very good demonstration, thank you. Regards Sepp

[roninslam]

Nice demo. Very well done.

[RDPproject]

Nicely done mate.

Good presentation. The addition of your chest mic is really good aswell.

May I just suggest though that the hat strap is flipped over and worn behind your neck next time so it doesnt keep hitting the mic.

[NaturalBushcraft]

@RDPproject Yes, we'd picked up on that problem too :)

The mic has really helped though, and was well worth the investment. Thanks for all your support.

[PixelisedMind]

Great tutorial, very informative.

[knivesandstuff]

Good Job, I like the fact that you squeezed it into 5 minutes :) So.. What you are saying at the start is that you might find a wet bit of wood and Pare it down to the centre to get a nice dry core to make the feather stick? good stuff.

[NaturalBushcraft]

Thanks for all your kind comments everyone.

- Ashley.

[BombMastre]

Thank you!

This is the simplest, but yet best tutorial on how th make feather sticks on youtube!

Great demo, great work :-) Keep em' comming!

[RedJellyable]

very good way you explain how to do it

[ivageivage]

is that the mora bushcraft trifelx

[NaturalBushcraft]

@ivageivage Yes it is, I like it a lot :)

[hadleyjack]

very good presentation. top notch

[bcafotw]

a solid demo and info, great video, thanks

[Nickodemusodurn]

Nice one man, thanks! :D

[drumgodtim]

I have watched many vids of people making feathers ticks, but I must say, your explanation of how and the reasoning behind it has been the very best!!! Excellent!!!

[hobbexp]

feather sticks is great,

thanks for posting the video

fredde

[NaturalBushcraft]

@hobbexp Fredde is the Feather-stick king! :D

[bassfuryvi]

@NaturalBushcraft Agreed! Fredde could probably get a fire by rubbing two fish together...ha ha..but seriously ..one of the clearest feather stick tutorials out there..thanks for sharing!

[KingHenProductions]

cheers this really helped but could you make a video of what to do from here to start the fire like from the feather stick to a decent fire, because wet wood wont catch fire from a 20 second flame thanks

[RedScorcher7]

@KingHenProductions Make lots of feather sticks and make your fire out of them. 

[johnu78]

Great video!

[trollkors78]

Thanks.

[cdltpx]

I was thinking someone would make a fortune if they made a swiss army shoue something that you could keep in the hollowed out soul a survival tool that contained a flint steel knife some para cord fish hooks emergency blanket would be streatching it but I bet that too would be possible.

[cdltpx]

Thanks for posting excellent demonstration lets hope I never end up in a situation where I need to use that I try to have a lighter on my person at all times.

I was thinking someone would make a fortune if they made a swiss army shoue something that you could keep in the hollowed out soul a survival tool that contained a flint steel knife some para cord fish hooks emergency blanket would be streatching it but I bet that too would be possible.