Grimbo;s cattails,flint and steel...

[geordankent]

thats a firesteel not a flint and steel. it would be great if you would use a flint and steel.

[survivingwilderniss]

good video but it's probably better to put your fire steel right in the tinder it will catch spark more easy.

in my video you see that i put the firesteel in the middle

[guiltybystander77]

ummm,,,, from a practical perspective, why the hell would you bother making charred bulrush/cattail fluff with matches only so you can light it with traditional flint?It makes no sense. If you have matches, light woodshavings. And if you want to go ahead and be traditional about it, isn't kind of out of the spirit of things to use matches to prepare it ahead of time? Cool vid though. Now I don't feel so bad about not being able to catch a fire with cattail fluff.

[WeaponCollector]

Great Video Grimbo, i'll be sorting out the Wolves paw duster soon!!

5/5.

Mike

[wolfbushcraft]

@WeaponCollector any news on this yet mike?

[johnjayrambo11111]

great video grimbo 5/5 malc

[CelticReject]

I know this may sound daft, but the yesterday I emptied my hoover bag as it wasn't picking up anything. I was about to throw it in the bin then thought, hang on, this is all bone dry and is mainly hair and fluff. So I put it in a carrier and kept it. Do you think it'll take a spark and be good for making a fire. Great vid btw.

[wolfbushcraft]

i think it will with a ferriuos rod,but not sure with a firesteel,try it and please let me know..thanks..grimbo..

[wolfbushcraft]

ive heard stories of guys using fluff from pockets and belly buttons..

[teb0atoz]

@wolfbushcraft No as most of it is mostlikely synthetic and if it is hair it will not take a spark either. Dryer lint is losing it's ability to burn as well as in the old day when most our cloths were pure cotton. So stick it in the bin mate.

cheers

[skillsofold]

nice vid grimbo! cattails have so many use's in bushcraft. 5/5

thanks

M

[Caveman0713]

Hey Grim, I've used cattail but I dont think its the same type of cattail. There are different ones. Some are real wooly like the kind in your vid, and then there are some that catch like wildfire.

[yoyopiemonk]

i agree with you some of these will literaly burn in an instant and then if you tip it over it will go up agian hmmm.

[wizzla111]

good video

[raindog951]

I think I might have been one of the people who said he'd used flint and steel to light cattails :-) I shall have to be more careful with my language. I used a firesteel (can't remember now if it was a proper firesteel or an old 'flint rod' type one though). It wasn't as easy as you made it look though Grimbo!

[wolfbushcraft]

practice jeff..

[NCHiker1970]

I agree, I have never had much luck with a flint and steel in lighting fluff from cattail. With a fire steel I have had great luck with cattail and many other forms of tinder. great video again!

[BUSHCRAFTandCANOE]

"The more you carry in your head ..."

Thanks for sharing - now i`ve got a little bit more to carry in my head! Great stuff i never thought about ! I always used the roots for veg only ...

***** FoF*****

[CreamPie9uy]

Nice bit of research there Grimbo. Thanks for posting 5/5

[RedWhiteandBetrayed]

Dryer lint makes great kindling and if you put a little bit of patroleum jelly on it then it will burn for a longer time while you get the fire goin... Just the way i do it... This cattail idea is great for stuff you just find in the wild... Great video...

[nj4x4fever2]

Nicely done, Thanks for the video 5/5

[hobbexp]

have not think about that before, nice 5/5

[bill00337]

Nice video about the basics. Thanks