Survival Fire Making - Friction Fire with Fire Saw

[landroamer1000]

what kind of knife do you use

[primitiveskills]

@landroamer1000 The knofe in the videos is one we designed about four years ago. It was a full tang drop point with a saw modeled after the chain saw dimensions found on a husquervana or jonesered. Nothing against sthil, I run both, but the interchangeability of the jonsered/husky means there are more chances of finding a file to sharpen the saw with.

[TedOfNod]

...bamboo, like this here. . .which i PURCHASED ON EBAY. XD

[Thetruthishere11]

dual survival used it.

[CherokeeTwilight]

thanks for posting this, great info

[FallenKain]

Oh man, freeze the frame right at 3:47 and see if that doesn't look hilarious to you...

[TreeOfRebirth]

check out stephen harrod buhner's book: healing lyme. it's a wealth of information about lyme's disease and includes notes on knotweed. plus, he's a fascinating guy and a great writer!

[TreeOfRebirth]

but the roots are potently anti-lyme disease, and would like you to dig them up and use them to treat/prevent lyme while simultaneously preventing knotweed from choking out all of our native vegetation. go forth, and tincture!

[talltreehill7]

I have eaten the young shoots raw , just a bit sour. not too bad ..never heard that it could treat/prevent lymes disease . Thats something I'll look into .

[talltreehill7]

Japanese Knotweed Is like mini bamboo

It is invasive to new england , but there is alot of it about. It might work with this technique. maybe birch bark too.?

[primitiveskills]

Japanese Knotweed is too herbaceous. It does not convert it's sugars in to the thick woodlike carbon rings that true bamboo does. Any attempt to use it in fire making with friction causes it to shatter.

[kingtut1964]

what type of knife was that you were using?

[gokucrazy22]

try using yucca (dead obviously)

[terrelldcarter]

yeah hear in kentucky we got a bamboo called river cane it is native and another type that has a golden color that is invasive

[carbonpoly]

I can't speak for everyone,But Bamboo grows alot of places other than the jungle! I live in north-east PA. and we have BAMBOO everywhere! it is starting to be a problem....Theres so much it's choking out other plant life! So.....I for one thank you for showing this method of fire starting! I'll give it a try this weekend!

[MentorOfMinos]

I think the idea is to preserve the skill itself, not to suggest that it has a practical application in Maine itself. I had the same initial reaction as you did, but to the "fire plow" method. If I have to use a desert plant, what good is it to me in Wisconsin?

But you figure this is a PRIMITIVE SKILLS class, not a MAINE SURVIVAL class, and then it make more sense.

[icychap]

What kind of knife are you using?

If you like knives, you may enjoy my channel.

[chrissept21]

good but only in the jungle

[hobbexp]

good job,, my wife make fire that way when she live in the mountain jungle in philipines before ,, hope you like my channel,,

respect!! 5 stars!!

[sunburst59]

Hi Mal, A technique I've used to hold the tinder is to cut a length of bamboo about as long as a lolly-pop stick, bend it in the middle bit don't break it. Lay the bend of the stick over the tinder to hold the tinder in place and hold the stick in place with your fingers ~ works great and it means your hands are not disrupting the tinder and transferring moisture to it. Great videos, keep it up. Best regards Colin (ex SERE Instructor NAS Brunswick)

[luisfranciscanora]

he doesn't have to put the bamboo against his body, we just put it on the ground, it works just as well

[Naesch]

Because i was so fascinated about this fire making method yesterday and my quick success using this method i really needed to try it once again today and it also worked the first try as well! In my opinion this is definetly the best and most promising friction fire method available if you use bamboo as your rubbing sticks as you also describe in your video! I think it's much easier than the bow or handdrill method to start with if you've never made a friction fire before! Once again thank you.

[TheV0iceOfReas0n]

where did you get the bamboo? did you have to order it offline?

[Naesch]

I'm from Germany. I bought it in local hardware store around here called "Obi".

[Naesch]

Thanks for instructing and teaching this fire starting technique in your video. I tried it today by myself and it worked first try! It was my first successful friction fire i've ever started in my life! I've tried the hand and bowdrill method several times before and i never got an ember using one of this both techniques. Great video so far! Keep it up! You're really good!

[rabidmonkeygirl]

Most understandable and thorough vieo out there!