Ferro Rod Practice With Natural Tinder

[MrNightowl8410]

Nice to see kids interested in things other than iphones and xboxes lol.

[varavild]

Great stuff! The Mish metal rods are my primary fire starters (mostly from Light My Fire and the cheaper BCB ones) I like to agree with Sean that its better to keep the striker (or knife or machete whatever) still and draw the rod back. Not only because it prevents you from hitting the tinder but also because i noticed that especially with using the small strikers the rods wear out concavely. Using a knife and pulling back the rod keeps it pretty straight. Great video!

[IHatchetJack]

I always get happy when I see youth practicing survival skills.  Well done, as always!

[maveraver]

@IHatchetJack - thanks mate

[longtoes12]

I did it with Birch Bark First time the other day. It took me 2 hours LOL.

[maveraver]

@longtoes12 - but you kept with it and now you know you can do it, it gets easier from now on in - honest

[seanmulhall]

Nice video, the sense of achievement is when this happens for the first time is amazing. One tip that may help your son next time, (if you dont mind, that is). I ask the student to place the hand with the striker in on the floor and often in the tinder bundle. This then makes them keep the striker still and directs the sparks to the same place every time. Also is stops them dislodging the tinder,

[maveraver]

@seanmulhall cheers Sean, he's done it many times before just not recently though, in the past he has used a LMF steel with char cloth or cotton wool from his tinder pouch, this one was a bit different as it's a Misch metal one and required a whole new technique, still he never gave up and has basically taught himself, off his own back the method , where a lot of adults i know would have given up, sometimes it's good to let them figure it out themselves, but i take on board the hand/ground thing

[riverwalker53]

Good job young man, love those boots too.

[maveraver]

@riverwalker53 - thanks

[bushcraftbartons]

Priceless :) Job well done...10 STARS

[maveraver]

@bushcraftbartons - cheers Mike

[38MarcW]

So nice to see his face when it lit it takes me back to the wood when I learned these things with my dad.

[maveraver]

@38MarcW - thanks for the comment, sure was a magical moment when it lit

[alexgoyettemobile]

@maveraver may the force be with you . Thaks for that knot video

[maveraver]

@alexgoyettemobile - thanks and no problem

[bayfly12]

who is the young man he did a fine job

[maveraver]

@bayfly12 - that'll be my youngest lad

[alexgoyettemobile]

my father did not teach me squat , if only i had ray mears on bbc growing up . Haha cheers

[maveraver]

@alexgoyettemobile - im lucky, i had both my father and grandfathers teaching me, and they learnt from their fathers grand fathers etc, im now in the privileged position to be able to pass on those generations of knowledge to the next generation.

[maveraver]

@ErnieCosmo - there were a few woodies around, be a few less up there soon id wager ;-)

[steintanz]

Hey good, better than some others ... for example me ;o)

Greetings to you, Tim

[maveraver]

@steintanz - aye took him a bit of time, but he didnt give in

[Smith28Adventure]

Practice makes perfect. :)

[maveraver]

@Smith28Adventure - that it does and the lad did good, he just went about it all by himself initially, just something he wanted to do.