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  • ...but then I am not really surprised that you remind me of my dad with your innovation, and curiosity about things, and your love of hobbies, since you and my dad are only nine days apart in birthday. It's no wonder really that I see similarities in the two of you. LOL :-) Take care and have a great day!

  • Hi Rick. You know that frenel lense you were working with in this video? It reminded me of Thursday night Youth Club classes at church where my dad was the woodshop and metalshop teacher. One year he had each of us make our own solar cooker. We cut out our own pieces of wood using the bandsaw, used a sheet of metal which we bent, and made our own cookers. I cooked hot dogs on mine. I let the sun's heat reflect onto the hot dog to cook it. It was fun and it worked. You remind me of my dad. :-)

  • Good vid good laugh you trying to light that fire , just a thought I've done a bit wild camping before you should try the bark skin of the silver birch it's like very thin paper and works well as tinder, just a thought worked for me

  • @goonluv Thanks for the tip - will have to remember that one:o)

  • what you should have done is make the blocks of wood into shavers,, and useing the cloth that way would never get a fire going,,,  but at least you tried :D

  • Rick, I've only just realised that when you add the barbecue lighter fluid at 4:28, you can see wisps of smoke - had your previous attempts at lighting the fire been slightly better then you could have had a flashback from the embers and ignited the entire bottle. We all make mistakes so no problem.

    Your video is much better presented than many on YouTube e.g. no camera shake due to tripod use, captions, music. Keep it up.

  • Ray Mears is Dissapoint with you.

  • here´s a small tip for using charcloth: prepare a bundle of dry grass, straw, very thin twigs, cotton rope, etc. BEFORE you throw a spark onto the charcloth. the bundle should be about as big as a tennisball and not too compressed. then, light your charcloth with the flint an when it catches a spark, bring it into the bundle, take the the bundle with both hands and gently blow air into it from underneath. keep doing this until the whole package starts to smoke and finally ignites.

  • @dereinzigwahreaff Great tip - thanks for sharing it :o)

  • My son's Scouts use a Kelly Kettle so I showed him this video. He showed it to his troop. They were in hysterics. The size of the wood, using sawdust, using a firesteel, the cork, the table! The table! The table! I don't think your wife will have been very happy. Easy mistake to make - just such a shame that it had to be on what used to be a pretty pristine table.

    May I ask why you reviewed a product that you had not used before?

    Hope you are more used to it now.

  • Hold the handle at 90 degrees when removing the kettle from the base, not 180 degrees which means your hand is directly above the fire - serious burn risk.

  • @rickvanman Re 'LOL! I was experimenting with the jam jar and fresnel lense in the background earlier - wasn't sure if the glass would explode, hence the glasses...'

    V. wise to wear them & they must be good quality to forget you were wearing them. BTW, I don't see how the glass would explode - one bushcraft trick is to boil water in a plastic bottle. The plastic will not melt providing flame touches plastic surrounded by water.  Water takes the heat, never exceeds 100C so plastic doesn't melt.

  • @rickvanman: Also try putting small amount of water in a balloon, then blow up & tie, & then heat with a candle - water boils & balloon doesn't burst (as long as you only heat the part of the balloon with water above it). Reason is same as that for the plastic bottle mentioned in my last comment.

  • you would probably make a great fireman.. it would go out just being near you. cheers :)

  • i would suggest using dryer lint as your firestarter 

  • Oh.My.God. That was so painful to watch. Reminds me of a mate I know who, in his 30's still can't light a match stick.

    I admire your perseverance, if anything! I wasn't sure if it was night fall coming or the fade out in the edit! I'm glad to hear that you've got the hang of it now :)

  • Use zippo lighter.

  • u should have made 2 cupper cause im thirsty just watching you

    1 don't cut the flint fire steel with the teeth on the hacksaw blade scrape it, down from top.

  • twigs is better, your using tinder to much, u need kindling ie twigs then bigger stuff, working up in size.

  • That's bloody marvelous mate! May I suggest a trip to your local Starbucks or tea house, depending on your area. May be a safer way to a surefire cup of tea. Cheers.

  • good for this, then cover that with wood SHAVINGS, the key to a good fire is circulation of air!! once you have the little beauty burning away crumble some charcoal onto it, not too fine, then add a few good chunks on top, this makes lighting it again easier as they stay hot for a while... then top it up with twigs!! SIMPLES!

  • LOL! that was fun watching, I've recently purchased one of these for carp fishing, and tested it in my garden the other day, had a brew in under 5 minutes (I have the 0.5l so its a bit quicker) when I saw it I thought it was idiot proof, clearly I was wrong...

    you need to master the basics of starting a fire, those flint steels are easy, spark it onto some cotton wool, which flames up nice and easy, then cover with fairly compact dry grass, the stuff peeled off the bottom of the mower is...

  • This is the second time I've watched you're video, and I've only just realised you're wearing safety goggles! Damn, I'm only used to a little bit of normal Bushcraft. Urban bushcraft must be tough! LOL

    Keep on trying, you'll get there with practice.

  • @annagilda1 LOL! I was experimenting with the jam jar and fresnel lense in the background earlier - wasn't sure if the glass would explode, hence the glasses - forgot to take them off for making this video.

    This was 2 years ago when I was very green - am starting to get the hang of it now ;o)

  • :Lighter fluid on a cotton ball and 200 lolly sticks. Use a Clipper lighter. 

  • Man, You shouldn't be allowed out by yourself.

    All the gear, Absolutely no idea.

    I still got a laugh out of it though lol

  • when you pick up the kettle, hold the handle 90 degries to the kettl so that the heat from the chimney doesn't burn you

    

  • we got one offf these delivered today we had a fire in a couple of mins and hot water in a further 2=3 mins is fantastic ,you are just rubbish im afraid.lol

  • lol ... so funny , in order to start and maintain a successful fire you need TINDER , KINDLING then FUEL and NEVER have the cork in a kelly when lit

  • Rick, good start at learning several things....problem 1: you needed more transition from char cloth to fuel, in other words you might have shaved off a handful of toothpick sized bits, built a nest of that up against the hole in the base, then slightly bigger bits on top of that, working up to the full size stuff. Fill the kettle WITHOUT THE CORK in it, place on the base, now make your sparks on the char cloth stuffed in from the hole, blow on that a bit and you're off.

  • TAKE THE CORK OUT!!!!!

  • @AlexBianco100 Exactly, I was waiting for it to blow off the kettle and knock the whole set up off the table. :o)

  • start with a birdsnest of lose string twine or thin shavings, about softball sized, place the ember in the center, fold the birdsnest slightly around the ember and raise up and blow on the ember, it should light, drop it in, after that start with small sticks and work up to your larger  wood

  • No no no! You must use the char cloth with tinder and keep blowing until you have a flame and then add more tinder. But nice try we all get it wrong first time lol

  • An entertaining video but pity you didn't show the aftermath - did it leave big scorch marks on your patio table?

    When lighting my Kelly Kettle, I put some cardboard and newspaper in the base. I then put the kettle on and drop thin twigs/bark/bits of wood down the chimney. Once it's fairly full, I light the paper through the hole and it generally goes off like a jet engine - the chimney effect happens very quickly and sucks more air in. If there's a breeze, putting the hole into wind helps

  • you should invest in a magnesium fire starter, just shave off some of the magnesium put it in a small pile and strike the flint gige it a little blow and bob's your uncle theres a 1800 degree ember burning white hot in front of you. you can pick one up for around two quid

  • good effort mate, try using dry grass and then use twigs and sticks get bigger as the flames go bigger drop them down the top, how much did you pay for that and were from looking to buy one.

  • lol bet that was the best cupper you had in a long time

  • Great video! My first attempt was a failure too. However, I made sure I didn't make the same errors again. So far it's been 100% since then, but I'm still learning.

    I cheat! I carry a tea kit containing tea and several different types of a) ignition and b) dry tinder. Thus far this has meant that I haven't needed extra assistance.

    Also, it's a really good idea to put the kettle on the fire-box before lighting. The 'draw' quickly establishes the fire and then virtually anything will burn.

  • Two sayings that will always be true:

    a) When all else fails, read the instructions.

    b) Failure is the mother of learning.

  • oh oh i see a burnt bench top coming....

  • Try using small sticks about a 20th of the size of your "bricks" (a little bigger than your match) or a feather stick and it will go straight away with a match. ;)

  • fair play to you for posting buddy. most people tend to only post their successes. at least you had the nuts to show people what not to do. learn by doing my friend :)

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  • Love the kelly kettle, it's alot easier than you make it look

  • ow and the lens you used to try to boil water is quite inefficient a parabolic mirror is better.

  • this made me lol, there were lots of things that you need to know know about lighting a fire but i thort that they were mostly common knowledge and common sense guess not aha. just to list a few; you need to prepare the kindling inside the base better and more of it; the sticks to start off need to be quarter the size and displayed so that the initial fire will rise up an light it; you need to strike the fire starter down not sideways; blow the fire to draw it not using a flat. hope this helps.

  • Thank You, Really enjoyed this video, and dispite the frustration of getting the fire going, you proved that you have already mastered the most important lesson in bushcraft...............The ability to keep a sense of humour when things go tits up!!! without it you will not survive a minute in a sticky situation. The force is strong in this one :-)

  • A friend of mine has a kelly kettle and when he demonstrated it to me it worked perfectly 1st time. He also showed me another part of it that he has that fits into the top and works as a stand for a cup that would be used for cooking in. it would even act as a stand for a wok or frying pan if you had something like that whilst out in the field. Kelly kettles have recently been in high demand from the gurkhas who are being sent into uninhabbited terain :D

  • Are you sure this was not an intentional comedy routine. Even if this was real... LMAO!!

  • a can sterno workes in them kelly kettle. also i make my char cloth out of kerosine wicks cut in sq.Ever one just think back on your first fire build how it go lol not mine went bad set a grass field on fire as a kid

  • Sorry to say this but ant over 4 mins and all you realy said about the kettle was it was a 1 litre capacity......

    Can I ask why it was the hardest cup of Tea ever made, seemed the tea making was quite easy, and it was lighting a fire that was hard as you said in your video,

    How do you rate this kettle? and do you think if you managed to light it first time your opinion may have been different?

    Thanks for sharing

  • I enjoyed your video.

  • RickVanMan: you are forbidden to use the term "Bushcraft" for the next seven years. At that time, you may resume its use if, and only if, you learn the basics of building a fire. WOW!

  • @romedeiros70 LOL! yep - my skills need sharpening I think ;o)

  • @rickvanman Fortunately, youtube is filled with great examples like our good ol' Ray Mears, and you have a nice firesteel to practice with!

    Go forth and continue learning in good health and safety.

  • @rickvanman Try starting off small. The Char would have worked well but your fire steel was not the real deal it did not throw off a proper spark. Tinder-twigs-sticks. Start small work your way up large. The large bricks you used way to thick try cutting them in quarters next time. Very fun video to watch i enjoyed it. Trust me a few years ago i would get a fire going and smother it just like you did and wonder what the heck i did. Just be patient start small.

  • Please do not do what RICKVANMAN did

    1. Placed and lit the Kelly's Kettle directly on wood, the heat can damage the area under the base, good job it is in his own premises

    2. The CORK should not be placed back in the spout after the kettle is filled with water, it can be exploded at the boiling point and causes accident with boiling water

    3. Kelly's Kettle is designed with the handle to be lifted in right angle to prevent the flame burning your hand if holding up above the flame

  • That was like watching the Benny Hill show without the girls.

  • @enjoythewildUSA LOL - yes it is kind-of excruciating isn't it?

    That video was made a long time ago, my knowledge has since improved.

  • Watching the rest of the video, you need to find better tinder. It's all about surface area, the big blocks of weed won't catch easy, if you held a match to it it will never light. (without petrol, as you call it in your neck of the woods) if you used a knife to shave off slivers of wood, then split one of the blocks up into pieces roughly the size of a pencil or smaller, then split a block into 4, then 2 full sized blocks.

    Start with your smallest and add the bigger pieces as the fire builds.

  • You had the right idea using the saw blade for a scraper but you don't saw at it, you scrape the flat back end down the fire steel and it directs a shower of sparks right at your target. A saw blade is used because it is hard and easy to carry, not because of the saw teeth. Make sure the back side of the saw blade is nice and square, a good sharp 90 degree angle.

  • @clancy6969

    4. Everyone I know both sexes including ME (who is a female) have no difficulty in lighting a fire when we live outdoor on land, woods, forest, mountains or islands. Perhaps RICKVANMAN should use electric kettle and stay indoor forever and ever.. What a waste of a kettle, flint, etc

  • Please do not do what RICKVANMAN did

    1. Placed and lit the Kelly's Kettle directly on wood, the heat can damage the area under the base, good job it is in his own premises

    2. The CORK should not be placed back in the spout after the kettle is filled with water, it can be exploded at the boiling point and causes accident with boiling water

    3. Kelly's Kettle is designed with the handle to be lifted in right angle to prevent the flame burning your hand if holding up above the flame

  • that was the best video ive ever seen on here. really good really funny please keep it up.

    you should have your own TV series i laughed all the way through

    well done

  • An honest video, thanks Rick.

    I am guessing you managed to resolve your problems?

  • @SlyToocan yes, got there in the end ;o)

  • I have a Kelly Kettle as well. The fuel you are using is too thick. Twigs are better for feeding the fire. Soon as you have a sustainable fire that doesn't extinguish itself place the kettle on to the bottom section. This will provide the fire with the chimney effect and start forcing oxygen from the side hole. Start adding twigs at the top of the chimney to start it off. Then add thicker twigs if necessary. It does not take a whole lot of fuel to start boiling the water in my experience.

  • chuck the whole box of matches in, you'd have a better chance of starting a fire , he he. like the digery do aswell :) keep up the good work.

  • chuck the whole box of matches in, you'd have a better chance of starting a fire , he he. like the digery do aswell :)

  • chuck the whole box of matches in, you'd have a better chance of starting a fire , he he.

  • The flue draws the fire. You need to build a small fire in the bottom using cotton wool and dry sticks- small ones, then put the kettle on and light it through the hole making sure the hole is into the wind. That way it works! Cracking video though!

  • embarrassing man :)

  • The fresnell lens you mentioned will not work. The sunlight will shine right thru, and no energy will be absorbed.

    I would suggest you use a metal container, painted black, and insulated everywhere except the very area the lens is going to hit. Metal will conduct and distribute the heat, way better than any glassjar.

  • really small thin sticks are the key mate kelly kettles shouldn't be used with any sticks much thicker than a pencil

  • Good on you for showing this, I think it shows how hard it can be to start a fire.

    Basically two mistakes:

    You strike a fire steel downwards not across the steel.

    The lumps of wood you were using were too big - smaller shavings would have caught better.

  • better firesteel

  • get yourself a coleman, good vid :-)

  • get yourself a coleman

  • dumbass lol

  • health and safety glasses! hahah

    wheres yer welding gloves and satey hat hahaha

  • I have seen other people use these kettles more successfully. They started with dried grass and small twigs and as the fire grew, started adding bigger twigs and continually fed the fire until well established.

    The only way you'd get small wooden blocks going would be to use firelighters (sunnyjims or equivelant)

  • if its not lighting simply go inside and use your lecky kettle

  • put some car tyres on it dumbass lol

  • hey rick, you ever try a Blast Match?

  • @wolfen26 no, not heard of them before :o(

  • @rickvanman I would suggest looking into that. It is called Blast Match and it is made by Survival Technologies. It is a fire striker that you can even make sparks one handed. It is a little expensive, but I feel the price is worth it. There are vids on youtube showing how it works.

  • @wolfen26 thanks for the info, I'll look into it.

  • nice video man.

    you had just shown it ain't easy to get a fire from a fire steel: need the right technique, tinder...

    even you have matches, you still need a little bit of skill to light the wood. (tinder, kindling, fuel)

    go check out some fire making, firesteel videos on youtube

  • I loved that you didn't quit and after glancing at a few of the comments I'll also say I was shouting..."Cork!!".

    Just to say, use loads of kindling. Split those blocks you have into at least 8 pieces. Also, get yourself a bigger firesteel. and as has been mentioned vasline balls. Build the fire in the pan with a tail of cotton wool sticking out the vent. Simple. :) My thanks for the entertainment.

    And like Ray says...The best survival tool is a positive attitude. (or words to that effect)

  • @SPANDEXSTEVE thanks for the tips - I've learned so much from feedback like this :o)

  • Go to "campinggadget's" channel he is amazing, because he can actually light a fire!

  • I use a piece of STEEL WOOL and news paper,,, gives flames in seconds

  • I'm laughing my ass off. Great job. You are so funny. Great sport!

  • boiling a storm kettle with the cork in is a big NO NO,,,,, wonder how long he had it boiling before the pressure blew it out with all the boiling water all over him,,,,,,,, BEWARE PEOPLE,, DO NOT BOIL A STORM/KELLY KETTLE WITH THE CORK IN

  • first of all ur not using the flint right .stroke it down the flint and not across it .2nd cut the chain off the flint and put a long boot lace on it and 3.im in the army reserve for 25 years and done a lot of survival courses with them ,and it took me 2 times 2 get water boiled on mine so good job there

  • sorry but your firelighting skills leave a lot to be desired.. also. take cork out before you start.. its in the instructions. cotton wool. shavings of wood then gradually larger pieces. mine boils in 3 mins

  • @zakpapa21 LOL! My firelighting skills are clearly crap! :o)

    Boiling time is surprisingly fast when it does get going.

  • Beautiful effort. Some thoughts.. Sawdust is a poor fire starter. Its hydroscopic, absorbs moisture from the air and tends to just smolder and smoke. You need to use the half rule. Each piece of wood is lit by a piece HALF as thick as what your trying to light. Your wood blocks were way to thick for the fire you lit. When you put Vaseline in cotton balls it must be a light coating (knead it) on the fibers not a solid mass. The cotton ball acts like a wick for the Vaseline. Strike down not across

  • Dry grass and leaves will boil 20 oz. water in under 3 min.. This video gives the Kelly Kettle a bad name. I admit that fire skills are a general requirement to own a kettle. So this guy should stick to Starbucks for his hot beverages.

  • very entertaining, I would try a bit of dry grass after the charcloth to get that going, with plenty of blowing. As soon as you get a flame , chuck the kettle on top and get some small thin sticks in there, not the cubes of wood that you have.

  • Was all of your tinder soaking wet?

  • Cotton balls soaked in petroleum jelly (Vaseline) makes a great fire starter in a pinch. Easy to carry anywhere.

  • Newspaper would have made it a lot easier & remember to take the lid off that jar before you heat it with the fresnel lense.

  • you look you really don't know how to start a fire... but your equipments are impacable...lol

  • If this is satinless & there is much smaller virsion I'll buy it.

  • Well, it does take practice. That's why I cheat and use a little handsanitizer on some lint.  One or two sparks and whoosh!

  • Brill in it, this type of guy is what runs our country, hes got nothing else to do, no offence ment but, why not reveiw an russell hobbs mate. lol

  • that is lol funny

  • I have used dryer lint andpine needles on top of the lint. If they are dry the needles will catch easily and roar to life for a short duration. It normally catches twigs easily (note the word normally). Excellent video! I have been told that firesteel works better if you hold the striker still and move the sparker instead. "from the ashes of disaster grow the roses of success!" good job!

  • I use my kelly lettle a lot and it really is a great product. I use pine cones and a bit of kitchen roll as kindling and it goes like a volcanoe after a few mintutes. Water boils in no time. A good tip is to have the opening facing the wind to help air flow. And I use a bit of candle wax on the pine cones as a safe accelerant. The video shows liquid being used and this is NOT a good idea as it very likely to spill out of the fire pan and could be dangerous. Never stand it on a wood table.

  • although not much a success, its good to see some 1 put there 1rst effort on youtube. Goodvid man! update if u get better tactics on starting that fire!

  • I would love to give the Kelly Kettle a go to see how well they work. The don't seem to sell them here in the US.

  • they does & i think it's really tight.

  • so how long did it take for you to notice that you left the cork in?

  • Hi Rick.

    I think your problem is air flow to get your flames. The initial spark gets your black charred cloth going but you could do with puting this onto some very dry hay or wood planer shavings. Then extremely carefully and loosely wrapping the embering cloth and gently blowing to give lots of oxygen

    Chris

  • God this video is like watching a monkey play with a hand grenade. You've not done this before? It didn't take us long to notice that with the tiny pile of sawdust you had to start your 'fire'. lol at least if your local fire warden is watching this he won't be worried about you setting your house on fire!

  • lol ,quote " 5 stars for effort", i would give you at least 20 plus , when i first tried i gave up well before u did , i then went over to the shed got the grinder and the drill out and made it a grate,works heaps better now, i usually cheat and use a firestarter , but then i use mine most days rain or shine .

    but it does get easier with practice!!!

    best wishes

  • ime going to cheat alot, poors gasoline in.i like it

  • Love the videos,especially "how to" film making and editing. Got me started !

    Thanks

  • two things my friend. saw dust offers no air flow and thus no fire. as make your own, clearly pointed out. the rule for building a fire (such as you wanted) is to start small (bigger than sawdust) and build up slow and sure. with that said bother thank you so very much for the laugh and the guts to publish that wonderful video. thank you..

  • the main thing is that you got your cup of Tea :)

    the Fresnel lens looks Very interesting

    Thank's Rick

  • i thought the fire was neva gonna go on!!

  • Use lint from the lint filter in your clothes dryer. Lint is highly flammable. Always save your lint....you never know when you will need it to start a fire.

  • Petroleum soaked cotton balls all the way. Fail safe. One spark to them and you have a flame for 5 mins or so.

  • LOL! - the cotton wool ball you see in the video (from 2:28 onwards) had a generous scoop of petrolleum jelly inside it. Smoked well :o)

  • Your wood blocks were too big/thick. You need to use your bushcraft kife or swiss army kife to shave one those to wafer thin shavings. Then another to match stick size and another to small pencil size so you have a graduation of kindling. Also "fuzz sticks" are good which are match sticks with one end cut and split into wafer thin pieces. The wafer thin pieces catch and transfer the flame to the match end.

    5 stars for effort though!

  • Cotton balls soaked in a little petroleum jelly work like a charm.

    They're amazingly easy to light with a flint and one jelly soaked cotton ball burns for a few minutes.

    I enjoy your videos, keep up the great work.

  • very interesting, random, but cool lol. I think it's one of those things you just have to do, so that your life is complete haha

  • go in side and put the kettle on

  • Thanks for the tip - The charcloth in the video is actually home-made :o)

    Might do a vid on it at some point.

  • Rick you are the most patient man ever...lol. I would have given up and plugged in the microwave...

  • LOL - I think if the camera wasn't on, I'd have done the same!

  • Hi, Rick. Be careful with the fresnel lens, especialy when the jar is closed, it might explode very easily, and if you put the jar in to the narrow focal point it might blow too, it will melt the glass.

    Try: GREENPOWERSCIENCE Channel. And for making up the fire try BUSHCRAFTBARTONS Channel.

    Have fun

    Joe

  • Thanks for the tips and links Joe :o)

  • Tip ... cotton wool balls with vaseline rubbed into them make good firelighters, your small blocks of wood are too big as starters, split them down.

    Cheers

  • Thanks for the tip - actually the cotton wool I was using in the video had been soaked in vaseline - not sure why it wouldn't light.

  • Nice video man. I love how you showed your whole trial and error progress :). Keep practicing man, and watch some bushcraft videos, you will be starting fast fires in no time.

  • Thanks :o)

  • The video production of this presentation was great. The background music was perfect for this trial and error experiment. The speeding up of the motion was great. Here's a suggestion for fire starting. Save all the lint from your clothes dryer. Pull out the lint filter and scrape it off. Lint is extremely flammable. Also Ferneli lenses, the big ones can be dangerous, make sure you wear welding goggles when using the large ferneli lenses. I've seen them ignite wood in seconds.

  • Thanks for the tips and ideas John

  • lol, Awesome video!

  • were you blowing the embers?

  • till i was turning blue! LOL

  • Now that wasn't so hard. Haha

  • Piece of cake LOL!

  • Great demo ; ^ )

  • I've never seen tea prepared like that before. Great job Rick!

  • thanks Domingo  :o)

  • love the fact tiyr still wearing the safety goggles at the end mate lol

    STORE LOTS OF LIGHTERS

  • LOL - think I'll follow that advice :o)

    yeah - forgot I was wearing the specs - Doh!

  • Blow Blow Blow on the fire and it would have worked!!

  • Agreed

  • I blew so hard I was turning blue! LOL!

  • i've heard to use dryer lint as kindling

  • 30 minutes the you went all out with the fluid and matches LOL, dude I love watching you have fun.

  • OMG rick! lol! fire dos'ent like you dos it? :P

  • LOL - not this time anyway :o)

  • cool video rick!

  • Mountain Man Rick!!

  • LOL - not quite!

  • HAHAHAHAHA

    He was like ohhh f**k it i'm going to cheat :')

    Amazing video Rick, 11/10 :)

  • Thanks - Yes those were my words exactly! LOL!

  • lol 5 stars for effort :D

    as scottrose commented, you need more kindling (sticks..as you use saw dust but try a few dried sticks and leaves..dried pine needles are pretty good) to start a fire with flint&steel..it does seem you are striking it weird..but its different for everyone one..i move my steel down the flint instead of across, works best for me and kind of directs the sparks

    process goes flint&steel to your char cloth, then to kindling (aka tinder), then wood, building the fire slowly

  • thanks for the tips - will have another go some time soon.

  • Rick, this was truly intertaining!! Quite funny, if not informative. ;-)

    Next video: How to make tea biscuits using a hand-crank flashlight and an aluminum pie tin?

    Take care,

    Patrick

  • Thanks Patrick - definitely an interesting concept for a video! LOL!

  • haha Rick your a legand. this was very entertaining thanks :)

  • Hahaha! Rick in future I think you need to start with a lot more kindlin, then slowly progress to larger blocks of wood. One tip I would recommend when starting out if to pre-heat or char the little blocks of MDF as they are usually treated in anti-rot solutions, etc when be compacted and pressed at wood mils.

    Try using materials that are a lot dryer, I'm no expert although I was a scout for a few years :P

    Great video though!

  • Thanks for the tips Scott :o)

  • Nice one Rick, i would had stopped already after 10 minutes i think

  • LOL - so would I if the camera hadn't been there!

  • actually I was wearing them because I was playing with the Fresnel lense earlier - half expecting the glass jar to explode in the heat. I just forgot to take them off.

  • i love it :) xxx

  • Should've gone to Specsavers...