Bushcraft - Jute Twine Tinder Bundle

[albertabushcraft]

Great idea gonna have to try that myself..

[ColinOutdoors]

@albertabushcraft Thanks my friend, jute twine is great tinder.

[Brasso182]

have you thought of wrapping the twine around a candle 2 or 3 times then giving it a pull just so you get abit of wax on it, should have the same effect as with the cotton balls.

[ColinOutdoors]

@Brasso182 That is a very interesting idea my friend ,something I will have to try in the future :-)

[BCKazu]

The Jute Twine is a type of Sisal twine ??

Sorry for my ignorance ,I do not know much about these things

Thanks my friend !!!!

[ColinOutdoors]

@BCKazu Jute is a long, soft, shiny vegetable fibre that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from plants in the genus Corchorus, which has been classified in the family Tiliaceae, or more recently in Malvaceae.

[Spikestrip55]

I appreciate the "old school" way of making fire, but at first I thought, "why not use a firesteel?". But then thought how hard it would be to get the jute to light with a spark instead of an ember. Charcloth makes this much easier (in lieu of the cottonball/petroleum combo). You might carry jute as a multitasker, using it as tinder when you run out of petro soaked cottonballs! Thanks Colin!

[ColinOutdoors]

@Spikestrip55 Hi mate, yeah very wise words, I agree the jute twine is a good multi task item, thanks my friend, take care

[2KARGARAGE]

Subd

[ColinOutdoors]

@2KARGARAGE I appreciate your support my friend

[2KARGARAGE]

Nice

[ColinOutdoors]

@2KARGARAGE Cheers my friend,

[Cptheadstomp420]

FIRE! man i need to pick up some of that char cloth.

[ColinOutdoors]

@Cptheadstomp420 lol, yeah char cloth is great stuff, you can make it from old blue jean :-)

[Cptheadstomp420]

@ColinOutdoors i'll have to look up how to do that! is that how you get yours?

[ColinOutdoors]

@Cptheadstomp420 Yeah I use old blue jean to make the char cloth, I made a video about a year ago on how to do it :-)

[davetogo123]

Hello Colin nice vid that baby went up quick ....looks like the finger got a bit warm I like cotton wool for tinder but you cant tie anything with cotton wool so I reckon Jute twine has got to be better....... cheers Dave

[ColinOutdoors]

@davetogo123 Thanks Dave, yeah the finger go warm lol, I like cotton wool also, but your correct the jute twine seems to be more versitile.

[grayghost222]

Good video!!

[ColinOutdoors]

@grayghost222 Thanks my friend

[Waldhandwerk]

Cool done Colin, thanks for showing and sharing : ) Regards Sepp

[ColinOutdoors]

@Waldhandwerk Thanks Sepp for all your support :-)

[sabr686]

That was great. Forgets his knife, but still snatches victory from the jaws of "Oops". I love your honesty and candor. A lot of people would have just scrapped that take and made themselves look perfect. You're a man of the people, Colin, and I like you more for it, mistakes and all. The more mistakes you make, the more you look like me!

[ColinOutdoors]

@sabr686 lol Thank you my friend, I actually thought I didn't press record either near the end haha, silly me, but I think it makes the video more real, thanks for your brillant comments mate

[imtheomegaman]

I'm gonna experiment with some of that Colin thanks for the idea. Didn't look like it burned very long, though probably long enough to ignite some small tinder.

[ColinOutdoors]

@imtheomegaman Cheers mate, it does burn pretty quick but as you say just long enough to light small tinder,

[hinckleypoland]

Great Job Collin. 

[ColinOutdoors]

@hinckleypoland Thank you mate

[KAgathon]

Never would have thought of this.  Glad this yank tunes in. Keep up the good vids.

[ColinOutdoors]

@KAgathon Thanks my friend, I appreciate your support

[VonLeachim]

good stuff indeed. fair play for taking the time

[ColinOutdoors]

@VonLeachim Thank you my friend

[Crombie531]

That is a very good idea. And it will be going in my fire kit.

[ColinOutdoors]

@Crombie531 Great stuff mate, thanks for viewing

[cobaltOUTdoors]

never thought to use the twine like that now i know to save the scraps =)

[ColinOutdoors]

@cobaltOUTdoors Thanks mate, yeah jute twine is real handy

[BACKWOODSBLISS]

Jute is great for birds nest. I've been practicing the bow drill and it works great.

[ColinOutdoors]

@BACKWOODSBLISS Yeah its great stuff is Jute twine, cheers mate

[69Grunden]

I tried out this method in my camp site this evening. It went up in flames like gas, very effective. I'll now carry this type of line in my tin. Thanks again for the tip.

[ColinOutdoors]

@69Grunden Glad it worked for you my friend, cheers :-)

[anderman72]

Awesome! Great tip!!!!

[ColinOutdoors]

@anderman72 Thank you mate :-)

[drumgodtim]

jute fires up nicely...and a 100ft. spool is cheap...nice job Colin! BTW...i like your backyard fire pit...handy!!!

[ColinOutdoors]

@drumgodtim Thanks my friend, yeah I enjoy using the fire pit :-)

[MsCountrywitch]

Well done.  We do that with burlap sacks that some feed comes in. Thanks for sharing.

[ColinOutdoors]

@MsCountrywitch Thanks you, that sounds like a great idea also :-)

[EDINBURGSTAR]

Jute twine is really fantastic i've been carryng it in my pocket along with my firesteel.

I also put it in all my kits now. Thanks Colin for another wonderful video.

Cheers from Texas along the Rio Grande. MONTERO BUSHCRAFT.

[ColinOutdoors]

@EDINBURGSTAR Thanks Joe, I agree, just twine is a great resource

[AppalachianFreedom]

-- Great demonstration! -- The more tools and options the better!

[ColinOutdoors]

@AppalachianFreedom I agree, thanks my friend

[zhsy00001]

I've had those days as far as recording. You are full of cool ideas.

[ColinOutdoors]

@zhsy00001 Thanks mate :-)

[aquintero546244]

u have been practising right? good job keep em commin

[ColinOutdoors]

@aquintero546244 Yeah I have been lol, thanks my friend, I really appreciate your support

[asg00001]

Great video as always,keep it up buddy.

Thumbs up for you {:-)

[ColinOutdoors]

@asg00001 Cheers my friend

[Iamninjaronin]

thats how the boyscouts at bartle do it, great demonstration

[ColinOutdoors]

@Iamninjaronin Cool, thats great they are teaching the boy scouts  this, thanks my friend

[wolfbrother2501]

i find this stuff very hard to find over here its odd tbh

forgot your knife! tut tut lmao only jokin mate idk how many times ive had to re start a vid cos if forgotten the knife i was reveiwing lol

[ColinOutdoors]

@wolfbrother2501 Yeah silly me not having the knife on me lol.

Thats a shame these kits are hard to find over there, hope you manage to find one.

[wolfbrother2501]

@ColinOutdoors me too i dont rly want to order all my gear online you know id like to keep a bit local ive been looking into what the celts used to have but theres not a lot of info on their fire kits lol its odd cos if your into brooches theres like thousands of pages on that lmao

[ColinOutdoors]

@wolfbrother2501 Yeah I know what you mean, I like to by gear locally too, but unfortunately the internet is so much more diverse in what you can find and purchase.

[IsaacBickerstaffEsq]

@wolfbrother2501"if your into brooches theres like thousands of pages on that"

It took the archeologists hundreds of years to stop going gaga over the jewelry of kings and queens long enough to wonder how the cook started his fire. People will always tend to go for the bling over shit that's, ya know, USEFUL.

One of the reasons there may be so little specific info on Keltic firemaking though is because there's nothing special about it: Flint, steel and birch bark.

[wolfbrother2501]

@IsaacBickerstaffEsq lmao i understand it was simple i was just looking for designs and other info on it like the type of bag

also flints rare in this area so unless they traded very often or they brought a butt load from england it would have been quartz kind of looking for area spific info and also if they used the old norse trick of making belt buckles from strikers to reduce the weight of carry and so on so forth lol

[IsaacBickerstaffEsq]

@wolfbrother2501 "the type of bag"; A purse. It was the generic bag for all small items. They hadn't invented marketing yet to convince people they needed a special bag for everything.

"or they brought a butt load from england"

And even the continent. The Kelts were expert traders with cousins everywhere. Good man on asking about the flint though. Most would have asked where they got their steel.

[IsaacBickerstaffEsq]

"if they used the old norse trick "

Where do you think those Germanic barbarians got the idea from? Made it up on their own? Phbbbbbt! The Kelts were a civilized, metal working people when the Jutelanders were still huddling in mud pits.

[wolfbrother2501]

@Isaac buy type of bag i mean design ie just general drop bag or more of a sporran (cos i was considering making it myself lol) as for the steal there are a few iron deposits near me

the celt would have undoubtedly traded thoughtout their region of control which was a lot bigger then some people think so yes the continent wouldnt be a bad option but again i was looking for my regional info to try and make a kit as close to theirs as i could i cant make a steal myself but id try the rest lol

[IsaacBickerstaffEsq]

@wolfbrother2501 "or more of a sporran": The sporran is a)modern and b) ENGLISH. A purse is a small bag with holes on the top through which a cord/thong is strung which [i]purses[/i] it. It is worn to the left side (hidden by the brat) hanging from the leine belt by the purse string.

While the basic purse design was universal, the specific fashion varied in both geography and TIME; and even by family, so your idea of a "true local" type is misplaced.

[IsaacBickerstaffEsq]

@IsaacBickerstaffEsq P.S. The steel most prized for fire starting wouldn't have been smelted and forged from iron ore deposits; it falls out of the sky.

[wolfbrother2501]

@IsaacBickerstaffEsq mhm i always thought a sporran was scotish not english

and im not looking for a true local one just trying to figure one out that i can make and have it as close as possible and that is why i was reserching it in order to find good info on the best design for me my prefrence lol anyway thanks for your suggestions

[IsaacBickerstaffEsq]

@wolfbrother2501 "i always thought a sporran was scotish": Because the English have spent hundreds of years to get you to think that. Ever wonder why there are so many precise, even goofy, rules about "correct" kilt wearing? Because it is an *ENGLISH*military* uniform* FOR Scots. It is, in fact, a sign of Scottish subjugation, not nationality. True Scottish dress was banned by the English under penalty of death.

[IsaacBickerstaffEsq]

No Kelt ever wore a kilt, never mind a sporran to go with it. If you want to dress Kelt (as opposed to Scot) it's leine and brat (the Great Kilt is a sort of super brat developed for the wars), with basic medieval purse to keep things in. Just sew some bits of leather together in a way that pleases you (the very way a Kelt would likely obtain his purse) punch some holes in the top and run a thong through.

That'll be more authentic than anything "authentic."

[outithewoods]

another gret vid Col

[ColinOutdoors]

@outithewoods Thanks mate :-)

[RichTheRidgeHunter]

Nice

Thanks, Rich

[ColinOutdoors]

@RichTheRidgeHunter Cheers Rich

[MetalTillIDie461]

Great video, quite surprised how quick the charcloth caught as in the traditional firemaking kit video the cloth there took some time.

Eagerly awaiting the next one.

[ColinOutdoors]

@MetalTillIDie461 Cheers mate, well I think it caught quicker as I had been practasing alot :-)

[69Grunden]

Great idea, thanks for shareing your idea.

[ColinOutdoors]

@69Grunden Thanks mate, I appreciate your support

[bricardiff1969]

nice one

[ColinOutdoors]

@bricardiff1969 Cheers mate

[bushcraftbartons]

Great job Colin.

[ColinOutdoors]

@bushcraftbartons Thank you Mike

[BuschTukkerMan]

Great video again ooh i hear Ray Mears flying over again ahah he is probably saying this fellow has allot tallent, and i want him too run my show when iam not there aha.

He is watching you mate , by the way Ray Mears if you are watching this video invite Colin too your show:)

Awsome video Colin i love them!

by the way do you use skype?

[ColinOutdoors]

@BuschTukkerMan Thanks Busch, lol maybe one time there will be no planes flying overhead lol, I don't use Skype im afraid.

[SNAFU111999]

It's nice to know how to make fire with flint and steel!

[ColinOutdoors]

@SNAFU111999 I agree my friend, its a great method

[DontTreadOnMee]

That is fantastic.

[ColinOutdoors]

@DontTreadOnMee Thanks my friend, I appreciate your support

[investigator76]

Cool video!

[ColinOutdoors]

@investigator76 Cheers mate

[scruffymeigs]

I'll have to add jute twine to my firemaking kit. It looks like the perfect first stage of a fire. I'm sure the twine could come in handy out on the trail for a lot of non-fire making applications as well. Thanks.

[ColinOutdoors]

@scruffymeigs Yeah its really handy, great for making shelter and other things and the best thing is its biodegradable.

[flytyer232]

nice job, but when i try it the char cloth never "lights", question is what is the proper way to make char cloth?

Thanks,

[ColinOutdoors]

@flytyer232 Thanks my friend, there are a few videos on YouTube about how to make charcloth. I have one I did about a year ago.

[flytyer232]

@ColinOutdoors thanks, i guess i was missing the hole in the tin, since the only way i could get my char cloth to "light" was with a lighter.

Thanks,

Mike

[ColinOutdoors]

@flytyer232 No problem Mike, hope you make some good charcloth you can use now :-)

[MrSteve65]

Great vid... Twine, have you ever tried to pull your twine from the center? Even long pieces can be done without it knotting up on you.

[ColinOutdoors]

@MrSteve65 Yeah I usually cut it into one foot sections then pull from the centre, silly me didn't have a knife to cut it and nothing ever seems to work right on camera lol.

Thanks Steve

[Vidsandso]

nice video.

By the way: you made me buy a Mora Clipper. Got it today. Love the knife!

[ColinOutdoors]

@Vidsandso Thanks man. Awesome! glad you got one, its a brilliant knife, I hope you get many years of use out of it.

[snaggypaggy]

Jesus that goes up in huge flames quickly. that was really ray mears that time. Good job!

[ColinOutdoors]

@snaggypaggy Thanks mate, yeah it goes up really quickly lol.

[willwood487]

great fire starter. I got to get me one of them fire starters. recommend any?

[ColinOutdoors]

@willwood487 There are a few out there, mines is made by Wilmas, there is also the Hudson Bay Firelighting kit which looks really nice

[willwood487]

@willwood487 thanks i will look for them. love the survival stuff man! keep up the good work!

[643jaybee]

That stuff really goes up once its lit..great vid mate

[ColinOutdoors]

@643jaybee Thanks mate, yeah its really good tinder.

[nuttyrocker]

I use jute twine aswell,its pretty good tinder.

[ColinOutdoors]

@nuttyrocker Good stuff mate, yeah I agree, it works really well

[crypter27]

I have roll of jute twine!

[ColinOutdoors]

@crypter27 Cool, its very handy stuff

[crypter27]

@ColinOutdoors Yes I weaved into rope several times & even weaved a sling out of it,its good stuff.

[ColinOutdoors]

@crypter27 Haha cool, I have weaved it into rope before too :-) That sling sounds awesome

[crypter27]

@ColinOutdoors thanks

[crypter27]

@crypter27 Nice trick brother!

[ColinOutdoors]

@crypter27 Cheers mate