I think I would have put the big knife aside and used a half dozen whittled wedges to try to split that wood. Usng wood wedges I have split a log that had already destroyed one of my axes. It would be worth a try anyway.
my suggestion on the earlier vid was not for a full sized ax but a small camp ax or hatchet not big and bulky but very effective and easy to carry around. i can understand splitin wood with a blade like that it works but a lot of times just a small hand ax will help to speed up the prosses.
I chose the Ontario RD-9 as it has a blade thickness of .25". I solo camp and do my batoning without assistance and have never had the trouble you experienced.
I suspect the culpret was blade sharpness. In addition to starting out with a sharp blade, I carry a small diamond sharpener to maintain the edge.
Also, I use a narrower and longer 'baton' which allows a better one hand grip and more momentum on the down swing. Thanks for the vids and thank you both for your service.
Nutnfancy great videos thank you. What would you recommend if the weather is extremely windy and/or raining. Should I try to build the fire under protection or what other pointers would you have? Much thanks.
that is way to much man, fire are a lot easyer then that to make, come on 2 guys and all that time, just like they said build it and it will burn, i come from the north and there its common sense it doesnt take 2 monkies.
hey ive heard a lot of good and bad about the rtak2 mostly bad things of it breaking but if it breaks ive also heard ontario replacing them no problem
I like to build fires the same way as you nutn. Hard work makes you proud of whatever your creating, but when I see people piling logs and dumping gasoline on it to start it, It makes me sad because they wont know how to appreciate the outcome of hard work. Thanks nutn for showing people how to build a fire the proper way.
@nutnfancy dude what skateboard geek are ya ? yeh dude the only thing i see is some rubbish dude ! about a video game sphere dude , man i gave up on that a long time ago Dude!
unlike you trolling some 1 who actualy looks for video´s trying to find some 1 who can show me how to make fire without matches or a lighter unlike you , cant belive you question this and ask me TO SHOW YOU ?
man how fucking retarted are you , you must be handicaped or else i wont belive your asking me this rubbish -nl*
2. Ash, birch, and beech all make good firewood, and are much easier to split than whatever demon wood you're working with. I understand you go with what's available; just pointing out alternatives for folks who might have a choice of woods in such a situation. Ash will burn while green, too.
@nutnfancy, So your jst using a cotton ball dipped in trioxane as a fire starter? where do you get it, sorry if it sounds like a stupid question but Im curious
@nutnfancy i dont think dreakheart can show us a video. after all, having a camera, or any tools at all, makes the experience less than the "real thing". i look at his comments and i keep picturing a naked hypothermic hungry guy in the woods.
Well, considering that I've got no sound on the pc today, I watched the series silently.
From what I understand, conserving energy is key to survival. It seems a lot of energy was consumed making the firewood "pretty" & neat.
There are many cuts being made in your process. My Native friend hipped me to a simple way. Lay the downed trees across your fire at their mid point, criss cross the logs cross the fire. Your fire cuts the wood for you, then you cut the cuts. Use the limbs for kindling.
@nutnfancy Hey, Veri, do you know how much time it took for them to prep all this wood? I am talking sawing and batoning all the way up until starting the fire. If you get a sec to find out that would be really useful. Thanks.
@gaozhi2007 Nutn said that generally it is one solid day of prep with two guys to have enough wood for the night....there is just no easy way to do it. Hope that helps -- Veri
how is this survival if they make fires with matches , cant you make fires without matches , then it would be educative and you can test yr skills and get creative and put yr self to the test if you Ever get in such circumstance for real.
im pritty much a pyromaniac when it comes to camp fires but i still try to gain the skill were you dont need matches or magnifying glass.
and it needs to be rainy and bad weather to truely test that
i think its funny that most of the comments whine because there using tools "you wouldn't have that with u if such and such" and so on i never leave my house w/o some kind of blade on me and if u go packing w/o a blade then u shouldnt be packing just mai 2 bits
Yeah, I used to laugh at the fag stuff... When I was 13...
I used to laugh at the nigger jokes too, I don't have a problem with unsavory, juvenile humour amongst close friends when nobody else is there to hear it, It's good to get that racist, misogynistic, homophobic stuff off your chest and laugh it up... but really come'on... It's kinda cheap unwitting humour, if you can even call it humour, work harder on your patter if you're over 20 and all you have is fag jokes.
dude not hard to make a fire with a can of wd-40 put the wood in a pile and soak it then one match and its roaring why waste the wd-40 splitting wood. and ps lame video.
great vid but one or 2 questions: When batoning, why not set the piece you are splitting on something solid, like another log? all your hitting is just going into soft snow/ground. Second, every body keeps saying how wet/damp all your wood is, but isnt the relative humidity in the winter extremely low, especially on clear winter days? Especially powdery snow is indicative of extremely dry air, so who we kidding lol?
wow. pretty cool firemaking there. i had to light a fire in -20°C once and i needed it (i was staying outside a whole night for a scout badge), and boy, this wasn't fun.i had a lighte, a candle, a hatchet and some firewood to get me going. lighting a candle in -20°C is harder than one would think, especially with a bic lighter.
thanks nutnfancy, great video, and pretty funny too :D
You should make a video series of how to make do without "fancy stuff". Bring a knife, and a firesteel, and show how to use minimal tools to get good results. Doesnt even have to be in winter conditions, although semi-damp would be prefferable of course. (Since making a fire in baking heat isnt really a challenge)
In Muskoka in winter at - 20 C (not F) we always used available dry wood/bark from dead standing trees. (always there). The goal was to build a pile of ambers 4 the night very quickly with fewer calories.
Birch tree bark - best starter. Burns even when wet & sets reasonably wet kindle on fire.
Knife, ax, accelerants - rarely came out. But we had them for emerg/cooking.
I am afraid the video is more about commercial outdoor tool brands in use :-)
@dharmanova Yeah, thats very true. This is basically more of a gearwhore video then a survival video imo :P
Finding tinder in the woods, even in winter, isnt very hard. Yes, splitting is smart, but it all depends on how much you want to work it. In a survival situation, calories are everything, and poor technique and wasteful work can kill you when you might have to survive for awhile on very few calories.
Knowledge, a knife (any knife really) and a simple firesteel should be enough.
15 degrees fahrenheit is about -9 degrees Celsius.THAT IS NOT COLD. just saying.
i hope you encounter much much colder weather so you can say it is cold.
it is different coldness if you are high up in the forest and if you are next to a open river. it can be -10 in gothenburg and -30 up in Kiruna (sweden). in gothenburg it will still feel colder because the water in the air makes the cooling effect double.
i saw a show in england moaning about -14 degrees C. try going to vouggatjålme and see-42
These guys are not dopes. I would venture that they are actually pretty good guys and the tips are valid. Just hard to watch someone cut wood for 20 mins...
@JeffSal999 Its a question of fire volume, A good slowburning emberfire will keep you warmer for longer, but quite frankly isnt as much fun as a huge blazing bonfire :D
If the aim is to have a fire going all night, this is a poor technique yeah.
hey,nunt, do you know fether sticks? they are very helpfull when trying to light a fire in damp conditions since you cut out to the dry part, and it gives the wood alot more surface area.
I stumbled across this video from the Google search "friction fire" looking for basic fire making techniques. The video just before this showed a guy in Australia with two twigs from the same tree, twisting one against the other with the aid of a pocket knife These guys look like they dropped fifty bucks at the hardware store. This is survival only if you are part of a military convoy with access to Uncle Sams deep pockets.
What about if you didn't have a knife or matches, and all you had is wet wood. What about showing real survival in the woods. Without any of your tools, show how could you survive then. Just a idea. As not everybody will be carrying a big knife on them or matches.
i do have to say u have great videos and all but when you mentioned that you have tested eagle scouts that couldn't make fire in snow i thought you were gonna be making fire in snow as if you didn't pack along everything to make it so easy. the fuel that you used here made it WAY to easy to make your fire. i wanted to see a video of you making a fire without a fuel source. like if you were actually in a survival situation with minimal supplies...not with a fuel supply to make it EASY!!!
i do have to say u have great videos and all but when you mentioned that you have tested eagle scouts that couldn't make fire in snow i thought you were gonna be making fire in snow as if you didn't pack along everything to make it so easy. the fuel that you used here made it WAY to easy to make your fire. i wanted to see a video of you making a fire without a fuel source. like if you were actually in a survival situation with minimal supplies...not with a fuel supply to make it EASY!!!
just one suggestion, i've seen several times where the knife could have slipped out of the log and cut you or your partner. this is once instance that an axe is much safer as it keeps your hands out of the danger area. obviously an axe is heavier to carry, but in my opinion well worth and extra pound or two
I love it how he keeps saying his way is the best way and yet they're sitting around making "kindling" out of logs with expensive knives when twigs are readily available everywhere xD
@Lintassimilator well #1 where they are is very wet and there is a high relative humidity level #2 those knives are not expensive at all The most expensive knife there is the rtak-ii which i own, love, and would have 200$ for(more than 2x the original price. And #3 those twigs are damp and will put out your fire in those conditions.
This is how to make a great self sustaining fire. Good job nutn keep on truckin
@Lintassimilator A typical comment from someone with no experience in cold weather fire making skills, then again your here learning something and that is a start
@Lintassimilator wow you are a genius.... oh wait the twigs are covered in snow.... which makes them wet.....which means they won't burn.... which means you need to split wood to get to the dry wood in the center of the logs... oh wait isn't that what they are doing in this vid? Thanks for coming out buddy maybe get your sh!t together b4 you start playing armchair elitist. I just started checking out this guys backpacking/ outdoors vids and im majorly impressed keep up the good work nutnfancy
Interesting. When I make firewood like you do with a baton or for smaller pieces I use a machete. I have my grandpa's machete, it's over 75 years old and handmade but it works great as long as I keep it sharp.
If you guys would put the base of the wood on the stump it would split easier. It works like an anvil. I was watching it sink into the ground when you hit it, and that's a lot of wasted energy. I'm not a survivalist, but I am a country boy who has split thousands of hunks of wood.
If you guys would put the base of the wood on the stump it would split easier. It works like an anvil. I was watching it sink into the ground when you hit it, and that's a lot of wasted energy. I'm not a survivalist, but I am a country boy who has split thousands of hunks of wood.
Me and my friend are doing a survival experiment for science class, and boy, did I need information! I tried watching survival shows on TV but they were too broad and "generally speaking". Your videos, are simply outstanding. Had I not found your videos I would've ran out of matches trying to make a fire!
Hehehehe @18:55 he said BuggetNuster's wood was the perfect size for him . . . will all the jokes those guys made, how did bugget miss that one?
Great video, love the project.
Question: What knives do you like for processing the wood into really small pieces, toothpick size i think you called it. I was looking at a CS roach belly you mentioned and have seen you use in other vids. But what are the best options? I would love a RAT3, but the price seems high if a roach belly will do
@rrrlasse Why don't you make videos at all? You've got a lot of directing ideas, it seems...why not put them to work on your own videos where they might be appreciated? -- Veri (Nutn's sister)
@rrrlasse Real fire making in these conditions takes HOURS. They didn't show up to this magical location with kindling and dry wood and just touch them together and have them mysteriously combust. He shows the challenges of starting a fire and creating a shelter. If it was 5 minutes he would just say, "Ok uh, hike, dig, chop, cut, light. Ok go do it yourselves."
@rrrlasse I enjoyed it, this is better than programmes on TV and I get the feeling most other people on here enjoy it too. There's the banter, the tips and info as well as product reviews and clothing suggestions... maybe you missed all that and only see wood chopping?? which in itself demonstrates clearly just HOW much material you need to get you safely through the night and to cook up breakfast.
Believe me you don't wanna be looking for wood in the dark buddy.
Dead branches that aren't touching the ground taken from any tree are great tinder. You guys work way too hard to make a fire, I'd have had a nice fire burning by the end of segment 2.
Another awesome vid, thank you!! Hope you see this Nutn, have you ever tried feather sticks? Is there a reason you don't use them?
Also jus for your future trips, fires with straight, perpendicular constructions chuck out heat better on the front and back faces as opposed to the ends - trust me, you can singe hairs and not even be standing up close - did some volunteering at a conservation place (so just felling and burning trees). Just useful to direct the fire in a particular direction! :)
nutin i klove ur visa. im a 56 yr old lady stroke survivor. i dont't travel as far or fast as i used to. but i still get out there. i sit here watching u start ur fire i can SMELL the fresh cut wood and the embers r landing at my feet. omg i love this stuff. ty hugs to ali ok?........karen
It's unbelievable how much I wish I was with you during any of your adventure videos. They look like so much fun. I don't have many wooded areas around here like the rockies, where I would just be able to go in and do that kind of stuff. You're one lucky SOB, keep it up. Great videos.
Dude, your geared up mentality distresses me just a bit. Why do you need a fire starting chemical when you are going for being prepared for survival. If you are really practicing for inevitable survival you should be able to start a fire with a fire bundle and a feather stick. You have that kick ass knife that I can't even afford, just make a feather stick and start the bitch already.
looked like a silver birch tree nutn but im not even close to being 100% about that the bark just looks like some trees growing near me that are silver birches.
why take axe with you if you could take 3 heavy knives and wd40? most time only one of that big knives were in use and to hold the knife and lean full weight on it while the other person is beating it with a piece of wood is dangerous and low chance of ambulance in that forrest. i would call it anti survival skill
i agree with you. after everything you pack, i would not want to add an axe to that list. but i have no doubt in my mind that an axe would work better. when wood is cold, it splits more easily, but with a knife its so much harder.
Hello!!! How is that survival skills by having water proof matches and trioxin or what ever its called. I want to see u starting a fire with a bow or handrill!!! when u can start a fire with a bow or hand drill then u can say that that is a survival skill, because u can always loose your waterproof matches and your trioxin crap.
Lol. At 7:00 or so, he runs right into the camera. :]
Awesome vids, always cool camping with the trained type. I've got a survival school buddy I go out with once or twice a year, with a golden retriever. In the backcountry, there just isn't words for those two types of companions. Good videos, I've been watching them all the way through.
hey, it looks like you two guys are solely responsible for keeping WD40 in the black! I agree, though, that lubrication makes all the difference. (I'm not falling into THAT conversation!)
If anybody does not know how to fell a tree and make fire after watching these 4 vids, I'm not sure he/she can be helped. Looks like a good time had by all. Bless y'all!
i'm with you on what you say, i very rarley, comment on any vids, but this has been a great vid, to just show how much, proper, and i mean proper prep, is needed, to make a good all round fire, fantastic vid, nutnfancy, and to all those critics, i would love to see your vids, and and if you can do a better job, please put it up on here so that, i can see how you do it,
hey dude have you ever tried a wedge after you have gone in with the blade have a wedge of wood to hammer in it works wonders makes life a whole lot easyer
hey y must be one of them who would die in a wild in 2 days =)) as i can see u took 2 mach crap and u didnt ttake the thing u realy need = an axe. drop away ur shovel and take an axe save ur time and dont be stupid. throu out ur stuff but take an AXE in a deep forest it means that u can make a shelter and fire ur blade is NOT for choping
I can't tell you how many fires I used to make, only to have them die on me in the kindling stage! It was so embarrassing and guys older than me would laugh about it.
Finally a good neighbor of ours who's a farmer saw me having trouble and showed me how to do it correctly. I haven't had a fire go out since!
this is not survival at all, you also make it very complicated to start a fire , i make fire all year and use bowdrill and i dont need this kind of knife ,ax is much faster then a knife , it should not even be compared , but when it is about to cut knife is better
@hunter1670 "this is not survival at all, you also make it very complicated to start a fire , i make fire all year and use bowdrill and i dont need this kind of knife ,ax is much faster then a knife , it should not even be compared , but when it is about to cut knife is better"
Dude that's sick! Lets see a video of you actually doing that! You posted a video of you shooting a chicken with a blowgun, thats a good start but lets see the year-round fire with a bowdrill video!
@imtheomegaman he told that axe is too havy , but he took a shovel and stuff he realy didnt needed he is wasting all that time for the log that wouldnt take a minute if he had an axe. do u realize that in a survival sitation every second u waste will cost u 3 sec of serching ur food u should be absolutely effective
Dude... you need a small rocket stove. Rocket stoves, burn virtually smoke free, they use far less fuel and produce a lot more heat. They are light in weight but can be a little bulky.
Part four of how to cut wood lol ;) good conversation though
airic554 1 day ago
@MrSniper279 If morbidly obese hermaphrodites are your thing then let your freak flag fly.
dengood 1 week ago
just one more opinion:) an ax means u don't need a buddy. it's great to hear u give a nod to the "ax guys" finally. keep posting dude.
me86680 1 week ago
I used to be a teepee guy but a friend of mine converted me to a log cabin.
dengood 2 weeks ago
Cool blades but in the dead of winter I bring a hunter's axe. But for the other 3 season's I would definitely consider these blades.
TheHCSmyth 3 weeks ago
Nature vs steel... but we can still try.. Great video gentlemen... thank you for posting.
Doesumama 1 month ago
where can u boy oxegn 4 fire?
megadrench 1 month ago
@megadrench omg are you serious?
ADMIND3R 1 month ago
@ADMIND3R yah,,, i went to ebay but cnt fnd any,, do u know whre to get one..
megadrench 1 month ago
@megadrench They sell it at most liquer and pool supply stores
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@Kylef7735 ooww ok man tanx,, am goin to buy now.
megadrench 4 weeks ago
I think I would have put the big knife aside and used a half dozen whittled wedges to try to split that wood. Usng wood wedges I have split a log that had already destroyed one of my axes. It would be worth a try anyway.
HondosPlace 1 month ago
if you take almost all the audio in this video out of context, it would seem like some very sexual things are going on there.
MrCythos 1 month ago
what's the knife that you're using to baton in the beggining with? it looks tough, where can i get one?
Teeklip 1 month ago
@Teeklip ontario rtak II, nutnfancy did a whole review on the knife.
Bathory20Seven 1 month ago
how do you know when to use that wd40
GunslingerAirborne 1 month ago
@GunslingerAirborne when your knife, saw , or axe gets hard to work with spary WD40 on it, It will help you out a lot.
Titanium181991 1 month ago
what type of steal are you using with your Rtak 2
GunslingerAirborne 1 month ago
@GunslingerAirborne 1095
Bathory20Seven 1 month ago
man sweet fire
GunslingerAirborne 1 month ago
hey what did you do to create that pounding stick for the kindling
GunslingerAirborne 1 month ago
bring a small chain saw i got a small stihl ms 170 its only about 7lbs
SeptemberTwentyThird 2 months ago
how reliable are winchester blades?
grimmalone 2 months ago
should of just made a pile with the wood sprayed it with the wd40 and sparked it. duck oil is better for lube than wd40
biguglygadgie 2 months ago
whats with all the wd40 is that neccesary?
CarpingTenchLover 2 months ago
@dreakheart 6 months later and no vids? Sad =(
markshmily 2 months ago
my suggestion on the earlier vid was not for a full sized ax but a small camp ax or hatchet not big and bulky but very effective and easy to carry around. i can understand splitin wood with a blade like that it works but a lot of times just a small hand ax will help to speed up the prosses.
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looks like fun i use a 2foot machete to split wood like that it works good and it caust about 5 bucks at the flea market
skunkape49 2 months ago
I chose the Ontario RD-9 as it has a blade thickness of .25". I solo camp and do my batoning without assistance and have never had the trouble you experienced.
I suspect the culpret was blade sharpness. In addition to starting out with a sharp blade, I carry a small diamond sharpener to maintain the edge.
Also, I use a narrower and longer 'baton' which allows a better one hand grip and more momentum on the down swing. Thanks for the vids and thank you both for your service.
ianrsigel 2 months ago
Nutnfancy great videos thank you. What would you recommend if the weather is extremely windy and/or raining. Should I try to build the fire under protection or what other pointers would you have? Much thanks.
kcrone1 3 months ago
that is way to much man, fire are a lot easyer then that to make, come on 2 guys and all that time, just like they said build it and it will burn, i come from the north and there its common sense it doesnt take 2 monkies.
MrArdless 3 months ago
hey ive heard a lot of good and bad about the rtak2 mostly bad things of it breaking but if it breaks ive also heard ontario replacing them no problem
dexyland 4 months ago
A hatchett would be nice...They are not that heavy! But what would i know.
rednecklowlife 4 months ago
I like to build fires the same way as you nutn. Hard work makes you proud of whatever your creating, but when I see people piling logs and dumping gasoline on it to start it, It makes me sad because they wont know how to appreciate the outcome of hard work. Thanks nutn for showing people how to build a fire the proper way.
sneakyninja273 4 months ago
you can take a propane torch out there it would be much quicker to start a fire
tqadir007 5 months ago
Awsome vid
licha5050 5 months ago
Where in the NW were you guys?
How far from your vehicle is your location?
NWBushman 5 months ago
Those could be toothpicks.
SuperRip7 6 months ago
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ajsixshooter 6 months ago
@nutnfancy dude what skateboard geek are ya ? yeh dude the only thing i see is some rubbish dude ! about a video game sphere dude , man i gave up on that a long time ago Dude!
unlike you trolling some 1 who actualy looks for video´s trying to find some 1 who can show me how to make fire without matches or a lighter unlike you , cant belive you question this and ask me TO SHOW YOU ?
man how fucking retarted are you , you must be handicaped or else i wont belive your asking me this rubbish -nl*
dreakheart 6 months ago
Hey would you recommend a KA BAR USMC as a survival knife or a RTAK 2?
CactusGN 6 months ago
My ax only weighs 5 pounds. I made the handle and welded an iron back to the blade. One hop is all you need.
42Sparky13 6 months ago
1. Love the JB.
2. Ash, birch, and beech all make good firewood, and are much easier to split than whatever demon wood you're working with. I understand you go with what's available; just pointing out alternatives for folks who might have a choice of woods in such a situation. Ash will burn while green, too.
snidelywhiplash 6 months ago
@nutnfancy, So your jst using a cotton ball dipped in trioxane as a fire starter? where do you get it, sorry if it sounds like a stupid question but Im curious
DougTater 6 months ago
16:53 thats some stupid-ass shit
gameraccounts 7 months ago
did you say Spokane? Where are you guys usually at?
Did not know nutnfancy is living that close.
tmtmtmtm2002 7 months ago
@nutnfancy i dont think dreakheart can show us a video. after all, having a camera, or any tools at all, makes the experience less than the "real thing". i look at his comments and i keep picturing a naked hypothermic hungry guy in the woods.
secretshadow87 7 months ago
you don't need a ton of wood for one night
swedishhunter21 8 months ago
you look like sylvester stallone
swedishhunter21 8 months ago
Well, considering that I've got no sound on the pc today, I watched the series silently.
From what I understand, conserving energy is key to survival. It seems a lot of energy was consumed making the firewood "pretty" & neat.
There are many cuts being made in your process. My Native friend hipped me to a simple way. Lay the downed trees across your fire at their mid point, criss cross the logs cross the fire. Your fire cuts the wood for you, then you cut the cuts. Use the limbs for kindling.
peacemakercc 8 months ago
@nutnfancy Hey, Veri, do you know how much time it took for them to prep all this wood? I am talking sawing and batoning all the way up until starting the fire. If you get a sec to find out that would be really useful. Thanks.
gaozhi2007 8 months ago
@gaozhi2007 Nutn said that generally it is one solid day of prep with two guys to have enough wood for the night....there is just no easy way to do it. Hope that helps -- Veri
nutnfancy 8 months ago
carry an axe, i can make a fire in a fraction of the time by myself
hxc247 8 months ago
how is this survival if they make fires with matches , cant you make fires without matches , then it would be educative and you can test yr skills and get creative and put yr self to the test if you Ever get in such circumstance for real.
im pritty much a pyromaniac when it comes to camp fires but i still try to gain the skill were you dont need matches or magnifying glass.
and it needs to be rainy and bad weather to truely test that
dreakheart 8 months ago
did you see that brit in the yukon............ alone in the wild...hes crying all the time.
canadamonster 9 months ago
i think its funny that most of the comments whine because there using tools "you wouldn't have that with u if such and such" and so on i never leave my house w/o some kind of blade on me and if u go packing w/o a blade then u shouldnt be packing just mai 2 bits
fatman123145 9 months ago
Yeah, I used to laugh at the fag stuff... When I was 13...
I used to laugh at the nigger jokes too, I don't have a problem with unsavory, juvenile humour amongst close friends when nobody else is there to hear it, It's good to get that racist, misogynistic, homophobic stuff off your chest and laugh it up... but really come'on... It's kinda cheap unwitting humour, if you can even call it humour, work harder on your patter if you're over 20 and all you have is fag jokes.
DackIsBack 9 months ago 3
Now... Apart from that, Excellent video...
I've learned allot.
DackIsBack 9 months ago
You gotta be joking? US Army’s Survival training camp?
bullgom 10 months ago
Hey nutn,
Having all the experience that you have aquired, I was wondering what is your favorite knife for processing and batoning fire wood?
Thanks!
johnnycal5555 10 months ago
wow. theres alot of idiots in the comments. haha. rooks.
SpringFigsXD89 10 months ago 6
@SpringFigsXD89 Indeed. Welcome to YouTube. -- Veri
nutnfancy 10 months ago 8
Oh yeah great vid
israjinn 10 months ago
I wish there was some where I could do that sort of stuff without some one calling the cops
israjinn 10 months ago
puuuh use an axe man
whats the piont in using a blade when you can bring a hatchet or something.
grummelameise 10 months ago
dude not hard to make a fire with a can of wd-40 put the wood in a pile and soak it then one match and its roaring why waste the wd-40 splitting wood. and ps lame video.
rabbi89 10 months ago
great vid but one or 2 questions: When batoning, why not set the piece you are splitting on something solid, like another log? all your hitting is just going into soft snow/ground. Second, every body keeps saying how wet/damp all your wood is, but isnt the relative humidity in the winter extremely low, especially on clear winter days? Especially powdery snow is indicative of extremely dry air, so who we kidding lol?
dc1413 11 months ago
Great video as usual Nutn! Keep it up bro, your awesome.
brad6479 11 months ago
wow. pretty cool firemaking there. i had to light a fire in -20°C once and i needed it (i was staying outside a whole night for a scout badge), and boy, this wasn't fun.i had a lighte, a candle, a hatchet and some firewood to get me going. lighting a candle in -20°C is harder than one would think, especially with a bic lighter.
thanks nutnfancy, great video, and pretty funny too :D
maethorize 11 months ago
You should make a video series of how to make do without "fancy stuff". Bring a knife, and a firesteel, and show how to use minimal tools to get good results. Doesnt even have to be in winter conditions, although semi-damp would be prefferable of course. (Since making a fire in baking heat isnt really a challenge)
TzunSu 11 months ago
Great vid. U provide inspiration.
0017Bulldog 11 months ago
good video--it really shows the grunt work it takes to prep your fire....
pantucci 11 months ago
Interesting...but too much energy output
In Muskoka in winter at - 20 C (not F) we always used available dry wood/bark from dead standing trees. (always there). The goal was to build a pile of ambers 4 the night very quickly with fewer calories.
Birch tree bark - best starter. Burns even when wet & sets reasonably wet kindle on fire.
Knife, ax, accelerants - rarely came out. But we had them for emerg/cooking.
I am afraid the video is more about commercial outdoor tool brands in use :-)
dharmanova 1 year ago
@dharmanova Yeah, thats very true. This is basically more of a gearwhore video then a survival video imo :P
Finding tinder in the woods, even in winter, isnt very hard. Yes, splitting is smart, but it all depends on how much you want to work it. In a survival situation, calories are everything, and poor technique and wasteful work can kill you when you might have to survive for awhile on very few calories.
Knowledge, a knife (any knife really) and a simple firesteel should be enough.
TzunSu 11 months ago
15 degrees fahrenheit is about -9 degrees Celsius.THAT IS NOT COLD. just saying.
i hope you encounter much much colder weather so you can say it is cold.
it is different coldness if you are high up in the forest and if you are next to a open river. it can be -10 in gothenburg and -30 up in Kiruna (sweden). in gothenburg it will still feel colder because the water in the air makes the cooling effect double.
i saw a show in england moaning about -14 degrees C. try going to vouggatjålme and see-42
daTorsPelaRen 1 year ago
These guys are not dopes. I would venture that they are actually pretty good guys and the tips are valid. Just hard to watch someone cut wood for 20 mins...
radbcc 1 year ago
A proper axe would make life out there so much easier, even if it weighs some extra kilo's...
ZkerWel 1 year ago
i totally ate that up. Man there is something about you i just fucking love
dunc9991 1 year ago
Why are you reducing your wood down to such small pieces, you can use the branches as kindling and the logs will last longer full size.
JeffSal999 1 year ago
@JeffSal999 Its a question of fire volume, A good slowburning emberfire will keep you warmer for longer, but quite frankly isnt as much fun as a huge blazing bonfire :D
If the aim is to have a fire going all night, this is a poor technique yeah.
TzunSu 11 months ago
QUIT HOLDIN THAT KNIFE LIKE A FAG!!!! HEHE
huntinforit 1 year ago
hey,nunt, do you know fether sticks? they are very helpfull when trying to light a fire in damp conditions since you cut out to the dry part, and it gives the wood alot more surface area.
max465t 1 year ago
I stumbled across this video from the Google search "friction fire" looking for basic fire making techniques. The video just before this showed a guy in Australia with two twigs from the same tree, twisting one against the other with the aid of a pocket knife These guys look like they dropped fifty bucks at the hardware store. This is survival only if you are part of a military convoy with access to Uncle Sams deep pockets.
gforcepdx 1 year ago
What about if you didn't have a knife or matches, and all you had is wet wood. What about showing real survival in the woods. Without any of your tools, show how could you survive then. Just a idea. As not everybody will be carrying a big knife on them or matches.
annkus3 1 year ago
i do have to say u have great videos and all but when you mentioned that you have tested eagle scouts that couldn't make fire in snow i thought you were gonna be making fire in snow as if you didn't pack along everything to make it so easy. the fuel that you used here made it WAY to easy to make your fire. i wanted to see a video of you making a fire without a fuel source. like if you were actually in a survival situation with minimal supplies...not with a fuel supply to make it EASY!!!
kordlacroix 1 year ago
i do have to say u have great videos and all but when you mentioned that you have tested eagle scouts that couldn't make fire in snow i thought you were gonna be making fire in snow as if you didn't pack along everything to make it so easy. the fuel that you used here made it WAY to easy to make your fire. i wanted to see a video of you making a fire without a fuel source. like if you were actually in a survival situation with minimal supplies...not with a fuel supply to make it EASY!!!
kordlacroix 1 year ago
Spokane is a good place, love it
Narrizle 1 year ago
just one suggestion, i've seen several times where the knife could have slipped out of the log and cut you or your partner. this is once instance that an axe is much safer as it keeps your hands out of the danger area. obviously an axe is heavier to carry, but in my opinion well worth and extra pound or two
zyxwvutsrqponml1234 1 year ago
I love it how he keeps saying his way is the best way and yet they're sitting around making "kindling" out of logs with expensive knives when twigs are readily available everywhere xD
Lintassimilator 1 year ago
@Lintassimilator I guess you have to have the kind of brain that allows you to imagine that there aren't... Hang in there. -- Veri (Nutn's sister)
nutnfancy 1 year ago 7
@nutnfancy where there's trees thers twigs , im not hatin just sayin
Elementluver303 1 year ago
@Lintassimilator well #1 where they are is very wet and there is a high relative humidity level #2 those knives are not expensive at all The most expensive knife there is the rtak-ii which i own, love, and would have 200$ for(more than 2x the original price. And #3 those twigs are damp and will put out your fire in those conditions.
This is how to make a great self sustaining fire. Good job nutn keep on truckin
PrettyGreatStuff 1 year ago
@Lintassimilator A typical comment from someone with no experience in cold weather fire making skills, then again your here learning something and that is a start
TNPviewer 1 year ago
@Lintassimilator wow you are a genius.... oh wait the twigs are covered in snow.... which makes them wet.....which means they won't burn.... which means you need to split wood to get to the dry wood in the center of the logs... oh wait isn't that what they are doing in this vid? Thanks for coming out buddy maybe get your sh!t together b4 you start playing armchair elitist. I just started checking out this guys backpacking/ outdoors vids and im majorly impressed keep up the good work nutnfancy
propagandapandas 1 year ago
@Lintassimilator But those twigs are wet, and you need dry kindling...
MrCool63 1 year ago
@Lintassimilator well those twigs will be so high in moisture content. they won't even burn you need to dig for the dry wood
spikerbrad23 11 months ago
@Lintassimilator twigs don't have sharp edges and won't readily light in these conditions. maybe you need to pay attention more, smart guy.
gaozhi2007 8 months ago
thank you for going there, and showing actual examples of winter survival.
MrJadenxp 1 year ago
Interesting. When I make firewood like you do with a baton or for smaller pieces I use a machete. I have my grandpa's machete, it's over 75 years old and handmade but it works great as long as I keep it sharp.
candie866 1 year ago
Preparation is everything and you fully nailed it.
One new subscriber here really enjoying the videos, thanks for a great job.
misternylon 1 year ago
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If you guys would put the base of the wood on the stump it would split easier. It works like an anvil. I was watching it sink into the ground when you hit it, and that's a lot of wasted energy. I'm not a survivalist, but I am a country boy who has split thousands of hunks of wood.
allenmac11160 1 year ago
If you guys would put the base of the wood on the stump it would split easier. It works like an anvil. I was watching it sink into the ground when you hit it, and that's a lot of wasted energy. I'm not a survivalist, but I am a country boy who has split thousands of hunks of wood.
allenmac11160 1 year ago
fly robin fly! haha
alphabravocharlie95 1 year ago
me and my friends like to take a hatchet back with us.
KevinandCluke 1 year ago
why not try a machete and the wood in this video is birch
prankmaster23 1 year ago
Me and my friend are doing a survival experiment for science class, and boy, did I need information! I tried watching survival shows on TV but they were too broad and "generally speaking". Your videos, are simply outstanding. Had I not found your videos I would've ran out of matches trying to make a fire!
Happy holidays to you nutn and Veri!
Keep up the videos!
RangerAirsoft101 1 year ago 5
@RangerAirsoft101 Be safe with that survival experiment and have beautiful holidays this year. =) -- Veri
nutnfancy 1 year ago
does nutn have a favorite online knife/outdoor store?
jjsmelker 1 year ago
@nutnfancy
Hehehehe @18:55 he said BuggetNuster's wood was the perfect size for him . . . will all the jokes those guys made, how did bugget miss that one?
Great video, love the project.
Question: What knives do you like for processing the wood into really small pieces, toothpick size i think you called it. I was looking at a CS roach belly you mentioned and have seen you use in other vids. But what are the best options? I would love a RAT3, but the price seems high if a roach belly will do
MrChompenstein 1 year ago
im a exelente fire maker all the year just visit my page and have a look
primitivebushskills 1 year ago
What's the point of showing 40 minutes of sawing?
Why don't you clip it and make ONE video of, say, 5 min that shows how?
rrrlasse 1 year ago
@rrrlasse Why don't you make videos at all? You've got a lot of directing ideas, it seems...why not put them to work on your own videos where they might be appreciated? -- Veri (Nutn's sister)
nutnfancy 1 year ago 20
@rrrlasse Real fire making in these conditions takes HOURS. They didn't show up to this magical location with kindling and dry wood and just touch them together and have them mysteriously combust. He shows the challenges of starting a fire and creating a shelter. If it was 5 minutes he would just say, "Ok uh, hike, dig, chop, cut, light. Ok go do it yourselves."
vcMalice 1 year ago
@rrrlasse
Like Veri said, go make your own videos and show us how it's done then, sport.
RdOoOuSgA 1 year ago
@rrrlasse I enjoyed it, this is better than programmes on TV and I get the feeling most other people on here enjoy it too. There's the banter, the tips and info as well as product reviews and clothing suggestions... maybe you missed all that and only see wood chopping?? which in itself demonstrates clearly just HOW much material you need to get you safely through the night and to cook up breakfast.
Believe me you don't wanna be looking for wood in the dark buddy.
misternylon 1 year ago
@rrrlasse if u dont like it you dont like nutnfancys videos. there a bit special but i really like it.
Petegrin1 1 year ago
Dead branches that aren't touching the ground taken from any tree are great tinder. You guys work way too hard to make a fire, I'd have had a nice fire burning by the end of segment 2.
UnixCommando 1 year ago
Great video!
Watching this makes me wanna go winter camping now..
Thanks for all your hard work.
markshmily 1 year ago
Ever heard of an axe?
Aaarrrggghhification 1 year ago
@Aaarrrggghhification Ever heard of listening?
They talked about axes more than a few times.
markshmily 1 year ago
@Aaarrrggghhification They are too heavy to carry as far back in the woods as they are.
Kylef7735 1 year ago
Another awesome vid, thank you!! Hope you see this Nutn, have you ever tried feather sticks? Is there a reason you don't use them?
Also jus for your future trips, fires with straight, perpendicular constructions chuck out heat better on the front and back faces as opposed to the ends - trust me, you can singe hairs and not even be standing up close - did some volunteering at a conservation place (so just felling and burning trees). Just useful to direct the fire in a particular direction! :)
Slash28ACR 1 year ago
nutin i klove ur visa. im a 56 yr old lady stroke survivor. i dont't travel as far or fast as i used to. but i still get out there. i sit here watching u start ur fire i can SMELL the fresh cut wood and the embers r landing at my feet. omg i love this stuff. ty hugs to ali ok?........karen
cougarbahia 1 year ago
you can widdle your pieces of wood to get them thinner instead of chopping them haha
garrettzkool63 1 year ago
It's unbelievable how much I wish I was with you during any of your adventure videos. They look like so much fun. I don't have many wooded areas around here like the rockies, where I would just be able to go in and do that kind of stuff. You're one lucky SOB, keep it up. Great videos.
ACDCfan358 1 year ago
lol i just skimmed through an hour of firewood splitting looking to see someone start a fire with no matches.... just wood...in the snow.
silly me!
CanadianReich 1 year ago
Dude, your geared up mentality distresses me just a bit. Why do you need a fire starting chemical when you are going for being prepared for survival. If you are really practicing for inevitable survival you should be able to start a fire with a fire bundle and a feather stick. You have that kick ass knife that I can't even afford, just make a feather stick and start the bitch already.
profssor 1 year ago
Nutn, I enjoy your videos, but you two boys spend way too much time swapping gay innuendos while you're beating your wood . . .
ConfederateHandjob 1 year ago 3
the tree you chose is probably aspen
MultiPureEnergy 1 year ago
looked like a silver birch tree nutn but im not even close to being 100% about that the bark just looks like some trees growing near me that are silver birches.
hepburn118 1 year ago
nice job guys! Lots of good tips!
wayman29 1 year ago
2:00 min, "Quit holding the knife like a fag!" halrious!
pimpalicious3769 1 year ago
why take axe with you if you could take 3 heavy knives and wd40? most time only one of that big knives were in use and to hold the knife and lean full weight on it while the other person is beating it with a piece of wood is dangerous and low chance of ambulance in that forrest. i would call it anti survival skill
83wudu 1 year ago
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@83wudu I can tell you dont know what you are talking about.
Kylef7735 1 year ago
hey what kind of pack did you bring?
Buckbaggums 1 year ago
i agree with you. after everything you pack, i would not want to add an axe to that list. but i have no doubt in my mind that an axe would work better. when wood is cold, it splits more easily, but with a knife its so much harder.
MrThesingingdude 1 year ago
0:26-0:40 I think you are batonning the wrong way ;D
Just kidding :)
1013637 1 year ago
What knife was BuggetNuster using for processing the kindling? Wats a good knife for chopping up kindling?
john22112 1 year ago
@john22112 i think it is the heavy bowie
pesarirooni62 1 year ago
Hello!!! How is that survival skills by having water proof matches and trioxin or what ever its called. I want to see u starting a fire with a bow or handrill!!! when u can start a fire with a bow or hand drill then u can say that that is a survival skill, because u can always loose your waterproof matches and your trioxin crap.
Hunter1000100 1 year ago
Nutn - Can you make a survival video of fire making in extreme conditions? Rain, high wind etc? Keep it up, and THANK YOU for everything you do!!!!!
Praetorian27 1 year ago
Lol. At 7:00 or so, he runs right into the camera. :]
Awesome vids, always cool camping with the trained type. I've got a survival school buddy I go out with once or twice a year, with a golden retriever. In the backcountry, there just isn't words for those two types of companions. Good videos, I've been watching them all the way through.
coachanderson37 1 year ago
Is this a birch tree? Kinda looks like it, but I'm no expert on trees and plants.
coachanderson37 1 year ago
Hi nutn and Veri,
hey, it looks like you two guys are solely responsible for keeping WD40 in the black! I agree, though, that lubrication makes all the difference. (I'm not falling into THAT conversation!)
If anybody does not know how to fell a tree and make fire after watching these 4 vids, I'm not sure he/she can be helped. Looks like a good time had by all. Bless y'all!
sabr686 1 year ago
@sabr686 Thanks so much, sabr! -- Veri
nutnfancy 1 year ago
@sabr686
i'm with you on what you say, i very rarley, comment on any vids, but this has been a great vid, to just show how much, proper, and i mean proper prep, is needed, to make a good all round fire, fantastic vid, nutnfancy, and to all those critics, i would love to see your vids, and and if you can do a better job, please put it up on here so that, i can see how you do it,
take care all.
lucklee1 1 year ago
tried to find some of that fire starter at gm... no go not for sale now any ideals
TheDeathviper106 1 year ago
it looks like white fir
survivalist678 1 year ago
living in colorado and camping in the rockies during winter break this really helped
PeeProductions1998 1 year ago
Plus rep for the Flintstones reference.
gsx1138 1 year ago
lol just being sarcastic hey dudeif you had an ax you could get through all those knots
Codekidd 1 year ago
awwww i thought you were gonna use the bow method or somethin
wheelori814 1 year ago
nut ur vids are awesome
waffle4lifeyeah 1 year ago
hey dude have you ever tried a wedge after you have gone in with the blade have a wedge of wood to hammer in it works wonders makes life a whole lot easyer
Tony4697 1 year ago
hey y must be one of them who would die in a wild in 2 days =)) as i can see u took 2 mach crap and u didnt ttake the thing u realy need = an axe. drop away ur shovel and take an axe save ur time and dont be stupid. throu out ur stuff but take an AXE in a deep forest it means that u can make a shelter and fire ur blade is NOT for choping
666BLKdmn 1 year ago
I really think Nutn should review and test a granfors, I think it might change some of his perceptions on axes as packable cutting tools.
MrVoiceofreason123 1 year ago
What was those firestarters called that nutnfancy shows at 13:15 ? Thanks :)
hahahavictorsmile 1 year ago
@hahahavictorsmile he said... it's the light my fire firesteel. looks to be a scout.
MrVoiceofreason123 1 year ago
@MrVoiceofreason123 Blargh, not the firesteel, but he has some kind of package, or something that ignites really easily
hahahavictorsmile 1 year ago
I can't tell you how many fires I used to make, only to have them die on me in the kindling stage! It was so embarrassing and guys older than me would laugh about it.
Finally a good neighbor of ours who's a farmer saw me having trouble and showed me how to do it correctly. I haven't had a fire go out since!
DjEndurancE 1 year ago
this is not survival at all, you also make it very complicated to start a fire , i make fire all year and use bowdrill and i dont need this kind of knife ,ax is much faster then a knife , it should not even be compared , but when it is about to cut knife is better
hunter1670 1 year ago
@hunter1670 "this is not survival at all, you also make it very complicated to start a fire , i make fire all year and use bowdrill and i dont need this kind of knife ,ax is much faster then a knife , it should not even be compared , but when it is about to cut knife is better"
Dude that's sick! Lets see a video of you actually doing that! You posted a video of you shooting a chicken with a blowgun, thats a good start but lets see the year-round fire with a bowdrill video!
FalseShadowx 1 year ago
Seouson 4, min 16 IT BURN !!! haha
egonsma 1 year ago
maybe u should get a hatchet lol
superdeath1997 2 years ago
I think the knife usage is the whole point.
Aryaba 2 years ago
@superdeath1997 check his latest video, he uses and explains why the survival knife is superior (for him)
imtheomegaman 2 years ago
@imtheomegaman he told that axe is too havy , but he took a shovel and stuff he realy didnt needed he is wasting all that time for the log that wouldnt take a minute if he had an axe. do u realize that in a survival sitation every second u waste will cost u 3 sec of serching ur food u should be absolutely effective
666BLKdmn 1 year ago
i would have sprayed some wood with wd40
Knifemaster464 2 years ago
1:45 "dont hold it like a fag" lol
mrcowwerd 2 years ago 20
Dude... you need a small rocket stove. Rocket stoves, burn virtually smoke free, they use far less fuel and produce a lot more heat. They are light in weight but can be a little bulky.
penguinistas 2 years ago