Making fire with birch bark

[guillieinthemist]

Good job!

[monsterthug1952]

nice job !

[1NX9]

Would it be possible to do  a video on how to make a fire without matches?

btw nice video. Its helpful,

Cheers!

[Danishbushcrafter]

@1NX9 This video does not contain any matches, so i guess he just did.

[dmuth]

Ah, takes me back to my days as a Boy Scout. Nice job!

[romeodelta1178]

nice, thanks for passing that along

[ROFLpwnedvideos]

I haven't tried the scrapings. Check out my video...I just shredded up some birch bark and it worked great.

[cordonsport7m]

great vid, was looking for something like that...

does that only work with birch bark or what other trees work aswell?

[EarthBlue2]

Great demontration my friend, love to see more. very impressed.

[quearbitch]

is that the sweedish firesteel

[scottc20]

Yes, the army model

[corpsemunger]

ah thanks mate, i was just wondering what knife are you using there?

thanks!

[survivethewild]

Great idea, I did not think to scrape the bark.Will it still work if you and the bark are soaked?

[scottc20]

Yep, the oils in the bark are very flammable and it will still work even if you've had the bark submerged in water

[buckledchair]

excellent and so ez, thanks for sharing

[chrissept21]

thats a great idea with the scrapings

thanks im going to try that

[chrissept21]

thats not the point asshole

[Jesusisyhwh]

I heard that it was the oil in the birch bark that makes it such good tinder.

[OwenMelbz]

ZOMG FYOR STARTOR

[gjgjhgfggf]

excellent work!

birch bark is the best tinder you can find in forest