Dakota Fire Hole

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Making a Dakota fire hole and fire using charcloth and ferro rod

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• dakota
• fire
• hole
• charcloth
• firesteel
• strike force
• instructional video
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• miwilderness

[TheMiwoodsman]

pretty cool fire pit , good job my friend !

[MiWilderness]

@TheMiwoodsman Thanks, I still use this design today.

Roosevelt

[meridabetty]

Great video, but please put those dried morels in the stew pot !

[MiWilderness]

@meridabetty :) Thanks! Yea, they ain't the best fire starters anyway.

[jmmurdy]

nice job

[MiWilderness]

@jmmurdy Thanks!

[brmarijn]

@mzmadmike okay your right...

i did'nt wanna make you cry or upset, but

i do mean you act foolish in this video

and yes! brawny made a much better stove :)

hope you will agree in time... kiss m

[SgtSplatter782]

@mzmadmike that's an interesting method, next time out I'll try that.

[mzmadmike]

@SgtSplatter782 I've never tried that. I'll give it a go. The Vikings would hold the tinder above the flint and strike the steel down, flint up, so the sparks bounced up.

[SgtSplatter782]

@mzmadmike sorry wasn't clear. hold the fling and steel over the tinder. instead of striking down with the steel towards the tinder, pull the flint towards you, less chance of you hitting the tinder and scattering it.

[mzmadmike]

@SgtSplatter782 Can you elaborate more? The sparks need to go into the tinder, and the two methods I'm familiar with are striking the flint down toward it, or holding the tinder above it and striking up. Why would you strike away from the tinder?

[mzmadmike]

@brmarijn Why did you say "no offense" right after giving offense?

These can be built bigger than a tin can stove, and are, in fact, the predecessor to the tin can stove. Being below ground, they're harder to see if one is trying to be discreet.