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Uploaded by on Jan 19, 2008

A short demonstration on how to make fire with birch bark and a firesteel.

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  • is that the sweedish firesteel

  • Yes, the army model

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

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

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  • Good job!

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

  • nice job !

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

    btw nice video. Its helpful,

    Cheers!

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

  • nice, thanks for passing that along

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

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

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

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

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