Testing natural tinders (monoculture test)

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ReWild University http://www.rewildu.com/ testing of single-ingredient tinders, using a Swedish firesteel for sparks. This is a chance to see what materials do in their raw state, and you can extrapolate to figure out what they'd do when mixed. Subscribe to our channel, and visit http://www.rewildu.com/ for articles and videos on re-connecting with nature, discovering your primal mindset, ancestral skills, and much more. Also offering workshops and 1-month, 3-month, and 11-month one-on-one training programs.

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hi today we're going to be doing a monoculture test of different Tinder's that you can find in the woods we're only using natural tenders no cotton or soaked you know wax oak things or oil soap things and this is monoculture testing meeting that if we're gonna use locally as for instance that's all we're gonna use this oh please I'm gonna be sending sparks in with a Swedish fire steel light my fire two point O scalp and seeing how these different natural Tinder's behave so this should be a great chance for you to witness you know do the catch a spark and if they do do they flame up how hot is that flame that's going to help us when we're trying to wildcraft a tinder bundle in the forest using natural materials what do we look for what's a good mixture so we'll follow this tutorial up with another one that will talk about creating a a mixed tinder bundle but again this is just testing single materials monoculture tinder bundles and we'll see how they behave you

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