Practicing Fire Methods 1

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Dave Canterbury, David Canterbury, The Pathfinder School,Bush Craft ,Survival skills, Historical Lore, Primitive Skills, Archery, Hunting, Trapping, Fishing, Navigation, Knives, Axes, Fire, Water, Shelter, Search and Rescue

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the question I always have with fire is can you make fire when it counts and can you do it under difficult conditions or with a difficult method so we got a lot of snow coming down right now snow is blowing sideways I put some footage at the beginning of this video to show you that temperatures are dropping quickly I'm in an area of woods right now and all I have is a piece of flint and my large forest type knife I don't have a small knife with me but processing anything I've got some charred cloth I'm going to collect up some material and we're going to make a sustainable fire and we're going to try to do it very quickly without messing around stay with me okay I got a cup piece to a poplar here right off the ground in the snow that bark is definitely damp no question about that but there's enough of it on this one or two pieces here or decent bird nests we're just going to have to process it down and like I said it's going to be damp so we're going to have to have a good fire light because damp material like this will go up but we're going to have to keep it lit once we get it going we can't take a chance on a marginal fire layer we got to have the right stuff in our fire line really don't want anything in this initial fire lay bigger than my pinkie rather have everything small this bird nest is going to take a few minutes to go up probably because it's what even with a viable piece of char cloth so in those cases you use a bigger piece of char cloth for extended heat that will give you a longer ember to deal with because what you have to do is you have to ensure that this fire works you can't just guess it's got to happen so I'll put a piece of char cloth in the nest and then I'll use another one separated to light like I said I don't have any kind of striking device with me so I've got to light this piece of char cloth off my knife I've got some more bark right here on this tulip poplar beside me

right here that I can add to the fire immediately once I get flame to help give me more longevity in that flame myself something secure here I like your char cloth on let's get that camera moved around a little bit so y'all can see this yeah there we go okay turn this thing around so I get better sparks outside my flames are all below my fuel sources and that's the way it has to be give myself plenty of oxygen here in aeration to make sure that that stuff can climb up

whether fires are tricky you got to have lots of good stuff to catch fire now you've got a little bit of time now to grab some other things get them on there just make sure that you're not suffocating your fire you don't want to add fuel to this fire until your flame is above the current level of fuel so once your flames start to peak over what you've got on there then you can start putting some other stuff on don't put anything on there too big too fast take your time

you've got plenty of it to be honest with you if you've got a good bird nest and you've got good kindling materials in there you've got plenty of time get your equipment secure get your gloves back on get your breath all that good stuff and just let it eat now I got flames way up above the fuel level so now I can start sticking other pieces of fuel on there adding bigger pieces all those types of things to give myself that nice big warming fire they're a little bit damp you don't have to worry about at this point because now you've got something built that can dry that wood out okay guys that's how you build a quick fire with possibly marginal material in definite marginal weather starting to clear up a little bit now I wanted to make sure I got it done while it was still snowing it's been snowing all morning on and off but we've got a good Blizzard like storm come through there for a few minutes I want to get out here and make sure I did this in that type of weather pick stuff up off the ground and around that I already had snow falling on things like that and let you realize that it can be done very easily with marginal materials even with a less optimal ignition source like char cloth if you understand the basic components processing the bird's nest or the tinder bundle making sure that using the right type of kindling materials that are small and highly combustible that will heat up quick from the fire and then make sure that you're not adding material to the fire until the flames are above the current level of fuel so that you're not suffocating the fire all of those things are very very important I'm Dave Canterbury the Pathfinder school I think if your views and your support I thank you for everything you do for school for family in our business all of our sponsors instructors affiliates and Friends now it is back to another video soon as I can thanks guys