If you're uncomfortable cutting down trees for the fire hole, look for a patch where many saplings are growing in a clump. You will be doing the forest a favour by thinning them out a bit. If you aim for ash, hazel or willow, they will coppice afterwards and come back stronger than ever. Cutting with a clean conscience 👍 I carry a small mattock head in my toolbar and add a sharp to it while in the bush. A 5 minute job, 750g extra weight but you can tear a hole into even hard ground. Bonus points if you find one with an eye that takes a tomahawk handle - carry two heads and one shaft for easy carrying

the one i done was made with my ka-bar usmc knife :) fire holes rule - nice job on the raised mess tin system always a pleasure alfie

I love this guys videos ................

you could bring a grilling rack

I tried doing it with green but my Pot Noodle still melted

How about a Q&A? I'm pretty sure it would make a good video, especially in front of a fire with your humour. So, my question is: What was your original plan when setting up your channel, What do you think is your main goal currently, and what do you plan to do in the future? I would like you to cover stuff like: Is this just a hobby or do you plan to take it a step further?

Best vid eva! I love your vids so much. You teach me so much about the different species of fungi, now i can literally start munching the forest down XD and you are like one of the coolest survival guys

"For the sake of variety" this guy is awesome

Hey Alfie my m8, could you maybe make another bug out bag video? Like an updated one? I'm sure your opinion have changed quite a bit since the last time around. Please do if you think there'd be a lot of interest in such a video. Keep em coming, man! Love the channel! ;)

I have grill pieces packed up for this reason! Small grill pieces that can be placed on rocks, above fire holes, etc so that it will not catch fire during cooking process. But good point about using freshly cut live branches!!

Thanks for taking the time to help others - great vid.

Always good information. How about a video on the bow drill or fire saw. I can't get the dang thing to do more the smoke really well. Never an ember.

hey Man! from Canada! your vids kick ass. your info is on point and i love your attitude. took the wife out and killed a dakota pit for some pork chops! good times lol the shallow pit was super sweet and effective. keep on man ! CHEERS

"One branch, one cup of water, that's some good times." XD

Always usefull stuff to learn on this channel, love it :D

Another to the point, great vid! Keep'em coming fella

This lad is my spirit animal...

Really enjoy these videos man.

Great teaching video and excellent job addressing the questions.

You should seriously make more vids... Please do I love ur vids

absolutely, keep up the good vids.

Thanks mate!

Alfie would you make a video showing all your knives prices and the different things you use them for.all the best

Good stuff! You're hilarious, mate!

you can make a sling type system to hover you canteen over the fire by using some 550 para cord.

Awesome!!

I love ur attitude and accent

You got me into survival thanks a lot

Alfie. You are the best survivlist I know and I been having trouble starting fires with the charcoal fungus and the horseshoe fungi cand u help.you da best.

Very nice dope video! Anyways, I was very intrigued with that what looks like a foldable shovel. Mind providing the name?

you can also pour water on the branches

Make more videos please I love them.

Hello Alfie have you seen the little under a pound Wood Burning Stoves. No gas needed. Although if you want to use alcohol you can. I know you like building fires and cooking over them. I'll tell you it Pax Good. It works good and its around a pound what do You Think. (And cook something on it everyone else boils water to demonstrate it.) Master of the Woods

Hey Alfie, I saw KZfaq video with a log cabin that has a "deliberately" charged RoofTop ....sweet 👀👁️👀

Great video dude. great attitude and advice. keep em comin!

Hazel regrows quickly and can produce thicc enough branches.

That's why I carry a Purcell trench grill. I can cook on open fire or a Dakota hole

yes

loving the birds singing at the background

Alfie I have some questions on knife sharpening. In your survival kit video you showed your Smiths Pocket sharpener and said it was good for in-field sharpening. So what do you use for your primary or main sharpener or is the smiths sharpener your main one? My knives are always getting blunt and "das bad times".

The first time I made one of these I had to make the vent bye just scratching because it was on clay

I'm going on a survival trip to Belize in a reserved rainforest no hiking trails or tourists areas just of the coast near a fresh water source the plants there most are edible medicinal and have water in them days hike from neuland Belize south you should try for yourself super awesome an no snow or cold

Alfie I was wondering, where did you get all of your knowledge of the outdoors such as the techniques you use and your knowledge about trees and fungus

Great videos keep on that good work! :D

What about burning the wood down and put your pot right into the embers? Worked for me good.

keep it up mate.

I just get a cookie cooling tray from dollar store and carry it my day bag. Keep half hole exposed so you can feed fire still

use a cooking grate over the pit and you don't have to cut limbs off any more

What happens if you dug deep enough but the tunnel dries out collapses during burning ? Any fix ..

Hey alfie, Dakota fires are illegal down here in the south east, recommend any other stealth fires, Swedish log fire or... appreciate it brah, survival techniques 3?

where does this guy camp and hike its so cool

"bit of a school boy error to make" hahahaha

You so colorfully express your ideas, that you should be a poet. Or design greeting cards.

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS

Or get an old baking tray and put it on top of fire or on a normal fire just get bricks or stones and lay them on both sides of fire the lay tray on top

nice one alfie atb FP

As usual, good stuff here. Even if there were no frolicking woods bitches. :)

Pruning up the place is fire prevention .fuel reductio and separating the crowns from the under story .

Alfie! What shovel is that. I am interested in getting one and it looks like a good one.

what cooking material is to be used ie steel or which kind of steel or any other material?what are advantages of Dakota fire hole

AlifeAesthetics what food do you usually take

Nice

Nice looking bk7 u have there

How to protect fire in rain

a brit measuring time in time taken to make tea 😂 😂

whats the pot?

How can you find water sources in the middle of the forest ? ( if there's no rivers)

I feel like it would be easier to dig a small ditch with a stick and then making a sort of an overhang in the middle with small sticks and dirt.

The best learning technique is failure

I love ur videos but I think other subs can agree after 6 navigation videos it's time for camp aeths or fire or kit videos

what material of cooking utensil can be used?

She could also carry a small to medium sized grill and just make the fire hole a bit smaller than the grill.

Could you use a flat stone as a stove for a Dakota firehole?

Come back alfie!!! Where you gone???

Use a metal grill instead of wood...can get them at lots of places...such as Wilko's

If you don't wanna cut branches off a tree I like to soak thicker sticks I find on the ground in the near by creek

is that type of single pot available on amazon? tripods work wonders for hanging pots above any type and size of fire

You are the F'ing, Alfie!

Where do you get those gloves?

PEACE!!!!

alfie can u use tin foil for the little stove that show in your video or do you have wire mesh

What about underground roots concern

What type of trenching shovel do you use? I'm looking for one and I don't know which ones are any good

alfie.... where are you now?

I feel like the name of the video is what the day after Mexican food is for me

Seems like a small grill over the hole would be good....

That longer canteen u had hanging with that wire, did u drill holes in it at the threads for that?

Can you just get the sticks wet and then use it in the fire??

what is your shovel

I use rocks around my dakota pit.

Alfie what camera are you using for your videos?

please tell us what bottle do you have? Thx

Where did u get your canteen cos I want a cheap one but can't find one pls help

Asante! 🤭

Alfie, Why Brass wire...? Why not aluminum or copper wire? is there a reason or are they all fine to use?

Doberman knife?

I've never heard of a fick branch. Where do I find those?

What pot does he use

Thumbs up ;-))

man ur so awesome...