Awesome. Easy enough. Thank you for educating those who have no idea how it's done. Now they know.

I couldn't imagine that way make char cloth. Thank you share video.

Your Jute Twine "Bird's Nest" is maybe the best idea for igniting the char cloth that I've seen. A great natural asset to your pack.

finally an instuctional vid that doesnt waste my time with telling me about your day.your cat or your camera work difficulties....well done sir... EXACTLY the right way to make a video!

ive watched alot of vids on this subject .yours is the best.thanks

G'day from Down Under. Do you know that after I don't know how many years out camping, Scouting and Army Reserves (your National Guard?) I had not heard of 'char cloth' until today. This is brilliant stuff, well done. But I get the impression that that the 'outdoormanship' of you guys in North America have so much to teach us 'greenhorns' from Down Under. Really appreciate the knowledge, thanks.

Good job! I especially like your flint & steel set up.

Great demonstration. Thanks!

This is an excellent video! Well done.

Very good. Learned something. I'm going to try this. Thank you.

Awesome! great educational video thanks!

Very clear explanation, thank you. I'd never heard of this before, or seen char cloth before.

Great instruction. Thank you.

Wow, that's cool! 👍

Thanks brother!! Excellent video; straight to the information and physical examples. Perfect!

Great tips! I made my first batch of char cloth yesterday and it came out perfect. Thank you for the great video.

very educational, thank you for the vid.

From the UK that was a very good descriptive demonstration of this process, one of the best I have seen. Most helpful.

Great demo! Thanks

Great video. Thanks for the info!

Char cloth is great for fire start. A small fire kit would be a great barter item to trade. Anyone thinks a person can survive on a small survival tin needs to rethink their survival needs. Tins are great for single kits like fire then one for first aide and so on.

Very cool. My little guy watched this and we're going to make some. Thanks!

Very well done friend. Tks.

Great demo. I'm going to make some this weekend. I have some oiled plumber's oakum that takes a spark easily and burns for several minutes, but this is a better, more primitive alternative I can't wait to try. Good job!

Thanks for sharing this vital technique, and keeping the vid / demo basic. Cheers

Great video !!! extremely well presented and highly informative. This will definitely save some lives. Congrats!

Great vid. One of the better ones I've seen, thanks.

awesome brings me ideas thank you

This is such a great demonstration. Great vid, sir.

Best video I've seen on this subject.

Thanks Lawrence, I wasn't sure how to make it, your vid has taught me how, very helpful and appreciated... I'm off to make some now... :-)

Cool vid, thanks man!

Very educational, thanks for sharing atb

Thank you. That was an excellent video tutorial.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU

I have been watching MANY YT videos about the char cloth and lighting fires but your video is the first one that has clearly explained it so I finally understand it! YAY! Thank you so much!!! I subbed!!! :) 9 vids. Are you going to be making more?

Thank you Lawrence!

Nice video. very informative.

good demo !

Fantastic thank you.

Jute twine? I was thinking you'd shaved your wife's back. So sorry, man, but I was laughing and wanted to share the good time. Seriously, thank you for explaining this; I want to make some char cloth and you've helped. Peace.

fire start kit, jute, steel just everything you need can be found reasonably priced, great quality and shipped rapidly, Jas Townsend & Son, inc.

Thanks for a very detailed and informative video. Keep it up.

Dude, you keep saying, "don't know if you can see that on the camera", Dude, you need to watch your own videos, so you can see what you can see and what you can't see on camera, love the videos, very good, God bless you and yours.

Good vid!

You and I my friend are a rare find. We're the only ones I know of who hold the steel in the right hand and flint in the left. Everyone else strikes into the jute nest, personaly I think its harder that way. FYI an Altoids can works great too for "cooking" the cloth

thank you sir, excellent demo!

Thank You Thank You, I was curious how to and your way is perfect!

Good information from your video am trying it out now..

nice job!

Dziękuję.

Bada Bing! We make Fire!

great job~

very awesome tip thank you for sharing with us.. Ryan

Excellent, Loren! Have you tried actually finding all of your materials out in the wild and then making a fire? No steel, no char cloth, just what God provides.

great demonstaration

New Sub here. Thank you for the show & tell vid. I use to use tshirt...but discovered through grandpa, that Denim jeans are better. They won't tear or crumble as easy as Cotton Tshirt. cheers. ;-))

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In small batches, yes. Some people would rather just make a lot at once, in which case a larger tin is better, and then you can use your Altoids tin to carry it instead.

Hello. I just sub'd. Great vid. You thought that very well. I'm going to try and make some this weekend. ThanksJim

⭐👍for video.

if u see at the near end of the video there is a stick that is just peeled with a knife,its just to get the dry wood in the middle out and u can use the thin wood as good tinder

You did a very good video on this topic! I made a video on the topic as well; but you got me beat for sure! Great audio and video

Good video. Very descriptive. Thanks.

And badabum.😂😂😂 I cant stop saying that. 😂😂

Thank you so much ^_^

Thank you for a great demonstration. Yours is the best I've seen on youtube. Can the flint and steel like yours be purchased? Again, TY.

Great video! Where can I get one of those striking kits?

Very useful if you have no light or matches.

Charring cattail down will catch a spark too but it's an erratic spark.

Wow

Awesome tutorial! Did i hear a car alarm at the end?

thanks, well done

You use pure cotton because it catches on fire at 455F/ 235C. See the Fire Piston wikipedia entry that mentions this.

Best video on spark lighting ever. Great idea using jute cord unraveled. I am in Oz. I find pieces of flint that the Cumbadgery use as scrapers and knives. They look about the same as your piece of flint. Two questions, could you have filled the tin up with cotton pieces, or at least put more in, and what sort of steel do you find best. I have subscribed and liked. Great presentation. Thanks, Peace and Blessings.

great

Very nice job on the video. I sell these.

you made me curious, so i went to google and it came up with a no brainer i never thought of before(guess that says a lot for my brain)....but anywhere that sells supplies for muzzleloaders may have them since the older ones are flint lock.....cabelas showed up on the google search

Next video... a jute twine bracelet ? couldn't hurt in light of paracord bracelets.

If you don't mind me asking sir, what did you make your steel from? It looked like a bent piece of key stock to me.

have you tried it using the aluminum can, along with the char-cloth?

i take a piece of leather the sharp of the can put on top of the char cloth then the flint steel so it not mess up cloyh

1:47, nice burn on your thumb there...

do you reckon a heat gun would work to make it?

Im SO curious why 30+ people didnt like this video.

Try Dixie Gun Works...they also have fire steels.

yes you can :D

Can I just use any black material

You need to plug the whole when you take it off the fire.

I couldn't hear it correctly but what is this - maybe you called it 'feather-stick' - made of?

can i use an old birds nest

could you use dryer lint to make char cloth?

Its looks like your thumb got a little toasty the first tinder bundle shot...saw you cup it in your fingers..ha ha. been there

How long will the char cloth stay effective in storage?

thankyou for sharing ,,

7:27 YOU ARE AN ACTOR OF "APOCALYPSE NOW": YOU WAS A SILENT CIA AGENT IN THE FIRST PART OF MOVIE(AT THE DINNER TABLE WITH THE GENERAL) !

This is a valid way to light a fire and i did give it a thumbs up but its easier to carry waterproof matches! I think there's only two ways to light a camp fire with matches (if you have to make and carry char cloth you may as well carry matches. The other way is the stick and friction method. With practice you can light a fire with nothing you had to have with you.

Why not just use firesticks.?

maby the ground?

Can Char Cloth expire?