How to start a fire when everything is wet

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@EricTheSwede Жыл бұрын

If I could get a library worth of these 2 to 10 minute videos of just Kevin showing off small tips, tricks, and skills I'd probably never use another source of information ever again!

@Hinru13 Жыл бұрын

Yes. Second that motion

@mechanic3531 Жыл бұрын

Third

@OldNavajoTricks Жыл бұрын

Nope lol, can't rely on a single source haha, if it gets taken away you're screwed :-p But yes, these 5-10 min quick tips are gold 🤘

@bobwalski3003 Жыл бұрын

Gotta create your own guide with all the information

@HardOnGearChannel Жыл бұрын

@@bobwalski3003 Unless you’re solely hunting for internet stuff: Estela already has one of the best Bushcraft guides around-101 Skills You Need To Survive in the Woods.

@markalford5406 Жыл бұрын

When me and my friends would go backpacking and everyone took turns staring the fires. When it came to my turn I got the fire started in no time even in wet conditions they all thought I was some kind of Daniel Boone . But I all ways packed a small container of charcoal starter with me and when no one was looking I would sprinkle a little on the fire makings . Lol no one ever found out.

@thomassanio8745 Жыл бұрын

Easy when friends are drinking beer 🍺 ha ha!

@solidmc90 Жыл бұрын

Duct tape itself is a great Firestarter too. A roll of it can really come in handy for many things from blisters to gear repair and starting fire

@martinmontez5950 3 ай бұрын

Thanks. I didn't know that!

@stevehicks9374 Жыл бұрын

Kevin and his team are amazing instructors!! Thank you all for everything you do🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💯🙏🏻

@peteperkins3859 Жыл бұрын

It's bad being cold. But it's much worse to be wet and cold.

@brianleverich4467 Жыл бұрын

Always carry road flares in every vehicle , four wheeler , motorcycle, boat and canoe . from Minnesota

@Bushcraftnbaseball Жыл бұрын

Good stuff Kevin. The 2 years I lived in WA really helped with my firecraft skills. It was very frustrating for awhile.

@BBQDad463 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. Excellent tips and techniques! My fire-making kit includes a 30-minute road flare for the truly desperate situation wherein I need a fire immediately and may be experiencing symptoms of hypothermia, including shivering and/or numb fingers. I can use it to thaw out my fingers for five or ten minutes, and still have 20 to 25 minutes to get the fire going. Yes, I know it is an egregious form of "cheating" but when I need a fire, I _need_ a fire---and I do not much care how I get one. Again, thank you for this video. Very well done!

@donfilkins298 Жыл бұрын

I have srips of duct tape made into a ball . Starts a fire well

@feed_defend_evolve Жыл бұрын

I’m surprised more ppl don’t also carry Uco stormproof matches. A few of those are SUPER COMPACT AND LIGHTWEIGHT. If you’re gonna have a fire starting kit, pretty easy to keep some of those handy.

@evanbordash8580 Жыл бұрын

I have taken a class with Kevin, great teacher and great guy, highly recommended

@bbarker5766 Жыл бұрын

If you hold your knife/striker down. Lose to your tender the pull the fero rod away, and you will get even more concentrated spark going into your tender/fire starter material. I have also found that a knife with jimping on the back for the thumb to rest will produce even more sparks.

@user-dw4cv3xq5u Жыл бұрын

This is the proper way to use a ferro rod. Plant it in the tinder and pull it towards you.

@zekethefishgeek8690 Жыл бұрын

All day and all night long...

@alanwilliams2251 Жыл бұрын

Great information Kevin! Thanks for your time and God bless my friend!

@tudyk21 Жыл бұрын

In an actual impending hypothermia situation, I found a nice wad of dry material under a log, against a standing tree (in a light rain). I got the fire going with a cig lighter (better than scraping a ferro-rod), then moved it to where I wanted to be situated. Dry pine or spruce sap make a good fire starter, btw.😊

@rogerjensen5277 Жыл бұрын

Another great tender is a tea light candle with 1/2 cotton ball partly melted down in it, the uncoated cotton catches a flame readily and burns a good amount of time. Also, if you need to move it while it's lit, the aluminum cup helps keep it together! Make sure you have a teepee of small twigs ready first. Even damp small twigs will be dry enough to be ignited by this method!

@waylanator Жыл бұрын

Keep a LOT of that combo in. Y pack, especially during the cold and wet fall/winter months and the wet spring months here in Texas.

@LoganCoutts Жыл бұрын

Up here in the PNW and spending a lot of time in the woods, stormproof matches paired with Vaseline and cotton goes a long way. Works well for 95% of the applications.

@Christianlucer07 Жыл бұрын

ok quick question, let's say all the wood is wet since it's been raining, will it burn?

@StefanieFaye Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! Very helpful to know

@zekethefishgeek8690 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your time, I knew these already... But, it's always refreshing to see and hear a pro doing it again... Pre-she-ate-cha much, Mr. Kevin

@sombra6153 Жыл бұрын

Really good presentation with excellent instruction and demonstration. I have a couple of fire starters, including a fero rod and something else I received as a gag gift. Going to did them out and see how they work for lighting my charcoal grill. I had heard dryer lint recommended as tinder. Ought to actually it too. Thanks for the lesson!

@jerryj3047 Жыл бұрын

start a fire is one thing but keeping it live is another, anyway good video

@FluffPuffkotj Жыл бұрын

Ha! Julian turned me into a Vaseline hand model.

@TheRockInnRobin Жыл бұрын

Dryer lint. Works every time.

@shanepitzer4323 Жыл бұрын

You have to be careful of dryer lint. Most isn’t cotton anymore it’s newer materials not conducive to fire starting. FYI. 🤓

@TheRockInnRobin Жыл бұрын

@@shanepitzer4323 mixed with enough pet hair it will 😂

@deathlis Жыл бұрын

@@shanepitzer4323 Mine lights up easily. Only problem is I go through it faster during hunting season than I generate in a year...

@mikereese15 Жыл бұрын

Great info. Definitley lacking from my get home bag.

@williamyetman3609 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thank you.

@aPizzaStainedSlob Жыл бұрын

As a 35mm film photographer I may now have a business in selling old cartridges to people for survival purposes, haha

@DWMurry Жыл бұрын

Good Stuff!

@trollhunter6934 Жыл бұрын

Been using the Vaseline/cotton ball fire starter for years. They work great!

@MooreReviewz Жыл бұрын

Kevin is the best for sure

@derekwarren1548 Жыл бұрын

12 Guage marine flare waterproof and 12ga shell is fit to be packed, stored, worn.

@driver3899 Жыл бұрын

to save you watching 8 mins of promotional material... 6:35 use cotton wool and petroleum jelly

@11ccom Жыл бұрын

Good stuff.

@marmadukegrimwig Жыл бұрын

Excellent! What jacket and trousers are you wearing?

@SkeezyFPV Жыл бұрын

I once started Little Cottonwood Creek on fire at The Spruces campground while making coffee 😂

@ryos251 6 ай бұрын

Ive been in many environments had he ad to use survival skills . The hardest environment is without a doubt the Pacific Northwest in the wet rainy winter .

@atlantaswelder Жыл бұрын

Sill using the Bic&Bike tube bands as a primary starter 🇺🇸 like u taught me

@w3w3w3 Жыл бұрын

good video

@Heywoodthepeckerwood Жыл бұрын

If everything is wet, you already got the fire started. Oh crap, wrong context…

@chuckfarley567 Жыл бұрын

Lol...beat me to it ....

@jhutch1470 Жыл бұрын

@@chuckfarley567 You're going to have to do that yourself.

@chadclayburg1410 Жыл бұрын

Home,sweat home. Tough to make fire during the winter.

@GrimrDirge Жыл бұрын

You're up in my hood. By March you can pick up wood off the ground and wring the water out of it like a sponge.

@JimEllwood002 Жыл бұрын

What knife are you using in the video? Thank you.

@EVLfreak666 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this.🇺🇸👍

@dadbodincorporated4411 Жыл бұрын

Great information and insights. A couple of things I would add are salt water will corrode and deteriorate your ferro rod. I think that’s what you were going for.😉 Also instead of a 35 mm photo container, a diabetic test strip container is real similar. Good video!

@andrewjones5513 11 ай бұрын

I’d really love to attend one of your courses, unfortunately I’m in the U.K.

@jumpvelocity3953 Жыл бұрын

You sound just like Dr. Mike from Renaissance Periodization, in both your voice and your demeanour 😂

@fredpeers1955 8 ай бұрын

So, Kevin, we're abouts in the PNW Are you? I live in the beautiful Sky Valley.

@nutthrower4415 9 ай бұрын

Excellent, my go to is FatWood here in the PNW, of course all the others you showed 👍

@melkorred6784 Жыл бұрын

FACTS!!!!

@jpaul8589 Жыл бұрын

I use 200 micron MAGNALIUM powder and a ferro rod. I call it my “White Dwarf” kit. Ignites and burns white hot above 5000F and immediately dries/ignites wet tinder which then warms/dries/ignites kindling. Watch out for your eyes if you use it and never pour the power over an open flame from the container - it will absolutely flare a whiteHot column of fire and go boom. Use small piles 1-2” across and once lit, take a knife tip and flip hot pile over once fully glowing and the oxygen in the air will cause it to glow white hot and start EVERYTHING on fire. Also - Don’t keep the knife IN the pile, it will melt the steel.

@kentonsoufal6340 Жыл бұрын

What is a good ferro rod brand?

@melvayaredaguilar 11 ай бұрын

a metal rod is a new way of creating a spark because it’s sold separately lol

@donmckechnie4129 Жыл бұрын

That is the condition to train in. My wife and I went camping several years ago, we hit 3 different seasons in 6 hours, extremely wet than cold at night. We couldn't have got any wetter if we fell out of a canoe. It took 45 min to get a decent fire going, but it was done. Get out and practice.

@charlesl5226 Жыл бұрын

Another good option is coconut oil and small cotton pads.

@kathiemcdowellday1108 4 ай бұрын

GOD BLESS YOU! 🏡💋

@danmoreno425 Жыл бұрын

What’s the name of pack you have on thanks

@tonberryhugs6435 11 ай бұрын

I was honestly hoping this was going to show making a fire with damp wood. Striking a farro rod on some flammable cotton is the easy part.

@mvpjordan7584 Жыл бұрын

Make a part 2 of this plz, he didnt go over the tinder stuff

@Sourpusscandy Жыл бұрын

FIX THE BIC LIGHTER by using some tweezers to remove the “safety” band across the spark wheel. Do it first thing.

@zekethefishgeek8690 Жыл бұрын

Be careful it allows it to fall out occasionally

@Sourpusscandy Жыл бұрын

@@zekethefishgeek8690 never had that happen. The band makes it harder to get traction with your thumb running the wheel.

@Buddha-of8fk 2 ай бұрын

Pine is your friend in the rain. This is why Christmas trees drive me nuts. Let's drag the most flammable tree in most woods wrap them in the cheapest electric wire known. Just saying.

@sword-and-shield 5 ай бұрын

Go one step more, and learn to start them "while" its raining. If you think it about it, that is when you may likely get hypothermia.

@maxihuang8920 11 ай бұрын

F awsome

@colorblindexposures 2 ай бұрын

If you need 35mm Film Cannisters HMU lol

@ericthomas9915 Жыл бұрын

🚒

@derekwarren1548 Жыл бұрын

How you get Vaseline off your hands inn the bush? Lol

@ajd0101 18 күн бұрын

def don't be scared to sleep under a tree.

@BarlitosC Жыл бұрын

So use a bunch of stuff that isnt naturally there and bring your own fuel. great

@azimut5226 Жыл бұрын

Lowa zephyr boots! Hehe.

@AllWeatherFirestarters Ай бұрын

Great Video and Great Channel! We have a really cool Firestarter, any chance of maybe doing a product review on our Firestarters?

@shaneburfield3196 6 ай бұрын

Heat is the product of fire. This is what you need to make a fire: 1-spark 2-fuel 3-air

@withoutfurtheradoforever Жыл бұрын

👍

@waltlongmire6277 Жыл бұрын

🤙🔥🤙

@Nervii_Champion Жыл бұрын

What's up BJ Penn's brother

@Provocateur3 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely none of my knives work worth spit on my ferrocerium rod. I bought a HSS lathe cutoff tool. Superlative results.

@deathlis Жыл бұрын

I found any softer steel whose edge rolls easily doesn't work very well. My high carbon steel Bear MGC throws tons of sparks by comparison. They're just a ginormous PIA to sharpen in the field.

@Provocateur3 Жыл бұрын

@@deathlis : I sure have my share of "surgical stainless" knives but I have some good steel too. Nothing holds a candle to M2 HSS (High Speed Steel.)

@2fastg35 6 ай бұрын

He’s so good at starting fires that he showed us how to actually start one and keep it going 🤦🏽‍♂️

@Notonetime Жыл бұрын

Hey, that's my elk hunting spot.

@bobmcelroy7289 Жыл бұрын

Training learn repeat!

@n.u.t.y. Жыл бұрын

If making cotton ball/petroleum jelly starters, make sure to get real 100% cotton balls. Most "cosmetic puffs" you find now in the drugstore are nylon or other synthetic fiber, not real cotton!

@Sebs3bs3b 11 ай бұрын

Didn't expect to be shown to start a fire with tools and a lighter.

@paaaatrika 8 ай бұрын

I always bring a vial of lighter fluid or something similar.

@therookiesplaybook 11 ай бұрын

Use cotton covered in vaseline. That's the answer.

@user-te8wr9bh7q 4 ай бұрын

If you put the edge of the spark thing on the box lighter against a sturdy piece of flat wood and run it against it really fast a couple of times your bic lighter with light up again 😅 Stoners 1:1

@georgehennen 7 ай бұрын

Video pissed me off, not a single "This is a natural fire without stuff". Some survival expert. "How to stat a fire when everything is wet.... with a tool that can be used anywhere, and man made stuff you gotta get at walamrt"

@EV-ey5lm Жыл бұрын

Trains by himself. Gets mauled by a lion😂

@JosephJoestar_420 19 күн бұрын

Now without tools

@jesseterrell2109 Жыл бұрын

Remii oh did me of home.

@drunken_master007 2 ай бұрын

What??

@johnrourke4363 Жыл бұрын

Thumps

@LZTANGO316 Жыл бұрын

Things I learned watching this video. 1. Kevin, you are a really handsome Filipino man. 2. Now I know how to start a fire in the rain

@cochiez Жыл бұрын

Good, simple tip that’s accessible for most. Well done. Gotta poke a little fun tho… First off, we have ourselves a new drinking game. One shot for every time you hear the words Pacific Northwest. Second, 90% of the Pacific Northwest is not a rainforest. Sorry, but as a three decade resident the stereotype bugs me.

@zeph-8244 Жыл бұрын

Fat lighter works even when wet.

@jhtsurvival Жыл бұрын

Nice. I've Ben doing done for starting videos. Check them out

@Mike_Y. Жыл бұрын

Frito chips

@dcahodl7189 5 ай бұрын

No knife. No rod. It's pouring with rain. Show me how to make a fire.

@Bleepbleepblorbus 4 ай бұрын

Take two pieces of flint/chert/quartz/iron pyrite or any mineral with a hardness of five to six on mineral hardness scale And do the same thing as knife and rod technique but with the two rocks.

@xDooksx Жыл бұрын

Always have a lighter.

@zekethefishgeek8690 Жыл бұрын

Torch lighter...

@TullisDrums 11 ай бұрын

Whole lotta yapping

@top6ear Жыл бұрын

Use An old Indian trick I learned, gas and matches.

@chuckfarley567 Жыл бұрын

Gas = Liquid Boy Scout...

@deathlis Жыл бұрын

Lighter fluid all the way! The above video won't help when it's actively raining AND windy. Lighter fluid works regardless if you've got a good tinder bed. Just need to start with lots of teeny tiny sticks and feed it slower.

@zekethefishgeek8690 Жыл бұрын

@@deathlis sure it will... been there fought that.

@deathlis Жыл бұрын

@@zekethefishgeek8690 Well this last season, in a swamp, light drizzle after a hard rain, I had about 50 minutes before my buddy arrived at camp that I attempted to get a fire going with 10mph wind, damp wood and dry tinder. Kept going out. I didn't pack lighter fluid that trip as he was bringing it. After he got there I lit it right up. Maybe I just suck, but I've been lighting wet fires for years - wind on top of that makes it near impossible without shelter from my experience.