What a great fire lay. I like that you can lift it and allow air to circulate, as necessary.

I really appreciate not having to watch an intro when I click your videos.

Hello, I really enjoy all the videos you make on survival techniques. I always learn the important information you teach, because of your calm and thorough way of explaining things. You and Coal Cracker are the best on You Tube in my opinion. Plus, you don't sound like your trying to make a buck off me, like some of the other Pathfinder instructors do. I know you offer courses and I would love to take one in the future. You and Coal Cracker show and explain how to tie all the knots you teach so well, that I have finally learned some of the basic ones I have been trying to re-learn. My family gives me a weird look, when I am sitting in front of my laptop tying paracord around a table leg or lamp base in the living room, saying Yes, while you two (during your videos) are talking in the background. Thanks for the work you do and not asking for money while you do it. Thanks for your service. I am a retired Marine and I have always admired the Rangers and Green Berets. You guys are so well trained. I went to many Army schools during my career. To include BNOC as an E-3. That pissed a lot of more senior Army dudes off at the time. Lol. Anyway, please keep up the great work.

Just wanted to write and say I really appreciate your teaching and instructional vids. Also like your easy going, mellow approach - and teaching slow enough to be able to process the info. I have watched about 10 of your vids, and after being into preparedness for a long time, and listening to 1000s of other instructors, I would rate your info as being "top notch" . Thanks so much for being you, and for being a really cool preparedness and woodscrafting expert.

Very easy fire lay! I instantly saw some simple ways to mange the air flow with a lever type system. Nice video...as always!

That's a really cool way to get O2 into the fire without burning your beard!! I like how you always stress the simple things like taking your time breaking down the tinder. Like you said," Not enough time to do it right but plenty of time to do it again." Awesome!!

Now that’s how to start a fire. Awesome vid. Well taught. As usual

Beautiful simplicity

I appreciate the streight forward style of your videos. Right to the point, and essential information for the task at hand.

Can watch your videos back to back!

I'd never heard of the elevator fire method. It looks like a time saver. Thank you so much for helping to educate everyone.

I have been starting fires and fire lays for almost 55 years now and never seen this triangle method. I like it alot. With so many fine sticks and finger size twigs it should bring that watet to a boil quickly, as well as char that punk wood fast. Thanks for the tip.

Well done. Good demonstration for anyone attempting to build a fire. Thanks for sharing

Great fire technique, had never seen it before. Will use it in the future. Not only is the content of thos video very good, if is also presented in the most wonderful way. Calm, concentrated, straight to the point and in the right tempo, slow without ever being boring. Impressive. Thank you.

This reminded me how valuable training has been. So many little lessons combine to make, everything, even simple stuff, smoother. Thanks for posting👊

Nice ingenuity with the limb structure to aid air flow to your new fire. Thanks for sharing. I will add this to my fire starting skill set. I think this trick is especially useful in damp conditions.

This is an excellent technique! I was able to get a sustainable fire going from a fire bow - birds nest in the rain, with very marginal tinder on my first try. Living in sopping wet Ireland getting a fire going can be difficult most of the year, and with this idea, it's just as easy as during the summer time. Excellent content Josh!

That is really slick. Nicely done, sir.

That's a great trick. I think it would be particularly effective for drying out damp wood.

Very good ideas. Thank you very much

Awesome idea and implementation of your lift system!

Thank you!

Looks like a good fire lay. Thank you for showing it to us.

Total KISS system in action. Thank you once again for the benefit of your experience and no nonsense approach.

Really nicely done. Heart of a teacher.

Great fire lay... so easy .. J

Deffinetly using this next trip

Im calling, shenanigans! You took a 100 step process and shortened it by about 95 steps. The KZfaq Bushcraft/survivalist/prepper channels will not let this go unanswered. Lol. Thanks for sharing, J. Semper Fi.

Love the Moc’s

Thanks

That's a great way to build a fire - the triangle that allows you to get more air to fire as it's starting to burn the larger sticks. Thanks for sharing.

What an awesome fire

It's ridiculous that there are so few views of this. An excellent video!

Always good to learn a new fire technique. Never know when you might be sick, have a cracked rip, etc. super easy to take a bad fall on a solo or be stuck in place injured. This is very good stuff. Thanks man.

Solid video. New skill for sure.

This is awesome. Great tips.

Thanks so much for the videos! You are my favorite channel!

Excellent video.

Awesome video! You’re like an old zen master/philosopher. Lol. You make it seem so simple. Great way to get oxygen into the fire without inhaling any smoke or burning yourself. You da man!!

I used a crescent shaped stacked rock reflector the other day and tried the bundle of Smalls method, Medium sticks and Larger still ones. Worked like a charm. Of course the reflector , was not in this video ... just thought I’d post.

That was a beautiful fire. I like the TP fire lay but the lift stick was a slick trick. Nice..............

Great point about putting in the time and effort to do it right the first time. Excellent demonstration.

That is a great method of creating a quick fire.

dude, light that fire already :)

I'm looking forward to trying this if I ever get out of quarantine!

Excellent video Josh, like the way it allows elevation for air flow to start it off!

as always a wealth of knowledge..... Thanks for sharing.

This was great information I will have to get out and practice these lessons after I heal up. Thanks for doing these.

Thank you for the video!! I learned how to use char cloth!!! Please keep making videos showing how to do stuff!

Wow, I can do this !! thanks Josh love the aerator you built

Joshua, thanks for sharing, great information

Brilliant that looks foolproof, thanks for sharing

Awesome! This appears to be an effective lay to take advantage of a breeze or even used as a wind block.

That was awesome!!! First time I seen that type of set up, with the triangle. But not a teepee

As usual, good stuff brother. Keep it coming.

Having a gray/white beard of my own, I rarely see an effective fire lay that is new to me but this one is wicked good. Thank you for the new information! This may become my go-to choice for the foreseeable future.

I usually just create a triangular hole and place my tender in the center and materials across the top of the hole. Leaving the corners uncovered for the air to feed

That's so cool! I think it has very good use in thick woodland where airflow might be low. Cheers, Luciano

Sir, thank you for this video. I used this fire lay technique for the first time two days ago in the Uwharrie . It is an excellent fire lay, I am a believer, and I will be using it moving forward. DOL.

Good. You explain things very well.

Fantastic video. You bring us great info and you are a great teacher.

Truly helpful, thank you sir.

That’s an excellent video.

I like how with this method you let the elements of fire work for you and not you working on getting all the elements to work.

Im so going to try this, method thank you forest wizard Joshua

"Break it down, then kill it with fire." -- my philosophy for most of life. 😎

Nice and simple!

Nice

I'm going to try out your technique next time I make a fire GBGB , although I might cheat a little on my ignition source ! 🔥

How in the hell could you thumb down this video? Thanks for everything. Love this method.

I've got to try this fire lay, no more singeing my beard. :)

Dude your videos are great!

Love it, ty 😁🤘

Can you do a video on how to collect the bark and what kind of bark in which region? I love your videos but the ones on tinder, you already have the bark. I would like to know how and what kind of bark to collect. Also which part of the bark. Thank you for your videos. I love the SF guys when they teach us fellow grunts. Always clear and to the point.

Damn. I looked at my empty shoe polish tin last week and said “let it go Sam!” Would have made an excellent char tin! Better shine my boots again.

Your a Go! I won’t have to recycle you. 👍🏻

Nice!

It’s a good think that there are no kiawe trees where he lives.

Those that are dedicated enough to watch the entire overnight video have seen this. Lol. Kinda one of those things you kick yourself for for not ever thinking of it yourself.

This is a really cool technique! Thank you for sharing! I was wondering if you could talk about your footwear in a future video? I see you wearing moccasins in this video and boots in other videos. I've always liked the idea of moccasins but have always been a boot guy. Thoughts on footwear? Thanks!

For the new guy here, how do you get the water bottle out once it has boiled without burning your digits?

Thank you for the video. I love how it's easier to control the oxygen flow with this type of fire. I have a question about your water you are disinfecting. You took the lid off and then stuck the container in the fire to disinfect the water. Now if you decide to carry that water with you, is your water going to get contaminated again by the lid? Or do you use some sort of disinfectant on the lid? Or do you have a separate container so you boil in one and store in the other? Or maybe I'm thinking too much in to it, since it's a demo video on how to use the elevator fire lay with your container. I'm just wondering what you would do with the lid if you were going to move out afterwards? Thanks.

How long to boil the water for safe drinking?

May i ask what kind of water bottle u use? And whats the name of it? Thanks!

Is there a store where I could purchase the mesh flint and steel camo hat?

Isn’t this a re-run?!

Did I hear you say "Ohio" in your location?