I had a chance to interview Nutnfancy at Shot Show. He is a really stand up fellow. Both of you men run outstanding channels and I'm honored to be a fellow youtuber with you folks. Thanks for all that you do to create quality content.

I'm a city dweller who hasn't owned an axe in my life and I'm addicted to watching your channel.

My channel hasn't been as successful as yours, but I think there's something more. I've followed you and nutnfancy for a long time and I think in addition to passion and following your inner will, the fact that you both have put in your 10K hours in what you do creates the character, personality, and also insights into what you're sharing that draws the crowds. You're both solid. There's nothing hollow or fake about either of you.

I agree, if you look at many of the themes of popularity on youtube the most successful versions of the channels are the passionate ones...outside our own communities look at makeup, makeup tutorials on youtube is HUGE thousands of channels doing it, yet only a handful are at the top...Not by coincidence, passion, skill, and decent filmography is the key...If you study what videos have the millions of views, they do all have one thing in common...short and to the point, the worlds attention span is not that great, lol

Great thoughts on the long haul success of a channel, Cody. Thanks for sharing it with us in video format. It's advice you've given me already that I've taken to heart and put into practice. Guess what... It works!

Good sound advice. I do thank you for the time and effort you put in your video's, I always learn something new or a better way of doing something I've done many times before. God Bless you and your family.

Well said. We have been moving forward with the confidence you framed so well in this video. Do what you love, make good videos = growth. I see people every day (on youtube and in our community) who are more expert and more experienced in our field. But we have the passion and are doing the work to make the videos and we trust we will do well. Thanks for the encouragement.

I am so happy for you and the wisdom you and Nut have both said. Cheers - I enjoy your channel immensely. Honesty is my measure too, realism comes thru what we see consistently. Thank you for time and efforts.

This is the first video i've ever seen from you. The irony! I started my channel because i love radio communications, and teaching others how to use comms in unique ways in a variety of situations. Thanks for sharing. Subbed!

When Nutn started reviewing the Gränsfors Bruks axe I had to double check which channel I was listening to.

Why do people like making videos and sharing them with strangers? Well, it's either due to a level of narcissism or a genuine desire to share knowledge. Or both. It's easy to figure out. Is the camera constantly on you, focusing attention on yourself or are you focused on the subject? The big, home page, YT channels like jenna marbles for example (and other garbage) are run by totally narcissistic people with absolutely no benefit to the community other than "Hey, look at me".

Its funny that you say that do what you love to do. My dream has been to move and live off grid and we are making that happen. This year we will be moving off grid full time and I am excited to share that with other like minded people. And its something my kids and grandkids can watch years from now and see how we did it. Very good video its just like anything you do you have to love it.

I am a hillbilly from the mid west. Much prefer living in the woods over city life anytime.

This may be only the second or third comment I have ever left on any channel for any reason but I felt compelled to say, Thank You! I appreciate the insight into the mindset and the confirmation that you just have to do what you love and others will be drawn to it if you display enough passion in what you do. Keep up the good work and I definitely be tuned in.

and thanks for all the videos, Cody. I know that all the time shooting and, especially, editing to a high quality is time that you sacrificed from your family. The lessons you've taught are definitely appreciated.

Yes, great video!! A little thing or two that I would also tell newbies is, first, do not focus on the numbers. While watching your subscriber and view numbers go up is neat, don't let that become the focus of what you're doing. And second, don't expect everyone you know to jump on board (like your closest friends and family), and don't get your feelings hurt when they don't. The right people will find your channel and they won't necessarily be the people you expect! Be yourself. You are valuable and appreciated just the way you are.

I'm going to start a Stump Grinding channel.

I'm going to forward this video to my son, who graduates from college this year. He has ideas on doing something using social media and his hobbies and I think it will be a great benefit to hear from your experienced wisdom. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the insight and the candor. You're 100% right. The channels I tune into are people doing what they love to do and they just happen to turn the camera on so they can share their passion with the youtube world.

Your a good man with sound advice and a great family. as long as you keep teaching i.am in it for the long haul and that,s where I come out, And I would just like to say thanks to you and your family.

Very sincere. You got me thinking: what if I could do what I want, money isn't an issue. What would I do. To be honest that is the question I have on my mind for years. And I still cannot answer it.

If I didn't have to worry about money I would do exactly what you are doing. Enjoying working with your hand and sharing knowledge with more than your family. I love your channel

I know this is old .. but thanks Cody.. I needed this right now and found it

I can't wait for my channel to get to the size of yours .. i enjoy doing the same things you do that's why making videos for people is not a job it's a passion. . Keep up the great work Cody

When your channel first showed up on the side of my screen, I wasn't quite sure what to make of it. But after binge watching many of them, I have come to appreciate why you have your channel, and I really appreciate your honesty and your faith. God's design isn't for us to do everything for OUR glory, but for his. Our lives are a better testimony than our words. I think by sharing your passion for other non-faith related things makes it easier to share your faith in a positive, non-threatening manner. Faith is a very personal thing, as a fellow believer I struggled for years trying to find balance between going overboard and humbling myself with others in sharing my faith. God bless!

K love your channel just as much as I love Nutnfancy channel. Because I love axes , woodworking, furniture making, gardening, just as much as I love run n gun, long range shooting, but , I love archery too. Thanks for being one of my teachers. I will never stop learning.

I find this advice really really meaningful especially now coming into my adulthood. This has never came across my mind.

Great advice. Film your passion -and others will come to share in it.

Well stated. I really appreciate You Tube. I consider myself an outdoorsman and have learned so many skills by watching reviews and people enjoying the same interests that I have. Most of the channels that I subscribe to are just regular Joe's sharing their love of the outdoors and passing their knowledge onto others. Knowledge is power and one should never stop learning. I also have a channel but just post it to share with my buddy's, friends and family. I know some enjoy it because it can generate revenue but most just want to share their thoughts and passions. I truly enjoy your channel and also Nuntfancy's channel. You both have taught me many things and I appreciate the time you put into your video's. Not everyone has the same intentions. Many use You Tube to spot light themselves. We as viewers just have to decide which are which. Thank You for all you do and for posting really good content.. I think if everyone stays true to their own passion their channel will be a success.

Great advice Cody & liked the words of wisdom as well.

love you vids , and the country side you live in

Good advice. Love your channel and nutnfancy too. I really enjoyed his Children of the Gun series.

We were all there in the beginning, good video Cody. All paths in the woods lead in different directions.

I just watched that video of his comments at the shot show from the " up and coming you tubers" and Nut'n spoke very highly of you. I commented on that viedo and the guy messaged me back . I had told him that You and Nutnfancy are my two favorite KZfaq Channels ! He Agreed ! I wish them both the best of luck . Great advice from you both "Follow your Passion".

Do what you love and love what you do! Sell the love, not the product! You will be successful!

You have a creative side that is real to so many. Too many are over the top and don't have the broad appeal as yours. True to yourself and true to others.

Have you ever made a video editing tutorial? Or would you be interested in showing how you do?

what type of gas cans are those in a row closest to cab of truck

dear sir, I just found your channel and on this particular video you mention doing what ever it is you want to do. I like that idea too but I am a bit confused. Feel free to say none of your business but I was wondering how you are able to do this. Do you have a regular job ? Are you a true homesteader and am allowed to live off the land? I only ask because I am interested in that kind of life, not to criticize you in any way. Thank you for your time and for making these vids.

I'm new to your channel. I found the videos of the timber frame project. I have watched the whole playlist. where is the video of the finished product?

I think that's good advice. I really enjoy what some might refer to as your "old school" way of looking at things. Looking at the world for the last several years I thought people with my values were all gone! I'm very likely quite a bit older than you but I'm considering using this iPhone as my Camera to communicate with the World. You do such a terrific job that it makes me think that there is no way I can do as well…. I look forward to all of your videos, keep it up because they warm my heart, may God bless.

Great video for a newbie like myself. I've watch yours for a long time, and it's been the source of my inspiration, as I try and see if I can do something like this. Thanks for posting this!

Awesome video!

thank you for the advice!

Nutnfancy is fantastic and was one of my first subscriptions. He is a legend, as you are also. Great videos, wish I had more time to watch!

would it pump better with the fuel cap on the tank jw

Very good info to keep in mind. Thanks, keep it up. Enjoying the material.

I enjoy your videos Cody and numerous other on YT , I appreciate the time and energy you must put into a 10 minute video must take a number of hour's to produce edit and post thank you, and the same goes out to all the YT channels who produce some very helpful informative and sometimes thought provoking I maybe not always agree 100% what someone may put up as a video but I enjoy a different point of view even if I feel it maybe not be right..thats what makes us all different .

It was nice hanging out here today.

what gas cans are those Cody? I looking to buy some good durable cans, are there any you would recommend?

Very much agreed sir, many people do things they don't want to do, they don't make choices, choices make them. Keep up the good work! I'm working on building my own channel, which I have to say, it's not easy!

I have e long wanted to start a KZfaq channel and Cody, you have inspired me to do just that. I've already gotten it set up and will be uploading my first video very soon. Will keep you posted.

You are a good human there should be more people like you Dave, Mr. Nutnfancy & what have you. Hey I grew up in a farm and that is the life. That is when/where you/I learned to appreciate family, life, nature, where hard honest work gets you and then some. I miss it so much & I still have not been able to live in the city, but I do live a bit remote. Sad thing is out here the farmers are not only loosing water rights but the land to developers. My youngest is a miracle child health wise and is the most humble, intelligent, top of his class, top of his band and volunteers in hospitals, churches and in schools and the most gorgeous boy I could have ever been blessed with (not that my other 2 are not). It's just that this one the doctors said he was a 1 in a million case (health related and he recovered and progressed). In May 2016 he graduates from high school (& already has lots of offers). I have talked with my kids, especially him (my youngest) bout renting the property we live in now and buying a small ranch in San Angelo Texas. He said "no matter what college he decides to go to, dad just do it and we will have a place to go and get together & enjoy mother nature in an amazing place together". Wish us luck and thanks for your honesty, humbleness and great knowledge that you share with us.

Thanks this is what I needed to hear!

Cody have you painted the belly drill jet

By the time I got to this video of you operating the handle, I could actually feel how hard it was to do that back and forth...back and forth. BTW, my arms hurt.

I've been trying to answer that question for 46 years and still don't know.

Thank you. Thats such good advice.

I know when i started youtube yea it was kinda in my mind hey i could make videos and who knows go viral. Its been some years now since i've done videos and my purpose now and i think overall always has been putting myself out there, showing my interests in hopes of connecting with others around the world with similar interests. Its very amazing especially because youtube has really taken off the past decade and it provides people the opportunity to learn and share progress, skills etc. Its been very humbling attempting to show my hobbies and random philosophical type rants lol. Video editing and production is an amazing skill and fun hobby. I find it an incredible tool to get into the practice of filming and going back to watch yourself to analyze how well you present yourself, topic information, clarity, conciseness all those things are very important for everyday interactions with the people with work with (i'm in sales for flooring and its amazing how these skills and practicing how to present myself and being accountable for shortcomings/honesty parallels working here in the office).

That video you mention brought me to your channel.

I wish I could find more fulfilment from the same handful of things my whole life. As soon as I get even relatively good at something, the challenge is gone and I must move on to something else. That might change with age though.

Thanks for your comments Cody. I enjoyed Nutn's interviews over SHOT and consider myself a TNP'er too. That said, just because he was the first person to do gear reviews on YT, that doesn't mean anyone else who does gear reviews is just a "copy" channel. Perhaps this is a minor point, but as a gear reviewer and enthusiast, I feel like there is some good sticking up for some of the little channels. My background and approach to review vids is significantly different than TNP, and while I have him to thank for putting the proverbial flag on the moon, there's still plenty of room to explore. You've done a great job taking your channel in a very fresh and interesting direction, but those of us who do enjoy doing reviews are not merely "parrots."

once again you have spoken the words i needed to hear, I changed the focus of my channel recently to your style of video, funnily enough i changed it before knowing about you but we seem to share a common focus and after watching your progression of videos i feel you have helped me a lot, If money was no object i would be a modern day "heath robinson", hopefully my channel will grow enough for me to start making things i don't actually need :) you forgot to tell me to press the like button :P but Keep up the good work all the same Ed

Cool! Both of you are some of my favourite youtube channels

Very good points! I want to share information, (possibly through KZfaq?), that will help inform all, particularly Americans at this time..... Not sure where to set the base but I'm trying in different areas. Thanks

My computer broke 3 years ago my channel was not popular anyway

+Wranglestar I counted Seven 20Ltr red fuel cans. It's around £30 to fill one of them in Scotland. I researched making my own Bio Diesel and it's something that you might be interested in as you have plenty of land to store it far away from your living quarters. 3 ingredients: methanol or ethanol, Lye or caustic soda crystals, Any New or used vegetable oil. The mix ratio is 200ml of alcohol (methanol or ethanol white spirit) 3.5g of Lye or caustic soda crystals, 1Ltr of vegetable oil. This will produce 1Ltr of Bio Diesel and the sediment at the bottom is Glycerine Soap. You get 2 products zero waste. This is a test size ratio that works in accordance to the guidelines of making your own earth friendly Green Diesel. You can also use old engine oil gearbox oil hydraulic oils with the same measurements and this is a petroleum based Diesel and not a Bio Fuel. Method: Warm the oil mix the 3 for a couple of minutes and let it do its thing for 3 days. Hey presto. You'll have fuel and soap. You can mix sugar into the soap and give it a nice lemon or strawberry or fruity smell and put it into tubs or buckets and sell it or give it away. You probably know all this already lol. Anyways, not long started watching your videos, love the good honest things you get upto, keep on doing it your way. Respect.

very exact , thanks for sharing

I appreciate that you put the effort into your videos. I would love to do what you do but absolutely hate the idea of video production. I think KZfaq is awesome as it develops though because I seldom watch TV anymore. I watch YT and channels that have content tailor made for me. I can watch a faith-based channel like this and if someone doesn't like that they can find another that doesn't have the faith angle...or make their own. You are a fine representative of the best of what YT can be.

*Kickass Video!!* my KZfaq channel is 700+ videos of complete random lol. But I more less think of it as a photo albums of my life then to entertain people. But I hope in the next year or two to build myself a nice large work shop out of town and start to make good videos. I want to get more hunting / off grid type videos on my channel seeing ill be living off the land for the most part.

Great video and it seems like there is a lot of truth and passion in your statements. On a side note: I really didn't notice that you were actually talking while pumping the gas until about the 3-min. mark! HaHa

Nice advice... Gracias

Interesting comments, perhaps you could do a video, on how you make videos, showing each process from start to KZfaq.

I think I have too many irons in the fire.... I want to do precisely what you and many other do, And that is to be a modern homesteader... But I also have a full time job, part time college student and work as a wolf handler from time to time... Getting the cam out and producing good content in the short and limited time I have in my youth to do my passions in the field of modern homesteading is very difficult... However, if anything can motivate me, Your and your channel sure does the trick!

Watching these videos is like visiting a friend. No theatrics, no bullshit. Like hanging out at a buddies shop or something.

consistency, hard work, perseverance and understanding the youtube algorithms are all necessary (youtube changed everything in the last couple years - algorithm wise). the hard work, drive and passion have to be there. so does the regular content (no taking breaks or being random!). but in the end youtube is also a computer program. youtube will promote you if you do things right. do what youtube wants. a lot of channels died in the last couple years. most of them did not keep up with the changes. keep doing things that worked in the past. that youtube purposefully wanted to get rid of. study up, people. dot all your i's and cross all your t's.

Tom Woods also has great advice on this and other topics.

I would love to see a video series with you and Nutnfancy. Axes, boots, packs and firearms. Maybe something like you did with Allen and the War Bag series. You both live in the West, are knowledgeable and share your opinions in a clear and light-hearted way. I think it would be a great series. Please consider it. For bonus points you could each film it for your own channels and then post them. The one with the most likes in 30 days would win a prize package of "My Favorite Things" from the other. Sounds like a great idea to me, but I'm just a guitar pickin' fan of you both.

GOOD ADVICE I MUST REPEAT MAKING VIDEOS IS HARD WORK

I swear your my brother! We agree on so many levels my friend.

Never heard of the Nut... however I have heard a lot of people say "someone has already done that video" ...the reality is... most likely... someone has. I had no idea how BIG KZfaq was when I sarted. I wanted to make a video on a project I did and share it because when I asked for help at Lowes they told me to KZfaq it. I've sense started to deter from "how to videos" because I really have no idea what I'm doing. Something I like about this channel, is Cody is the subject... it's not a themed channel with a single subject matter yet it's highly successful. Perhaps a good piece of advice for NewTubers would be film what you want, share what you want, because that's how you connect with your audience and encourage them to watch more.

Are you churning butter in the back of that truck?

I totally agree. Whatever you are passionate about, that is what you should do with your life. You might start off doing something other than your true passion (because who really knows themselves when they are young...Heck, I must have gone down a few hundred different pathways before I finally found my true love in life), or it could be just a matter of circumstance/opportunity that you have not found your calling in life. It is a diverse world, and in the end, what is truly inside of you will force it's way to the surface. It is inevitable. Best advice I was ever given was to try as much as you can, and you'll naturally gravitate to the path of most passion/least resistance in the end. And ignore all the people who say you'll never make it, because they haven't a clue as to what they are saying...

Right on! My channels are small, but I'm having fun!

I LOVED your first gun channel. It was a sad day for me when you shut it down. I was very confused why you did it. I thought it was because of trolls. Thanks for the good times.

But it's also a question of being found. KZfaq is not really supporting up and coming channels anymore regardless of quality.

Cody: you can take that idea of success and loving what you do and apply it towards your faith in Christ.Without a "hungry heart" and without a passion for Him,you will ,like you mentioned in this video, you will burn out and fall by the wayside.Thanks for another excellent video!!!

Thanks. This helped me a lot.

I have always wanted to ask you one thing about your channel. How do you get such good music? I have made a couple videos and do dream of a successful channel some day but I really don't understand how I can add good music without contacting the artist. Can you add a copywright song as long as you don't monetize? But I know you have to monetize to make a living.

thanks for your opinion.

Hey, I enjoy nutnfancy because he gives information, that's true. I think that when he says it is good, he has done everything to test it to make sure it is good. If he says it's junk he will tell you why, and what he thinks might be a good fix to it. I like your channel for the same reason. It is informative, and you do nice reviews, but I like the skills that you teach as well as the food for thought that you provide. Thank you for doing so.

I never had a tv for over ten years...thank you YT! free entertainment and much more educational not only that with real people!

Excellent Video!

Cody, I like how you're ending the videos drifting off to silence an another subject. ..your next video...great way to make me want more ;) not being sarcastic. ..I love it..gives me a preview

I found your WranglerBarn channel via nutnfancy. You made a funny video showing off all the "useless gear" you had purchased and kept thanking nutnfancy.

Wranglestar I hope you get a chance to answer this. Who makes that tank you are pumping from? Of did you make it yourself? I see fuel caddies and transport tanks online but nothing like yours.

what the heck are you doing with that lever?

I was getting a pretty decent following on my channel and I don't think i parroted anyone, but I decided to stop making videos primarily because of the massive amount of time it would take me to upload them. I have a cable modem and supposedly fast connection and a iMac and a ten minute video would take me (no lie) 5 to 10 HOURS to upload. The cable company had no explanation and the videos were not unusual definition or whatever, and I just had to walk away from it. I had some videos with 50,000 views and we're getting comments all the time and it was difficult to keep on top of it and time consuming. I don't know how you do it. Maybe the Internet traffic here in suburban NY is swamping the servers or whatever but I simply do not have that kind of time to futz around with it.

Some Great Insight.

Care to tell me about that pump...that is exactly what I need.