An opening by Lily! Good play Joe. Sending vibes from warm BC.

Your's is one of those channels I love/hate. Love it because the content is good, hate it because I immediately get the urge to go out into the sticks after watching anything here Joe. LOL Thanks man.

Lmaoo i had to double check if i clicked a survival lilly video instead of joe's!

Lernd so much from this vid. Thx

Thanks for this video. I grew up in the northern United States where I had lots of pine and birch to work with and then I moved to a hardwood forest and found that it was more difficult to get a fire going. I appreciate the tips.

Another awesome video, Joe! Makes me want to go out into the woods too. Ha ha. Thank you for sharing all the hardwood tinder ideas.

Well done Joe!!!!!

Nice information and ideas on starting fires in a deciduous forest thanx joe

thanks Joe, another nice video. You have talent at finding tender materials!

Great video man. Love the videos with Scout. I look forward to him having his own channel documenting his outdoor adventures with some skinny dude that plays with plants and trees.

Most useful/informative view of the day! Thanks Joe

Love the bids with scout! I want more! Really good ways if your ever stuck or be minimalist on starting fires. Excellent

The woods I practice in is filled with hardwoods. Very good information in this video! Thanks for sharing :) Abrahm

always love all your videos but Scout is the little cherry on top for me :)) ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

that is a good description of punk wood. Ive been trying to picture what you and Les mean by "punky wood". The styrofoam description is perfect. I know EXACTLY what you mean now.

Awesome stuff, Joe!

Oh my...love scout...never enough scout footage!

Super great info to know, thanks. I do most of my camping up north but I got spoiled and lazy with all the birch around haha good stuff. Sorry your trip didn't go as planned, that's always a huge downer.

Thanks for showing the sooting on your knife. I had been looking as best I could before you started striking your firesteel. I have just used a piece of scrap leather to wipe off the blade.

Great demonstration Joe- lovely woodland and adventuresworn too. Scout is such an awesome dog! Atb Tom.

Thanks, Very informative.Great knowledge 2 know.Keep it .

Great video brother and Scout is such a great dog

Useful video joe. Tried firesteel (not for the first time) today but everything's so damn damp throughout. Even shavings were damp. Mostly greenish too.

Good stuff. In my area, got LOTS of cedar, so I like to take the bark off it and fluff it up. Also plenty of dry prairie grass for a nest. Can't do much firecraft in the summer with burn bans, but I do love messing around with fire in the backyard! I need to practice striking my firesteel like how you do. I've only got an Opinel for a striker, my Mora needs to have it's spine flattened.

Hey Joe !!! Great video ! I think something like how to start a fire in the woods with out matches and how to use a fire steel . And the very important skill of knowing what kind of tree bark to use as a fire started . This info can save a life if lost in the woods . It should be taught in school !!! Let's go camping !!l thanks Joe !!!

Hats off to you Joe, I know you must be disappointed not to be able to go on your hike with Kyle. Despite that you made very informative and useful video thanks for sharing

Excellent channel! I like looking earth, discover and slow down...

You have alot of different material then i have. tho i have seen an area just like that and knowing those tinders are very important. Well done with the video. thanks man.

i liked that fire intro!!

Great Video Joe! Spagnum Moss reference MCQBushcraft 2 points.lol

Nice vid my brother!

I JUST subbed to Survival Lilly and I was rather confused for a second when I clicked on this video of yours. Haha XD Thanks for the information, as always!

Thank you

Turned out to be an excellent video considering the bummer circumstances with Kyle. That is quite a bit farther south than eastern Manitoba! The diversity of hardwood species and size is impressive. Mostly trembling aspen, black poplar, jack pine, black spruce, ash, tamarack and birch around here. Basswood only if you plant it and it struggles here in this zone. We have some oaks but most of them this far north were planted by the Voyageurs for the mast crops on the canoe routes. Great tinder demo and intro by Lily.

Cool vid. Wow, Lily did your intro? I am so jelly.

red oak bark? no way!!! sweet.

excellent video, just stumbled across the channel, and liked what we saw, so we went ahead subscribed. Will be on the look out for more videos, ATB.. Nate & Mary

Also it's always cool to see Lilly !!l she is the best !!!

Making the best of it! Sorry man sucks when a trip falls through.

nice video

What type of sheath did you get with your knife and is it the larger handle one I was looking at making a custom one on their web sight just now so meany options to pick:p

so beautiful

I enjoyed your video. Great use of materials. I did notice, at about the 11 minute mark, that you were working on a stump with poison ivy growing out of it. Be careful.

That was such an informative video, Joe!!! I didn't even know that one could start fires with some of these materials. Just out of curiosity, did you have to get a lot of ferro metal shavings onto the damp leaves before striking the first spark? Or can you just start throwing sparks onto the leaves immediately for it to catch a fire?

What kind or brand is your fire steel? Great vid .

Nice Alfie reference!

A big reason why all of those work, is because you are using a medium hardness firesteel. If you use a hard one, like a Light My Fire, or a Strike Force, most of what you did, can not be done. The hard ones are easier to strike, of course. However, the medium firesteel like you have is way hotter. The soft ones, are both harder to strike, and even hotter than yours. They are much easier to shave into a pile as well. The draw back, is that they are very difficult to strike in the first place, and they are sensitive to the type of striker you use. My Kabar or most of my highcarbon knife will not get sparks from it. Stainless steel works, but a good chunk of sawzall blade works best. The scrapers that come with a firesteel don't seem too productive on the soft ones either. I have a rather lengthy video planned to show the differences.

Thanks for another awesome video Joe! Is that another adventure sworn knife??

Hi there - I've been meaning to ask - can you let us know what type of camera you use for these vids? I never thought about it until you did that Gopro video. Anyways, thanks for the video!

where did you get your knife? Or did someone make it for you?

Good idea for a video, man. Proper demonstration. I always wondered how to start fires with the pine sap... does wet, sticky sap catch sparks from the firesteel? Or does it need to be dried out?

Jewelweed is also an antidote for poison ivy, I have heard and read. No personal experience, I am happy to say.

Jewel weed is also great for quick relief for nettles.

The moss reference is from mcqbushcraft if im not mistaken? Awesome vids Joe

I've been trying to find a good tarp to take when I head out in the woods. Please tell me the name of the tarp you have. I beg you.

It's very temperate though. So in the spring and summer you don't really need to survive, you just need to eat food and avoid the bugs. You don't really need fire other than to cook food.

lol, damn I was way confused for a second.

Great video again. Did you use the GoPro this time to do this video?

Have you watched the videos of an "upsidedown fire". What are your thoughts on practicality and effectiveness?

Are the fire steels on gearbest

Am I wrong, or is that poison ivy all over that stump at 11:18? Yikes! Be careful and good luck to Scout, who laid in that crap!

That Jewel weed is so juicy. Well done video Joe. It was a good mix of fire starting and tree/plant ID.

14:13 NEVER!!! put your knife down on the ground. Always sheath it. good vid.

Scout is interested in the all the incredible smells we dont get.

Dude! Jewel weed!!!!! Poison Ivy!

Sorry about your trip homie. You sound bummed out in the vid...

A reference to Alfie Aesthetics?

Hi Joe, it is always a bummer if trips fall through. Not sure if you live close enough, but the Bruce Trail (BTC) has organized hikes every day and tons on the weekend. It is only $40 or $50 to join. Their hikes are also listed on line and you do not have to be a member to participate, if you do not want to join. I know because I lead hikes for them! You can always fill your need for outdoor fun that way. The hikes are usually 3-4 hours long and tough enough you will not be bored. An older crowd, but that's ok, and one can learn so much from more experienced folks, right? I also sometimes turn to MeetUp for a quick last minute fix. They often have great hikes and other outings in lots of areas. They tend to be younger. I have met really nice people through both organizations, and the friends I made via the BTC introduced me to backpacking, bonus! Think about it next time something has to be cancelled.

This is a wife saying " just go do something and get the f out of the house " type vid lmao, been there done that.

If you-know what's at the bottom or now worries of getting cut, your better off walking through barefoot with pant legs rolled up. Then when your on the other side you have dry socks and sneaks to were.

One CAN camp on the Bruce Trail, with the Peninsula section probably being the best. brucetrail.org/pages/trail/camping However, having watched your videos, I am not sure it would be remote enough for you, for a 1-2 nighter. It might be a nice outing for you and your wife, however? It is gorgeous up there. Or you can stay at a local hotel and day hike. That is what I do when I hike that section, usually with my hubby, who is not into backpacking. The peninsula section is a three hour drive for us, so we go for two days. I know some people through-hike the entire thing and camp as they do so. Likely some of that is stealth camping, not that I am promoting trespassing, as some of the trail is on private land and we do not want the lose permission to hike there. I agree 5 hours is too far for a day hike. I am lucky to be as close as 40 minutes from the more south parts of the BT and can day hike it often.

On the first thing you struck, it looked like you were smothering it with your knife. I'm not sure, but jsut kinda looked lke it. Obviously you know what youre doing because you lite shit on fire all the time.

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You can't do that in California they call it arson lol

You could start a forest fire randomly knocking sparks onto the forest floor.

Maybe you could have trained that bear in alone

The stump has poison ivy on it....

JOE Y NO SUBTITLES FOR OUR DEAF PEOPLE

Good instructional video, but you seemed like you might have Ill

Lily is my dream gf.

My favorite natural tinder: gasoline

lol nice MCQ accent