Hey, there OK so in Lee Maine, there is a retreat for military, former and current is for the military soldiers and their families. It is owned by one man who has done this all himself with the support of the community, I think we would all love to see you up here and give a few classes and just down the road and get the name of the road that he lives on skunk Hill Road, there’s 4 acres of land skunk hill road is actually an ATV trail although it is paved, it has electricity, but anyways look up in the name of the retreat is house in the woods. I look forward to meeting you up here one day.

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I love these videos. Reminds me of my boyhood years playing in the woods before tech took over. But I'm using tech against itself by learning these lessons. Using tech to teach me how to live without tech.

Another fun and instructive video! Particularly liked the “Australian technique“ with the tea.

Thank you Andrew. Your videos are so down to the point instructional. Through the year I realized I don't need to ruck the kitchen sink. Disabled & 62 yrs old I've accumulated so much surplus gear. Now have a haversac, day pack & my old alice pack. Your past videos are a constant source of reference. There are a few items from SRO I need to order as my budget allows. When I was young and homeless I realized now I had the five C's and very mobile.

Love a good brew in the field. I'm more partial to Leatherman than an SAK but I do still love my little red knife.

Just sitting here in Sydney Australia with a nice cup of tea watching this wishing I could get away in the bush. I was surprised to see you swing the Billy, I haven’t seen it done like that for a long time. Great video.

Here in the lowlands I would add a hammock too. Mud and insects will ruin any rest you get and being exhausted makes you more likely to make serious mistakes.

Glade to see another tea drinker and thanks for spin technique, I didn't know that one.

Wow

There's a guy who knows his tea. People look at me strangely when I don't boil my tea water (just HOT water), and then just dip the tea bags a few times and take them out immediately. It makes way better tasting tea!

I have a large swiss army knife, which I use for camping. It has the can/bottle opener. No bottles to open in the woods (or flathead screws) so I filed the tip down and turned it into a chisel. Works nice (it locks).

💯 correct Andrew. We've been making tea that way in the outback for over a hundred years, and the Billy is what we call the pot

Hi Andrew greetings from Australia, thank you for your time to make these videos, you forgot to tap the button of the billy .

My camping partner’s mom is British, he drinks tea on camping trips. Pretty sure boiling the water gets you a stint in the Tower of London! 😂

Grandma would be very proud! Interesting trick those Aussies have.

So cool to see you use our Aussie billy technique mate! The "billy" is the name for the pot itself. Boil the billy, just means boil the pot of water. Bloody rippa!

Your simple, direct and positive delivery is my favorite part of your content. Your voiceover and visuals are mellow and direct, making the learning easier to digest and sink in. Thanks.

Whaaaaaaaat 🤣 That's got to be the first time I have ever heard him say he needs help lighting a fire 🤣 granted he was talkin about tinder but I was a little surprised 😲 he got my attention and I did a double-take... I'll admit it 🤣

Congratulations on becoming an instructor! S/F. Keep up the good work.

Always a pleasure, always learning and training!

Andrew...problem solved about the tea leaves - thank you!!!! Take care...Robin

Another excellent quality video. Ty.

Excellent video, sir! A little comment for the algorithm gods.

Nice one.Thanks💪🍄😎

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Awesome, I Love Tea Before Or As Breakfast, At Lunch And After Din-Din, Or Before Ni-Night Time! I'm Not Even British, Lol! 😎

This is one of the most informative channels out here, if not, the most informative, thanks for your hard work, appreciate it .....

The pot hanger is pretty fancy. I'd just push some coals off to the side a set me pot on top don't have to worry about the pot falling down and dumping my drink or dinner.

Great video Andrew

You don’t need the Pathfinder crowd to give you credibility. Your knowledge, skills and credibility speak for themselves.

That’s a great hanger!!

I'll have to try the Billy Pot method with morning coffee. For me, its tea it the evening. I've grown past "Over the gunwale and into the bay." That was the Boston Masonic Lodge by the way. Treasonous no-good peasants! Like mr Biden said, "God save the Queen". Anyway, I was telling Shawn, we don't have any long straight branches or trees out here on the Left Coast. However, I just recalled that I thinned out our oleanders the last two days. I forget which part(s) are poisonous, but after they dry, they should be fine. Nice carving!! Carry on! Hooyah!

This is the first time I've found this channel and I must say I'm totally impressed. Furthermore this is also the 1st time I've seen an American use our traditional Aussie way of settling tea leaves by swinging the billy around your head 👍. It was never called a bush pot, just a billy usually made from an empty Prune tin of about 4 pints (no litres in those days) to cater for 4 blokes at smokoa and lunch time. Born in the bush 78 years ago I 1st started work at age 14 as a billy boy and general rusabout to fencing contractors, always camped in the bush in WWII ex-army tents. The correct method to make billy tea is to boil water to a rolling boil and put a measure of tea leaves in the palm of your hand then drop the leaves in the rolling boil and with the other hand IMMEDIATELY lift the billy off the fire and swing it 3 times around your head. NEVER put the leaves in cold water and bring it to THE boil. That's termed as making a tea stew, which is quite sour and if I ever did that I'd get a number 9 placed where the sun doesn't sun........very strict rules, as the blokes would whinge about the tea being stewed at smoko. If we were working in narrow leafed Iron Bark country just after swinging the billy, 1 Iron Bark gum leaf could be broken in several pieces, exposing the eucalyptus flavour and dropped in the now settled brew for a few minutes before removing before the tea is poured. it makes quite a nice smooth sweet tea. Everyone would be happy, drunk with ash cooked damper laced with Golden Syrup (also called Cockies Joy, cuz it was cheap and the boss Cockie would be happy it didn't cost much). If I got the chance I reckon I could still knock out a decent ash cooked damper. Some things are never forgotten. Major Richard (Dick) Graves who wrote the 10 bushcraft books, illustrates your billy boiling techniques Andrew. Dick Graves was an army mate of my Dad, they met on the Kokoda Track in 1942. I had the honour of meeting him at a 6th Div reunion in 1968 in Sydney when I drove my Dad down to the big smoke. Unfortunately Dick passed away not long after. From one old bushie Andrew I wish to sincerely thank you for making this video, it stirred a lot of long lost emotion in me.👌👌👌👌

Great job, Andrew

I can’t believe you let the tea boil 😂. Another awesome video Sir. Thank you, from Downunder!

Aussie here..."Billy Tea" is indeed a brand, but it is also a method which you partially demonstrated. Old Bushies like my parents and grandparents would use certain types of eucalypt leaves (gum leaves) laid across the top of the liquid, then the billy is swung around and the gum leaves will help keep more of the leaf tea at the bottom.

Love that hat brother, I've got the exact same one, I'm a long time Mathews man myself 👍

Hello from Oklahoma! Good Video! I've carried something similar for years while hunting. Once down in the Kiamichi Mountains during muzzleloader season, I got turned around and spent the night in the woods. I was glad for the things I had with me to make it thru the night. I was lost because My compass was messed up due to a large rock wall. The only things I added was a fat candle stub, and a bic lighter. Retired my zippo. I forward these videos to my sons and grandsons. Thanks for all You Do! God Bless!

I love noodle fishing and use Bank line but that stuff is tuff and useful for a lot of things.

Another good video my friend... Keep it up 👍

Thx as always Col.

I'm a great admirer of your videos , usually fantastic. I'm British , I love tea . . . YOUR METHOD OF MAKING TEA IS DIABOLICAL ! . . . You've got to boil the water ; THEN add the tea , otherwise the tea will be stewed (too much tannin) . Do a field test , comparing my system to yours , and I bet you'll find my method produces a better tasting tea. Carry on with the good work.

I was really enjoying the video, but that cup of tea made me like and subscribe. Cheers from Scotland

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong Under the shade of a coolibah tree, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled, "You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me."

Been watching the evolution of this ridge line quick deployment by Dave and it really can't get any easier and convenient. Good to see you also demonstrating it in your video Andrew. You have awesome content in your channel, very straight forward and informative. Keep the good work.

Very cool video... I am no longer able to do camping due to some disability from Arthritis but I enjoy watching you demonstrate useful skills.

Nicely done Andrew, enjoying the content

Great 5 C's kit! Love a minimal approach.

ive got tea bags in my survival pouch...quite agree

Andrew, great to see the spin of the billy to settle the leaves. Was going to mention this in the comments when I saw the pot go on the fire. Obviously, someone has been giving away secrets. Nothing like a brew in the bush, and loose leaves are so much better than a teabag.

Really enjoy your content! Keep up the good work! ✅👍🏻😊

Great video thanks for sharing 👍

Awesome Andrew

Thanks Brother!

That improved ridgeline is great!

Great video, Looking forward for the next one. I will have to add English Breakfast to my to try list. thanks

Thanks again for a very enjoyable and informative video, i grew up with tea drinkers from the UK, my grandparents introduced me to it when i was a wee lad, ha, ha.

Ranger grip 78 is my first pick every time for an EDC knife.

Great information

I’ve made 2 pot hangers already, when we got back to one of our camps one year later, the pot hanger was there and waited for us. Such a good feeling

Another outstanding video. Reminds us we dont need to take the kitchen sink and an RV on a hike. Knowledge and some elbow grease is all it takes.

Thanks, Andrew! Great video.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences with us, great video.

Good afternoon from Syracuse NY brother and thank you for sharing your skills

Yes I love my ranger grip knife.

Once again, an excellent instructional video! I never trained with the Australians but wish I had. The swinging of the bush pot to get the leaves to the bottom is great and simple. Thanks! God bless you!

Let the dude know this is the first of many

I see you are rocking the Dave Canterbury Rapid Deploy Ridgeline 2.0

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Good load-out, I need these reminders to pack light. You definitely learned about tea! Not too many people know not to boil it. Looking forward to your next video!

Excellent video. I really like the ready-to-go ridge line. Boiling tea can make the tea very bitter; if you have to boil the water, do it first, then add the tea AFTER you take the billy can or kettle off the fire. If you don't drink all the tea hot, save it for later, b/c cold tea makes a refreshing drink too!

Love the new ridgeline

Good man Andrew, always time for a brew 👍

“Billy" is the Australian term for what our US cousins call a bush-pot. “Billy Tea”, the brand, is just a riff on that colloquial name for the bush-pot. Fun fact: I last saw a real swagman as late as 1994 in North Queensland behind Cairns. Love your work.

Hey, Andrew! I love your videos and that you share your experience, even the efficient way you talk! 😆 And while I do admit, I need this for a game design idea (which is often dismissed by survival experts, so I sorry in advance), I wonder how someone with your level of skill and knowledge would go about survival without any gear whatsoever, or at least no metal, just basic clothes, in an uninhabited island scenario (so no trash, no people). I'm aware you probably wouldn't put yourself in such situation in the first place but if you find it interesting material for a video, I'd be the first one to watch it 30 times, man. Cheers and have an awesome week!

I like the tea to the bottom trick using centrifugal force. Great idea. I've got another trick for you to try. (I learned this watching an old timer make "Cowboy Coffee") So they bring the pot to a rolling boil for 4 to 5 minutes then take off of the heat and let it sit for about 5 minutes. Finally take a cup of cold water and pour it in and it makes the coffee settle to the bottom. (I recon because cold air/ water sinks because it's denser.) It may work in addition to the centrifugal force. I learned a new method of making another style pot holder. Thanks for sharing. I'm a new sub and really like your channel. Peace out!

Wonderful learning your tips and tricks, I added two more smaller toggles attached to prussiks on my ready ridgeline to attach my tarp more quickly without fussing around with sticks, it doesn't and much more bulk or weight for a fast and easy set up in inclement weather.

well done

Thank you for another outstanding video!!!

Thanks Andrew, I like the Aussie touch, as I am a Aussie, great video

I just learned that the HAVERSACK.....is really a "Have or Save" bag. You can "have" items in the bag or have the bag empty so as to be able to "save" items you come across. It isnt a "Haversack" but a "Have-or-Save sack." Thank you Master Eagle Scout John Grissom Sr.

Sir, great video, Skipper! Remember that 3 stages of boil do obtain, simmer, boil, and roil, I call them. Now I will try steeping before boil, and after roil, and compare. The 1qt. with lid is a big help in purifying with tabs.

Not just survive, but thrive. Love ya psi.

As always Andrew an excellent video!

Hi Andrew, i use a SAK RangerGrip79 (with the corkscrew). Sometimes, there's that perfect small branch or a fruit that it is out of reach. I would pull out the corkscrew and screw it to a longer pole. I would also pull out the saw and cut down that branch or fruit. With it, I could also make a weapon. I could screw the knife to a pole and pull out the blade. Now, you have a lance for protection or to finish off that trapped bobcat or coyote. Just sharing. Thanks

Excellent instruction and content. You are a gifted instructor Andrew! Thank you!

Awesome video, thank you for sharing.

😂 Love the fact you've inherited from your grandparents the word 'Brew' as a synonym for - and ONLY for - a cup of tea... not applicable to any other hot beverage! 🤣 As a Colonial, it nearly makes you sound civilised! Thanks for the video 👍 Your channel content is always enjoyable 🙌

I was so impressed by the tarp that I followed your link to SRO and ordered one. I'll substitute MSR Groundhog tent stakes for the ones included with the tarp. I always enjoy your concise lessons and direct teaching style.

Thank you major,these knowledge were all tested with great vulues for both civilians and military active or reservists.because in case of calamity and disorder everyone must know how to survive.i hope every local government in every contry should support it.requiring every one to learn.i remember when i was in the elementary the 12 scout laws and. One of them for the boyscout is "always ready". I suggest to have a pack of wet tissue for hygiene. hUA! Long live sir snap salute.

Another great video! Keep them coming.

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Чифир заваривал. Что-то слабо верится, что дедушка и бабушка заваривали такой чаёк... А так ролик очень полезный! Спасибо, посмотрел с удовольствием и узнал много нового!

nice video I watch X NYC prepper and like his videos to about survival and learning more by the day thanks.

Andrew. Excellent video. Thank you for your professionalism. Continue to produce quality work.

Cheers for the updates Major. Always looking forward for your vids. Cheers mate.

Great content! Thank you Andrew

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As always I love it.