This has been happening to a lot of channels out there. If the reply comes from the channel "via" someone else, it's a scam. Don't go to any link! Just click on the message and report it, marking that it is spam.

I'm finding that the key word is "telegram me". I could be wrong though, so just report it.

What kind of knife was you using I like the size of it

It's a new scam going around that's getting old quick. They use Coinbase, Lowe's, Home Depot and a lot others saying you won something and all you have to do is pay shipping/handling . . . using your credit card info of course.

Yeah, if they say send a gift card also. C'mon sewer rats leave us alone!

I have a friend that we go 18th century primitive camping with who always has a few lint/egg carton "fire cups" in his kit. They really work well.

I just recently made those type of fire starters using dryer lent and without lighter fluid. We never used lighter fluid for starting fires many years ago. And it still works fine and burns well. After I have lit a candle for it to scent a room I will drain the melted wax onto the dryer lent that I have placed in a egg carton (not the plastic ones...lol) and let dry. I keep them in the carton until ready to use. I might try some with lighter fluid before my hunting trip this week. Thank you for commenting; always nice to know others that learned from their parents outdoor crafts.

i have made those as well, and they were a big success as well...

Doing it with the alcohol mean's your sealing it in with the wax...mixing the wax with the fuel make's sense because they actually combine together to make 1 fuel, very cool idea!

Hmm. I'd have to try both as this make prevent evaporation and improve long-term storage. Personally I always carry mugwort and fatwood

@@robertjenkins5440 When you think about it the stater fluid would evaporate on it's own, although it is sealed in the cotton covered in wax.But when you tear it to expose fibers you will have the insides exposed. I like both ways. I have been using the cardboard egg cartons for a decade or more, I fill then with drier lint which is very flammable, then use the candles I have had that were to short after the woman uses them I melt them down and pour over the lint sealing them to the section of the egg carton and tear off a section when need for a fire, cheap also

@@robertjenkins5440 sealing it is preferred. As you light the wax it melts and the alcohol becomes exposed and ignites. They are also waterproof. This lighter fluid version has got to stink also.

Either one works. Naptha (lighter fluid) is a bit easier to light, with an ignition temp of 44C (as opopsed to 53C for isopropyl). If you're lighting with a ferrorod, that's a non-issue, but if you're trying to use an alternate method (emergencies can be unpredictable) that extra ease of ignition might come in handy. Once lit, both will wick and burn efficiently though and neither is really driving the length of the burn, that would be the parafin. Basically, it's six of one, half a dozen of the other.

And whatever you do ... do not forget about the can of wax with water displacement or you will have water in your wax

Safety Sally 🙄

Like melting chocolate

I like balls of fire..

This is by the way the best method if you want to melt chocolate for a cake etc. without burning it.

I like your idea and that you have tried and tested these excellent components over time to see how well they stood the test of time. Thanks for sharing your findings with us. I too have been carrying/using Paraffin Lamp Oil and really like it a lot. Although I have never tried Gulf Wax, I think I will, as my current choice of emergency firestarter is cotton ball halves soaked in a 50/50 blend of Paraffin Lamp Oil and Coleman Fuel (White Gas) and I think that yours and Dan's idea of using the solidifying Gulf Paraffin wax might actually be an improvement over my messy Lamp Oil blend for the convenience of not having to keep/carry it in a leakproof lab grade, sealed Nalgene container (75 ml/1 fl oz. bottle). Also glad to finally read someone else acknowledging the fact that those ever popular Vaseline soaked cotton balls, as good as they may be, are simply not the superior choice available. But with all that said, and I certainly mean no disrespect or malice in saying/asking this, it seems that you have combined two of the very best sources of fire starter BASE ingredients for fire longevity but have chosen to leave out the equally important other half of the equation - the fire ACCELLERANT (I.E.- Lighter Fluid, K1, Turpentine, Alcohol or White Gas, etc.) which, IMO, is crucial to quickly taking a Ferro Rod spark in the worst possible weather conditions one may encounter, especially if wind is present. In a true life or death hypothermia emergency situation deep in the woods, especially one involving a fall through the ice for exteme example, I'm not sure I would want to rely on anything less than a 100% instantly ignitable (with a Ferro Rod) firestarter mix with only the base ingredients in it, as good as those are. Perhaps not everyone needs/wants my extreme level of fire starter reliability, but in my mind, if I can't be carrying the very best and most reliably failproof firestarter in the backcountry, or even in the back 40, then it just seems like an unnecessarily incomplete yet easily remediable attempt at fire starting preparedness. Just my opinion though. I would certainly be open to hearing your reasoning for choosing the mix you did. I am not here to start an endless and combative on-line argument with you or anyone about this stuff, and I assure you, I won't - there's already way too much of that going on elsewhere on the Tube, lol. That's one of the things I appreciate most about the YT Bushcraft/Survival community; most folks here are civil and here to learn and share lots of cool and useful info. Thanks for reading my rather lengthy comment, and I trust that you viewed it as the respectfully written one that it was intended to be. Wishing you ATVB. 🔥

So far nothing else has been needed! I was looking for something that worked well, wasn’t messy, was weather resistant etc which was basically a DIY of the fire-starters commercially available. So far the liquid paraffin oil/paraffin wax mix is enough to easily catch a fero rod spark! As a demo 2 Thanksgivings ago I went out into the wet yard I was visiting threw the purple dragon (my kids may be missing a purple crayon) into their pond and then pulled it out and lit it with my fero rod! 2X strike I think, but first one wasn’t a good strike! Ripped in half with the edge fluffed just a bit it burned like crazy for several 4-6 minutes (can’t remember the exact time on this example). If more is ever needed I’ll do more research/experimenting, but so far I have a stable, non messy, easy to use fire starter that is also cheap & easy to make! Another less important factor is they either don’t smell or don’t smell much depending on exactly what you used. I’ve flown with cotton/PJ and like that this really doesn’t smell so I could probably fly with them as well since they’re unlikely to raise anyone’s eyebrows! Smelling isn’t important unless it’s all over your gear! I tend to have a couple wrapped in foil with a fero rod in coat pockets, ditty bags and any day bag I carry. Smelly fuel on several K’s worth of electronics might make a bad day!

@@SheepDoggy68 Sounds awesome! Yeah, I don't think your electronics would be liking you very much after all that, lol. So far, I've never had any leakage issues with my "wet" blend while carrying them in the Nalgene vials/bottles (yet), but of course anything can happen at any time, and if it did - uugghh - what a horrendous mess that could turn out to be, with all that oily, waxy mess all over other important survival gear, food, etc., especially right in the middle of a big backcountry trip with no truly good way to get everything back in order. I also like how well these solid form waxed cotton round pads you guys are using stay dry and flammable even after a good dunking - in a pond. The "Purple Dragon"? And, helping yourself to your kids' purple Crayon? Ha...., luv it! 🤣👍You sound about as bad as me. 😉 Hey, as the parent, you bought it, so....technically it's still yours, right, lol? Unfortunately, that trend seems to reverse when they reach college age and are still living at/studying from home, and you have to start clandestinely and creativly hoarding some coveted food items that you've been eagerly, patiently waiting to show up from the grocery store, lest those items miraculously sprout legs and vanish into thin air, mere hours after returning from the store 😲😤. Or worse yet, the needed food items you specifically purchased expressly for taking to work all of a sudden go awol after you've explicitly forbade anyone from even looking at them sidways, leaving you wondering why you or your spouse even bother with any of those incessant lectures🙄 🤦‍♀. At that time, the whole so-called "empty nest" concept may actually start looking prrretttty darn good, lol - but I digress. Anyway, those benefits alone would be great reasons to stay with that firestarter design. I'm definitely going to give these a very serious try and see how well they work out. I'll probably still add the accellerant, but in light of how well yours worked without any, will also be giving some samples of the accellerant-free Gulf Wax/Lamp Oil blend round cotton pads a fair try, under very nasty weather conditions. Thanks for sharing your findings with me/us and for your helpful reply. I try to stay open to all different Bushcraft methods and ideas, and will readily adopt/incorporate someone else's idea/design as my go-to item/method if I believe that it will be a legit upgrade to what I had been previously using/doing - always searching for that very best way/item possible. Take care. 🙂

What’s best to store them in?

@@wdglockandroll Best? Who knows, but what works for me is to stack several 4-6 ish and wrap them in heavy duty aluminum foil. This puck then gets dropped into a quart ziplock freezer bag with a fero rod, striker, Bic lighter, matches etc and rolled up in a tight bundle and rubber banded. Rolling the bag over givers you many layers of plastic and makes it a fairly compact & durable bundle that can be stuffed in many places. With effort a compact version of this can comfortably fit in many winter coat pockets!

I presume the static sheets need to be used? Those are good ideas and variations, cheers.

This is exactly what I do. we use them all the time in the firepit as our starters.

I make these with fatwood shavings and wax, burn times around 10-12 minutes

Fine for around the house but too bulky to carry in a bag

Yes, the cardboard egg carton with dryer lint stuffed in it then you just add old recycle melted candles for wax. They were great. They’re plenty compact for backcountry. The only thing I always try to avoid the scented candles for backcountry just in case they smelled too good to passing Bear.

I do the same..👍🏻 Have added a scentsy block to the mix for scented fire starters..👍🏻😂

@Wayne Eddy I keep cotton rounds by our scentsy warmer. Whenever my wife wants to change sents, she cleans the warmer out with the cotton. Instant fire starter.

Tea candles are a cheap source of paraffin wax, they are often sold in "dollar stores" in big bags for little money. I use them mixed with teflon powder to lubricate bike chains but I will certainly try these fire starters too.

​@@stillwatersforge3957dang, _I_ need to keep that in mind!

​@Murgoh dog gone, I'm always burning those in my bathroom for ambience! I guess I could just toss a pack of _those_ in a go bag if I need to. 😊☕️

Don't you mean LITTERLY excellent

How long lasting are they? Does the lighter fluid not dissipate, even when encased in wax?

@@johnplaisir9042 Hard for me to say exactly because even without lighter fluid they catch fire easily, but I imagine you could reduce evaporation of the lighter fluid on the surface of the fire starters by keeping in an airtight container. 😊

What is PJ and what are two pucks?

@@timothybuchanan1611 PJ, petroleum jelly. Puck, chew containers ie: Copenhagen, Skoal.

It's pathetic!!!

Crayons do work well.

@@youtubekeepscensoringme3357 what's pathetic?

Have any suggestions on keeping them from sticking together when they get warm if not individually wrapped?

@@johngilmore3360 wax paper, a simple square of wax paper between each disc will keep them from melting together. Added bonus the wax paper is also flammable, and can be used to wrap around one of these disks after you break it in half to keep the left over exposed tinder-dry.

Why

A couple birthday candles would work. But like he said unless you're in snow/ sand white is probably the best color

That is a great suggestion! Thank you.

Colored tea light candles are the right kind of wax an are readily available at dollar stores

Do you mix it with candle wax?

@@redcros93 I haven't personally used candle wax but I do see other people doing it and that seems to work well too.

Buddy burners, every time i made them, everything got all sooted up

I had the opportunity to be a girl scout, but I had no interest. I sort of regret it now, but I just never really been an outdoorsy person other than going to fairs or water parks or things like that.

@@Lavenderrose73 majority of the books can be had online free via Gutenberg Project and to be honest after watching the documentary about the scouts, there was a whole loft of sexual misconduct going on during the entirety of the program over the years, so you might actually be glad that you wasnt a scout.

@@whysprspick any organization and if you if you want to find something dirty you will find it. It’s the human condition. Look in the papers. Look on the news. Look in the churches. Look in the schools. Look in your neighborhood. Look in the entertainment that most people choose to watch and it’ll be no surprise why you find it rampant everywhere. I encourage you to not disparage anyone or any organization unless you are willing to share your own shortcomings publicly. (May the one who has not sinned cast the first stone).

Same here learned it in scouts , we used to put them in film containers…. Good luck finding those now days!

@@brockbutz6641 *FEEBAY*

Old medicine bottles

U ever tried them a year later? Does it evaporate?

@@pvmelite4230 yes, ihave just recently... they worked fine! :)

Thats great to know. I just made some using parrifin lamp oil and golf wax and ive just been using a lighter and they have been working great. Cant wait to see if they will still hold up

Where would you get rectangular cotton pads?

@timothybuchanan1611 ive seen them in my dollar general. Might be in the makeup section or nesr some first aid stuff

Can you elaborate more? I have some ideas for boonies that I haven't seen applied at all

@@ryanvalencia1027 Given that I'm mass producing these things, if you'd like to participate in testing I'd be glad to send you a freebie. Not that I require any feedback, as I don't like mandating anything to anybody at anytime, but suggestions, concerns, or ideas to make it better would be appreciated. Last night I was experimenting with one of the hats. I tore off some duct tape from the hat and affixed one of those tiny, button-like flashlights to the brim and it worked magnificently in the dark. I'm not into selling these things. Just sharing. Go to TOPTIE and let me know which color hat you'd like. Or I could just send you a ready made one.

@Thomas S. I only found generic brand stuff on Amazon, do you have a link? Or pm me more direct info, I'd love to try one out

@@ryanvalencia1027 How about I send you a list? Won't take long.

@@ryanvalencia1027 Cordage is simple. 550 cord, about 10 feet coiled inside the hat and taped down with orange (or whatever color you like) duct tape in the form of a big X or two Xs, one vertical one horizontal to hold it in place. Usually I split the tape in half and lay it in that way. That covers 1) Cordage and 2) Cargo Tape. The boonie hat itself is 3) Cover (yeah, I know, it's pretty lame but it is what it is), 4) Combustion devices- matches and/or mini bic lighter wrapped in self-adhesive bandage tape. The matches require waterproofing or just buy them that way. All you need is a few. I camouflage both of them in appropriate colored camo tape and stick them in the hat band. 5) Cotton bandana- I go with orange for signalling or whatever and simply fold and stick inside the hat on top of the cargo tape. 6) Cutting tool- I use duct tape to marry a guitar pick with a box cutter blade. The guitar pick gives you a good grip. Have to angle it a certain way so that your forefinger rest on top of the pick next to the blade. I use the self adhesive bandage tape and wrap it around several times to make the blade safe, then stick it in the hat band. 7) Candling device- I use a flat button flashlight. They can stay on for 15 hours. They fit into the hat band easily and yes I wrap it in the adhesive tape. 8) Compass- use a air-filled button compass made by Stanley of London. Very accurate. Provides cardinal directions only. 9) Canvas needle- I thread the needle with a heavy duty waxed thread, then roll it up and down onto the needle, then wrap it with adhesive tape. I stick it into the hat band and take a small piece of cork to apply to the needle head. 10) Container- this was the hard one. I use a Whirl-Pak Stand up bag. Holds half a gallon, maybe? A foldable, sealable plastic bag which I put a few purification tabs inside. Goes inside the hat under the cotton bandana. It's best to get an extra large hat which allows one to carry more cordage. But that's it. In practice I would lay a decent pocket knife into the hat and when in use stick the pocket knife into a pocket while keeping the box cutter blade as a backup.

I forgot ,stack the pieces of cardboard four or five together,then tie them together and dip them.Cardboard boxes work the best because they are corrugated.They will truly last forever..

Since the pandemic we've got it everywhere at work, but very few people are bothering to use it any more. I'm gradually stockpiling it for firelighter use!

Good idea! Used to be high priced, but now at my local Ollie’s, I often see a large bottle of hand sanitizer for a buck! These disks would pack nicely in my altoids fire kit!@@jonfisher9214

How long does it stay viable before it evaporates? Chapstick similar niche.

How do you store them? Bag or maybe metal tin with cover?

Match idea is great. Thank you.

Unless you people are in griz country or have psycho killer black bears as soon as they find out you are a you and not a them they will run away. Why are people so afeared of black bears? Oh, city folks. Right.....

That's funny! Note to self; don't use bacon oil for the smell! A nice pine scent would be pleasant though... Cheers!

I'm guessing you "bear"-ly made it out alive ? ...badum-tsss....😃

@@richu4922 Umm, okay. Too much ammo. Making my head spin. Laters.

Bears would just love the sweety scent from your firestarter... 😂

Cotton balls soaked in Petroleum jelly works amazing too, lights right up with a spark even after being submerged in water.

... No Boy Scout program would condone using liquid fuel ....

@@rockytopwrangler2069 Maybe not now, considering how whooped they've become. But I was a Boy Scout back in the 70's. And Yes, we used both lighter fluid and petroleum jelly. We even started our own fires to melt the wax. . . OOOOOO Scary. lol

Same here, but I use a bit more lamp oil than 20%.

how about food-colouring would that work...??

@@bushcraftone7240 That was my first thought too, but I don’t think food coloring would work very well since it is water based. It won’t mix with the wax.

Yes!♡

Yep. I have a stainless key ring pill holder tube full of Vaseline and cotton balls. It’s never failed me. Works every time.

I have been doing this since I was a kid using zippo/ronsonol lighter fluid far less fluid than wax like 75% wax 25% zippo fluid and I use paper towels rather than cotton disks. I also embed a strike-anywhere match (or 2) in each of mine.

Good info. I’m from the Vaseline, cotton ball or lint mixture. They don’t seem to deteriorate. I’ve used the fiber egg cartons too. Always glad to learn something new. At 70, I keep learning.

I use lamp oil and left over candle wax; works great.

ziplock - years

Wrapped in foil and then a ziplock bag.