Fire Lighting in a wet Pine Forest

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By applying bushcraft skills, even a wet forest provides all that is needed for an easy fire.

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: February 20, 2008 at 12:06 am
Author: BCNW1

Length: 0:04:09
Rating: 4.64
Views: 12,090

Tags: bushcraft fire firelighting pine pitch survival wilderness traditional skills

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Puzzoozoo (Tuesday 14th of October 2008 10:37:59 AM)
What if you don't have a match ?
BCNW1 (Wednesday 15th of October 2008 09:54:16 AM)
Then you'd use your lighter. :>) All kidding aside, I can't stress enough how important it is to carry multiple means of firelighting. Even airlines will now let you carry a flame lighter. With the emergency scenario in this video of not having a cutting tool or steel, you're pretty much left with making a friction fire set with stone tools. This is difficult in a soaking wet forest no matter who you are or what you know, but it can be done. I hope this helps and thanks for watching. ML
ROFLpwnedvideos (Monday 10th of November 2008 03:46:01 AM)
Precisely why my kit has 2 lighters, strike anywhere matches, a flint rod and 125 feet of 550 chord. (Bow drill) I'll get a fire started. Haha.
jetfuel545 (Monday 13th of October 2008 07:13:21 PM)
Excellent video. You made that look real easy. I just discovered the usefulness of pine pitch this year. It is amazing how it burns. You can tell by the smoke it gives off how good of a fire starter it is. Wet or dry. Thanks again for sharing you knowledge. Jet over and out
EconoChallenge (Thursday 2nd of October 2008 06:47:02 PM)
This video has great sound and has a professional look. Great content. A must watch fire starting video.
retusyllib (Friday 26th of September 2008 10:10:04 PM)
Very good information to get out. Like Michigan, Georgia is full of pine trees. North Georgia here in the mountains our pine trees are really big, and loaded with pine resin. Good information for campers and hikers to remember is that resin is full of terpine, and it is very flamable. As a child I learned to take a piece of quartz, a rock that our mountains are full of, and scrap a spark with a carbon steel pocket knife onto a pile of resin and dried pine needles to make a fire start.
Colhane (Saturday 13th of September 2008 05:23:18 PM)
Well done video. Thanks for taking the time to edit it so well. Pine pitch is amazing stuff for fires.
Polenar (Sunday 7th of September 2008 07:38:14 AM)
I also thought he would start a fire without matches
pocketsea (Wednesday 30th of July 2008 08:36:36 PM)
very cool !!!!
hobbexp (Tuesday 15th of July 2008 10:51:37 AM)
the wood look real wett,,,