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Köszönjük! Engem mindig zavart az a tudat, hogy előre szenesített (Otthon gázon vagy nagy tűzön !) tindereket használok. Ez a videó nagyon jó. Gratulálok a kitartó kísérletezéshez és köszönöm a közzé tételt!
I loved the part about how to identify rocks that would make great tools. There are not many videos about how to make stone tools where there's no flint or chert. Thank you!
I know this is a primitive way to do this, but pardon my question: What modern tools would you suggest besides bone and stone? my expertise doesn't fall in this direction 😅😅
I belong to the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. I am not a spokesperson for the tribe though. Just making my place known for my opinion to make sense. I felt very disrespected in the way you talked about my tilix̣am. We are still in the process of reclaiming our food sovereignty, languages, and traditions that were literally beat out of our grand parents. Yes, GRANDPARENTS. Not ancestors. If you know a tribal person, you know a survivor of the generational trauma caused by colonial Christians and the federal government. But to speak of Oregon tribes like we aren't here... That was hurtful. Enjoying the aspect of learning how PNW tribes did things barely 200 years ago, is okay. If you came to the area back then, they would have happily taught you these things. It was just so hard listening to you mix and match various tribes' traditional ways of resource gathering. Oregon western tribes are not Oregon eastern tribes. Who are not Washington tribes on either side of that state. Let alone suggesting Oregon tribes made things the way Alaskan and BC tribes do/did. We made bark armor out of the western red cedar here in the valley and on the coast. We didn't really weave other trees into armor. That sounds like the Tlingit. Their armor was a formidable thing to contend with. Ours only tried to protect the vital organs in an arrow fight. I hope to find an apology somewhere in your profile/videos. To all the indigenous you hurt by making it sound like tribes out here were all doing the same things and are no longer even here. Otherwise you are no better than other colonial descent people who assume for what ever reason that we don't exist and therefore our traditions that are still alive today, are yours for the taking. Do better, be better. hayu masi
Any tips on Burdock ? I tried it here in France (decaying leaves) and even with a bic lighter i can t get it to make a nice propagating amber. maybe the season ? the ground ? else ? thanks
I had to look up what "nettle fiber" means in my language (german). And it is "Brennnessel" - a word consisting of the words "Brenn" (burn) and "Nessel" (nettle). I always thought, that it is called that way, because it burns the skin, when you touch it. But maybe I was completely wrong, and it got its name from the fact, that it burns like hell and was used in former times to make fire !
63 years old. Very active outdoorsman my whole life. Always had a ferro rod in my survival kit. I assumed it would guarantee starting a fire. On an overnight camping trip i wanted to exercise the skill. It had been raining, but i was confident to find some dry enough tinder . I tried until i had blisters. I failed
Holy Odin, its about time someone said this out loud! The exaggeration and outright gas lighting on YT regrading survival shelters has become legendary and sadly, accepted.. Well done.. Greetings from Alaska.
I have seen a video on RU-vid of a guy doing this with stinging nettles before. I think it might have been s channel called nz bushcraft or something similar.
This is Crazy! Stinging nettle is my favourite survival plant, now it‘s even a fantastic tinder I can process in the Field! Thank you so much for your unbelievable Patience and for sharing your knowledge!
Wow, I’ve been saving a bunch of big rib bones like that for a project now I know what I’ll do. I didn’t know that you could set stones using pine pitch, so cool. Thanks again for the video! Gorgeous knife.
at 6:35, your stripping leaves off what your calling mugwort...are there possibly other names for that weed? google versions of mugwort have a more chrysanthemum multi lobed leaf whereas your picking single bladed leaves. thanks, im in ontario Canada, and hoping i can find this or a close relative thats got the same attributes in southern ontario
You are actually learning exactly how people did it in the past. Much knowledge has been lost and many things must be invented again. But because people discovered fire all over the globe, it meant that the materials are still available today anywhere on the globe. We don't have to look far.. Well done once again!
