Hi my name is Taro, I'm Bushcraft / Survival Instructor and author of the german Book "Feuer machen" (Fire making) and French Book "FAIRE DU FEU" based in Switzerland. I'm interested in bushcraft and survival techniques like fire making, building shelters and outdoor improvisation. I share my opinions and experience here on my youtube channel "Taromovies"
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Here in Canada the hole caused by a windfall is a common spot to find a bear den. Just like you Taro the bear uses this spot to get out of the weather, they expand the hole under the log and cover the floor of the den with leaves and needles. they then curl up and hibernate for the winter.
6:18 yes, pressure is key. too much pressure and speed, and you basically burn the wood (just like throwing raw meat in an overheated pan - charred outside, rare inside). imho neither speed, nor pressure in linear. you need to warm the set up. then you have to dial back the pressure a bit as you drill into the wood because resistance increased. it is worth experimenting with low speed and pressure to see that bow drilling should not be physically exhausting.
GREAT - exact info /:demo . ! Thank You from W. Colorado, USA. Maybe you know of my friends/ contacts - Ret Swedish Capt Lars Falt - Brit Ray Mears - Turkka from Finland - many others . We had super conferince 17 coubtries in 1995. 😮 Mtn Mel , Ret 59- 82 USN SERE- POW Inst / VN Combat Advisor . I will be back here on your sight. Great job . " Bravo Zulu " as we say in old USN.
Thanks for watching and your kind comment👍 you can find the espresso system on eBay under Sport Presso is from Hungarian I’ve also made a video about it
Going through some older videos of yours for the chill effect. It's 95degrees F here in Texas. Eating a bowl of Ice Cream and watching the snow on your video.
That’s great👍 thanks for that🙏 can imagine that a winter video in combination with a nice delicious Ice Cream helps a lot to cool down 😅 best wishes my friend, Taro
I've only used natural materials for the bearing block . Your method of attaching the cordage to the spindle is very interesting. Thank you for your excellent video and ideas. All the best from New Mexico USA .
Hey Taro, der Spannknoten wird aber im Winter evt auch einfrieren - aber das ist dann ein Problem worum man sich am nächsten Tag kümmern kann. Ich hab sogar meine Heringe dauerhaft an meinen Abspannschnüren befestigt. Ich würde den Spannknoten sogar relativ nahe am Tarp setzen, so kann man die Spannung noch erhöhen ohne raus in den Regen zu müssen
Hoi Matthias, danke fürs reinschauen 👍 ja natürlich kann der Spannknoten auch einfrieren, da ich aber bei der Variante keine Schlaufe wirklich richtig fest ziehe, lässt es sich bisher immer wieder lösen, gefroren natürlich mit etwas mehr Kraftaufwand. Dein Input dem Knoten so nahe wie möglich am Tarp zu halten ist TOP und spricht für Deine Erfahrung👍 Danke und LG Taro
Sehr interessante Lösung. Wenn man für sich selbst eine Variante gefunden hat die funktioniert setzt man sich weniger mit alternativen Techniken auseinander. Ich werde es mal ausprobieren und meinen Horizon erweitern. Gruß #Andre_Doerck
Hallo Andre, erst einmal freut es mich sehr hier wieder von Dir zu hören 👍 Habe schnell bei Dir nachgeschaut und gesehen das die Glocke nicht aktiviert war. Natürlich sofort behoben. Ich bin voll bei Dir, wenn einmal etwas passt dann passt es. Auch ich muss mich immer wieder mal motivieren Dinge anders anzugehen auch wenn es dann nicht wirklich einfacher wird. Danke für Dein Feedback und noch eine gute Woche, LG Taro
We used to practice this in the Boy Scouts with items we could find in the woods. Sometimes improvising using our boot laces for the cordage. I would like to see a beard growing contest between you and Far North Bushcraft 😉
Thanks my friend, great to hear that you had the possibility to do such things at the Boy Scouts. Hope you have lots of good memories. To the beard competition…guess I already lost before we started 😅👍 wish you all the best, always good to hear from you👍 Taro
Good Evening Taro .. 👍👍👍 .. it's always a pleasure watching one of your posts. 10 days ago? This one slipped past me .. seems to be more common nowadays .. even my 'thumbs-up' does not seem to be working??? 🤨. Your tarp setup .. I have seen something similar on You Tube .. the German Bundeswehr version using a poncho and a heavy duty silver reflective-lined 'emergency blanket'. Their setup was lower, so they built their (smaller) fire into a hole dug in the ground. The Goulash aka 'very thick soup' looked delicious! Soups are simple to prepare and for me, together with my Breakfast Oats alternative, two of the best 😊. Thanks for the share, my friend .. and until next time, take care .. Tommy
Good morning Tommy😊 yes I think I also seen some setups like this but i don’t remember where, maybe at corporals corner. It works well and how you do it, is of course depending on circumstances and materials you have access to. Hope you are well my friend. Thanks for your kind response, always appreciate it 🙏👍 Taro
My first bow drill set was made entirely of Maple. Don't do that. You end upnjust polishing the wood. It's too hard. My second set was entirely pine. Don't do that either. The resin in evergreens is great as a flame extender, but it saps away too much heat from the fireboard shavings. My third set had a fireboard made of really soft dead wood. Also a bad idea. All I ended up doing is drilling through the board. Bottom line, if it's not working safe yourself the calories, and use different materials. I've seen people struggle for 10 hours to get an ember, old men and children get it in around 1 minute, and the difference wasn't as much about skill as it was materials.
Yes, best way is to learn from each other and also make your own experience. At the time you’ll get a feeling if it could work or not already at the first pit before your carve the notch. And yes absolutely agree that a good wood combination compensates less experience with the technique👍
Excellent video. Everything is perfect. I will say that while many are interested in combinations of wood types regarding the elements of the bow drill set, often you can make an entire set of the same type of wood. Poplar is, in my experience, the best. With that said, I do prefer a hardwood bearing block, and bow, like Maple, or Oak.
Hello Taro. This is the most informative video I’ve watched on the bow drill technique. You explain the intricacies of sizing, materials, pressure, and knots in an understandable way. I like the idea of both a clove hitch as center and a small groove to keep it true to the spindle. The thistle seed fluff is also a nice touch, and makes me wonder why I’ve not seen it before! All that, plus a magical setting, makes this a video I will watch a few more times! Thank you! Keep well.
Thanks so much for your kind words and such a response 🙏 words like this are the main motivation to carry on here on RU-vid trying to share knowledge and experience with an entertainment factor. Wish you only the best, Taro
Great skills. I have never been any good with the bow drill. You seem to have perfected it. I will give it a try again, but I will take my fire steel in case it doesn't work out. Thanks for sharing!
