BOW DRILL Friction Fire - Bushcraft Survival Skills. Mousetrap Monday. 

Both survivalist and mousetrap videos are great in my book!

I like this angle you are taking with the channel, Shawn! Keep them coming - “how to build a fire when it rains” would be great - love your channel!

Excellent Shawn....you made it look easy....took me some time but I succeeded....5 summers ago...I put together a 5gal bucket of various ways to build fires for my granddaughter....we went on vacation to the mountains and one day at a time we would learn another method...lasted 7 days...vacation over...back to work....lol..

Love these really simple but detailed approaches

I know this is how you started the channel, and I like both these survival videos and the mousetrap videos!

This was a lot of fun to watch! Thanks, Shawn.

TY Shawn. I think everyone should know how to do this. Keep doing what you do.

Friction Fire Friday instead of Mousetrap Monday. I like it!

As always Shawn, gloves Shawn, gloves. Protect yourself and your family. ;-)

Keep up the Fire Starting Friday series!

Really interesting method which I saw being done earlier in the year in person. Looks easier than it probably is though!

Love this series!

I love this friction fire series. Keep up the good work.

Awesome content. Glad to see you are making these kinds of videos again. I found your channel from your archery videos.

Love your videos please keep them coming.

Hi Shawn, I love your videos. Would you consider posting on Rumble?

Keep 'em coming, Shawn. Very interesting.

What type of wood is best to use? How do you select the wood?

Thanks. Appreciate your time and efforts. Enjoy your holidays.

❤️ the primitive fire starting!

I subscribed because my kids love your mouse trap videos. But I like the survival skills.

Made it look easy . All about the prep!

Great video. Where I see a lot of people fail with this method is by wrapping the dowel so that it ends up on the inside of the bow.

Great demonstration thanks.

I love your primative videos I have been asking for many months, commenting on every vid to make more and you finally started making them again.

Would love to see more tools made with flintknapping!

Absolutely fascinating. You're so good at what you do, friend. I look forward to seeing more.

Even tho i like mouse trap videos more the style of these primitive vids Is really Fun to watch

Very nice! Can’t wait to see your next installment.🔥

Enjoyed the video! I'd appreciate seeing more videos like this too. I'd also like to see how you assembled the bow from a rib. Looks like it worked really well. Thanks for sharing!

on german youtube there is a ridiculous outdoor hype happening currently. You are showing their holy grail so relaxed and skillful. I enjoy that so much. Nice video.

“It’s gettin kinda hot” I spit out my coffee 🤣🤣🤣 Have a Great Weekend Shawn 🤠

Great video! Definitely would love to see all the stone age stuff again. I love the ötzi video series.

Great video, as always. Thank you.

Finally back to this type of videos! I have been waiting since Otzi dagger and others! Thanks man!

Very well done

Good video! How long did it take to get the ember?

Could you also show us how the actually make the parts? For instance making the notch in the rock. How do?

Love your videos!

What kind of wood are you using?

I like this angle you are taking with the channel, Shawn! Keep them coming - “how to build a fire when it rains” would be great!

I'm excited that you're making more bushcraft videos again! Is the coddling tone of your voice part of the mousetrap content or from being a father? You sound so different from your oldest videos.

Great show!

Very cool demonstration :)

Good stuff.

More videos like this please.

What's a good way to make the rock with the grove? Great video!

Good recipe! Keep it up.. I do miss some of your longer videos though.

"It's getting kinda hot" may take the place of " just give it a little flip"! I have found that a big chunk of cottonwood bark makes a great pressure pad (as opposed to a rock or piece of wood). It contains some natural oils that help lubricate the spindle tip and reduce friction.

Holds fire in bare hands: "It`s getting kinda hot."

Shawn is rad. Merry Christmas!

The video is... Fire.

Thanks!

🤠👍👍👍👍👍

Enjoyed. Is there any history behind which methods are older/newer?

Like and enjoy 🍀👍🍀 Greetings from Germany 🍀👍🍀

"It's gettin' kinda hot." - Shawn Woods 12/16/22

I'd like to see more primitive traps and knapping

Another video idea: how do you make the setup to make the fire this way. That rock or other pusher on top has to be done well, I would think.

Nice fast work. One issue I see is you do not say what type of of wood you use. Some wood types works better than others. Nor, how to make that rock holder privet. I would suggest you add that type of info into your video or a supplemental video. Our boy scout troop has used this method also. hit n miss on their success rate.

do the woods matter? i hear 1 should be soft 1 should be hard. also how hard are you pressing down on the rock

Bring back the mousetraps :)

Very cool method. Looks hard to get right!

More please.

In school we learned that that was a really hard job to make a fire this way. But after watching that video I guess with some exercise this is not so difficult.

I remember part of one of my merit badges was fire without matches and the bow was the only way I could do it.

Sweet

Shawn- how long did you use the drill to get that ember going?

Make more videos about bow hunting and cooking.

How did you make the cordage?

yay more fire :)

Noto gang!!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

I read about this in “Camp Lore and Woodcraft” by the guy who helped found scouting in America

I’m sure you know this method already, but be sure to try and demonstrate the “fire roll” technique. Check out the David West channel (under that title) if you’re unfamiliar with it. It’s a very little known technique, and very easy to learn.

is there a video on how to find the components?

I would like to see how the bow is made from scratch.

what type of wood is being used for the drill and the base?

hi shawn i picked up this mousetrap for you. ide like to ship it to you i dont know if you have this partiqular one. is ther a way to send you a pfhoto to make sure im not sending you one you already have. charley.

Shawn do you have a brother travis and a sister Marty, we were friends way back in the early 90s, when we were kids, back in Washington.

How about a fire piston ?

Like Cody Lundine. Except you wear pants and don't start fights with anyone. Pretty cool

Can’t believe I’m dragging you… but,be careful when you set the drill down, don’t let the warm end touch the ground it might get damp. You may have to spin some more.. ask me how I know that steam isn’t smoke.

So Tom Hank's line wasn't made up in Castaway when his piece split. "THE AIR GOT TO IT!"

God took one rib from Adam and said: Let there be fire.😁

Next: using a friction fire to roast a trapped mouse for dinner!

I don't have the patience to pull that off, lol. The most primitive I'll go is a ferro rod, and even then I "cheat" with a cotton ball soaked in alcohol.

No more mouse traps?

now a cordage tutorial video? heh

Thumbnail: “Fricton”

Who else was trying to help by blowing on their screen? 🙂

Train a mouse to run on a treadmill to spin the bow so you don't have to and start fire . 😂 😂