Awesome video! Love that you also point out that it was still traditional linear warfare that won wars, but no doubt the irregular fighting of the frontier made for a great symbol of the revolution
Good research my friend. And I believe you are correct that many 1700s type folks did not have an Altoids can with a hole in the top. That being said a tin cup with a Flat Rock on top would suffice.
Great video! Great info and documentation. Being proficient in primitive fire is a skill that needs more attention. I’ve been using bow drill and flint and steel for 35 years. We used to practice by going out in the worst possible weather to make fire. Thanks for the great videos!
@@thedeerskindiary Yes Sir... I was thinking of making a "tinder tube" put wasn't sure of the documentation... now to dig out a deer leg bone, and trim some of the slow match I made for the cannon... LOL
Enjoyed your presentation very much. Interesting I have been making fires with flint and steel for 20 yrs. or so. Seems I always learn something new about it from time to time. Really enjoyed the video and thanks for preserving a critical time in our history. By the way, I happen to be a direct descendant of a long hunter family.
just subbed. great job of staying with the facts you have actually verified. i have more faith in learning from a person who does their homework. good luck with your channel, take care.
I really like your videos I hope you keep them coming. If ever in the Ozarks give me a holler. We just might need to have a trek. My wife is also good for filming. 👍
Fantastic presentation! As a fellow lover of traditional fire lighting techniques (flint and steel in particular), I have fallen down similar rabbit holes! It can be frustrating since these methods and materials were so ubiquitous they really didn't seem to get documented too often. I've read all sorts of conflicting information about the composition and manufacture of steels and have done some experimental work with that myself, which has been really fun. It is truly a fascinating subject, so thank you for adding to available resources!
from my research, the industry of making charcloth was very much alive and thriving, especially in the city and large towns as the residents could not get out and secure punkwood or other tinders, and they could actually buy it. Bushman would not use charcloth so much, that was for city folk, those on board ships and the rich.
I have never been able to flint/steel a fire. It may be the char cloth. Friction, ferro rod, sun and magnifying glass. I just never got the knack to that one. Although I make you some steel rings, if you need them.
You can do it! If you can make fire steels you can definitely make fire with them. Keep trying! If you have some fire steel examples please let me know at deerskin_diary@outlook.com
Good stuff! Really enjoy seeing your children in 18th century attire trying these out. My fire making preference: Flint and steel with charred punk wood, Burning lense and char cloth, Bow drill. The only thing I've mastered with a hand drill is blisters!
Another awesome video! What about soaking hemp in wax if desired? I carry fatwood with me in my fire kit. Pine is plenty here in the Sierras. Your hat, it’s killing me!🤣👍
I did find a quote (that was not in the video) from a ship that described using hemp rope from the ship. That would have been coated in pine tar. And the hat- it’s a cocked hat backwards, a trend that existed throughout the reign of the cocked hat. It’s still a pretty useless hat though.
That’s really cool! I like the deer bone idea. I have a metal tube of sorts that I’m going to make one. It’s long enough to make a couple, so put one in my grandsons fire kit. I’ve never heard of it being worn backwards, but then again, I’m a newb at 18th century!🤣🤣🤣 It looks like one of those old priests hats!🤣👍
