Thanks Lonnie. It actually does not take too long. Maybe even less time than making fire wood for a long cold night - but here i have fore wood for many days and nights. Great for when out several days and even returning to camp weeks later. I put the logs up in horizontal position when leaving camp, then they stay dry. I hope you had a great Sunday friend :)
A normal round fire have an Advantage....if the wind ist turning ,you can sit on the other side ;-)....Maybe that was the reason you where sitting on the logs at the end of the Video :-).... Anyway , i love your Videos .
I'm definitely going to try this fire setup. It is one of those things... why didn't I think of that. But that is what is great about being a human. You don't really have to think up any good stuff, just listen to smart people and you'll be alright. Thanks Lars!
Thank you! Works great i can say. Traditionally it's made for pine by the natives but friends who tried it tell me it works with other types of wood too. Like most things it takes some practice to figure out how to get the best out of it. As example - no need to make it this big for just 24 hrs. But then again if you return to that camp site even weeks later it will be fast to get going :)
Survival Russia Awesome, I'm in high alpine environment, and all we have is spruce, if that, so I cannot wait to try it out. Have built long fires, but this makes more sense, a more directional fire. Thanks for teaching me, dude!
Get a bear skin rug for winter camp this year! Good fire. I've used it with smaller logs than you had there--worked great and kept me warm a long while with minimal maintenance. Hope you get to haul that bear out of the woods in your new forest bazoo!
Hello Lars. I really like your "SAFETY" piece of round wood protecting your knee. Great idea and very smart. No one needs to end up in the wild with a knife slice in their knee.
On one recent video I mentioned that I unsubscribed from all channels except for yours. Since then I collected some again in my subscription box. But after watching your newest videos again I'm thinking about removing them all again, because they seem senseless and profane to me. I might have also figured out what makes your videos so great for me: There is no music. Just the bare footage of you being in these beautiful russian woods. I really really like that, although I just recognized it - thank you for doing this channel.
Hey! That knee-feathersticked wood is a unique idea. But I would put the log into the ground, and do a downward cut, versus pulling up into your knee/leg. Definitely a great base camp fire method. Get everybody involved in gathering, sawing up, chopping, feathersticking and piling up the fire material into the final fire design.
I’m currently in a blizzard in a southern Wisconsin winter and live directly on Lake Michigan and cannot fathom how the native peoples handled it in a bark wigwam and camp fire. I’m out in the metal shop firing the gas forge needlessly to add warmth. Your videos are extremely enlightening and far more in line with the harsh reality of roughing it than these guys saying how luxurious a guy can live with just a blanket and a fire. Keep up the good work
great fire last Lars I used to put the logs up over the reflector they burn off fall back in fire most times maybe 3 hrs then have to put them back up get 3 4 more hrs out of it glad to hear your getting close luck on hunting season atb.....tom
Buddy boy, you could be at 35K subscribers after the weekend! Man! You are torching it! Great job as always Lars, will donate as soon as I can, keep up the good work brother and be safe out there, keep the gun with you.
Lar's great as always, liking the new style feather stick's be giving them a try,the Siberian style of fire works great here in the UK as well. Atb Russ.
G'day Lars, so i used this method on a September bug out video, (gave you credit of course) and although my logs are not so straight and big and it looked a little rough compared to this monster you built, i have to say it worked amazingly. I was one meter back from the fire and my legs were toasty just as you said before, it shoots the heat towards you. Perfect for lean to and when you are alone and can hog the heat, lol. So cheers for that. ATB Moose.
It looks like Lars after watching your videos you often have to supplement using your saw with an small hatchet on the side. I understand the saw is superior for cutting deadwood, however for a single tool it seems you also demonstrate an ax is superior indirectly. Thanks for all the videos, big fan.
Lars do you like to throw knives and hatchets ? also do you feel that its an important skill. Thanks again for sharing all of your tips and stuff. Great videos.
I've seen you doing the knife toward you method for feather sticks in a few videos. I would suggest gets the pants that have the knee pads kinda built in. They work way better than just wearing knee pads around because they don't slip and you can tighten or loosen then when ever you want and they stay in the same area. There are expensive ones and there are some cheapers ones that most would get for airsoft/paintball. Totally worth it.
aww, you lost the list! it would have been the first time a Danish guy named Lars that lives in Russia read my name on a video. oh well, love the channel! keep up the great vids!
I grew up in an area where you were in sage brush or pine. or aspen I don't like much, or cotton wood that smells like pee. I really like how pine burns & smells. Twigs always work fine for me to get things started, with some dry grasses and or dead pine needles still on the branch turned red, very flammable.
Hey, boss excellent material as always. Thanks for taking the time to make this. I know from my own channel what kind of work that entails. Respectfully me.
When i saw you splitting the smaller logs i just wondered if u are aware of that trick: After the first hit when your hatchet get stuck, just turn it around and let the wheight of the log "fall" on the hatchet by hitting the back side of the hatchet on some "chopping block" on the ground. This makes splitting much easier. I´m pretty sure you seen that before but i wondered why u didnt do it here :)
Amazed how everyone is fixated on chopping through the center. We were taught in the 1970s to start chopping from 1/4 or 1/3 of the way in from the outside edge towards the center. The wood releases so much easier this way. Cheers!
Wow this is like the third video I've seen of yours, and I got to say I love your personality and what I'm probably relating more to is your humor. I believe men should love their fellow man regardless of race or creed and I'm sure in another life we could have been friends. Definitely old native tricks should be researched and even improved upon and not let to die out. Knowledge and our ability to communicate I believe is man's greatest assets. I'm in love with your folding katana saw the second I saw it and will probably be the next thing I buy when I can afford it. Money is tight right now I've developed a medical condition that makes everything difficult. I'd love to donate but sadly cannot, but I did not skip some ads because I hope that helps you out and takes very little from me and I will definitely be subscribing!
A very logical fire from what I can see. Do you find it burns less wood in the long run? Glad you are reaching your goal for a survival vehicle. Great video, thank you for sharing
Good video Lars. Gotta try this soon. I have a question: "When you wonder on about your trips, are you concerned about tics, what do you do to ward them off? Have you had any tics on you?" The reason i'm asking is, because i have had at least 3 tics pried off of me this summer, after my fishing/hiking trips. Thank god all mighty that i didn't get the disease they carry.
Hello Mikko :) To ward off the ticks i use a lot of DEET on my trousers and jacket. I apply some every time i go out during the tick season and i don't wash those clothes - hoping they will be kind of impregnated. It seems to work. Anyway i got some tick bites last summer but not this summer. My wife forced me to take some anti tick vaccine this spring. It should help against the virus if bitten. I'm not a vaccine fan but there were no way around it LOL
A froe for making cedar house shingles is very, very good for knocking a log round into kindling quickly. If your going to make a long term shelter than a froe gives you shingles.
Hey Lars Putin is giving away Free land to us Brits in the east of Russia near the Pacific coast so I'm looking into it, iff we can make a living out of it then after 5 years the land is ours to keep, looks interesting. Good warm fire-lay btw, similar to a Long fire lay, burns for hours and very warm, cheers, atb, Paul.
I know about it. It counts for Russian too of course. Btw it seems like you deleted a comment? I can't seem to find your comment on the vehicle project and i can only read part of it. But yes i am reaching out to my audience for several reasons. I have a 4x4 but i can't use it for videos or "play with" as you put it as it's our only vehicle here. My videos are made in this area here only and maybe i would like to show people some other parts and go more interesting places. If people will help with that it's awesome. If not, no problem. I don't run paid product placement on my channel, even i get a lot of offers. RU-vid's integrated "Fan Funding" and "Paid Content" is not available in Russia. Being partly funded by viewers is a good way to go i think. Finally, i will put up something like half the cost of the vehicle myself..
Fare comment Lars, I deleted it because the wording was all wrong and I didn't want to give the wrong impression, I'm not good with words, but sounds like you read most of it anyway, no offence meant hence the delete, cheers, atb.
I see you used your smersh 5 to make feather sticks... I'm in love with that knife.. one day I hope to get a message from you saying I got you a real smersh 5. send money. and you will have a great knife for my collection. .. where is the troll. her enthusiasm to have me do things ,experiments like seeing if you could shoot a chicken or your fish trap. just the fun that you see through the eyes of a child. Mr Lars you are a lucky man. Richard Hicks Florida USA
I will surely keep you in mind Richard. Please send me a message here on RU-vid. Just a "Hello". In this way i will be able to find you again should i run into another S-5 knife. Thank you for the kind comment. The Pink Troll will join me on something this week :)
I'm so thankful for your channel. awsome info. what kind of work do you do for a living. how did you get to own so much land? thanks for everything I'm a big fan. I can tell you are really just a good honest person.
It depends on how dry the logs are, but generally it's not needed. I do need to slide the top-logs forwards now and then. How often, depends on the diameter.
I have that same Hultafors knife. The handle is a bit crap, but the steel takes a really nice edge. It's like $10, right? Totally worth having a few and just tossing it in the truck as a backup.
I will not say the handle is bad but not too good either. Yes it's a very cheap knife and can't be beat for the price to performance ratio. Like Mora knives. Hultafors is the oldest tool maker in Sweden btw ;)
I'm a Mora fan. Their stainless is capable of *incredible* sharpness if you take the time to sharpen it correctly. They've lost their way with their pricing over the past few years, but they know how to make a knife.
At some point they will burn by themselves if the wood is dry. Anyway it's useful to have some branches ready if you want to make the fire flare up for some reason. This fire burns slowly and creates a good amount of heat.
That is a BIG FIRE! Lots of warm off that. Tell the "safety police" you know how to handle a knife from all that "get out and train and get it done" you have done!
Awesome Russia, Greetings from India. Good video. Nice cap, you have there, what's with those buttons on it. I hope you'll explain about it and the place to buy. Regards.
Well Lars I'll have to get caught up on this month's videos in November. Deer camp is calling and there is no phone, cell or web connection in the deep woods.
People freaking out about making fire in the forest probably never made one them selves, unless you are in a semi-desert environment(or its super hot and dry) it's very difficult to set a forest on fire even if you tried
The big log fire is better because the fire you start is more localized and controlled. It is not a huge circle of flame, but it generates a good amount of heat that lasts for days. In the end, you have only some ash and clinkers from the knots in the wood. Nothing is harmed, as you can find trees that are already toppled from wind or weather.
Buwahahahaha!!! Enderborn, you are so funny. Many of us have been making many types of fires outdoors for many decades without any issues. Indeed, humans have been making fires outdoors for more than 5,000 years. We're still here, so we must not be all that bad at it, lol. For me, forty years of fires in the woods - not once has one gotten even close to being out of control. When you are intelligent, this is easy... ;)
Can someone please tell me how far i should build a large fire like this from an average tarp (not a heavy duty canvas one) i googled it with a lot of mixed results and people saying like 2m away? surely I can build it closer or is it too risky and will warp the tarp? (lets say in 5 degrees Celsius)
In the beginning and if the wood is not dry, then it does smoke. With dry pine it does not smoke that much after a while but generally it smokes more than a regular type of fire. Just add sticks or branches and it will burn cleaner - or set up the fire sideways to the wind ;)
It' a German "Bergmütze M43, Moleskin, Gebirgsjäger"-hat. Used until the 90s of the last century. The rubber-boots are a triumph of the final Darth Vader fight with the big saw... thanks for your videos, Lars.
It's a Russian uniform i have and it's actually a summer uniform but works in most conditions, even winter forest. The pattern is called "Spectre SKWO". I am not sure this set (have trousers too) is on the civilian market though. Made by SSO/SPOSN.
Ha ha ha, I'm with you on the 'kumbaya' crowd! ;-) I learned the value of a saw (bow saw) for camping in the Scouts, as an eleven year old. I still have and use one I purchased, as a Scout in my youth. I look forward to anything you might share of your hunting camp preparation, Lars!
That would be cool for picking up chicks at the beach. lol T-90 would be cool too. I could use one of those for the next time I get pulled over by our milterized police here in the U.S.
@Survival Russia as far as i know they did sometimes carry old portable saws like this f.e. www.laurelleaffarm.com/item-photos/antique-buck-saw-wood-frame-hand-saw-28-blade-farm-primitive-tool-Laurel-Leaf-Farm-item-no-s31350-1.jpg its just they had to dissasemble and assemble them each time they moved from place to place for volume efficiency , so axes were better for speed , but longer expeditions did naturally have these types of saws with them
I know saws existed back then :) What i said and meant was that the technology we have today was not available, which this kind of backs. The downside to a buck-saw/bow-saw is that you can only cut as far as the frame allows you to.
Yes the frame limits the depth of cut with buck/bow saws. By rotating we can cut logs a little more than four times that depth. Not too much of a limitation after all. Further, buck/bow saws tend to be much cheaper, especially the replacement blades.
