How to Start a Fire in a Survival Situation | Basic Instincts | WIRED

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Dr. Bill Schindler, a professor of archeology and anthropology at Washington College, demonstrates a couple of the most effective methods for starting a fire in the wilderness with limited resources. "Even though you may never find yourself in a survival situation, I firmly believe that learning and practicing these primitive skills are an essential part of connecting to your past, your environment, and everything it means to be human," says Bill, explaining why it's important for everyone to have some basic survival skills knowledge.
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@lord_moist 4 года назад

How to calculate algebra My brain: forget How to start a fire with your bare hands My brain: never forget, burn into memory

@usm1le 4 года назад

underrated comment ROFL

@awepossum1059 4 года назад

"burn" into memory. I get it xD

@alonetraveler5391 4 года назад

nice tha pun was on *F I R E*

@floridaman2806 4 года назад

I think it has to do with the fact that one can save your life and has more primitive use and the other is, in a survival sense, useless.

@JuicyBites 4 года назад

ow my brain

@notinspiredatall 4 года назад

As soon as he started mentioning all the types of trees, woods, and plants..I knew I would die if I was in the middle of the forest in winter 😂😂

@sub4rctic 4 года назад

I have this book that might help- Winter Botany: An Identification Guide to Native Trees and Shrubs

@tullo5564 4 года назад

@afbennett3038 4 года назад

Even this guy wouldn’t survive a winter, that’s why early humans lived in Africa

@afbennett3038 4 года назад

Mike L Neanderthals were adapted for it, humans like us arrived 40000 years ago

@dimidomo7946 4 года назад

notinspiredatall ~ your comment = phun-knee

@espressocookie8965 4 года назад

I like how he used the flake for everything, not just when creating the hearth board, but also when cutting the meat, he used it. Dedication.

@christopherstein2024 Год назад

After the camera stopped recording he put it in his mouth to assist in chewing the meat. Then he swallowed to aid his digestion.

@Nevertoleave 2 месяца назад

That’s archaeologists for you

@glorious_help 4 года назад

JUST IMAGINE THE AWE ON PEOPLE'S FACES WHEN THEY DISCOVERED FIRE....

@chipthedino9504 4 года назад

Omg lol I imagine a couple of tesnge friends are joking sround tryna create a hole in soft wood for 😉 😉 then they make a fire so they put it on a stick and try to burn each other ten one gets really hurt and they freak out so then they idk go back to putting there weiners in such a significant sight

@glorious_help 4 года назад

Chip the Dino they probably hit 2 stones by mistake and saw sparkles... and continued to hit them

@Hamood113 4 года назад

GLR Nah a lightning strike probably caused a natural fire and they were like “ooga?”

@prettyvirginflaka2345 4 года назад

word

@colinparsons9286 4 года назад

“AY BOIS COME LOOK AT DIS”

@Vigo327 4 года назад

I like that this video didn't really sanitize or gloss over the sheer effort required to do this, and how much grinding failure you will endure along the way.

@TheAlps36 4 года назад

I really felt for him when that spindle snapped

@lorrainecc99 4 года назад

And he's experienced at it and it still looks difficult! Imagine how hard it would be for a beginner.

@seanshea8596 4 года назад

Oh, I think he made it look a lot easier than it is. I recall in Boy Scout none of us could do the stick fire and we took hours to do it with a bow and that is kids and scout masters

@justaclam9141 4 года назад

@@seanshea8596 I was the only one that could do it in my troop. We had a competition during summer camp to see if any troop could start a fire. There were 8 troops that participated and 2 won with mine being one of the winners.

@stevenscott2136 3 года назад

How to Make Everything did this, and the redheaded girl fought with a bow drill for apparently hours, and hurt herself a few times before finally blundering into actual fire.

@skullcrushers1000 4 года назад

This guy really has perfected his technique. I've watched many people attempt the hand drill method and I've never seen someone make it look as easy as this guy does.

@AlvinCornelius 4 года назад

Your name is hilarious

@phoenixjklin 4 года назад

I thought about Rhett while watching this only to scroll down and find this masterpiece of an account.

@Bluboy511 4 года назад

Suprisingly enough I actually managed to get a fire with a hand drill on my first try

@idontthinkso2431 4 года назад

John Plant: hold my camera!

@onlylonly888 4 года назад

Well, then you'll need to checkout the channel "primitive technology"

@bhante1345 3 года назад

A while back, I took some of my friends, all of whom lived in towns and cities at the time and brought them to a wild valley. We spent hours gathering fire wood for the weekend, and found a nice little sheltered spot for camping. We had a boulder which helped us draft wind to our fire, and we built rocks up and down to adjust as the weekend went on. Eventually we unearthed a rock slab, and used it to cover our fire, and cook raw meat as though the slab were a hot plate. It was an amazing feast and the hot plate lasted three days before in inevitably cracked. P.S. our experiment to cook eggs on a porous rock went about as well as you can imagine, we still ate though.

@ypherrist2792 2 года назад

This was really cool to hear. I long for such adventures.

@gogurletc8170 Год назад

Yesss sounds amazing

@seb_5969 7 месяцев назад

The masculine urge to learn how to build a fire at 3 am

@BeansPredi-ch6xk 14 дней назад

What’s “masculine” about it?

@huawafabe 4 года назад

I hope this guy is in my shelter group during the apocalypse

@nabilyassin1742 4 года назад

assuming you can afford one

@huawafabe 4 года назад

@@nabilyassin1742 oh i have some skills myself, so I'll be more or less in-demand then :)

@darkceptor44 4 года назад

i would personally want kim byungman

@onlylonly888 4 года назад

Or you can ask John Plant to join you

@hellotherewewooooo 4 года назад

I would prefer bear grylls

@ochacha4567 4 года назад

Me: *in my bed* *hasn’t seen the sun in 1000 years* *will never need* My brain: yeah, but what if?

@hellotherewewooooo 4 года назад

@Amelia DeVille yes

@Mouse_007 4 года назад

You clicked on the wrong video, try : how to start a fire in your bed using only your pillows.

@ImFromIowa 4 года назад

Dave now that’s a challenge (except there’s electrical (plasma) fires, heat source (heat gun/ hair dryer, curling iron, etc)

@vehement-critic_q8957 4 года назад

Indeed, what if something happened and life turned back into primetive atmosphere or what if we were end up in the wilderness where there is a lack of modern energy sources.

@xpndblhero5170 4 года назад

Now I just need to bust apart my bedside table and give this a try¡! LoL

@jacobstr 2 года назад

“Even though you may never find yourself in a survival situation, I firmly believe that learning and practicing these primitive skills are an essential part of connecting with your past, your environment, and everything that it means to be human.” Lovely quote. Cool to see this return to the primitive. Fascinating to think an ancestor figured this out since it’s so improbable and required a great deal of knowledge of one’s natural surroundings to pick the right spindle, hearthboard, etc.

@entropicpedro 2 года назад

Honestly, considering everything, the likelihood of finding yourself in a survival situation increases with each flood and mega-wildfires.

@Anonymous-py1sf 2 года назад

People need to be more connected with nature...

@MiRandom559 6 месяцев назад

That's the part that got me. I loved it so much it made me cry.. in a happy emotional way... I'm weird. Idk. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@lessermook7608 Месяц назад

facts

@feminico2613 4 года назад

Me: aight time to sleep RU-vid: How to start a fire Me: nah, I'll sleep My brain: but but wou- wouldn't it be cool if you you can start a fire with sticks?

@codeinDash 4 года назад

Literally me right now 😂😂

@nazeem1357 3 года назад

This is the best comment I’ve seen on the video so far.

@kodyrhodes6984 3 года назад

Dio... I think it's cool enough that you can stop time itself let alone starting a fire lmao

@whonameanimations7598 3 года назад

Why would 130yrs old metrosexual vampire want to start a fire ?

@danielwelch5006 3 года назад

Exactly what just happened to me

@brotherbonez 4 года назад

Moral of the story people... Always pack a lighter!

@blakkbee 4 года назад

And a pocket knife, just in case.

@walatalalaw 4 года назад

LagiNaLangAko23 make that a beer can, might as well

@Ghost_Os 4 года назад

Lighters can fail you in a variety of ways. If nothing else, sooner or later you'll run out of fuel. Yes, bring them. Bring several. But have the skill to do it without any man-made materials.

@cjr4666 4 года назад

@@Ghost_Os Thank you. If these guys were paying attention to the point of this video ( with your BARE HANDS, in the wilderness) you wouldn't have had to point this out. So the moral of this story isnt bring a lighter (or lots of them), when in fact that couldnt be faryher than the truth. It is always a good idea to be as self sufficient as you can especially should the SHTF, however unlikely or not that is. I bought one of those flint/striker gadgets this way I could start as many fires as I could ever need before such a massive flint wears out. A magnifying glass is useful too in the sense that even though it is only useful if there is sufficient sunlight, there are plenty of examples where a fire could be needed even during daylight hours. Just because the sun is out doesnt mean you wont need a fire for a variety of reasons. If your a smoker, you could light your smoke in seconds, without any fire at all, just heat amplification

@embeaston 4 года назад

CJR Are you talking about a ferrocerium rod?

@dabunnyrabbit2620 4 года назад

"you gotta lick your hands, if they get dry lick them again" sounds good so far.

@mazedtvgst6028 4 года назад

this guy wants to have corona i think

@dinh6327 4 года назад

the frick? Bruh there’s a 98% survival rate. Also it only kills people who have health problems or are old. It’s spreads by contaminated surfaces or in contact and your in a forest so that’s not gonna happen

@mazedtvgst6028 4 года назад

@@dinh6327 yeah he is in a forest which can lead to more serious diseases and do u think that licking your hands are very healthy

@dinh6327 4 года назад

the frick? If you gotta make a fire

@xpndblhero5170 4 года назад

Ha, lick your hands.... What kind of survivalist doesn't pack a nice flower scented hand lotion when toughing it in the woods, He's a joke. 🙄 LMAO 😂🤣

@AlexBecksfan 4 года назад

this guy: "lick your hands to..." the whole world right now: "wait, that's illegal"

@solomonheppner 3 года назад

Government: you got a permit to take off your mask?

@godsnotdead1030 3 года назад

@@solomonheppner 😂 I’m here for when China and Russia invade

@godsnotdead1030 3 года назад

@@solomonheppner government is really pushing it with this,Corona is pretty much just the flu this is all political when Biden gets in all this stuff will be lifted

@godsnotdead1030 3 года назад

The left is evil and all the people who voted for Biden will see how idiotic they are when he gets in

@pl4life306 3 года назад

@@godsnotdead1030 stfu

@minebr100 4 года назад

he is a very good teacher, i've never watched an explanation for this stuff that looked so simple and provided this much information in an easy to understand way. props to the guy

@iamalwayswatching7914 4 года назад

Indeed. Very informational

@Chilly_Billy 4 года назад

Bill, you really need to have a greater presence on RU-vid. Whether it's experimental archaeology, primitive bush craft, nose-to-tail meat eating or natural sourdough, this is an enormous audience eager for your knowledge and skills. You need to have your own channel.

@jamuojisan 4 года назад

13:29 background music will play once you've succeed.

@psalmsoffire9074 4 года назад

😂

@GDCilia 4 года назад

Your profile picture is a demon

@cupnoodles5956 4 года назад

It didnt play for me my game bug.

@jamuojisan 4 года назад

@@GDCilia :D

@37thraven 4 года назад

If only real life worked this way 😭

@BeeeHonest 4 года назад

I love the fact that he kept the failed attempt, and how to prep all the necessary materials. Brilliant!

@edwardfry8488 4 года назад

Wow! The fire style was dead on, but the fire starting with a drill or a bow was really spectacular. Everybody has read the boy scout manuals, survival books...but actually watching it happen was invaluable. I'll give it a try tomorrow. Thanks!

@Mysterialic 4 года назад

Primitive Technology got me covered.

@stevenhs8821 4 года назад

Make sure everything you will need is at your disposal, like within arm's reach. Learnt that the hard way changing a baby's diaper.

@SilentHotdog28 2 года назад

I hate the word 'diaper'.......'nappy' doesn't sound as gross.

@soffren 2 года назад

@@SilentHotdog28 no one in the USA west of the Mississippi river knows what a "nappy" is

@music4you110 2 года назад

Me in the wild trying to make a fire in a spruce forest: “welp…. according to Bill, I’m screwed”💀✋🏼

@fokentertainment571 3 года назад

we should all appreciate the fact that they showed us how difficult & tedious the process is. making fire without tools is no joke.

@workwithnature 4 года назад

Finally someone who actually knows. Good job.

@Superchickenman159 4 года назад

now i feel like walking outside, grabbing the nearest stick and rock, and building rome with a space station in the middle. gimme a half hour.

@xpndblhero5170 4 года назад

Just remember that when you are trying to make a fire, Make sure you take your left shoe off.... I tried for hours and as soon as my shoe came off almost everything around me burst into flames. Just a little FYI.... 🤣

@justADeni 4 года назад

@@xpndblhero5170 was your left shoe full of gasoline?

@DarkWolf80s 2 года назад

I love how he got angry when the stick broke and just started swearing at it. 😂 But eventually after 5 tries and you can see that on the drill holes he finally got an amber and then fire. he's a good teacher!

@jdryak 2 года назад

Amazing channel! Best teacher I have seen in a long time! Clear, detailed, thorough, passionate, masterful. What Bill failed to say is that all of this takes an amazing amount of dedication, determination, endurance, callus and *strength* (or at least at the beginning of mastery).

@manishbalmuchu9598 4 года назад

I had tried this and failed and now I know why. Also after watching the whole thing its makes sense why this video is 25min long.

@purplenugget8466 4 года назад

well? why'd you fail?

@ZaK_O_Vallentine 4 года назад

He doesn't have a flint'n steel

@Frank-Reynolds 4 года назад

Imma burn this into my memory.

@cemgounchained5093 4 года назад

Hah

@thatrandomperson8263 4 года назад

Hah

@anaveragejerry9197 4 года назад

Hah

@allcomplations3430 4 года назад

Hah

@lilya1070 4 года назад

Hah

@THE_BIG-BAD-WOLF_93 4 года назад

I used to be obsessed with this kinda stuff when I was in the Boy Scouts, I’m so happy, most of what I remember is actually accurate down to the making the rope, this is awesome! I hope this guy makes more videos 😁👍👍

@injegomontoya370 Год назад

Wow this is the best video I've seen on the subject. Everyone just tells you how to do it; he actually explained why each step is important and what not to do. Great job brother.

@workwithnature 4 года назад

brambles are great fiber plant.

@purpviper 4 года назад

Man has conjured one of the four elements. Man has just demonstrated its strength.

@WYJAFAK2 Год назад

Anyone also watching this because: “ just in case”? Lol

@grantnelson 2 года назад

Best hand drill & bow drill fire making video on RU-vid. Bonus explanation of the advantages of the teepee & parallel stick fires. Excellent.

@kuromikendall 4 года назад

doctor: “you have 25 minutes and 30 seconds left to live” me:

@dabunnyrabbit2620 4 года назад

beef jerky time!!!

@_._._._._._._._._._._._._. 4 года назад

Ah yes, learning survival techniques before death because you never know when you may need it, very smart!

@MegaSockenschuss 4 года назад

Typical millenial... useless! :D

@4udarren421 4 года назад

U clearly forgot about the ads unless you’re using premium

@_._._._._._._._._._._._._. 4 года назад

@@4udarren421 or an adblocker...

@allyxchoi 4 года назад

youtube: how to start a fire with bare hands literally no one: me: *just in case*

@lalboimanlun1230 4 года назад

I see you're embracing your basic instinct.

@spengbabsquorponts2064 4 года назад

Memes before 2019: Memes after 2019: nobody: Blablablah:

@sabinfigaro7334 4 года назад

@@spengbabsquorponts2064 everybody gangster untill....no body is gangster, plz stop.

@spengbabsquorponts2064 4 года назад

@@sabinfigaro7334 nobody:

@cattyhatty7574 3 года назад

😂yes just in case!

@TealCheetah 3 года назад

I really appreciate all the details Bill provides.

@lauradana22 Год назад

This is amazing! The creativity, actually the immense leap in imagination that our ancestors did to be able to create this mechanism out of the simplest of materials is simply amazing.

@jesskelsey 4 года назад

I don’t why this was recommended to me, but I’m here and I’m intrigued.

@Bluboy511 4 года назад

I did a wilderness therapy program a while back and in order to make fire we had to use friction like what is shown in the thumbnail which is known as a hand drill. Although the majority of the fires we made were actually done with a bow drill. I was better at hand drill than I was at bow drill so when ever I could I would use a hand drill. The only problem with that was it left my hands heavily blistered.

@andylewis3461 2 года назад

Thank you for taking the effort to make this video. And to do so, warts and all and without condescending to your audience! Again, thank you. Hats off.

@JohnZipperer 3 года назад

Thanks for not making this look too easy. I can't wait to give this a go. Thank you!

@L3GIQN 4 года назад

"Oxygen is already in the air" What do you know? You learn something new everyday.

@visvlogs255 4 года назад

@João Maverick nah we don't use up all the oxygen when we breathe in, so there's both carbon dioxide and leftover oxygen when we exhale

@visvlogs255 4 года назад

@João Maverick oh yeah, true!

@MarioGoatse 4 года назад

João Maverick There’s always some douche trying to be a contrarian. Blowing simply displaces the smoke and adds oxygen via your breathe, and the air around you. You don’t blow out 100% carbon dioxide. Not even close.

@ppal64 4 года назад

@João Maverick Exhaled air 16% oxygen thats why CPR requires breaths to be given. By blowing you are able to supply oxygen directly where it is needed.

@ppal64 4 года назад

@João Maverick "saliva has water, therefore, oxygen." No he doesn't mean that - He is not a moron.

@playernova7431 4 года назад

Him: *makes fire* Me, a primitive: wo hoh huh hoh huwoh huhah reeeeeeee!

@chipthedino9504 4 года назад

Player Nova this is keck

@37thraven 4 года назад

Saving this to a survival USB thumb drive for when there's no internet servers, and everyone else is whining they don't have toilet paper or lighter fluid.

@router9717 3 года назад

Could you perhaps share what other videos you keep as tutorials?

@shinobi1014 3 года назад

I have a whole file about survival in various situations. Army stuff. Boy scout stuff. Etc.

@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 2 года назад

Why not write it down in hard pencil?

@atticusfinch3536 2 года назад

Books are a thing you know

@nathanielfuentes5294 2 года назад

Someone call 911. My eyes are stuck in the back of my sockets 🙄

@TRoysAdventures 3 года назад

Good tutorial, it's definitely not as easy as you made it look. I've done friction fires just for the novelty and practice, but I definitely prefer my ferrocerium rod. Thanks for sharing!

@mbs6652 2 года назад

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@user-sq1fp8rr5p 4 года назад

21:19 Who hates that sound?

@snakebaneguy7532 4 года назад

sounds like politics

@kinniecas9004 4 года назад

Радослав Вакарелов no i love it

@dougiedosier3814 4 года назад

No one: Roddy Rich: EEE ERR

@Chibininjamonkeys 4 года назад

its kinda satisfying to me

@cc8729 4 года назад

I’m watching this because of the Corona Virus, just in case

@CodakKody 4 года назад

CC87 facts lol

@mattyyaaaa 4 года назад

What does making a fire have to do with corona virus

@-h2oproof-94 4 года назад

Sameee lawl

@kareemsalah2866 4 года назад

Same here 🤣

@MoreTrenMoreMen69 4 года назад

CC87 yeah cus a virus that is comparable to the flu will end the world , not viruses that have taken out almost an entire continent like the plague

@antonioallen1763 2 года назад

That requires as he said a strong understanding of the materials you need, shaping them and muscle and observation. The movies make it look so easy.

@antosavo3558 2 года назад

Absolutely encouraging! Thanks a lot! You are among those 4-5 people in the world who can do this!

@RandomPerson-zx9vv 2 года назад

That's very cool. Never knew starting a fire was so freaking complicated.

@videoswithsubscribers-xk5hb 4 года назад

I guarantee it starts raining as soon as I get an ember going

@pranaypurohit7855 3 года назад

Amber*

@immortal_shrooms6757 3 года назад

Pranay Purohit i think he spelled it right

@spiralbaguette598 3 года назад

@@immortal_shrooms6757 it's tinder

@smilingelmo8353 3 года назад

This would be exactly my luck tbh lol

@absolutezero8631 3 года назад

@@pranaypurohit7855 you're dumb aren't you?

@mackenzierivercasey6752 10 месяцев назад

I've been looking for someone to explain this to me in a way I can remember and understand....and you sire have successfully done that. Thank you!

@eternalfreesoul Год назад

thank you for all the tips and details explained in such a thoroughly manner! Great channel, man, have a nice one

@darksoul479 4 года назад

Wow! I've always wondered how to do that. Well done. You made that look so easy, I wonder if I could actually pull that off myself?

@oddpeacockovo6432 3 года назад

absolutely love how informative and direct the information is, very easy to follow and very detailed right down to proper materials. This video is just overall fantastic would love to see more I also liked that even in this instructional video some things still went wrong but he brushed through it and showed you how to correct them just as easily which I find helps make you more prepared for inconveniences you may face and how to quickly requite the situation

@zxcytdfxy256 4 года назад

This guy is an absolute delight to watch.

@anthonyo455 Год назад

What he said at the end there was powerful. Much respect.

@ericcook2423 4 года назад

Big fan of this dude, and his lists.

@Soy_Preinaugural 2 года назад

I worked for a wilderness therapy/primitive survival program… this guy taught me more than my time there 😅 *We used the bow drill FYI

@Destroymaster100 Год назад

thanks man for teaching us this. something this simple can take us a long way in times of need

@S.Clause 4 года назад

That making coals part was really good, I had never thought of it like that.

@seanshea8596 4 года назад

This guy has great advice, follow his every word, but he makes it look SOOOOOOOOO much more easy than it is in real life. In Boy Scouts it took me hours to make fire with a bow.

@Dork_knight 4 года назад

Starts a fire in the wilderness, brings all the material in a basket

@Ironsix6six 4 года назад

I'm not a survivalist or an outdoors man but I'm sure some of the details about the materials he used doesn't have to be so perfect

@skullcrushers1000 4 года назад

That's not a hard basket to weave in a primitive situation. He just has done preparation which is necessary for success.

@Ironsix6six 4 года назад

@@skullcrushers1000 yah I get it all I'm saying is if I got stranded and the sun was getting low and I needed a fire maybe the notches on my stick board wouldnt be so perfect (lol at your profile name)

@SoftNoise98 4 года назад

Also wears a t-shirt, jeans and boots...and films on digital media. Very unauthentic.

@pyrrehraus6571 4 года назад

watch Primitive Technology if you're not okay with the preparation

@Shirou230 3 года назад

we need more people like this man

@Danwell86 4 года назад

I made my first bow drill fire today. I was so happy! Good bushcraft day

@tiffy9090 3 года назад

How to start a fire in a survival situation 60000 City Kids: I'm going to need this

@rw4578 4 года назад

More of this guy, please. Very interesting and educational at the same time.

@carnivorecaveman 2 года назад

FINALLY! I could understand how to make fire with woods... Perfect explanation, thank you very much!

@bjames1200 4 года назад

Excellent overview of making fire. Thanks for this

@divermike8943 4 года назад

His last statement was the best part of this whole video. Learning how to do this connects us with our past, our environment and what it means to be human. At least in part what it means to be human. There are more aspects to humanity than this, of course.

@RodrigoMendes-bd3bp 4 года назад

I've been watching this video for 800 years I hope the fire step starts soon

@rc100baby 3 месяца назад

I saw someone on the show survivor use a bow drill and I was amazed it’s been years and finally I want to learn some survival skills, nice tutorial, nice vid

@jesuschrist7833 Год назад

I’ve used oak before for a Bow Drill. We found maybe only 3 or 4 when we were hiking the Appalachian Mountains in NC. It’s funny when you look at trees and you can see the hidden value it can have. An Oak Bow just in itself just sounded cool. An for an eleven year old it was the coolest thing I ever made.

@sealobo 4 года назад

i like how the raw meat just magically appeared in the end.

@diasteroid 3 года назад

sealobo What? Did you want to see him grab a spear and hunt?

@501thtrooper4 3 года назад

They prolly ate the camera man 😭

@Shrektopuz 3 года назад

@@501thtrooper4 The camera man never dies

@stevenscott2136 3 года назад

The hunters of his tribe don't like to be on camera -- it steals their souls.

@AngryKittens 4 года назад

You missed one tool: the fire piston, which was widely used in Southeast Asia. Granted, it's harder to make with just stone tools, but it's still one of the most convenient and fastest ways of starting a fire, short of having match.

@mgerard1224 7 месяцев назад

Brilliant. Thanks Bill. Definitely BEST and most thorough video on the subject I’ve ever seen. Thank you!

@Forever-411 3 года назад

Trial and error my dood. Thanks for showing how difficult it really is to start a fire. People assume it's easy because it's normally made to look that way. But you've shown just how difficult it really is.

@michaelgaryscott969 4 года назад

This man looks like hes done some wrestling

@suinguiringi 4 года назад

the ears gave it away ; cool video

@worlore1651 3 года назад

12:09 when you are actually making the fire make sure you keep your back leg at a 90 degree angle and lean your back to exert downward pressure for the bow drill string you do what he does at about 17:00 but if you dont have that rawhide you can use things like stinging nettle, tree bark and roots but each has a way to be prepared, best bet is to look on youtube stinging nettle, tree bark and root cordage. if you do stinging nettle it will sting your hands so use something like a sleave and then you can either put the nettle into water or you can put it over flame for a second but water is better if you clearly dont have fire already

@wilsjane 2 года назад

Once they have been used for lighting fires and moving the burning tinder around, you do not even feel nettles though your calloused hands any more than using them to put burning paper out or stubbing your cigarettes out. .

@jsel9705 4 года назад

Watching the process and creation of the fire was so fun and exciting!

@BoudujanWarriors 2 года назад

Thanks so much! You are right, we will need these skills now more than ever!

@aIkaIi 4 года назад

"Fire needs Oxygen to burn" My Big Brain: *_We could live on the sun_*

@jossbox4794 4 года назад

CarlosTomon wtf is wrong with you

@aIkaIi 4 года назад

@Elijah Kim 김기성 Oh uh...I was kind of...joking...

@sowhat5428 4 года назад

Interesting

@xpndblhero5170 4 года назад

What if I wanted to make fondue when I was on the moon.... What do I do then¿! LoL

@S0METHING_I_GUESS 3 года назад

He was joking dude

@purrp96 Год назад

Only thing i would have a hard time with is finding the right wood for spindle and the hearth but anybody would if you are in the forest You would need the luck of the irish but if u in thewoods and are still alive then you must have luck already so finding the materials would be possible. Great Video Thank You‼️

@X.L.B1 Год назад

Especially when everything around you is soaked with rain or snow.

@HWCism 2 года назад

Wow, I have never seen that done before. You hear about it but seeing it done was great. Thanks

@VKURDR 3 года назад

Very good, easy to understand, informative, this is good stuff to know and you make it easy to learn it.

@devandevan1403 4 года назад

Ngl the intro looked like he was smokin that bark

@melchizedekpsj 4 года назад

I have much more respect for the ancient people now. Fascinating video. Thank you.

@redplanet76 3 года назад

Great content. Wow. Thank you for finding this expert. Best tutorial on fire making I’ve ever seen.

@ma.juliaamon1525 4 года назад

I'm just amazed...they're so patient 😮😮😮

@JoseRodriguez-cx1tx 4 года назад

I was dead when the spindle broke💀

@MarcMarvels 2 года назад

Who's here because of the potential of WW3 and you're trying to get your survival skills up? 😅

@keydanielle 2 месяца назад

Loolllme

@georgefreemangr 4 года назад

Amazing.. you cover every detail

@ryanali5969 4 года назад

Yo I fuckin YELLED out when that first spindle broke. Haven't been so invested in what was going on in a youtube vid for a while. Could you imagine as a tribe of humans the frustration and joy of this experience, the hearts sinking and rising? We would have been dancing and singing by that fire once we got it going. Such pure victory.