Improvised Swedish Log Fire with Flint & Steel 

Impressed with your tenacity and patience in getting the flint and steel embers going! great job!

You seem so much more calm and centered and confident.Great video

There are no mistakes when you're learning. Its experience. Don't be so hard on yourself. You're doing fine.

Emile, I would just like to say, I really enjoy the thought and effort you put into your videos. Your pleasant demeanor and spirit is very enjoyable to watch. Thank you, you never fail to make me smile and sometimes chuckle.

That is without a doubt the best stove I have ever seen. To build a fire and a place for your pot or pan to sit at the same time, and be able to feed the fire. Outstanding, you could use that exact idea and build, with an alcohol stove, Esbit, whatever you have... Thank you very much

Wow! I could stare forever into your eyes!! Great job, with the char cloth and flint!

Really liked that cool fire configuration for wet ground conditions. Plus you did it with flint and steel. Thank you very much for sharing.

Very good job. Another hint. Hold your flint at 45 degrees angled up. You had flint parallel to the ground. An angle will help throw sparks better and up on the char cloth. Keep practicing!

Love this fire design!

WOW! A Swedish woman in a Swedish forest during the winter with snow!!! HOW magical! I thought that your improvised stove design was wonderful and I hope that your spring can spring summers eternal to warm your camps external...or, errrr, something like that :)

I like your version of the Swedish torch. Good idea.

Dear Emelie, your videos are a great inspiration to the ladies I date, and I am very entertained watching your adventures. I try my best to explain bushcraft techniques to so many ladies , and I find that many do not comprehend or retain the Information. Your videos are very good at helping break the communication barrier between Men and Women , the ladies actually retain your words and comprehend your reason, intentions and actions, to achieve your adventure challenge. I may say the same phrases about the same actions you are doing, and the girls simply do not understand it coming from me sometimes. I started to think beautiful hair , long fingernails and glamor trips to the salon equal a comprehension challenge with bushcraft and survival education,,,you proved me very wrong and humbled me with who you are. Thank you so much Emelie . Do not be offended by negative comments from people, they are simply jealous of you in some way. Several ladies I have shown your videos to have mimicked your Swedish to English accent when we are out on our own adventures ,,, because we all think it is very beautiful and sexy,,,and sometimes they do it just to get my attention, and it works very well for them to do so. I am proud of and for you.

well done Emelie....I am an avid outdoor/Bushcraft enthusiast and I LOVE your videos so much, they always bring a smile to my face. you are my little ray of sunshine and happiness every week (I am fairly new to your channel so every week I am going through all your old videos as well as these new ones).....I will soon be off on my own outdoor adventure, and I watch your videos for anything new that I can learn. x

Skill and patience. Nice work!

I would give you 100% on making this fire with flint and steel in the winter. Well done

I very much like this idea for cooking. I can't wait to try it. Thank you.

Emelie you are doing so good, keep trying new and different things. Plan for your trip out and be safe while out in the bush.

You´ve gotten really good at making fires this way.

It's so sensual the way you strike the sparks.

Flint & Steel... WOW Awesome!!

LOVE the fire log setup !! Built in pot stand. 👍

Emelie, your videos are awesome! Your Enthusiasm is infectious. I find your videos relaxing. Love your attitude! And....... your English is fine! Thank you for being you! Keep up the good work. Jeff

Congratulations Emelie! You have every right to be pleased because you succeeded in creating fire using flint and steel. That one is a little tougher than using a ferro rod. You succeeded in creating a fire using a Swedish Fire Torch and you succeeded in using what you made to make some warm tea to help keep you warm out in the cold. These are some of the Keys to surviving and you did great! Congratulations again and thank you for the wonderful video. It is always a pleasure to find that you have posted a new video.

Sound advice Emelie, bushcraft is all about practice and above all else, enjoying and trying out different methods with the outdoors and connecting with nature. I for one, have learnt something new from you, the style of the logs in a bundle with a front loading window.....superb, keep doing what your doing. 👍🏼😀

Thanks so much for sharing. I hope all is well with you and your family and greetings from Florida

Great video! Thank you for sharing your adventures with us.

2 important things that others have commented are tear the char cloth to expose more fibers, also you need a sharp edge on your flint to get better sparks. You will notice a huge difference. Nice video. Thankyou. All the best.

Very good. I’ve never seen anyone start a Swedish Log Fire using flint & steel. You should not feel the need to apologize for your English, it is 1,000 times better than my Swedish. 😀

Emelie, you are starting fires all around the world even without your flint.

Good idea about practicing in the field. I’m an amateur radio operator and using your radio in the field is all about getting out there and practicing. Love the video and your beautiful forest. 73

Put the cloth on the bottom of the flint, so the sparks you generate will land on the cloth.....but you still did great. I'm proud of you Emelie.

First off, good job, you got it done. Here's a little advise, dress up the edges of your Flint. Sharp edges make sparked bigger and easier. When you strike your steel to the Flint, be more deliberate. There's no need to use the "priming" strikes, all they do is dull your flint. There's just a little advise, hope it helps. Make sure you ignore the haters and once again, good job on the fire.

You have come so far! So proud of you and all you have accomplished. I would like to see some camping gear that is from your country. We really enjoy your cooking! You are wonderful and always bring a smile when watching your videos. Please thank the person whom suggested you make these videos. Be safe and keep them coming!

Wow Emelie.. Id never seen the front loading idea. The torch / log is great in deep snow too .. Very nice video Well done

I liked the raised fire ideal, thanks for sharing this I will try it, it will come in handy

Nicely done. A challenge for our scouts next time we're in the woods!

Well done, Emelie!

Nicely done, Emelie! The wet log configuration is brilliant. If it wasn't for the smoke this set up would be great for stealth camping which I do a lot of due to all the rules and regulations in a 50 mile radius of my home. I use a Lixada wood burning stove on stealth overnighters or an alcohol or HEET trangia to be on the safe side. I have two propane stoves but I dislike the noise or loud hissing they produce. Your skills and the comfort of performing bushcraft tasks are improving immensely. Keep up the great work, Emelie! Once again, it's really wonderful and gratifying to see more and more women getting into bushcrafting.

Tying those 5 small logs together with wood shavings in the center of it ; with small pieces of wood on top was a simple, and smart way to start a fire. Cool beans.

Good Idea for a Fire with a Pot Stand included. I will try this the next time in the Woods! Greetings from Germany.

Great job with the flint and steel 👍🏼 may I offer a little hint? With your char cloth tear it in half so you have exposed fibers, lay the two pieces( with fibers ) towards the edge your striking it should catch a spark much faster, hopefully this helps. Keep up the good work, ❤️your videos Always look forward to more fantastic videos 🙂

Hi Emeli that is a very good winter off the ground fire, I love useng flint and steel and have been doing it for years, Keep up the good work you inspire me.

I use 100%pillow ticking for my char cloth . The blue and white striped stuff. It’s thicker, holds together well when manipulating on the flint and has a great ember. Love your channel Emelie!! Have a great day.

That was very interesting. Love your accent. Thanks for sharing. Be safe.

Nice fire design! Sometimes I strike the steel with the stone and the sparks fall on to the charcloth. Enjoy your time outside!!

Good job. I have seen other types of Swedish fire stoves but this seems more practical.

I haven't used flint and steel in at least twenty years, I do remember it wasn't easy. You are getting more sparks from your flint and steel than you think you are, against your dark jacket they were showing up pretty clearly on the video but you probably couldn't see the sparks in the sunlight against the snow. It takes a LOT of sparks to get the char cloth to burn though and all you can do is keep trying. Good job! Thanks for the video.

Nice. I like flint and steel. Nice forest.

Excellent video. Excellent work.

Very good Emelie

Ever been to Canada. Liked fire setup you did. Awesome.

Hi Emily I'm from wyoming I sure enjoy watching and learning from you I'm 64 years old and still learning . My grandmother was from Sweden but here she would speak mostly English I just love hearing you speak and explaining things she lived with us so she was around us all the time .and hearing you brings back so many memories you sound and talk just like she did Thank you

Another great video Emelie.. look forward to the next one... :)

Hello Emilie... Really like your courage and drive to learn. Two tips for dry firewood in wet areas during rain and snow. Break dead lower branches from standing trees. They will be dry, as they are off of the wet ground. Also, if you must use wet branches from a fallen tree, split or cut away the outer portion of the branch. It should be dry in the inner portion. Then you can cut the dryer pieces into smaller, easier to feed bits of fuel for your Swedish fire. A greatly idea. I like it. All the best. Keep learning.

I really like the idea. I’m gonna try it one day

Beautiful Forrest Beautiful woman Beautiful torch thank you！I will try to make that logfire

Great little Fire setup Emelie and good flint and steel skills

Great idea love it. Well done

Thanks for the video Emelie, I enjoyed it very much, the fire setup was really neat, Thank You for sharing . Wishing You all the best from Kentucky USA.

Great job Emelie!

Awesome, a new idea for me as well! Thank you!

I love watching you trying to make a fire in the forest in wet weather and you must have learned so much, but the best way to start a fire is to collect materials in advance and then clear the area you want to have the fire in. After that you first need smaller pieces of wood and some bark from dead trees to get it going and then add larger pieces after the fire is burning. You have learned quite a bit about starting a fire and it works, but you are going to need more wood to cook or heat water on the fire. You need stones around the fire so the container don't fall into the burning wood fire. The stones will keep the fire contained into one area also in any type of weather as well.

An admirable accomplishment. Flint and steel is one of the more difficult methods of starting fire. We become lazy, because using a ferro rod so greatly simplifies the task. I believe that the " fire lay " that you used is also known as a " Swedish Torch ", which I believe was originally developed by the " Sami ". Thanks for an informative, and enjoyable VLOG ... Cheers.

Hi Emilie, you don't have to apologise for your English! It's much better than my Swedish!!

well done Emelie I am also practicing with flint and steel

You rock! Emelie

I enjoy all your videos. Keep up the good work.

Emelie, I've tried those dumplings you shared. Yummy, very nice. Thank you.

Very neat. I will try this one.

Great, love this idea for a stick stove using STICKS, lol. Another enjoyable video Emelie, keep them coming. Cheers, Gorbag

Congratulations for your lovely Chanel ❤️❤️❤️ My Brother and I ❤️ love watching it, we’re from Mexico 🇲🇽 🤗🤗🤗

If you use the back of the steel to knap yourself some new sharp edges on the flint things will go faster. I've made hundreds of fires with the flint and steel. I'm a blacksmith and I test all the steels I make. Keep up the good work!

Enjoyable as always.

Excellent Video! Great Job with that fire. You have come a long way!

I enjoy watching your channel , Thank you for sharing . I like how you leave in the language bloopers & the Swedish bad language .

nice variation on the firelog and well done on the flint and steel,a very enjoyable video many thanks x

very nice job with all you do. I enjoyed watching .

Great job! You are super smart and learning at an exponential level. :)

Great video....great fire concept.

Way to go on the flint & steel fire Emilie!! I had chunks of skin missing on my knuckles before I got my first flind & steel fire going. lol I bought a steel similar to that one and struggled a lot. Ended up making a steel from a piece of file. Higher carbon steel and works better. Cool video!! Keep 'em coming, please! :) (insert hearts here)

Remember that “improvement” is for things you’ve succeeded at. You successfully made the fire! Bravo!!

Wonderful video... you already have comments noting what might have been better, but the thing I like about it is that YOU figured it out and adapted to the conditions. The sharp edge on the flint will give you the best sparks consistently. You are doing great and I am so enjoying your humor. :) Keep it up!!!

Great channel look forward to watching more

Great video Emelie

Failure is not trying at all. Love your videos very much. Thank you very much for your honesty.

Hi Emelie, good job, Rock On!

Cool video! Thanks for sharing.

Very well done, respect!

Nice job Emelie!

Great job making fire with a traditional flint and steel. I will have to try that. I enjoy my fire steel. Nice twist on the Swedish firelog, I usually so it with a solid log. Will try your way next time I am in the woods! 😊

nice spark !! you got it ..thanks to char cloth like the logs tied !!ATB

Thank you!!!

What a wonderful spin off a Swedish fire log. You have incorporated a firewall that will reflect the heat back at you. Thank you for sharing that idea. I wonder if you would do more experiments with this idea to further perfect it.

U really nice person u always say that u learner.... thats word show ur sense of humur

Great Idea, good job. Sharp edges on the flint work better. "We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. Kenneth Boulding, an economist and systems scientist, said: Nothing fails like success because we don't learn from it."

Emilie love your video. Fun fire concept.

Well done Emilie. Perseverance pays. Just an aside, you have beautiful blue eyes. Look forward to next video.

Pretty cool!

Wonderful!

Awesome Emilie. ☺