Making 200 Pieces Of Denim Char Cloth 

I use cloth shears from mom's sewing kit. It takes less than 10 minutes to cut up every usable square inch. I Usually go for 1.5 x 1.5. I really like your DIY bush buddy.

Hot Pants! It’s the 1970’s all over again.

David I've learned more from you than any other tuber. Thank you for the time you take to make the videos!

Hi Dave, thanks for another great video. You can never have enough char cloth! It’s magical when you cook it just right. A quick strike with a steel and the spark jumps on the cloth and glows cherry red. I’m amazed how long residual heat remains in the can. I took it off the fire, set it down down, came back in a half hour, opened it up and the char cloth slowly started glowing! Wow!

I like that can you use a lot.

Just cut an old pair of jeans up today. Got 634 pieces out of it. Might take me a while to get it all charred up. Gives me plenty to teach my nephews who are 6 and 8 how to use. The 6 yr old can start a fire with a firesteel like a champ.

Didn’t know blue Jean denim could be turned into char cloth. Thanks!

Did I see what I thought I saw. The master of friction fire pull out a buck and light his fire. Lol. Great video bro. Thanks for sharing. Atb. Robert

I think that in one of your video's on char cloth you said that you used a "Murray's hair dressing pomade" can. I found them on line, but our local big box store did not know of them or have any. I stopped into a "Fred's" store. It's similar to Dollar General and Family Dollar. They not only had the 3 oz can's but they were only $2.25. The clerk said that they sold a lot of that product. It's still in the metal can. Thanks for all of your great advice.

Denim works great thanks!

Great vid! I like the stove you made... Do you have a vid on that?

This is years late but a rotary cutter would be quicker but they don’t sharpen well. You could stack it 4 layers and cut it quickly

One shot one fire nice ciao

Nice first strike and it lit! What about making it in a larger tin such as your storage tin or a biscuit tin?

Anyone else find it funny that David West used grass to light grass on fire?

Q: how do you store charcloth? I know obviously you keep it dry but aside from that do you have any other tips for storing such a fragile commodity?

Very nice video. Thank you. By the way, what stove are you using ? I currently use Sterno but looking to transition to a wood burner.

I dont have any churt. Can I start char cloth with ferro rod? I plan to make some char cloth this week. Thank You

That's a nice looking striker! did you make it yourself? or who did you buy it from?

So how long do you barbecue the jeans for the best results, I was gonna order some on Amazon but I like making things why not make it myself

Hi David. Can you please give your views on what constitutes the qualities of good char cloth (in the making). For example I have made lots of late and some of it is brittle and I can't seem to nail the flexible finished product that you seem to make. I also cannot work out what is causing mine to go brittle ie too much heat, too much oxygen (holes in one of my tins too big perhaps?? - as I use several tins) or is it the fire I am making it on ie is the fire too hot? I can start fires sure enough with even the brittle stuff but I have to be super tender when handling it. At the end of the day I know the end goal is simply to make a medium that enables me / us all to light fires more easily but .... I would like it to be a little more robust than what most of the batch currently comes out like. Thanks if you can help mate. With kind regards - Paul :)

Use scissors

Will ashes help char cloth in any way?

How long will char cloth last?