Making & Comparing 3 Kinds of Char Rope

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In this video we're making and comparing three kinds of char rope:
* hand-braided strips of burlap (jute)
* cotton-ish rope (We don't think it's 100% cotton.)
* hand-braided strips of 100% cotton denim (from jeans)
The charing time in the fire was about 8 minutes.
The Results - From Most Successful to Least
(The back of a knife down a ferro rod was used to make the sparks onto the char ropes.)
#1 - The braided, 100% cotton denim char rope takes a spark the easiest. The braiding causes the denim to keep a coal the best when compared to denim char cloth (that isn't braided).
#2 - The braided burlap took a spark easily also. It comes in a very close second to the cotton denim.
#3 - The charing process verifies that the cotton-ish rope, well, it isn't cotton. The white rope charred into a shrunken, crumbly, hard mass. It would not ignite with a spark. There were a few times that a little spark glow would land on the charred material then it would go out in just a couple of seconds.
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4 апр 2020

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Комментарии : 17

@hero2006 4 года назад

Great demonstration. Thanks for sharing.

@wobblyotteroutdoors 4 года назад

Thank you, kindly.

@minhster714 4 года назад

Whoa! So cool! Never knew this was a thing!

@arctodussimus6198 10 месяцев назад

Nice demonstration. I tell folks when they use jute twine, to make sure it’s 100% natural jute. Sometimes (especially the colored jute) the manufacturers put a non-flammable coating on it. That may be what happened to your cotton-ish rope.

@wobblyotteroutdoors 10 месяцев назад

Thank you. I didn't know about the possibility of non-flammable coating. Interesting.

@samthai818 4 месяца назад

I have found that the absolute best char material for flint and steel is cotton balls! With the loose fibers it catches a spark extremely quickly and it instantly goes deep creating a glowing ember ball. But with a fero rod, any common char material will ignite with a single strike because its sparks burn at more than 3000° whereas flint and steel is at around 800°. If I can make a suggestion, I have over 10 fero rods all of my bags and vehicles and 3 sets of flint and steel in all of my emergency bags, but I have recently been impressed with these little rechargeable electric candle lighters! A single full charged candle lighter can produce a few thousand degree plasma for 120 seconds. It can ignite a char cloth in a tenth of a second, newspaper in a fraction of a second, and cardboard in a second. Given these facts I can light over 300-400 fires with a single charged lighter, which only takes an hour and a half to charge from a medium speed charger. If you have a cheap solar powerbank you can have fires for a lifetime. These lighters are very cheap, right now, I picked up 8 of them for $4 each. I also keep these in all of my vehicles and backpacks.

@wobblyotteroutdoors 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much for all of this. Such wonderful information. We too like the longevity and ease of use of the electric arc lighters. They are awesome.

@ShadeSlayer1911 3 месяца назад

Is that a Mora Garberg you're using to strike the ferrorod? I am a big fan of the mora knives, and the garberg is fantastic. I love the style of your video. Very calm and soothing.

@wobblyotteroutdoors 3 месяца назад

Yes, it is a Morakniv Garberg. And I agree, it is such a pleasant knife to use. Thank you so much for the kind words about the video style. That's awesome and means a lot to us.

@grampawterry8957 4 года назад

Shared .

@wobblyotteroutdoors 4 года назад

Thank you, Terry.

@vocalpatriot 4 года назад

I use oil lamp wick...it is charred at the end rather than the whole thing at once but you don't need a lot..

@wobblyotteroutdoors 4 года назад

Good idea.

@glenray7464 4 года назад

Ñice vid. Try to get some cotton bucher twine. Do a 9 stran brade (3 per ) thats what I use. It will take flint and steel

@wobblyotteroutdoors 4 года назад

Thank you. The cotton twine is a great idea!

@nnperformance76 4 года назад

How did u make the tins? Good vedio as always.

@wobblyotteroutdoors 4 года назад

Hi nn and thank you. We purchased the tins from Amazon. A link to a variety of tins is in the video description. We cut the small hole in the top of each tin with the tip of a knife blade. That, and lots more information about making char cloth, is in another of our videos at this link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NCj35hZdkbc.html I hope this answers your question. Please let us know if we missed the mark.