It's a technique known as the Rudiger Roll aka Fire Roll, a technique taught to me by Boggycreekbeast. Check out his videos too. Here's my video on How to Fire Roll. Thanks! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8YP8LGyIkXI.html
Just checked out that video (and Boggy creek beast too), really cool stuff. I'm amazed it works so well, tried it as well today. Gone up to being my favorite way to start fire.
I stripped the fibers from an 18" yucca leaf and reverse wrapped it into a 12" cordage. It was such a short cord, but it worked well for a bow drill bow string. I broke out the same little River Birch set we made last week. After I put a toggle in each end of the cord, attached it to the bow, and put 2 wraps around the spindle, LOL! I only had 5" to work with for the stroke... Still, though, it worked beautifully. Then I took the Yucca cordage bow string and broke it down into separate fibers and made a fire roll and fire with it. Also, I gave 3 crucial tips to achieving ignition with the fire roll technique... Come see how it all turned out. Please SUBSCRIBE at the end of the video. Thanks!
That's the way I was thinking about it.... About 60 strands of Yucca Fiber... They were interesting to my coworkers to see them transformed into a cord that we couldn't break, they were used for bow drill string, they were used up in a fire roll, and they made a video that will entertain and educate hundreds. Yep, amazing what 1 leaf can do. Thanks!
Man, I live in Arizona; I've played with yucca before (and it does make great cordage, though I've always wondered if you could treat it like flax and get some decent cloth out of it) but never tried it in fire-making. Considering that it's all around me, I think I should be ashamed not to try this! So I have a new project this weekend. ^_^
What a great video David, i had never heard of the Yucca Fire Roll before!! I live in Illinois, do you know of any plants here that I can make a fire roll with?
Boggycreekbeast has a long list of videos that show many plants that work. Here is my How To Fire Roll Video. Thanks! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8YP8LGyIkXI.html
I keep thinking about stuff I want to say about it. I remember a Dave Canterbury video that showed how easily debris just shakes right off of wool.... This wool blend blanket shakes off everything just like the good ones Dave was talking about. I love the thing.
