The Fire Piston - Using Air Pressure To Start A Fire. A Great Bushcraft Survival Skill. 

Shawn your dedication to holding a literal fire in your hand next to your face will ever puzzle yet amaze me

I've seen people using a fire piston before, but this seemed so much more effortless compared to their attempts. Very nice!

That's amazing. I never knew such a thing existed or was even possible.

The residual smoke wafting off of your hat would make a really cool thumbnail pic.

The fire piston is definitely one of the coolest ways to impress someone starting a fire. Thanks Shawn. 👍👍👍

It's very interesting to watch these survival tips videos. Keep-em coming Shawn. 👍

Everyone driving a diesel automobile utilizes this principle every time they start their car. Nice job.

That is so cool. I'm familiar with most of the survival techniques and items to be used if you're truly roughing it. But I've never seen that one. I will truly find one and add it to my arsenal. Thanks for the great tip!

Love the branching out you've been doing with your content. Keep it up.

Very cool. Clickspring has a bowdrill making&using video - it looks too easy. It's nice to see you make it so easily too. A fascinating demonstration video on fire making. Thank you!

Never even HEARD of this one before! Thanks!

I have never seen or heard of it. Very interesting Shawn

Cool, but I think "Whoa, just burned my hand" just might surpass "just give it a little flip" as the new catch phrase. 😁

I like this new type of "survival tips" content ngl, even though I may never be in a survival type situation, this kinda puts me at ease.

THESE ARE EASY TO MAKE -- THUMBS UP FOR THE DEMONSTRATION "

Great tool. I liked your dedication to your channel for holding the fire bundle

"And we have a fire!" As Shawn's hat goes up in smoke! LOL As always I love watching you do stuff Shawn. Happy New Year and God Bless!

Wanted to see this tested, thanks!

Love this series. This information could literally save lives potentially. I know it has added a couple new tools to my list of needed items when hiking and camping Thank you Shawn!

That was the hardest one for my granddaughter to work....but we succeed....thx Shawn...

Best piston firestarter vid! Didn't get too complicated with the physics, demonstrated how much care is taken from ember to flame. Also, you have that spark you get when you are doing your survival talks!

WOO! FIRE PISTON! My favorite non-modern method of ignition!

That is so much fun to do! More please!

That was cool I have seen them on Amazon but never knew how it work. Thanks Shawn don’t burn your hands bro.

Never seen anything like this.. seems like a winner..

Good video, what i was looking for without wasting tons of my time. Thanks

Fire piston with metal. where the lowest melting point of a metal began to be tin, copper, and silver. The three materials were combined to become bronze. Previously there were stone, wood, and bamboo fire pistons. Seals used natural fiber materials, before getting to know precision molded rubber. And fuel/tinder doesn't know cloth. Thank you for the progress of the fire piston.

Shawn, what was the "char" that you used in your fire piston? Awesome subject matter, great videos! Thanks

Great demo of the fire piston, Shawn. Loving the survival tips, shorts and your off the cuff wit. Keep on keepin on

Same principle in Diesel engines, very cool

It's great to see you back to the bushcraft!

I’ve never seen a fire piston before. Very cool. I though a flint was cool, but this blows that away!

That is a good tool to have, so I want one. Thanks for sharing that Shawn.

Love these survival tip videos! Would be great to see more wilderness survival topics in the future!

really cool! Thanks, Shawn!

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the work.

A bushcraft video!!!!!!!! I’m so excited! I’ve missed these!

Love your stuff Shawn! I'm glad you're making your original content again. Keep up the great work! PS...maybe a little flint knapping from Glassy Butte?

Great video, thanks 👍

loving these uploads

Does char come with the fire piston? Do you have a recommended brand that you particularly like to use? Thank you!

That was awesome

Well done!

Thank you very very much for these videos! not only they are fun to watch, these skills are really useful!

That's super cool.

TIL: Fire is *HOT* ;) Thanks again ShawnI've never seen a fire piston; I'll have to pick one up!!

OK, the obvious question now is: Where do you get “char” to load in there?

I have never seen or heard of one of these things, and I've been around a long time. Very cool....thanks...again.

I’ve never seen one of those. Neat. But I carry multiple Biq lighters with me. They are the easiest. I also pack one windproof butane for bigger emergencies.

Wow!! Hadn't heard of this one before. Thanks!

What was the char made of?

Great video!

Wow that's surprisingly effective.

Excellent video, can't wait to see others

nice video of Shawn fighting HELL. Happy 2023.

This video was 🔥

Casually holding fire as you do an outro

Awesome content

That's a great tool

that was hella cool I want one.

I'm loving the new videos. ....as well

I like to have the initial piece of char in the piston and add it to a larger piece once the ember starts which makes it a larger ember to work w/ in the tinder bundle .. Great video ..

So impressive.

1:33 Shawn: "We have a fire...(Continues to talk while he's holding fire)"

U.k. frank . Shawn you’re videos are really educational and fun. Have you ever thought of running bushcraft courses for all age groups that would make great videos as well

Enjoyed this video, keep up the great content.

Wow! that is great :)

I only saw one of these used once and they had a very difficult time. You must have used this quite a bit! Very cool device and takes so much less effort(a very important thing in a survival situation) then other methods.

Nice👏

Most cool!

Would be great at the end of your series you rate all of the methods on like a scale: difficulty, accessibility, effectiveness, time taken etc.. Great videos!

man i got here early. great vid

Just casually holds a bunch of flaming grass in his hand, what a man

For Shawn's next trick. He'll be eraticating mice with a Detriot Diesel! (loves your channel)

Like and enjoy 🍀👍🍀 Greetings from Germany 🍀👍🍀

Neat 👍

Old school science at work.

👍 interesting

nice :D

wow, never seen something like this!

This video is fire

Question...where do you get your char? Looks like a great idea but I am interested in the char part of this whole fire starter! Mike in sunny Florida

It's what inspired the Diesel engine. Indonesian fire pistons have been around since around 500BC.

Wow for sure

cool

Shawn, I've been a subscriber for over 4 years and never miss a video. I've been noticing that RU-vid haven't recommend any of your videos lately

So where do I get one of those to tryout?

Interesting! Please be careful, though!

Never heard of this, but sometimes I felt some heat for example within an air pump for bicycles ....same principle

Best

Compressive heating which is also known as adiabatic heating. Diesel motors operate on the same principle.

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Ok, now put it down… put it down…. SHAWN PUT THE FIRE DOWN!!! Never seen a fire piston before, need to research that a bit more. Very clever.

Kewl

Diesel for survival. I had no idea. Great little invention. Do you know when fire pistons were invented, where and by whom?

Fantastic presentation! Do you have an affiliate Link where to purchase the thingy??

Shawn do the fire roll with cotton and ashes next!

It's pretty cool. I'd probably pack some "char" with it though, just incase there's none around.

Shawn, once you're a good ways through the methods, I'd like to see you compare and contrast them relative to one another. You might have seen or enjoyed Project Farm product comparison videos... I could imagine you doing something similar for a wide variety of survival topics (fire, traps, shelter, etc). Similar to how your trap videos used to have catch counts.