Feeling a bit bored? Why not ward off the darkness of the surrounding winter woodland with a medieval style fire torch. An easy and rewarding autumn project and a must have for Halloween or Bonfire Night processions.
Great video and audio quality, good pacing with occasional humor and delivers the educational content clearly and concisely as well. Honestly it's shocking it has only 1k views since this is exactly the kind of content that usually has +1m views.
Im testing this type of torches out for our spring `Ritual` we hold every year at my friends cottage in the Finnish lakelands. I have six for all the six attendees and hope it will bring the right type of mood and a lot of light around the bonfire. Cheers from Finland!
Yes do, it's a lot of fun and very effective. Don't over soak the wick with fuel though, because if you do, as it heats up it tends to run down the handle. Enjoy 😉
Use citronella. I've had them last 30-45 minutes. If you 4-way split the wood, you can wedge an old shirt or any piece of cloth in-between without wire. Good video though man. Make these every time I camp
Great idea, I'll try your alternative version, thanks for letting me know about. You might find this video of interest: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6ZORAFeJXFo.html
Hi. If the wick is fully soaked with fuel, any idea how long will the torch burn? Also, once the flame dies down, can you just resoak the wick with fuel or would you have to replace the wick entirely? Many thanks for sharing. 🙏🥰
Hi Micheal, I got about a 30min burn time. This could be improved by a thicker wick layer (which would hold more fuel). If you extinguish the flame as soon as the fuel has burnt off, you shouldn't need to change the wick. You can then re soak it and re use as is. If you leave the tourch a flame after the fuel has burnt off, the wick will eventually be incinerated. Hope this info is useful, thanks for your interest. d.
How do you know when the fuel is used up and the wick is burning? It's probably pretty obvious different kind of burning, I just want book smarts before I try to learn by experience 😊
Smother it in something, sand is good or soil. Grass cuttings work well or just lay the flamming torch on the ground and throw a lump of cuttings on top of the flame. Be careful though, watch you don't burn yourself.
@@NutsinMay yes,thats why i was thinking. There are modern version,for stageplay and the olympics,but they are too fragile and small to give a true "adventure" type feel.
I’m trying to create tiki torches for an overnight bonfire event, however it’s really hard to get wick in lagos. Also how can I keep the fire burning for about 30 -60 minutes at a time?
Yes you're right, Bees wax does work really well - and it's natural (not refined in any way). Thanks for your comment Thy Staff. Have you watched my medieval brazier video? If not it may interest you.
That depends on what fuel you use. With paraffin, 15 - 20mins. Wax, a bit longer. The thickness of the wick is a factor to, the bigger the wick, the more fuel it can hold.
