had some fun today, went for a little hike to clear the head of the New Years eve wobbly pops (3 pitchers of beer, 4 double gin martinis).
Wandered thru the woods silently, as i wanted to really hear the wildlife (mostly birds and squirrels). At one point I scared the :foot::foot::foot::foot: out of a dog walker and her dog....I wore mostly drab browns and greens today , CADPAT aint nothing compared to plain ol brown drab waxed cotton jacket and OD drab pant) , she did not even see me or hear me. Even the dog jumped about 2 feet into the air when i cracked a stick with my hands to alert him of my presence. No biggy, we exchanged Happy New Years greetings and she asked if I was the "woods guy" that built the shelter. Apparently her dog really liked lying down inside the shelter.
Anyways, onto one of the skills I practiced today. I have made fire plows before from dried garden bamboo and man are they easy to get going into flame. But today i tried with wood i found in my region...cedar!
The bamboo fire plow at home was EASY, hardly any effort. But the wood one left me breathless and almost ready to puke. I did get a lot of very fine woods tinder from my efforts, but man it was hard work.
video, click to play
screw this method :thumbdn: (fire Plow) , fatwood and fatwood scrapings rule for effortless firestarting. :thumbup:
Wandered thru the woods silently, as i wanted to really hear the wildlife (mostly birds and squirrels). At one point I scared the :foot::foot::foot::foot: out of a dog walker and her dog....I wore mostly drab browns and greens today , CADPAT aint nothing compared to plain ol brown drab waxed cotton jacket and OD drab pant) , she did not even see me or hear me. Even the dog jumped about 2 feet into the air when i cracked a stick with my hands to alert him of my presence. No biggy, we exchanged Happy New Years greetings and she asked if I was the "woods guy" that built the shelter. Apparently her dog really liked lying down inside the shelter.
Anyways, onto one of the skills I practiced today. I have made fire plows before from dried garden bamboo and man are they easy to get going into flame. But today i tried with wood i found in my region...cedar!
The bamboo fire plow at home was EASY, hardly any effort. But the wood one left me breathless and almost ready to puke. I did get a lot of very fine woods tinder from my efforts, but man it was hard work.
video, click to play
screw this method :thumbdn: (fire Plow) , fatwood and fatwood scrapings rule for effortless firestarting. :thumbup:
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) I don't use that method much and am by no means "good" at it. Your plow in the video is way to long and the channel is way to big. That is a tough way to make fire where you live, bro.
