New FLINT STEEL Fire Tool & No Char Plant Discovery

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Nice to see you guys still posting. Thumbs up before I even watch cuz I know you guys are going to have that good video Everybody thumbs up! 😊👍

great making fire is fun... I ignited the other day a soaked grass bundle..maybe check out the vid..would be an honor if you do

Your tinder tube reminds me of a African Tondeldoos or Tonteldoos I have seen it spelled each way.

Man, it is so rare to find real primitive skills channels that really get into the weeds (sorry for the pun) about the subject matter. So happy to wake up to this video!

I urge you to check my video of me using rotten elderberry pith it might be one that you may be able to get to work with flint and steel I have had. Rotten elderberry pith work with pyrite. Some people have gotten pith from plants to work with it before it may be one you can reconsider due to it’s wide abundance across the us

Fantastic we’re missing a couple!!!!

So it's one of those South African tinder boxes sometimes called a tonteldoos. Usually they are made of copper these days to be made more compact but I bet they were made like this before copper pipe was a thing =)

Awesome! Now I know what I am going to do with that elk shed I found! Combining learning, the outdoors, and family this is about as good as it gets! Well done!

Always a joy to watch your vids. Thanks for sharing!

I've been following yall for years! This i find so very interesting! Great job! Keep them coming!

I can’t believe you only have 8.48K subscribers.

I love this tinder carrier idea! It reminds me of a mountain man device using braided cotton in a tube. You push un-charred tinder through the tube to the charred end. Great video as always.

I like the primitive tinderbox design, looks like a play on the tonteldoos style tinderbox?

I love watching your Flint and steel videos! Thank you so much for all the effort and research you put on these videos!

I am very impressed with your experimentation. Going by range maps on Google, I have not been able to find anything I’ve seen on your list that grows in Louisiana. I haven’t given up. I try to find things on my own. But so far nothing. Maybe someone who has can comment. Thanks.

I love your bone 'tondeldoos'! Your work on no-char tinders is groundbreaking, and forms the basis of a new understanding of natural tinder materials. I've been a fan for a while - keep up the good work!

I just love these videos!
Time to time I check your YT page, to see if you posted a new episode

it's a variation on the South African tonteldoos, they usually make them from brass and stuff them with cotton char.

Could you have sparked some of the charred remains of all those trees you walked past in the video? Just curious.

Well boys, how was the fishing at lake? Nice tinder/char horn. Leg bone works too.

Beautiful place!

Learned so much from both of you . I’m 71 and thought I had a good list of char materials . But no char ! Wow I don’t steel another’s work so tell people to go to your channel .

What about all the Charcoal from the forest fire? Would that take a spark?

The horn you mad and how you use it is vary much like a trench lighter/ sailor lighter

It's inspiring how you put in the work ! Kings of No-Char ! I make overnighters videos, and I love flint and steel. I'll try some no char, and of course, I will credit you ! But only if I succeed, deal ? 😅

Guess you know in the early days they used to carry their "fire" in horns. I love the antler idea. Its beautiful.

Fantastic idea! I’m in the southeastern US! It’s a mountainous area and would love to know more about the plants and materials I could use around here for good tinder! I use red cedar and the horse hoof fungus on black locust trees, but any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

You all put a lot work into these videos awesome job and information.

Really good video guys always enjoy watching !!
That reminds me of a video I watched about a man from the 1870/80 a similar method with a brass tube end caps and cotton stuffed in it ..
That was a really interesting way to use antler and caps with a no charge material stuffed inside. Because the no charge can always be charred without a fire to begin the process then you could easily put a harder to start material in the bottom and continue to use this process .
I'm going to copy your idea but I'm going to use copper pipe 1"1/2 or 1"1/4 × 2 "1/2 .

Will have to get a piece of Elkhorn. Really like the char carrier.

Hi guys!!!..it’s me again!!!!..hey, where do y’all normally get your flint or chirt from???..(I usually hike-harvest mine)…😊😊😊💯💯💯💯👍👍👍

Cool research and video. Can you do a video on how to make the antler tool tinder kit. It's fantastic

When I saw all the pines I was thinking you could scrape some of the resin off to help with ignition. Nice antler piece - I think I have a piece of moose antler I can use. I will leave the bottom on and fill it half full of white ashes then tinder fluff on top and a piece of Jasper. If the flint and steel is stubborn I can just use the ash mixed with the fluff for a Rudiger roll. I have had good success with that technique too. Your video is top notch - I subscribed part way in!

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I have a rope lighter that's based on the same concept. It's a tube with a 1/4 inch diameter length of braided cotton rope inside with a zippo type spark wheel and a hinged cap on one end. You flip open the cap, push the burnt end of the rope up in place to catch the sparks produced by the wheel. When done lighting your smoke, just pull the rope back down into the tube and flip the cap over to snuff it out. It works even better in windy conditions.

I just happen to have a piece of bone just like that, have to try it.

Would love a video on finding sparking rocks along river banks in the PNW

A great non char tender is sisal or hemp box twine,,,thanks for a great demonstration, well done young man, you'd be a great guy to have around in the rain,,,❤❤❤❤❤🖖🤏🍻🌭🌭🍟🍻👍

Wow,,,what a view,,,❤I started doing this kind of stuff after Vietnam, I take the month of June off and go adventuring all around the wilderness of the United States, I'm going back to those Superstition Mountains this year, I go for the views. The landscape is incredible, the sky at night or day is incredible, the wildlife is in .. abundance and in varieties,,,thought I was going to say incredible again huh? I'm going to sleep out on the flat iron and summit ironview peak sometime around june 7th, so maybe we'll have a coffee sunset over phoenix,,,☕ I'll be the old guy with the tired look. oofff!🖖🤏

The no char plant list needs to be relooked by using a Titanium striker to ignite them. Titanium sparks are hotter and hopefully will ignite all the no char plants using carbon steel. Try using a fire piston to ignite the no char plants too for research.