Is A Ferro Rod Worth Having?

Many thanks for this great video. Your title may be a bit misleading because it's not so much about the worth of a FerroRod but about the importance of producing real good cinder which I consider the most important thing to start a fire. - As always: good preparation is key.

When he said " I'll show you something you probably haven't seen"; I thought he was gonna cut a piece of his beard and use it as tinder lol

I love your videos. There's no ego, no attitude, no marketing. You basically interact with your audience like they're a grandkid you're taking out into the woods to learn basic skills because you care about them. You seem like such a kind, down-to-earth person, and I always learn something everytime I watch your channel. Thanks for being awesome. ❤

"Shaving a pile" is the number one thing that got me over struggling with a ferro rod. If you made several slow semi hard passes over the rod before generating any spark you get a much stronger hotter ignition.

I'm 65 y/o now, and I've been camping since I was 16 y/o. I'm also a retired District Fire Chief. I've started campfires many different ways in the past, but the last method was something completely new to me. I live in Florida and we have many pine trees of various kinds and oaks with lichen, so that method should work well here. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

I've been out in the wilds countless times for weeks and months at a time. Started making flint and steel fire when I was eight years old (1967). It is rare that I see something that I don't already know.... but I've never seen anyone slice into the blisters on a pine tree and sop up the resin with lichens. It just proves that there is always something new to learn.

Your videos have a charm of their own. No razzle-dazzle, no personal vanity, just good info, handed out in your friendly, accessible style. You do good work.

Good Lord, I thought that was a bear behind you.

Here in Wyoming, I have learned to grab whatever tinder material I find at the beginning of my walk, and then place a nice sized wad of it in my pants pocket and just walk until I need it to start a fire. That usually dries it out well enough. It's better to plan ahead, however, and place a plastic baggie of cotton dryer lint, along with a small tube of petroleum jelly in the bag. this combo works! Thanks, Lonnie, for the tip about the pine resin; have used it before, but you reinforced my memory. God bless you and yours.

One of the few truely useful videos out there. No long winded bull, just proof in the doing of it!

I bet that beard would take a spark.

I have no idea but he always makes me so happy maybe it’s his monotone voice and the calm serenity of the forest

I love your teaching style. So calm, natural, and down-to-Earth. It’s like hiking and camping with your grandfather.

Simple solution I use, I used a chunk of good saturated fatwood for the handle to my ferro rod. Scrape off some fatwood shavings and they will light wet or dry, just have to find half decent tinder for the fatwood to light once it is burning.

It’s amazing just how much we don’t know. The resin fire could be a life saver and just about everyone has never thought about it so that is one of the best teachings worth knowing. Brilliant video.

"Having tools is not as important as knowing how to use them" was one of the wisest things I've ever heard you say

IS that a dog or a mini-bear?! Holy cow! He/her is on duty too. Good pup.

As a relatively new subscriber to the channel, I wanted to take a moment and tell you how much I appreciate the videos and the straightforward way in which they are presented. Having grown up in the Adirondacks in Upstate NY, it's a pleasure to hear someone speak directly about what works, how it works, and what you need to do without the yelling, hype and product pushing that so many other survival channels seem to have as a part of them. I find my sons often sitting and watching these with me, and it gives us ideas of things to do, together, to keep the knowledge alive. Please keep up the great work!

I like how the dog is "Keeping Watch" on you two...👍

Scraping the inside of a dead standing tree...that's brilliant. That could really come in handy in a tough situation. Great advice, thanks.