The Simple Bow Drill

You're the first person to demonstrate the minute step-by-step details of doing a friction fire to enhance success. Most vids I've seen on YouTube skip these tiny little steps like tying a certain knot or making the proper notch on the base board (especially the part that allows air flow in the back- never seen that before). The devil makes its home in the details of a thing. Thanks for keeping the devil at bay.

When I head out to the woods, I always try to focus on at least one skill. Headed out to the woods this weekend, and this my focus for the trip. Last time out was your hobo fishing reel. Thanks for the great class, Teufel Hunden.

This is the best tutorial on friction fire I have watched, precise instructions. Excellent.

i love your videos! you're so detailed and thorough. the little specifics like 'lock your wrist against your shin' or 'use green wood for the top piece' are invaluable. and every one of your videos are like that, so information-packed i have to watch them a few times to absorb it all...but like, in the best of ways. i really appreciate the encouragement to think creatively about solutions. like using mre bags for water collection and carrying - thank you for not just saying 'you can use mre bags to get water' instead you showed several different ways to try and left the door open for your viewers to try that and maybe come up with more. your videos are genuinely enjoyable. thank you!

For those not familiar with what a "Cotton Wood" tree is, it is the common Poplar! The name "Cotton Wood" comes from the fact that the seeds of the poplar look a lot like cotton.

Corporal, Staff Sargent from Army , my uncle was at or in the Battle of Inchon & Chosin Reservoir and help raised me. So I was raised up by a Chester Puller , like guy. ( I loved him, because after Vietnam 🇻🇳 he and I could talk about stuff; sometimes with just a blind of the eye.) But , I like him carried my Tomahawk and my K-Bars (2) plus my Gruber Mark 1 and my Buck 10, in Vietnam 🇻🇳. I also carried 4 ponchos and two large C- 4 for cooking and coffee making. But , I enjoy your videos on everything. I am medical Retired Green Beret. I am crippled only by physical means but your videos my me feel alive again. They remind me of my youth growing up learning from Warriors , like my Grandfathers, my father, and Uncles and family friends. The crafts that you teach. I am damn glad that you are passing it on to your son and other s. Most of all to us old farts that’s mind is still 17 years old but with bodies that tells us we are 117 years ago. I will not munching the damn weight gains from being handicap. Thank you for the time travel!! 👍😎

One of the best demonstrations of building and using a bow drill I have seen on YouTube. Excellent video.

...I will be using this technique at our Boy Scout Troop meeting this evening, and have directed our Scouts to use this video as a reference. Needless to say, another great video Shawn. Muchos Gracias Amigo...

This is awesome. Thanks a lot, my teacher said that if we can start a fire with bow drill we will get 100% the entire term. This is really helpful.

As you say: Outstanding! Take a bow. I am a city boy, and learned more from your stuff....

Subscribed a while back watch a lot of your stuff. The bow drill videos were a hit to me. Hell they all were. I like to go toe to toe with Mother Nature especially when it’s cold out. Your videos keep the pain of an outdoorsmen to a dull roar. Who can’t get out as much as I’d like. Keep up the good work. Appreciate your service sir.

I appreciated your throwing in the discussion of the beaver chew method of cutting sticks down safely.

"Play like it's real", good advice. Can't wait to get out there and play.

Nice demonstration ,I've only just started the bow drill technique. Took a while to make fire, but got there in the end. 🔥🔥🔥

Thank you for the in depth tree identification. Thank you for your service.

Clearest & BEST explanation of a Bow Drill I have seen! Thanks.

well i've found a new channel to binge watch

This was so helpful. Thank you! I love going out backing take no food or water just a good knife pot and a axe all I need .. thank you for this video I was having trouble starting my fire this was to f***** helpful

That was an excellent tutorial. So clearly explained! I'm so happy that your go-to materials for the desert were covered, because that's where I am most of the time.

Thanks , you have motivated me to give this method a try . For some reason I have never done this before and I'm almost 60 years old . I guess it's time to loose my cherry on this method . Keep the excellent training videos coming . Much appreciated !