Frontier Fire Starting

Awesome video! Love that you also point out that it was still traditional linear warfare that won wars, but no doubt the irregular fighting of the frontier made for a great symbol of the revolution

Very informative. Thanks for doing all that research and sharing with us. It makes for a great video.

Another great video... and I concur on finding period documentation on this subject... You have found more sources than I have...

Good research my friend. And I believe you are correct that many 1700s type folks did not have an Altoids can with a hole in the top. That being said a tin cup with a Flat Rock on top would suffice.

Great video. I grew up near Northumberland Pa where Joseph Priestly lived

Fantastic presentation! As a fellow lover of traditional fire lighting techniques (flint and steel in particular), I have fallen down similar rabbit holes! It can be frustrating since these methods and materials were so ubiquitous they really didn't seem to get documented too often. I've read all sorts of conflicting information about the composition and manufacture of steels and have done some experimental work with that myself, which has been really fun. It is truly a fascinating subject, so thank you for adding to available resources!

Good stuff! Really enjoy seeing your children in 18th century attire trying these out. My fire making preference: Flint and steel with charred punk wood, Burning lense and char cloth, Bow drill. The only thing I've mastered with a hand drill is blisters!

Great video! Great info and documentation. Being proficient in primitive fire is a skill that needs more attention. I’ve been using bow drill and flint and steel for 35 years. We used to practice by going out in the worst possible weather to make fire. Thanks for the great videos!

Enjoyed your presentation very much. Interesting I have been making fires with flint and steel for 20 yrs. or so. Seems I always learn something new about it from time to time. Really enjoyed the video and thanks for preserving a critical time in our history. By the way, I happen to be a direct descendant of a long hunter family.

just subbed. great job of staying with the facts you have actually verified. i have more faith in learning from a person who does their homework. good luck with your channel, take care.

Always informative.

Excellent video. You did a wonderful JOB❤

I really like your videos I hope you keep them coming. If ever in the Ozarks give me a holler. We just might need to have a trek. My wife is also good for filming. 👍

Thanks for sharing

Really cool info, thanks

from my research, the industry of making charcloth was very much alive and thriving, especially in the city and large towns as the residents could not get out and secure punkwood or other tinders, and they could actually buy it. Bushman would not use charcloth so much, that was for city folk, those on board ships and the rich.

I have never been able to flint/steel a fire. It may be the char cloth. Friction, ferro rod, sun and magnifying glass. I just never got the knack to that one. Although I make you some steel rings, if you need them.

Another awesome video! What about soaking hemp in wax if desired? I carry fatwood with me in my fire kit. Pine is plenty here in the Sierras. Your hat, it’s killing me!🤣👍

Can you recommend a book on the history of fire making in general?