PART 2 of 5:
A complete series of videos by Nutnfancy and my friend chronicling firemaking in cold and snowy conditions using backpacking equipment only. The series shows the scenery, adventure, survival philosophy, gear observations, our standard joking around, and the good times with long time friend BuggetNuster (YouTube name) and Allie the Mountain Dog. We hiked into the snowy and cold Rocky Mountain bivouac location I had chosen earlier for my Wilderness Lean-To series of videos. A few shelter mods are discussed and shown but the focus of these vids is the making of the fire. I used few edits in the video making because I needed to demonstrate the work needed to create a sustainable fire in these conditions. I have found no shortcuts in the wood preparation for wilderness fire making. Several blades including the Ontario RTAK II, Ontario RAT-7, and KaBar Heavy Bowie are used to strip limbs and baton the logs into burnable pieces with the advantageous sharp edges. They performed exceptionally well in the outing and withstood some real tough use in 15ºF cold (shown of course!). The Sawvivor backpack saw again proved its worth as an accurate and indispensable wood cutter, lubricated with frequent sprays of WD-40. Fire tender used this time was Trioxane solid fuel cake and REI Stormproof matches. The resulting fire was quite manly and heated the Lean-To to incredible levels. We had planned to also build a fire reflector and maybe some other structures but as usual the winter fire prep proved to be quite time consuming and high effort. And we wanted to kick back and enjoy our work afterwards. The outing and fire prep was lots of work but resulted in another great memory made with TNP subscribers and my buddies, BuggetNuster and Allie. Thanks for coming along!///////////////// Please Note: Generally you will have to have an interest in survival blades, skills, outdoor gear, and maybe learning more about them to find these videos interesting. They intentionally show a lot of detail of the fire process (with lots of discussion thrown in) so as to completely teach and prove the Nutnfancy winter firemaking method. In this respect they function as TNP Foundation videos (I will refer to them a lot).
Duration : 0:18:29
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B is holding your …
B is holding your wood
Have you ever …
Have you ever considered taking a type of machete like the brush thinner by gerber. it is thick enough to take on delimbing and batoning, but it doesnt weigh all that much. you should check it out. Thanks for all these vids you do great work.
who is better in da …
who is better in da army u (nutnfancy) or B?
hah he asked him to …
hah he asked him to put his but on his wood hehe…… at 14:00
whats the calorie burn on giglin all the time? might burn extra well worth it
@OWNmeansPWN …
@OWNmeansPWN TheArmoryChannel sent Nutn some Ballistol, but I don’t think he’s tried it like that yet… — Veri
ever thought about …
ever thought about using a small timber saw instead of that hack saw?.
@kaldicuct Hahaha!! …
@kaldicuct Hahaha!! She’s right! — Veri (Nutn’s sister)
holding the wood …
holding the wood like that in min 8, my aunt said, “thats just not kosher”
can you use …
can you use ballistol to lube your saw?
A great tip for …
A great tip for felling standing trees I learned from an old logger:
Cut on a slight downward angle so your blade doesn’t bind due to the weight of the tree then just cut the end straight after it’s down.
See Nutnfancy …
See Nutnfancy doesn’t like axes for himself, but it’s knock like he thinks you’re a dumbass for carrying one. I carry one and have learned how to use it even to whittle with in the case I don’t have my knife. It’s not as easy as a knife but doable.
@bontromium Well …
@bontromium Well the wonders of tv editing are great haha. Not knocking ray mears because he is awesome, but obviously they have to cut stuff out to make the show run 30 minutes.
buggetnuster, you …
buggetnuster, you are wearing knee protection!! as far as i can see!!??
Nutn, why do you name him Holmes, is that his real name??
still cutting that …
still cutting that tree down in the snow ? must have taken all year. where is the fire, ray mears would be all tucked up and cozy within 10 mins of looking at that tree. lol
Hey guys, nice work …
Hey guys, nice work, Just a experience to share. If I use a big knife to chop I never use the lanyard. If the knife slips from your hands instead of falling on the ground it flies back towards yourself and could hit you at the back of your head.
16:54 even better …
16:54 even better than 7:33
a rule of thumb in …
a rule of thumb in alaska,is if your in a survial situation..you can never have to much wood,and soft word fires burn fast and hot.. and here we always build fire first becuase of the light in the winter,usually never enough to build anything but a fire
lol puts new …
lol puts new meaning to the phrase “Woody” lol
Wait a minute…. …
Wait a minute….did you say 17 deg. Fahrenheit? that’s -8 deg. celcius.
Jesus Christ that’s literally a mild winter day and I’m not just saying that as a macho Canadian. -17 to -25 degrees Celsius or 1.4 to -13 degrees Fahrenheit seems more like a typical winter day.
great job keep up …
great job keep up the great videos
Really great series …
Really great series with not only the different PHYSICAL skill sets, but also the MENTAL mindset of how to prepare oneself in that harsh environment. Great job!
If your out in the …
If your out in the woods, I think there’d be enough dead wood lying around (unless your in a popular spot). Then I find that breaking limbs into kindling is done fairly quick and easy by smacking dead limbs, across a rock of stump (especially when done at their joints ).
I had agreed with …
I had agreed with you about the saw instead of an axe, but even a small hatchet sure would make tree cutting a lot easier, sawing that hard in the cold can exhaust your muscle to the point of needing days to fully recover, leaving you in a bind. So my mind is changed, for real wood work, a hatchet is worth its weight in gold
yeah, i stopped …
yeah, i stopped using saws a LOOOOONG time ago
did u knotch that …
did u knotch that tree to make sure it didnt scissor?