PART 3 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 : 0:19:43
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Yall CW’S?
Yall CW’S?
@kd0bgz Oh kd, that …
@kd0bgz Oh kd, that is so awesome. Spend a lot of time with her and give her a while to settle down and you will never, ever regret it. Big *high five* for rescuing Hershey. =0 ) — Veri
@nutnfancy rescued …
@nutnfancy rescued a choco lab!!!! This girl chases all the birds. So exited to start training…… she knows basic commands… but she cannot stay still when she scents…… it’s on……….. her name is “Hershey.” She was obviously abused but we love her… she knows whats up……. BUDDY! Smiley dog here in TX.
great vids …but …
great vids …but not a huge fan of all the anti gay stuff…i get that its light but it could be considered very offensive
thats what she said …
thats what she said HAHAHA
cool video as …
cool video as always but what got to me was Allie. My black lab loved the snow as well but passed away not too long ago. She seems like a great dog, labs are the best!
Lovin what you guys …
Lovin what you guys are doin, havin a really good time out there. just something i use when battonong with a knife.it can sometines take some of the effort out of going thru the bigger logs but using a wedge.knife in and wedge to follow. Mind you giving those knfes that much grief is great seeing what they can take.perhaps combine the two.Oh yeah one more you might like. try a bow saw, you can make one out of wood, it’s light long and you’ll save even more calories, packs flat. Thanks for post
i have never seen …
i have never seen snow you guys are freaking lucky
why dont u use …
why dont u use doble-handed saw ? it woud take just two minutes fore a log like this
woohoo!! Red Green …
woohoo!! Red Green Show!! Canadian mention!! Nutnfancy you should come film some videos in Canada!!
@dreamthinker79 …
@dreamthinker79 Blah blah blah ax blah blah blah.
thanks nutn you …
thanks nutn you turned me on to using wd40 in the woods and now everybody in home depot gives me dirty looks when the 16 yr old asks where the wd40 is hahaha
That batoning looks …
That batoning looks like a lot of work. I agree that a good survival knife should be able to take the abuse, but I think I’d prefer a wood axe to sawing/batoning. To each his own I guess.
wow i really like …
wow i really like that rtek !! How much did it cost you? I am surprised nothing happned to it when u chop wood with it
Why don’t you care …
Why don’t you care to carry a small campers axe? They weigh about 3-4 lbs. and are easily carried on your pack. You show it can obviously be done well with only a good knife-knives but it just seems like you could cut your labor in half with an axe. Great video! Thanks for posting.
hahahaha gay …
hahahaha gay sweater cap!..jesus these videos make sitting at work so much easer..fishing is right round the corner
hahah need a little …
hahah need a little smaller long to hit with at the end your firend hit the wood a little more then the knife haha good vid man i subscribed to hope to see lots more vids
dude nutn
dont … 
dont diss canada 
BC where im from we got nothin but trees its about a 10 min walk from my house to get into woods like where you are 
dude nutn
splitting wood on …
splitting wood on the ground is hard work, most people put it on a block or a tree stump as its far left effort.
Bad technique……but Nice dog
Hey dude! Love your …
Hey dude! Love your vids!
You should review some tomahawks. What do you think about tomahawks as survival tools?
Nutn! i need your …
Nutn! i need your help! i don’t know which one i should get, the RAT7 or RD7?! you recommended both you said you love the RAT but you also gave the RD9 the RD7′s bigger bro! i just don’t know!
QUESTION: Besides …
QUESTION: Besides being lazy, Would there be anything wrong to get a fire started with that easy wood you guys at the begging (1/2 ways thru the tree)… building up a good fire, and then just throwing the rest of the tree (by the middle part) in the already built up fire…instead of chopping the entire tree??? Not making fun, just trying to learn from y’all
I’m sorry about …
I’m sorry about your mountain buddy, my choc lab died years ago too, and now I have house buddies. I’m lucky to get a place in the bed, though..they DO like to cuddle! — Veri
The best mountain …
The best mountain buddy I ever had died years ago, but they are all anxious to get close and they always know whats going on before I do. I watch the dog!!! Whiskers
good stuff there, …
good stuff there, but about the choice of knife steel i want to say that i like the cheap “spring steel” knifes for such hard work. yes they dont hold edge good at all, i have a smal fine grained grinding stone for that with me, BUT spring steel can take a LOT of punishment in ways of flexing and bending and it allways gets back to “neutral”. its not hard but also in no way brittle so to say. and they are cheap!!! so if you loose one, you fork out 30 bucks and get a new one. keep it up good one!