Turn this Plant into the Ultimate Survival Fire Starter!

Love it !!! Thanks 😊

Seeing that cattail fluff has me wondering if you could use the fire roll technique with it to start a fire. I've only ever seen cotton used for a fire roll. There has to be some other natural material that is capable of working besides cotton.

❤❤❤ you could add some paraffin to that too and I could also recommend mixing some alcohol into that rubbing alcohol and keeping it in a sealed container rubbing alcohol is one of the best fire starters. It burns clean and it just goes away. It doesn’t leave any residue like petroleum would. If you took some cattail and just dropped a little bit of rubbing alcohol on a big bottle of it, it burns very efficiently. It burns fast but as long as the Tinder is dry, it will catch up and all it takes is a little spray bottles worth

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Dam good job on video..
Adding this tool ,to the toolbox..
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Wrap this in waxed paper, twist both ends. Something to light and it won't make a mess.
Greetings from Kentucky

Nice

Question: In your opinion, what is the better flame extender. Vaseline or Candle Wax?

If you don't like the smell of esbit, use bcb gelblocks. Burning very well and has almost no smell. I use it with the bcb stove, more and more. I keep the esbit for absolute last. Greetings from the Netherlands.

In World War 2, that fluff was used as padding in aircraft seats. As it is insulative also, it can be used as padding between blankets, sewn quilt style, to make a very insulting, warm blanket, or a sleeping mattress.

Could you use melted Pine sap or resin in place of the Vaseline?

lol me and my sister used to call them poop on a stick

My dad would collect cattails when we went fishing, he kept them and dried them out. Then during 4th of July would light them like punks and we would use them to light fireworks.

Instead of those fuel cubes I have used tea lights before and they work good and don't stink

unfortunately in Michigan cattails are protected and can't be harvested.

Thanks Dan!! As always, another outstanding episode! Nicely done brother! May you and your family be well!! Looking forward to watching your next adventure! 👍🏽❤️💯

Another good use for that is to give your buddy a “peanut butter cookie” 😏. It should probably be a slower running buddy. That doesn’t have along his knife - or his 12 gauge.
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Seems like a lot of trouble to start a fire if you already have a stove you can light as a flame source.

Good job on the video

Eat some tree bark ya wack

Good one 👍....

Simple and effective! As always nicely done Dan

I'm in my 40 and one of my favorite things to do is backpacking. When getting a new 65 lt bag i measure at 12 3/4. They don't make that size in adult, I'm still stuck in the kids section

I suggest tallow rather than Vaseline - so it is all natural

Grab some sunscreen next time you go out! Skin cancer isn't a joke! Good video.

in scouts we just mixed vaseline with cattails like you would with cottonballs, and stuck them in a ziploc bag. no melting required. just pull apart and use a ferro rod.

Good evening from Syracuse NY brother

Add your bird nest to this fluff

Home made firestarter

Cattails are also fantastic survival food: the roots, the shoots, even the "hot dog" when they're still green and firm.

Wow corn dogs in the wild

Bunches of red pine needles. We call em Freddy clusters.

Would this work well with either wax or pine resin?

does this burn longer than cotton balls
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Awesome tip Dan. Thanks for sharing it.

I always keep Esbit cubes and a pocket stove in my pack. I fill the stove with new cubes, close it up and wrap it in a Ziploc bag. Finish it off with an elastic band to keep it as a tight package.sure beats bulky fuel tanks. Mylar is even better for additional cubes. 14g for boiling 16oz of water and the 27g cubes for more work.

Awesome, as always. I hope it would be the same with a mix of olive oil and bees wax, in order to be more natural. Maybe with a bit of pine sap too into the mix.

Alternatively you can use pine resin in leau of petroleum jelly. Or just wax and oil if you want

Does that plant work better dry or fresh? I’ve found some fibrous species work differently depending on moisture.

Don't have an abundance of Cat tails near me.. but I do have a large bag of drier lint. I plan on using that with jelly and parifin wax

You can weave baskets out of cattail leaves. My mother made many when I was a child.

Thanks Dan. Take care😊

Ill just go over to the Vaseline tree and pick some fresh Vaseline to make my fire starter. 😆
If you're gonna be bringing props from home anyway, just bring a flame thrower or a propane barbaque grill. 😆

Many thanks for another useful tutorial, Cheers.😄😄

Great tip!!!! Thanks Dan : )

since leaving La many years ago I haven't given much thought about cattails but I do remember as a kid we had cattail sword fights oh boy what a treat everywhere that stuff went and I do mean everywhere had no video games here.

Good video

Cat tail roots are fab eating too and a great source of carbs 😎👍🏻

Wax or cooking fat or even oil from the engine vaseline mixed with wax

Very small mylar bag

Will that work the same with Wax? I generally use cotton make up removers (Cotton wool balls work too) & wax which makes less mess than Petroliam Jelly.