Bow Drill. The Australian way.

Gday everyone. This video we take a look at what I like to use for bow drill in my area. This is not a in depth how to video, more about the types of wood I like to use. Thanks for watching.

[Jondantic]

Best video I’ve seen on friction fire and the information about Australian timber species to look for is invaluable. A few years ago I scoured the internet for exactly this information and couldn’t find anything. Thanks for an excellent video mate

[scarlettardis]

Awesome video mate. You're bloody awesome. Not enough of this for Australia on YouTube. I'm glad i found your channel.

[TheRealSnhyper]

its soo good to finally find a bushcraft channel that's got knowledge for around where I live. I'll be sure to stick around

[ironbrothers]

Really enjoy your videos mate, love all the bushcraft and especially the old ways things were done and made, great to see our history being kept alive on your channel mate👍👍

[handsofrhythm]

Watched this with my 5 year old. Our first friction fire video. We live in SE Aus too. This information is solid gold and the exact thing we were looking for. Awesome. Cheers.

[mikewasowski]

Awesome. Love your videos. Thanks for sharing.

[litnowadventures]

Awesome video, brother. Thank you for creating this for everyone to learn.

[jamesorton]

As always another great video. I love the “no frills” approach you take to your videos. Keep it up mate. 👍🏻

[yendor]

Nice one mate. I've also had luck with Cherry Ballart (native cherry), and I believe native White Cypress is also a go-er. Thanks for the vid.

[bbygrl]

Wow so beautiful I love the Australian bush the area your from is just stunning ! When I go in I rarely want to walk back out to civility 😂

[garrymacantanaiste]

Thank you for the useful information. That has made the whole process a lot more clearer to me now. I like your no nonsense approach.

[stephencritchley]

Very informative & well explained. All the pros & cons. Makes the old Bic lighter a pure luxury!!!
Long live Aussie bush craft.

[EvoX]

Really good to see some Australian videos on the subject. The American stuff has been great for general info, but to see what species to use here has been great. I'm in Qld, and I've got heaps of wattle around so I'll give it a go. You've got a new subscriber mate 👍

[samtregenza]

Firstly Thankyou for making this video!!!
I just started thinking about and learning about this topic today.
I live in East Gippsland and wanted to know what species I should be looking for in our area!
You answered all my questions very well!
I am looking forward to having a crack and getting my first friction fire going.
Cheers and keep up the good work

[Johnny_wanderer]

Great vid. I'll have experiment with some of the wattles & other trees in FNQ. rainforest.

[ozhxgqn]

Thanks for another great vid focused on the SE of Aus.
Ive used native mulberry (hedycarya angustifolia) and also coranderrk (prostanthera lasianthos) for fire drill

I will definately give black wattle a go now.
Cheers

[brucebird]

Love ya style... simple and complete. Also in SEast and love getting away. Although Lockdown is hard to take.
Subscribed

[Vicariousleighilive..]

Great video this is exactly what i was looking for 👌

[AlexsAustralianAdventures]

Thanks Scott. I am in the Sydney area and have managed to get a bow drill fire using the stalks of the Xanthorea. I have tried hand drilling with the same material, but think the drill part was too short, plus it hurt my hands for days! I have a longer drill now and probably need to condition my hands a bit before I have another crack at it.

[Geebee]

Awesome video mate, great info regarding materials for friction fire, one area a lot of folk struggle with. Really great seeing content that's suited to our bush. Feather sticks and battoning aren't needed in the Aussie bush and it's great seeing how we do it. Cheers bruv 👍🏾💪🏾🤙🏾