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Today I'm going to show you a very cool new product. This is the Bush Steel from Wilson Custom Knives, so stick around
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So I got this very cool new ferroceum rod from Wilson Custom Knives. Now if you don't know
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Wilson Custom Knives you may want to check them out or check him out because Sam Wilson is the
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owner operator and he makes some fantastic survival knives that are just beyond belief
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They're awesome. He does a lot of hollow handle knives which you know takes me back to the 80s
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when those were very popular because of the Rambo movie and he makes them so that they're not you
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know cheap junk that's going to fall apart. These are custom knives made in the USA and he's been
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knocking it out of the park with those knives and I've been following him for a while. Well he
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reached out to me and asked me if I wanted to check out a new product of his and it is the Bush
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Steel BUSH. It is a fire steel that he's been producing and like his knives it is hollow
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handled and it has a compass in it. So what I want to do today is I want to go through this thing
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with you, show it to you, show you how I'm going to use it. We're going to test it out and see what
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it does. So it's going to be a fun one. I love ferro rods and this one is awesome. So I cut down
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some of this dry wood that I found, saw that into some manageable pieces and batoned it down using
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my EZ-4. So what I'm going to do is just do some shavings. I'm going to start collecting those
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Already got some twigs going. So real quickly I just kind of want to go over some of the features
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on this ferro rod. One thing I immediately really liked about it was the size of the handle. That is
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such a big deal for me. I like things with a little bit bigger handle that I can get my paws around
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This has a nice machine knurling to it so it's grippy but you can see it fits
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the palm of my hand perfectly. The smaller, more inexpensive ferro rods you get on Amazon
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places like that, they always have those really small little plastic handles on the end of them
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They're great for throwing in a small kit but they are hard to work with. When you're trying
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to start a fire, when you're wet, tired, cold, you want to start right now. So if this is an
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emergency kind of thing you definitely want something that you can grip and control perfectly
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So some of the features on this ferro rod is one, the actual rod itself is replaceable
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There is a set screw right there and it does come with a hex wrench so once you wear this out or
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whatever you can get another one replace it. It also, of course, like I talked about him being a
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survival knife maker, this is hollow handled which is really cool and it has a compass in it which is
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pretty neat and there is a gasket on it so it's sealed. This is going to be watertight
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and then what I've got inside mine, I've stuck some of these dry tinder tabs
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You know you could do a petroleum jelly tinder tab or a cotton ball or something like that but then
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it's going to get the inside of your tube all gunky and that's going to get all over
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the compass and I don't want to do that so I think the dry will work fine. You fluff those
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up they take a spark and they will definitely get a fire going or help get a fire going
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There's some different finishes that you can order from him. This is like a matte finish
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There's also a black and an OD green gun coat that he does which is pretty cool. He also makes
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a match case that is like this minus the ferro rod which is a pretty neat thing to have too so
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that would be a nice addition to this kit. So you know besides making these really high-end
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survival knives he's also making these really high-end ferro rods and match cases and some
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other stuff. So there we go pretty quick
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So so real quick because I know everyone's going to ask the stove is titanium and it's from
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Wild Camping International as well as the pot. I did a video on this a long time ago actually
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years ago a couple years ago at least. Wild Camping International is actually a
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British brand and they sent me that stove in that pot and it's been in my pack and I use it
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quite a bit. I like it a lot. I love these little wood burning stoves. I've got this barbecue flavor
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ramen noodle snack. I got this at the local Asian market. I've never had it before. I don't know
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what it's going to be like. We'll see. And then I had some spam that I fried up earlier this week
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and wanted to use it up so I'm going to put throw that in my noodles as well
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So it is really hot out today. It's been hot out all week
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So the fire steel, I mean it's pretty standard but what I noticed is that it does really big
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sticky gobs of metal coming off of the ferroceramide. That carbide striker is super sharp
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and it just it really peels them off. Now that I got more layers off I'm noticing
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it's starting to throw smaller, a bigger shower. When I was first doing it since the the ferro rod
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is new it was just cutting off big globs that were kind of sticking to the carbide striker
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and they weren't falling exactly where I wanted them at. Now that I've worn off some of that finish
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and I'm just going to wear off one side. I'm not going to do the whole thing because I want
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to protect it until I need it. Now it's getting nice, see that nice small
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sparks but a good shower. That's what you want. You want a nice shower. You don't want just a few
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and you want them to go and concentrate on what you're trying to start and
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since it was new that's kind of what I was having a little difficulty with but it's fine now
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So All right guys thanks for watching. I'm going to get out of here. Check out the affiliate links down
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