Closely followed by sausages! It was then time to teach Alec how to light a fire with flint & steel, a cramp ball fungus and the classic birch bark fire using bark from the silver birch tree (betula pendula) which has a high resin content. Once Alec got the fire going with feather sticks and a ferro rod, we cooked up some fresh steak on the grill. Alec split the fire wood with his hatchet and he further processed it down into kindling using the knife that he had helped me forge in a previous video. To begin with, we needed to process the wood using Alec's forged Axe and a folding bow saw. Ranging from the traditional flint & steel fire, to making feather sticks as well as using a tinder fungus and dried grass. The aim of the day was to try and teach Alec to light a fire using a number of different fire lighting techniques. Share with me in the comment section below.I head to the Bushcraft Camp in the Forest for a day of Fire Lighting Skills with Alec Steele, the incredible Blacksmith Youtuber! So, how are you inspired by the success story of Will Stelter? 3600 E Marginal Way S, Seattle, WA 98134. Later, he also started instructing pistol shooting to others.Īround 2020, Will took an Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) course hoping that it would prove helpful for him to save lives. The Best Local Group Classes / Workshops for Learning Blacksmithing in Seattle. In 2019, Will took a pistol shooting class and since then, shooting became his passion. His workshop is in Bozeman, Montana, United States and he also has a website.Īs of February 2022, Will has more than 100 thousand followers on Instagram.
In January 2021, he quit working on Alec’s YouTube channel in order to focus on his own YouTube channel and other business.Īpart from being a full-time YouTuber, Will also makes and sells knives and kitchen utensils and restores tools. He appeared in one of the episodes of the History UK’s show ‘Forged in Fire’ when he was only 19. He started blacksmithing at the age of 11 after getting inspired by a local blacksmith forging steel into leaf pendant in a county show. Will has his own YouTube channel by name, Will Stelter since 10 November 2011. Alec Steele Alec Steele is a 24-year-old famous blacksmith, teacher, and YouTuber from Norwich, England.
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He was featured on the History channel’s Forged in Fire TV show and his contagious personality has inspired a wave of makers to begin blacksmithing. and greatly improved his skills and also learnt many new things.Īn interesting fact- Will and Alec both are 5’8 tall. Alec Steele has grown his YouTube channel to over 950k+ Subscribers in less than 2 years, and become one of the most recognizable makers in our growing community. Here, Will along with Alec worked on various projects like making knives, swords, etc. Then, for a couple of years until December 2020, he worked with Alec on his YouTube channel by name, Alec Steele.
I also build a carving block using the auger. So, after studying for a year at Montana State University, Will dropped out. I head to the woods to test out the hand auger that blacksmith youtuber Alec Steele forged for me in his UK workshop Join me at the bushcraft camp as I use the auger to make some rails for the woodcarving workshop. While in his first year of college, Alec invited him to work with him on his blacksmithing projects and his YouTube channel. Working with Alec Steele-Īfter completing his schooling, Will shifted to Montana to attend Montana State University. Will met Alec Steele at a train station in Norwich, England through their common friend, Jakob Faram.Īlec invited him to his workshop in Europe and six months later, Will visited his workshop and both of them made a Damascus Pirate’s Cutlass.