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thanks, sounds good

BUt if you're gonna do this thing where you have to survive for 3days in the wild with just a knife would it be safe to only drink that for 3 days?

But it won't make you sick or give you some condition?

Great, thanks

Yep, but it didn't work sadly... Thank you though

http://www.instructables.com/id/Lost-in-the-woods-without-water%3F-Boil-dirty-water-/step4/Hold-the-bottle-of-muddy-water-directly-over-the-f/ but I mean is it ok to drink water that has been boiled...

Well it's birch and pine, and I've heard that pine is even worse so...

I tried that, but the mud is basically dissolved in, so that doesn't work either :(

Thanks but I mean in a survival situation where all you have is a knife and the clothes on your back? And obviously stuff you can make in the wild.

The powder does catch with a match, so what do I do to burn it with the drill? Thanks

Thanks, and in fact the powder is just very dark brown. If I lean more on it or bow faster though, is still stays darker brown. There is definitely smoke, but it isn't coming from the powder. Any...

Thanks very much... So raw for both?

Thanks but I've tried filtering it with a tshirt, but this water is like REALLY brown, and that doesn't work

I've tried that, but the silt doesn't settle, not even days afterwards, the water is just a very brown color.

Are birch leaves and catkins edible raw, cooked, or not at all?

In my woods there is no stream, etc. only very, very muddy pools, so if I wanted to get water I would have to get it from these pools. I know I would have to boil it to get rid of the bacteria, etc....

I've been trying to use the bow drill method to make fire using birch, (which is basically the only tree around here so using another kind of wood isn't really an option) and I have managed to make...