WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.960 --> 00:00:07.799 Hi, this is Peter Vandermulen with firefast vible gear and 2 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:11.919 you are listening to the Doctor Sky Experience and a 3 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:13.640 real experience. It truly is. 4 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:34.920 Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen to the Doctor Sky Experience, 5 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:38.840 proudly here on Talk Radio seventy seven WABC out of 6 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:42.119 New York, around the world, and who knows where else 7 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:45.159 out in the universe. 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You know, 14 00:01:06.519 --> 00:01:10.000 we talk about American exceptionalism on this particular program and 15 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:12.760 ways to always be refused to be a victim, because 16 00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:15.359 a victim, in our opinion, is simply someone with no options. 17 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:19.480 Always refuse to be a victim, fight back legally and responsibly, 18 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:23.400 and in these somewhat troubling times, you yes, that's the right. 19 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:26.079 Ladies and gentlemen need to be prepared for even the 20 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:29.599 most amazing contingencies that can happen out there so you 21 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:32.560 can survive. And today just a few minutes, will be 22 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:36.760 introducing a very special guest, Peter Vandamuelen, a company called 23 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:40.040 fire Fast Survival Gear. What say them, Well, we'll tell 24 00:01:40.040 --> 00:01:41.799 you a little bit about this, but I'll put it 25 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:45.359 in perspective about why people need to be prepared in 26 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:48.680 one way or another. We're all seeking to survive our 27 00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:53.280 society collapses and survival reverts to the most basic level, food, 28 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:56.560 shelter and protection. Making a fire is essential to all 29 00:01:56.599 --> 00:02:00.840 three categories, cooking food, warming a shell. There in any 30 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:04.000 number of ways fire can be used to protect, such 31 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:07.599 as signal fires, wild animal attacks, et ce. So life 32 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:11.039 without fire becomes difficult to sustain. Thus the need for 33 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:14.280 a reliable method of starting a fire. And we're not 34 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:16.719 trying to scare anybody on this program into thinking our 35 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:20.199 civil society will end tomorrow. Our purpose here is to 36 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:22.360 provide each and every one of you, ladies and gentlemen 37 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:26.240 with options. And talking about that, let's talk about small 38 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:29.719 business in America. Well, how did this company begin. We'll 39 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:31.560 find out in just a moment, but here, as we 40 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:33.960 talk about it, they began as a classic mom and 41 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:36.479 pop shop. They started from nothing, developed on a shoe 42 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:39.080 string budget, began to add employees, and evolved into what 43 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:41.680 we are today. And that is what they are today, 44 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:44.840 a true made in America's story. And here to tell 45 00:02:44.879 --> 00:02:47.240 us the rest and some fine details about why you 46 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:51.199 need this particular product in your go gear when you're 47 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:54.479 out there, out in the outback or just everyday life. 48 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:58.719 We welcome Peter Vandermulen, a firefas survival gear. Good afternoonser, 49 00:02:58.759 --> 00:02:59.680 and welcome to the show. 50 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:03.719 Thanks very much for having me. I appreciate the opportunity 51 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:05.360 to explain what we do well. 52 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:07.840 I appreciate your time. And you know, for the longest time, 53 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:10.319 I mentioned to you and your wife when we were 54 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:13.360 talking a long time ago, as we've been many times 55 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:15.919 visiting the crossroads of the West gun shows out there 56 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:19.159 in Arizona. As you traveled there, you know, I always 57 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:21.319 tell people on our radio shows that you know, they 58 00:03:21.319 --> 00:03:24.120 always need to be prepared, and that's the old boy 59 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:26.199 scout at it. So I was always be prepared. But 60 00:03:26.759 --> 00:03:28.680 when I came across your booth there, I was quite 61 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:31.680 impressed because I've been looking at and finding out no 62 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:36.000 success by finding out these very inexpensive and very seriously 63 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:39.240 lack of quality products when it comes to being able to, 64 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:42.240 you know, start a fire when you need one out 65 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:44.240 in the outback. So tell us about the company. Tell 66 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:46.919 us about the products, because I'm going to I understand 67 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:49.520 we're going to get into a little discussion here about magnesium, 68 00:03:50.120 --> 00:03:53.280 and the chronic magnesium that you procure is something that 69 00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:55.639 makes this product very special. So how did you get started? 70 00:03:55.639 --> 00:03:56.280 This is interesting? 71 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:01.400 Well, it was about seven years ago and my wife 72 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:03.759 and I had ended off another business and we were 73 00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:07.800 looking for other things to do. And I don't know, 74 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:12.560 as a young child, some of us are interested in 75 00:04:12.639 --> 00:04:15.080 fire and I was as well, not that I ever 76 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:19.639 committed at arsenal or anything, but I just like. 77 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:21.399 To employed it and. 78 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:27.920 Like to start fires. And I observed somebody else manufacturing 79 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:32.720 a product there was a fire starter for camping in 80 00:04:32.759 --> 00:04:37.279 survival purposes, and I discussed this with my wife for 81 00:04:37.399 --> 00:04:39.920 quite some time, and we decided that we could manufacture 82 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:43.560 a better product along that line, and so we set 83 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:52.040 out on a process of research. And the magnesium is 84 00:04:52.040 --> 00:04:55.319 an important element, but I guess the most important element 85 00:04:55.439 --> 00:05:01.319 of our fire starter is the peristerium, which is earth 86 00:05:01.399 --> 00:05:07.879 metal and iron. And we actually located the original manufacturer 87 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:13.680 of peristerium, and they're they're in Austria, not Australia, but 88 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:18.680 Austria near Jersey. Yes, yeah, and we we buy our 89 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:21.279 product from them. I mean in terms of the peristerium 90 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:25.519 itself and in comparison to everything else on the market. 91 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:29.879 The flint that I that I buy is ninety six 92 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:36.759 percent feristerium, and basically the rest of the market uses 93 00:05:37.560 --> 00:05:42.120 product manufactured in China, and it's not really peristerium at all. 94 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:46.560 They use such a tiny fraction of rare earth metal 95 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:51.600 I think about sixteen percent of there. Pharaoh rod Is 96 00:05:52.759 --> 00:05:57.439 is fair is earth, and mine is seventy six percent 97 00:05:57.639 --> 00:06:00.959 rare earth, and pariserium, of course is made up of 98 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:04.680 rare earth and iron. And so when you combine those 99 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:08.480 two it makes ninety six percent in my product, and 100 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:11.839 in the Chinese product is less than thirty percent. 101 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:14.680 Wow. Wow, that's amazing. And you know, if you look 102 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:16.639 at the periodic table, I know you know this better 103 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:19.639 than anybody. Magnesium checks in is number twelve on the 104 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:22.519 periodic table. But it's interesting. I've been around a lot 105 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:24.600 of machine shops in my life, and you know, maybe 106 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:27.120 you have two. And we've seen people always have a 107 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:30.519 cautionary tail about drilling into Let's say an aerospace company 108 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:33.879 is doing a block of magnesium and when they spin 109 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:36.519 that drill right Peter too fast, what happens. They can 110 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:39.360 excite that piece of magnesium and you simply can't put 111 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:43.000 it out. So this is a very magical piece of material. 112 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:45.439 I wonder where its origin is. I mean, we can 113 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:47.600 go back to time and space. They say in stars 114 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:50.839 magnesium is produced from the after of that of supernova. 115 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:53.680 But the point is, tell us about magnesium because it's 116 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:56.480 so amazing. Because if you use this product to start 117 00:06:56.519 --> 00:06:59.120 a fire, and your high quality one, this is going 118 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:00.920 to work every time. And let's say you're out in 119 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:03.040 the middle of a blizzard or a you know, big 120 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:06.639 windstorm or a big downpour in a hurricane, Yours is 121 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:08.399 going to rely. You know, yours is going to work 122 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:10.959 all the time and every time. And the good news, 123 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:12.720 I love it. It's made in the USA. That's a 124 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:13.279 big plus. 125 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:17.519 Yes, we do all the we do all the manufacturing 126 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:23.720 in house here and the the magnesum we use is 127 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:30.720 ninety seven percent pure. There's three percent other impurities in 128 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:33.839 there actually just to make it stronger and so forth. 129 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:36.879 And when it gets when it gets produced, it has 130 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:38.959 to have a couple of those impurities in it or 131 00:07:39.079 --> 00:07:42.160 else that it won't come out like a smooth rod. 132 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:45.720 It ripples without the other impurities in it, and so 133 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:49.399 and so that's why we get it slightly alloyed. But 134 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:55.839 it's only three percent and magnesium is interesting. It burns 135 00:07:56.160 --> 00:08:01.000 at four five hundred degrees wow. So with our fire starter, 136 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:06.680 we include a three quarter inch long, three quarter inch 137 00:08:06.839 --> 00:08:11.680 in diameter magnesium rod. It's a three and three quarter inches. 138 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:15.079 Three inches are exposed above the wooden handle which it's 139 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:18.000 mounted in, and three quarters of an inch is mounted 140 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:21.120 into the handle itself. But the great thing about it 141 00:08:21.879 --> 00:08:27.199 is when you use our farro rod our ferrosium, if 142 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:30.040 you've got dry tinder, there's no need to use the 143 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:33.360 magnesium whatsoever, because you can light the fire directly from 144 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:39.080 sparks generated from the ferossarium rod. Now, if you're having 145 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:41.279 trouble getting your fire lit, and what you were talking 146 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:46.519 about is adverse weather conditions, you shave magnesium directly from 147 00:08:47.159 --> 00:08:49.440 the magnesium rod that's on the back side of the 148 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:52.480 farrow rod. And you can use that to generate a 149 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:55.639 four five hundred degree burst of heat which will help 150 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:58.399 you get your fire lit in extreme weather conditions. 151 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:01.080 Wow. So that's a amazing And let's go back to 152 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:03.840 the survival aspect of this, you know, as the Doctor 153 00:09:03.919 --> 00:09:06.320 Sky business and what we do not only in broadcast, 154 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:08.039 but I did mention this to you and your wife 155 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:10.720 we go out there. I'm just letting the listeners know 156 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:13.320 about this. You know, we do so many outdoor night 157 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:16.279 events with telescopes out in the outback, and a lot 158 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:18.159 of people come out there. They don't have those two 159 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:21.200 three hundred five hundred million dollars you know RVs, so 160 00:09:21.320 --> 00:09:24.559 they're actually boondogging out there and they're camping. Maybe just 161 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:26.679 some people have a small tent or a sleeping bag 162 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:29.240 or a hammock, and they do want to start a fire, 163 00:09:29.320 --> 00:09:31.919 you know, legitimately and do it safely, you know, in 164 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:34.240 the proper procedure, and we could go through that. I mean, 165 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:36.159 you want to have a rock base around it so 166 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:39.000 that the fire can't escape. But the more important thing 167 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:41.679 is when you're out there and you can't rely on 168 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:43.799 just a little book of matches or something like that, 169 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:46.879 that would be ridiculous. So take us down this path. 170 00:09:46.919 --> 00:09:49.039 I mean, this is something to describe the process. So 171 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:50.960 you have, let's say, the trucker in your hand, one 172 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:53.279 of the models that you sell, and we're looking at 173 00:09:53.320 --> 00:09:56.519 that on your website, which of course is fire dashfast 174 00:09:57.240 --> 00:10:01.840 dot com. Wellw dot fire dash fast dot com. Describe 175 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:04.080 the procedure. I mean it may sound so simple to people, 176 00:10:04.200 --> 00:10:07.120 but starting a legitimate fire, if you're out there for 177 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:09.000 survival needs, or even if you want to do what 178 00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:12.480 marshmallows and s'mores, this is something that everybody needs to 179 00:10:12.559 --> 00:10:13.000 have in there. 180 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:19.240 Go go bag, right exactly. Well, camping in survival, those 181 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:24.200 are two separate endeavors. Right, A lot of times, you know, 182 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:30.519 people will take cotton balls, basoline, dryer, lint, tissue, paper, 183 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:34.799 and all sorts of things that actually help people ignite 184 00:10:34.799 --> 00:10:39.000 a fire more easily. Now, that's camping because you can 185 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:41.519 go home and you can pull more dryer lint out 186 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:43.639 of your dryer and save it up and take it 187 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:47.000 with you. But the survival is a different a different 188 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:48.360 creature altogether. 189 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:51.759 Absolutely, you don't have the support of the. 190 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:55.000 Civil society to provide you with things in a constant basis. 191 00:10:55.799 --> 00:11:00.559 What I've done with my Trekker firestarter is and as 192 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:04.879 I explain to people when we do demonstrations at gun 193 00:11:04.960 --> 00:11:09.399 shows and trade shows, we if you like one fire 194 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:12.639 day with my fire starter, five years later, you're still 195 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:15.559 using the same tool. What it means is you have 196 00:11:15.759 --> 00:11:21.240 not had to rely on replenishing the other things that 197 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:23.159 you would need to light a fire if you're camping, 198 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:27.000 right exactly, And so I mean you know, if you're 199 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:31.159 if you've got a lighter, you've got various different tools 200 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:33.039 that make it very very easy to light a fire. 201 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:35.720 It's all well and good, you should use them. But 202 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:39.360 what I like to have people do when they buy 203 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:43.440 my product is when they do go camping, is practice 204 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:48.480 with this fire starter. It's easy to use. In terms 205 00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:51.639 of tools of a similar kind. It does take a 206 00:11:51.679 --> 00:11:55.440 little skill, and but once you get the skill, so 207 00:11:55.720 --> 00:12:00.360 use it quickly and easily. The whole point is is 208 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:03.799 if there is a disruption in the civil society, then 209 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:07.200 you already have the skill with you under your. 210 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:10.240 Bill, right, you'll be probably the most popular person in 211 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:12.600 your neighborhood. If God forbid, the lights go out and 212 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:15.720 there's no electricity, And not to sound alarmist here, I 213 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:17.720 just want to remind everybody in a happy way as 214 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:20.360 we go on start the year twenty twenty three, you're 215 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:23.039 listening to the Doctor Sky Experience here on Talk Radio 216 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:26.519 seventy seven WABC, out of New York City, around the 217 00:12:26.559 --> 00:12:29.240 world and out into the cosmos, as we like to say, 218 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:32.679 the Crown Jewle of Radio, the iconic Talk Radio seventy 219 00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:39.559 seven WABC, And we hope that. 220 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:43.559 You're enjoying the Doctor Sky Experience art exclusively here on 221 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:48.759 Talk Radio seventy seven WABC, the Crown Jewl of Radio, 222 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:53.759 the iconic talk station WABC out of New York City 223 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:56.919 and around the world. And just in case your travels 224 00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:59.399 take you to the West, we hear on the Doctor 225 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:03.360 Sky experians support your Second Amendment rights. And who better 226 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:06.120 to tell you than the good folks at the Crossroads 227 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:09.919 Gun Shows. Yes, the Crossroads Gun Shows can be found 228 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:14.480 at Crossroadsgunshows dot Com. They, like many others out there, 229 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:18.320 are in the fight to help preserve your Second Amendment rights. 230 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:19.720 Give them a try today. 231 00:13:25.080 --> 00:13:28.399 A very special guest today is Peter mander Muhln. He 232 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:30.679 of course knows so much about this, about not only 233 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:33.919 the survival mode, the camping mode. His product line and 234 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:38.039 his company, Firefast Survival Gear. Learn so much more about them, 235 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:40.440 and I encourage you to go there, folks, because you know, 236 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:42.600 for years we were doing this radio show called a 237 00:13:42.679 --> 00:13:45.279 Call to Rights, and the mean mantra of the show 238 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:47.320 Peter has and always will continue to be in my 239 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:50.279 mind what always refused to be a victim. Victim is 240 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:52.639 simply someone with no options, you know, fight back legally 241 00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:55.000 and responsibly. And how does that translate in today's interview? 242 00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:59.120 Always be prepared, and it's so important, But I wanted 243 00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:00.759 to kind of ask you something else. As we go 244 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:03.360 on here, will we talk about this? You know, we 245 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:06.120 see the ability to start this fire as you need it. 246 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:08.679 And here's an interesting thing. Maybe this is a minor 247 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:11.519 observation by myself, but I've seen people have books of 248 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:14.960 matches and they didn't secure them properly. Let's say they 249 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:17.639 have an RV. Where did they lay them. Let's say 250 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:19.759 they're a smoker, Let's say they're not. They put them 251 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:22.480 on the dashboard of the car. And that's ridiculous in 252 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:25.159 my mind, because what happens the magnification of that sun 253 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:28.240 come in through the mirror and through the windshield. I 254 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:30.720 should say it can even start a fire, So yours 255 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:33.080 is totally inert it doesn't have anything. You can't do 256 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:36.360 anything unless you initiate the procedure. So there you go. 257 00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:38.279 I think that's a much better way to talk about 258 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:41.320 safety and yours what last heck of a lot longer 259 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:43.360 than a book of matches. Please continue. 260 00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:48.679 Yes, I mean, if you, like I said, lighters, matches 261 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:51.879 and so forth, if people wish to use them, I 262 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:55.240 have absolutely no objection to that, and sometimes it makes 263 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:59.320 perfect sense, absolutely, But gaining the skill to use a 264 00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:04.039 fire started, which gives you a long term survival mechanism, 265 00:15:04.679 --> 00:15:07.240 it's it's an important thing. And it's not just from 266 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:10.120 the viewpoint of, oh my goodness, if the whole civil 267 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:14.159 society collapses, you have in But it's like it's like 268 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:18.679 any camping experience. Uh, you learn new skills, You actually 269 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:24.399 become more competent in life yourself, and so uh, I 270 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:28.720 actually enjoy going out into different wilderness environments myself and 271 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:32.039 actually testing myself on how well I can light a 272 00:15:32.080 --> 00:15:33.440 fire in just about any condition. 273 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:37.279 Right, Well, this is interesting, Yeah, go ahead. 274 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:40.519 Yeah, Well it's a it's a it's it's a matter 275 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:44.440 of enjoying the outdoors as well, and so I, you know, 276 00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:47.799 you go out, you do it. And you know, my 277 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:50.360 wife and I basically are the principles of our company. 278 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:53.960 And so we spend a great majority of our time 279 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:57.840 just manufacturing products, but when we do get out, because 280 00:15:57.879 --> 00:16:02.879 we travel to uh a number different locations quite regularly. Also, 281 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:07.440 any one time I was in Las Vegas, and if 282 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:09.759 you know Las Vegas at all, there's a lot of 283 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:12.879 just desert lots right in the middle of the city. 284 00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:16.159 Absolutely, I go there just about every month, whether I 285 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:18.039 want to or not. But that's a whole other. 286 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:22.600 Story, right and so and so we were going to 287 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:27.759 do a show in Las Vegas and at the convention center, 288 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:31.559 they would not allow us to do live demonstrations of 289 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:35.840 our fire starting ability with our trek or fire starter, 290 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:39.320 And so my wife and I went onto the local desert. 291 00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:41.879 Like we didn't have to go very far because you 292 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:44.279 didn't have to even go out of town. There plenty 293 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:47.399 of lots that looked just exactly the same before Vegas 294 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:50.399 was developed at all. So we went out there, stripped 295 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:54.360 up some grass and brush and lit fires quickly, and 296 00:16:56.279 --> 00:17:00.039 we took video of that and showed the the the 297 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:03.399 customers who came to the gun show, how simple it 298 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:05.400 was to light a fire where that fire started with 299 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:10.400 a demonstration on Las Vegas desert. So wow, wherever it 300 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:12.920 is that we go, if we can't do the live demonstration, 301 00:17:13.079 --> 00:17:16.640 we'll do something in the outdoors close to where their 302 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:20.880 show is to demonstrate how easily usable our product is 303 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:23.839 in a variety of different circumstances. 304 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:26.240 Well, not only do people need the product, but I 305 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:29.200 think they need a good demonstration about Well, we already 306 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:32.680 covered the survival concept of the actual camping side, and 307 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:35.160 there's so many other uses for this product. But it's 308 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:37.039 something interesting that I want to talk about here. And 309 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:39.400 as you go into your blog, you have one of 310 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:42.519 these particular blogs that's in there, you know, emblazoned in 311 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:46.920 your website, at the website of course, firedeshfast dot com, 312 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:50.440 and you know it, well, it's yours. It's unknown American worker. 313 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:52.599 And let me say this before we tell people about 314 00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:55.240 this and you describe it in detail. What I find 315 00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:59.400 fascinating here is American small businesses. What's built this country. 316 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:02.480 And we talk about American exceptionalism here, Peter, and I 317 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:04.599 mean every word I'm going to say here. It's not 318 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:07.920 these giant corporations. That are the ones that I'm appealing 319 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:10.759 to here. It's every mom and pop company out there 320 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:12.920 that came up. You know, many of the folks that 321 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:15.440 graduated from high school, maybe some of them didn't even 322 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:19.400 graduate high school. Maybe some came from foreign countries and 323 00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:22.480 emigrated here the right way, the long term procedure, and 324 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:24.720 they came with five maybe dollars or five cents in 325 00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:28.119 their pocket. But the important thing about your blog here, 326 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:31.759 and it's entitled is you know, unknown American worker. Talk 327 00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:35.359 about this because it's interesting. It's about some contractor named G. 328 00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:38.880 W Ellis where cement was late in nineteen twenty seven. 329 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:42.039 And the bottom line is what that after ninety five years, 330 00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:45.880 the quality in workmanship is still there. You know. That's 331 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:49.480 what we need, quality products made here in America by 332 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:52.480 people that obviously believe in their specialties that they have. 333 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:55.039 And that's what I think America is all about. What 334 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:56.599 say you, it's important to hear this. 335 00:18:57.400 --> 00:19:01.920 Oh, I agree entirely. I've many many years. I used 336 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:08.240 to do trade shows and gun shows around the country, 337 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:13.079 and we're more regional now than we were. But I 338 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:17.319 would every morning I would go jogging, and I would 339 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:20.559 look at the sidewalks as I went by, and they 340 00:19:20.599 --> 00:19:24.759 would have they would have stamps the contractors in the cement. 341 00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:28.319 And what I noticed is in the past, you go 342 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:31.559 back to a subdivision made in the sixties or fifties 343 00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:35.480 or forties, that the sidewalks were still in great shape. 344 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:40.039 And you get into the seventies, eighties, and nineties and 345 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:45.799 the cement is far more disrupted and broken up than 346 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:48.559 it is in the sixties, fifties and forties. And what 347 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:53.400 it means is the quality of workmanship has been declining. 348 00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:59.160 And outside my house is the stamp that you just 349 00:19:59.279 --> 00:20:05.640 referred to. Gw Ellis nineteen twenty seven. And you know, 350 00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:10.519 Los Angeles, there's earthquakes all the time. And these sidewalks 351 00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:14.079 have stood almost one hundred years. And we are indebted 352 00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:19.400 to the people that made quality, quality products. And all 353 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:23.920 around us are examples of well made things and poorly 354 00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:30.319 made things. And my own company we spent the last 355 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:36.680 year in improving even as our costs were rising on magnesium, 356 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:38.960 peristerium and wood, and the wood that we use in 357 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:41.799 our handle, and even the para cord that we use 358 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:48.599 to attach our striker which creates the spark. All our 359 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:51.400 product costs have gone up, and even during this time, 360 00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:56.440 we have been increasing the quality of our products. And 361 00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:59.720 even though we have less financial resources than we did 362 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:04.200 a couple of years ago, it never blunted my commitment 363 00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:08.519 into making the highest quality product on the market. 364 00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:12.680 Absolutely, very well said, and I just want to remind 365 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:15.319 everybody you're listening to the Doctor Sky Experience and proud 366 00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:17.640 to be here with you, ladies and gentlemen on talk 367 00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:20.680 radio seventy seven WABC out of New York City, around 368 00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:23.400 the world and maybe even out into the universe. We 369 00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:26.519 call it the crown Jewel of radio, the iconic talk 370 00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:30.559 radio station seventy seven WABC. I'm Steve Kates with great 371 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:33.160 guest here on the Doctor Sky Experience as you're hearing today, 372 00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:37.319 Peter Vandermuelen. He of course owns a company, very interesting company, 373 00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:39.799 small business ladies and gentlemen, and proud to say it 374 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:43.960 Firefast survival gear. Check them out, fire dashpast dot Com. 375 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:46.279 And I want to mention something too. You know, you've 376 00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:48.960 been given some awards here and rightfully sofa the quality 377 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:50.440 of this product. And we'll get into some of the 378 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:54.680 items that you do sell Trekcker. This particular product that 379 00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:57.359 you make is rated number one by Outdoor Life magazine. 380 00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:59.000 Talk about that honor. That's pretty cool. 381 00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:07.279 Well, it was very interesting. Tim mcwelsh in twenty nineteen. 382 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:12.599 He's a survival trainer in Virginia and he wrote for 383 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:17.119 out to A Life magazine for many years, and he 384 00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:20.519 came across our firestarter in an or very organic way 385 00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:26.440 as he was conducting his survival classes and some of 386 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:30.400 his students began to bring our firestarter to his training camp. 387 00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:32.720 And of course he'd never seen anything like. 388 00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:36.440 Us, with the quality and the ease and the ability 389 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:41.079 of using alcroarics a light fires with. And so the 390 00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:44.640 online version in I believe July twenty nineteen about to 391 00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:48.920 a Life magazine, he writes an article there's about eight 392 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:52.920 or ten different fire starters that he has and owns 393 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:58.160 himself and rates us the number one firestarter. And what 394 00:22:58.720 --> 00:23:03.119 I find is oftentimes when I when I deal with 395 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:07.319 survivalists and survival trainers, they all love our products. But 396 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:10.559 sometimes when you get one to ten lists, when you 397 00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:14.079 you know we've all looked at those one to ten lists, unfortunately, 398 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:19.319 some of those are dominated by uh basically companies that 399 00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:22.240 pay to have their position as the best fire starter 400 00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:26.599 out there, and you don't actually get a legitimate. 401 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:31.319