Turn a Stick Into the Perfect Camping Pot Holder. Boiling water over a campfire can be an easy way to get burned if you’re not careful. This clever pot holder can save you some pain, and only requires you have a knife and a stick.

A few hours watching the Discovery Channel can prompt extreme survival fantasies involving frog…Read more Read. The resourceful survival hackers from the History Channel show Alone came up with the “kitchen stick” tool shown above. Here’s how to make your own: Find a stick with a mostly even “Y” shape. Break of pieces if you have to. Use your knife to carve a notch just above the upside down “Y” part of the stick.

Gradually turn that notch into a hook that can easily hold onto a pot or bucket handle (as demonstrated in the image above). Now you can boil water for clean drinking or coffee without worrying about burning your hands.

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