pass around fire

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETYBmzo9xj8

[crashdive123]

Well done Gene. Good to see you back around.

[COWBOYSURVIVAL]

Good to see you back Gene! You have inspired me to do so much!

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

glad to be back, i thought i would invite yall to join me by the fire!!

[COWBOYSURVIVAL]

How are things by the big lake?

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

frosty, still trying to thaw my bon fire, is was so cold the flames froze solid!!!!

[COWBOYSURVIVAL]

We having our first spring thunderstorm tonight! I am glad to be thawin' out!

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

and that blizzard dumped so much snow that my eyes turned blue, how goes it down the hill? good i hope

[COWBOYSURVIVAL]

The second thunderstorm and the dogwoods bloom! I am ready!

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

yea i love them cotton woods, white as winter snow

[COWBOYSURVIVAL]

I'll be haeding to a small creek in the carolina lowlands real soon. She is blackwater...called the Pocalla Swamp! The wildest place I know. Saw a Carolina Puma there some years ago! The hair stands on my neck just thinking about her!

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

i would love to join you, i lived in NC for some time near Asheville, went to nagshead often. i like it fine myself.

[huntermj]

Welcome back, Ive missed your post and info.

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

Welcome back, Ive missed your post and info.

I went swimming in a frozen river with my laptop,(no they dont float) that set me back a months pay, not to mention the "next time try a boat jokes"

[crashdive123]

I went swimming in a frozen river with my laptop,(no they dont float) that set me back a months pay, not to mention the "next time try a boat jokes"

I thought you would have learned from my camera experience that you witnessed.:innocent:

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

I know, i thought that i could improve on the technique, but ice is tread water inhibitive.

[COWBOYSURVIVAL]

My shepherd tried that till' the coon got on his head....let's just say i went swimmin'....

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

i forgot about this thread, the next experiment with flamables of mine is birch oil has any body used birch oil< do you know how to make it, tinture of birch?

[Winter]

No birch here but I'd like to see that.

[Rick]

I have a birch in my yard. I've never even heard of it.

[finallyME]

I have never seen birch here. Hmmm, maybe I should learn what they look like.

[Rick]

Paper birch (Betula papyrifera) is easy peasy to identify. It's also called canoe birch for obvious reasons. Once you see it you won't forget it.

River birch (Betula nigra) is another easy one. We have some genuinely HUGE River birch here along the....wait for it....rivers.

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

aparently the birch bark is heated to the combustion point inside if a container. the oil is released as a vapor that condenses on the sides of the vessel. the tinture runs down the sides and is collected in a pan situated below it. interesting process i thought that i may try it. the oil must be kept away from air so that it doesnt erupt into flame, and the distilation container must cool the condensing vapors rapidly, and collect them in the bottom in an air tight all in one unit....

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

a really good hand drill to make fire is made of a sycamore fire board and a stalk from the horse weed. i have seen an ember started in 4 seconds..... thats impressive.

[TresMon]

Let me know how the birch oil process works for you bud.

[your_comforting_company]

I'll have to try some sycamore. Theres a wounded tree just North of here in a small patch of woods. Thanks E!