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At a black powder rendezvous last weekend, my times for starting fire (1st strike of flint & steel to visible flame) were 12 and 10 seconds, respectively. Surprisingly, those were not winning times....

randyt: I hope that you have perfected your flint & steel. As an addition, I want to suggest that you next try charring rotten punky wood. You will find that charred punky rotten wood will catch...

I hate to say this but you probably have a "dead" steel. From being a black powder buff, I have bought many poor quality fire steels. They are too soft to throw a good shower of sparks. A good...

Now the real task begins. Charcloth is easy, anyone can do that. Now the test is to find alternatives to charcloth like tinder fungus, shelf fungus, char punk or charred plants and to learn how to...

It is totally illegal to distill alcohol in the USA without a federal permit. ATF has changed the regulations. Go to the ATF website and they make it perfectly clear that it is illegal to distill...

Question: I have learned to get the ember going on a regular basis. The problem is that the ember keeps going out on me before I can transfer it to the tinder nest. I am using a cottonwood...

Bravo for PETA! People need to see the barbarity and cruelty inflicted on defenseless animals by the tens of thousands every day. GOOD FOR PETA!!!!

Sure, in a survival situation or a true hunger...

2 meter handheld ham radio is the best and most reliable communications available. I always carry one camping, hunting or flying. They have far better and more reliable coverage than cell phones. ...

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Here's a photo of the parts. They are all cut from the same branch of a river cottonwood tree in the Boise, Idaho...

Using a river cottonwood (Idaho) drill and a cottonwood fireboard, I get lots of smoke and black dust but cannot seem to get an ember. Any suggestions? I have kept the pieces indoors for several...