Flint n steel fire is actually quite easy , provided we have the right materials at hand. Bow n drill is time consuming and yes difficult even by those of us who have done it several times. Ah but...
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Flint n steel fire is actually quite easy , provided we have the right materials at hand. Bow n drill is time consuming and yes difficult even by those of us who have done it several times. Ah but...
I agree prefer flint n steel to all forms of fire starting
good tip thx rick
Yea normally I make a nest of jute and ceder shavings however on this occasion my oldest son was here and we made a bet, I said I could get a flame with just the ceder shavings and he bet me a 20 I...
I prefer flint n steel or blastmatch ,strike force and cotton however I like a challenge so heres a bad vid of me using a bow n drill and igniting just ceder shavings...
I lived in MN from 1961 - 2005 ,, Hunted , fished , hiked , camped , backpacked all the way up into canada through the BWCA I've seen some blizzards,, as for lighting a fire lol well I'm still here...
guess I'm a fanatic,, lol I usually have bic,blastmatch,strike force,flint-n-steel,fresnal lense,fire piston,scout firesteel,some chaga,charcloth(tshirt or cotton balls charred)and some red ceder...
look up a blastmatch its the best one goin can be used with one hand in case your injured
flint n steel and magnifying glass is very good but i must admit iam fascinated with the age old fire piston have yet to find something more reliable
get yourself a good fire piston from like wilderness solutions incredible even soaking wet will produce a coal with charcloth or tinder fungus is also kind of fun to produce a fire so easily without...
flint and steel is a very reliable method but only if done with a good tinder such as char cloth, tinder fungus works great as well but must be very dry yet not crumbly dry. And actually spark comes...