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That's a big piece of water in a very remote location. You have to give the guy credit for knowing when to call it a day. You know he had to agonize over that decision made worse by the fact he left...

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Actually, two rocks will spark with no steel. Try chert on chert or granite on granite. Unfortunately, it's just piezoelectric and you'll probably never capture it. However, you can spark tourmaline,...

Well, rocks that spark are just about everywhere. It wouldn't be unrealistic to have charcloth and a knife or cut up the bottom off a T-shirt and make charcloth. If you were in the proverbial, "gone...

I suppose you could watch someone waste three matches or empty their BIC and come to the same conclusion. There is far more at play than just the combustible material. Moisture content, type of...

Nice! I like that a lot. Great idea.

Wait. With 2 slits wouldn't it be redundant redundant? 'Cause one slit would be redundant so .... well, you get it. I guess mathematically redundant​2.

I knew that. No, really. I did.

You, sir, are a sick, sick puppy.

I don't think it minutia to toss around different ideas. Someone mentions something that someone else didn't think of. Someone else mentions a different way. No one is suggesting your way is wrong...

That's a good point, Karl. I suppose the size of hole could make a difference. I try to to keep mine as small as possible. Generally the size of a pin.

I've never covered the hole and never had a problem. Seems unlikely air would infiltrate the can since outside air is cooler that that which is inside the can. In any case, I've never had a problem.

Poke a hole in the lid and the escaping gas will ignite. Once the fire goes out the cloth is char. Plug the hole with wax to keep out water. It will burn away the next time you make char cloth. You...