how to make fire by bow drill

**silver fang** · 05-21-2007, 08:45 AM

hi in this part you will learn how to make fire by useing bow_drill
what you will need is:

1-a stick of wood about 40 cm(the bow)
2-a strong string about 35 cm(the string of the bow)
3-a stick of hard wood 20 to 30 cm(the drill)
4-a peace of flat soft wood(the fire bored)
5-a peace of hard wood to hold the drill from the head(soket)

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after you do every thing it will start smoking dont thouch the black thing just keep it
on the tender it will start the fire

this is a site to see how they do it a demo
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5vpHuIFWpY )

and thx for reading this subject i hope you learn something

**kid** · 07-19-2007, 12:12 AM

online it may say to use hard wood, but in relity the softer the wood the easier it is to light the fire with
ex. cotton wood and mule fat

**Borelli** · 02-03-2008, 04:58 PM

there is a bit more to it than that but that is the base of it... you need to have a lot of practice before you take this skill into the backwoods, otherwise you will be disappionted, remember always have a lighter a flint matches or other reliable form of fire starting tool when you go into the wilderness. A smart trip is a safe one.