easy fire making

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Originally Posted by Rick

A regular wise guy! Now where's that article on fire bow so I can read through it ONE MORE TIME!

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I dunno. It's not that bad under ideal conditions with practice. If I'm starting with a spindle that is already smooth I can make a yucca hearth in 3-4 minutes and it usually takes about 25-30 seconds of spinning to get a coal. But then again I've had my share of tries that produced only smoke and blisters. I'm still trying to do something about that part where I cut the yucca stalk and let it dry in my garage for 2 months first. Mullein or yucca on juniper has also worked for me although not as quickly. White pine on white pine seems to make a nice bow drill combo. I've also had reasonable luck with juniper on juniper.

I have yet to succeed on a "same day" hand drill or bow drill fire. By "same day" I mean only using materials I gathered the day of the fire. One of these days it'll happen though. I wish more survival books that talk about fire by friction would point out that unless you've practiced and practiced that starting a fire this way will be Hard.

Here in GA we don't have forests full of birch but if you're in the north georgia mountains, you can find white pine all over which is great for starting fires. Also you can generally find an old rotted virginia pine (more in the northern part of the state, but there are others kinds further south) that has lots of resin in it. Break up a few pieces of that and you almost can't fail to get a fire going if you have some initial source of a flame. That stuff will burn even when wet. If I'm going to cook over it, I just make sure I go light on the pine and let it burn off before cooking over oak and/or hickory.

-Dan

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