I've got some tea lights in my daypack. Maybe I should add some to my BOB.
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I've got some tea lights in my daypack. Maybe I should add some to my BOB.
TXyakr, thanks for the compliment and the link. I'll look it up.
S.M.
Get a used worn out hack saw and cut it to size...Quote:
Originally Posted by Zack
If Hunter have it his way, he would be bringing the stove in his kitchen for camping...hahahahahaha...
No. If Hunter had his way, it would be him and Ruth starting a friction fire. Not saying where... [emoji312]Quote:
Originally Posted by Tokwan
Y'all can "survive" if y'all want....I prefer to "Thrive"Quote:
Originally Posted by Tokwan
I don't "Run away to the wilderness".....I go there to live for a while...for hunting, or fishing, or re-enacting....or just traveling.
MAN ! An I got slapped in the chops here for recommending a Bic lighter ! LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by hunter63
Well, it wasn't by me........Quote:
Originally Posted by Lamewolf
I still carry a Bic in everything I own....and quit smoking last year....
To not carry a Bic, is just asking for trouble.
BTW the leather belt pouch as a both Mini Bic and Ferro rod/cotton balls
I've got a pack of mini Bic's in my fire kit. I think I'm proficient with a ferro rod, but it's never bad to have a Plan B.Quote:
Originally Posted by hunter63
I'd venture a guess that most people that wander into the woods have at least one BIC with them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lamewolf
When I was asked recently "what was my favorite method for fire starting when I go camping," I answered that I use a butane charcoal starter. Forget "primitive," I want to eat dammit!...:chef:
If God didn't want me to carry a BIC into the woods he wouldn't have invented them. I'm with Sarge. I don't need to do primitive. If you have a flamethrower handy it's all good by me.
Everyone who's ever been a kid knows about the hair spray and Bic lighter trick...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Some even know that with a Bic and spray can of Right Guard one can catch the bedroom curtains on fire. :innocent: Of course, those same people also know that a serious azz whooping is soon to follow. :chair::whip:Quote:
Originally Posted by Zack
Too bad neither of us knows anything about that sort of thing... :angel:Quote:
Originally Posted by crashdive123
Zack, he mentioned that he used fallen pine as a fuel that he started with the 1/2 road flare. You wouldn't want to cook over pine directly until it had burned down to a coal bed. If I am stuck with pine as a cooking fuel I pull coals out of the fire and use those. If you have a snug fitting lid for your cook pot you can cook over pine. I would still stick to the hot coals myself though. Pines put out a pretty nasty smoke. The heavier the resin content (fatwood), the worse that smoke is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zack
Or you can use insect repellent instead of right guard!...:innocent:...:sneaky2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Zack
If you have a metal container with a screw on lid, such as a pellet container, get some wet dead grass or any other natural tinder, and stuff it in the container so it's very compacted and full. Let it sit for a few weeks and it will be dry, and a great fire starter as it makes a hockey puck of dead grass. Just pull it apart a bit, separate the fibers and give it a spark with the ferro rod. It will light up fast, and last a while. If you have 4 or 5 containers you can make enough to the point where your not waiting. I mastered my ferro rod and have moved up to the gold old forged striker and chunk of flint
Bic is the primary way to go in my book. I carry one in my pocket non stop and whenever I am out "in the woods" I keep a spare in my fire kit along with matches, fatwood, cotton balls, fero rod, and candles. Bic is what gets used most of the time. The other stuff mostly gets "played with" and is reserved for problem moments.
Plus 1Quote:
Originally Posted by natertot
That's what in my kits....and pockets....
I like wooden matches, but Bics are alright. Do you like the Bic minis?Quote:
Originally Posted by hunter63
Bic minis are what I carry and have been for years. I've never been let down by them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zack
Yeah....but any will work well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zack
I like the Bic mini cause it takes up less room in the pockets and kits. Just a personal preference.
Plus 2. I was taught at a young age to carry a lighter, even though I didn't smoke at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by natertot
And when I quit smoking this year (one of my resolutions), I'll still carry a lighter in my pocket.
Best of luck. That is a tough task. Hunter quit, I am sure he could tell you all about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrFixIt
IMO, Primitive fire making knowledge has it's place. In reenactments for example. Experts can demonstrate how the early native Americans, Mountain Men, and other earlier pioneers made fire the old way. Also, if one has no other recourse and is in desperate need of a fire, then primitive methods are a great alternative. However, the thing to remember is that progress made things easier and more fool-proof.The conservation of energy is paramount in any survival situation. Expanding/wasting energy to start a fire when it would be much quicker and easier to use a lighter or a match is not wise. "Be Prepared" is the Scout motto and if you take that to heart then you should be okay...:cowboy:
Yes still quit....was a year on December 11th, 11:32 A.M............Still a smoker, just haven't smoked anything.....Quote:
Originally Posted by natertot
Took major surgery........and don't want to do it again.
Still carry BIC's in everything, feel naked if I don't.....kinda a "Well I'm not gonna light a smoke, but I could if I had to"....some mag bars and ferro rods........Full kits in bags and vehicle's.
Best of luck on quiting....figure I saved about $5000 last year...That could be a lot of guns......
There is nothing easy about not smoking. I quit on 6/7/89. I figured that was a date I could remember.
Have you tried Birch bark,plant fluff from cattails, bullrushes, dandelions, inner bark from cedars, cypress, oak, grape vine? The key is to process the tinder down so that you have small fibers and shavings.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zack
You can also make fuzz sticks!...:cowboy:Quote:
Originally Posted by Batch
I have tried cattail fuzz and birch bark. I used the birch bark to catch and hold the flame from jute twine, which in my case burns very hot and very quickly, but I could never get the bark to catch a spark itself. I have had issues getting cattail fuzz to take a spark, but when it does, it goes like a thin stream of gasoline. It won't burn long enough for me to get secondary tinder on it. Have you got any advice?Quote:
Originally Posted by Batch
Back in the days when we had to chase the dinosaurs out of our Scout meetings, we learned to make "feather sticks". I suppose that we're talking about the same thing? Anyway, they worked well with matches, but I've never tried one with a ferro rod, I think I smell an experiment...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarge47
I find that I can process and get a much more efficient fire lay by just processing the wood down to the size I need to get a fire. If you google one stick fire or one stick fire drill you'll see the basic technique. Which works really great when there is no dry tinder to be had. If your using a ferro it might help to shave a little powder using the squared off back of you knife or machete.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarge47
I went to my local big box hardware/home improvement store and bought one of these:Quote:
Originally Posted by Zack
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004YIWB9W/...SIN=B004YIWB9W
I wrapped some duct tape around one end for a handle. It's small enough to allow you to place the ferro rod into the tinder and scrape it with short strokes to ignite it. It's a bit pricey but it works...the best imo. Or you can grind the spine of your blade at the point to do the same thing. I did that to my IZULA II and it is my go to knife when working with a ferro rod.
This product works magic with a ferro rod too: http://www.amazon.com/Corona-AC-8300...tool+sharpener
I used a similar tool to sharpen the spines of all my bushcraft knives... good luck. Practice, PRACTICE, practice.
DomC
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it sounds like you need some char cloth or some chaga to get spark going when using a flint and steel or ferro rod, get a spark going and put the spark in the birds nest and blow lightly into it till in bursts into a flame, have your bone dry tinder ready and put the flaming nest under it. keep adding larger and dry wood as the fire gets going.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zack
Gas works, I mean gas and a tin can. A small can works good tuna or something similar. Pour a 1/2 inch in the bottom of the can and light it up, the gas will vaporize and burn,should burn for 5-10 minutes long enough to get some wood started. You can see the can in the pic.Will try to post a pic.
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/k...ps80dce283.jpg
char cloth works great 1 spark and its burning
More like one spark and you have an ember.
Little bit more to it than that......Quote:
Originally Posted by rhill1212