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Feathersticks and ferro rods
While bush bumming, I wanted to test my new knife I got from @Black Beret Chickadee, made by Gizamo I believe, for feathersticks. It make a great feather with its semi scandi grind. I think making...
View ArticleFerro rod and chaga
I haven’t played with chaga in awhile so I thought I would check the dryness of the batch I intend to use for coal extenders. It caught easily in 10 mph wind and lasted up to 15 minutes. I was able to...
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Marcasite/Dragons Blood - A gift - The process - With lots of links.
A gift from @DavidJAFO I will post here my process of using this rock to make fire with flint and the proper tinder. Here are links for more about Marcasite ..... those that I could find. Percussion...
View ArticleFlint Knappers "Knap-in" as promised
Hi Folks... I promised to let those interested in checking out the Flint Knappers show at Letchworth State Park in New York when they announced when it will happen. Here's a link for you to click-on...
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Fresnel lens and animal dung tinder
Dung from grass-eating animals makes good tinder for a fresnel lens. You have to focus the light on one spot for a while until it gets hot enough to sustain itself as a coal. Then add the coal to your...
View ArticleTinder Quik?
A decade ago i bought some SOL brand little fire starters named Tinder Quik the size of a cigarette butt. They work well and saved my backpacking trip last night when I forgot my lighter. One scrape on...
View ArticleCoghlan's Flint Wheel and Coghlan's Emergency Tinder
I just picked up a Coghlan's Flint Wheel to test. It was a total bust for me! It's about 5 inches long by 1 inch wide, which was the only good thing about it. I initially thought it would be great...
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Tinder Quicks vs Baddest Bee Fire fuses
this is for @woodsranger I've been carry Tinder Quicks for a couple of decades- small, light, ignite easy, pretty cheap; woodsranger encouraged be to try the Baddest Bee Fire fuses as a possible...
View ArticleKeeping a small, tight fire during windy conditions
I like a campfire when backpacking and rely upon it for keeping bugs away (smoke), cooking and for heat. At times the wind can be blowing so I try to keep my fire small and protected to minimize any...
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Show your strikers
If this thread has been started(searched but didn't find) then mods please delete it. Thought we could show are strikers for the flint and steel to see what you have...not so much which ones you think...
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Shavings Pictures!
We have a fatwood pictures thread (which is one of my favorite threads to follow). Besides finding/using fatwood, one of my favorite bushcraft activities is making/using wood shavings. I thought it...
View ArticleYour favorite packable stove?
Hello all, I am in the market for a small, packable stove of some kind and I'm looking for input from other users. I am considering pretty much everything at this point, from a Jet Boil to an Esbit...
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Matches, Matchsafes, Hacks and Mods
Here's the place for matches, vintage and modern matchsafes, improvised matchsafes, tips, hacks and mods. I recently got another vintage Marble's safe, not that I need another but price and condition...
View ArticleNatural alternative to cotton balls & petroleum jelly?
I keep a pill bottle with a few cotton ball/petroleum jelly fire-starters inside to aid in when starting a fire as needed. This combo to me works fine, BUT not "green" or natural in my opinion. I do...
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Found A New Source For Sparky Rocks
I was in one of my local Dollar Tree stores a while back and stumbled across these bags of decorative stones for flower pots, decorations, etc. This is the store where everything is a dollar so I...
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Fatwood-Waxwood shootout!!!
Bushbraws! I had been wondering about this waxwood stuff.. I have more fatwood than I could ever possibly use up in my lifetime in my property if used normally. All my kits have a stick of fatwood in...
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