Whats in your fire Kit

[Wayland]

The Container is a Nepalese wire worked, brass box that I use as a tinderbox, it contains scorched linen patches.

The firesteel is an antique one from Tibet and had seen a great deal of use before it came into my hands.

It is actually one of the best firesteels I have ever used but I also like the sense of continuity and history that I get when using it.

I based the pouch on a Tibetan fire pouch and worked the brass cover to link it's design to the firesteel.

 

[Oarsnpaddle]

stupid question(s): what's that little container left side bottom made from and what are the contents?
and what's that object right side bottom - some sort of fire steel?

LOL, I asked him the other day about another object in a picture on his website. He should have one of those annotated flickr photos.

 

[ian_glover]

currently -
blastmatch
flint and steel
cotton wool balls
petrolum jelly

looking at adding some firelighters and greenheat

 

[RonW]

I have:
an ordinary bic-lighter.....
a firesteel
tampons (these will ignite, even with a bad quality firesteel and burn quite fiercely)
little candle
and a small bottle of deet insectrepellent. One spark and go!

 

[Knightfisher8]

I just came across this thread and thought id contribute something that I learned :

If any of you guys carry a lighter in you fire kit make sure its the button ignition rather than the 1 with the wheel flint, if your hands are damp /wet the wheel gets damp off your fingers and wont work and will be very difficult to get dry to work . the button type doesnt have that problem and lights with wet hands . This might just be common sense to alot of people anyway but i thought id post , i learned the hard way

button type prefered

as apposed to the wheel type

 

[Knightfisher8]

Trusty Zippo is always in my back pocket.

just another observation , but I cant trust a zippo , if its warm the fuel evapourates , and the flint need replacing regulary .

Is there another reason people use these that im not seeing ?

 

[georann]

Is there another reason people use these that im not seeing ?

They're windproof (well sort of), if they break they are fixed for free (lifetime warranty), they come with cool pictures and personalisation, they're far tougher than cheap plastic lighters like the ones below, etc.