Everyone of you who've seen Ray Mears series probably remember the one where he's in Scandinavia and meets up with a blacksmith who makes him a knife. Later on he (Ray) makes his own handle of little pieces of wood and leather washers.
Now IIRC in that same episode he's out making charcoal (for the blacksmith's fire) and he's brewing up on a standing log. The log, about 40-50 cm in diameter, has a cross sawn into it which is filled with birchbark and other tinder materials. After lighting the fire the log starts to burn from top to bottom.
My question: anyone ever tried to do the same but than in a hobostove and using a smaller diameter of log (say 10cm)? Just came up with that idea when I was browsing the web and saw those Greenheatgel tins; and since I'm confined to my study books till (atleast) late spring ... I can't get out and try
Now IIRC in that same episode he's out making charcoal (for the blacksmith's fire) and he's brewing up on a standing log. The log, about 40-50 cm in diameter, has a cross sawn into it which is filled with birchbark and other tinder materials. After lighting the fire the log starts to burn from top to bottom.
My question: anyone ever tried to do the same but than in a hobostove and using a smaller diameter of log (say 10cm)? Just came up with that idea when I was browsing the web and saw those Greenheatgel tins; and since I'm confined to my study books till (atleast) late spring ... I can't get out and try