Making fire with pine knots

[malente]

This is a follow up of this thread:

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77312.

I used the axe to make shavings and split the knots into small pieces.

The shavings ignited after a few tries and I could build up the fire. It was burning hot, but very sooty.

Pine knots can be a solid emergency sole fire starter, but for cooking I would not recommend it.

[video=youtube;_w4I_sGiSoY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w4I_sGiSoY[/video]

Hope you like it & thanks for looking.

ATB

Mike


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[Retired Member southey]

Cracking vid matey!

 

[udamiano]

Nice one

 

[Andie]

nice one for that

 

[malente]

thanks chaps!

 

[tim_n]

I went out at the moot and found some pine knots to play with - I'd heard you could do the same with stumps, but I didn't find any!