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Broken arrows provide a source of tubes, if bamboo doesn't grow in the vicinity. It is so pleasant to be a half-meter from the fire when blowing on it.

Agreed. However. Real knots and bends are always the best choice. A properly chosen, tied, and worked knot or bend will not jam or be slow to untie if it has been loaded or wet. Properly chosen cordage for the job will complement the knots. <ramble>...Those who go to the sea in ships...and...

Thin splits of easily-lighted wood dipped in molten sulfur. [That's a flake of quartz for striking sparks.] [Matches are dipped in wax or nail polish. Strip of wet-or-dry sandpaper sprayed with plastic for striking.]

Very thin wood, aromatic cedar works well, dipped in molten sulfur. The sulfur has a very low ignition temperature and will flame from the glow of charcloth. That flame gets the wood spill burning and Bob's your uncle. The bottom of a can, left over from making alcohol stoves, works well to...

Make the toggles from sticks lying around your pitch.

Bic when I'm hungry and want to cook dinner. I make flint and steel kits to give away. It is so satisfying to whack once and have a glowing charcloth. Bowdrill is fun and easy once you get all the skills together. There are dozens of bowdrill how-to vids out there. This one, , got me over the...

Hello all, I made my own Millbank bags, properly cupro-ammonia treated. I prefer flint and steel to matches (I make my own sulfur matches) and Bics. I carry lots of matches because one is expected to do so. I carry several Bics because matches are overrated. My favorite winter fire building...