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Here's another natural tinder that works in a fire piston, fluff from the seed "balls" of Platanus, the London plain tree: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanus The seedballs consists of a round core, surrounded by the seeds with some hairy stuff attached...

It looks great! Cheers, Tom

Here´s a link to a short program filmed by the Flevoland tv-station this weekend at he basiclife bushcraftweekend: http://www.omroepflevoland.nl/televisie/uitzending-gemist?progId=Binnen%20de%20Dijken It´s the 16 november episode, enjoy Cheers, Tom

Simon & Heleen, a big thank you for a great weekend! Cheers, Tom

That's very sad news indeed. I only knew Mike from this forum and some PM's but I will miss his input, in some people grumpiness is a virtue :) I'm glad there's a legacy of his posts on different subjects still to find here Mike, I hope your enjoying a drink with Hephaistos and the like...

Hi Rich & others, A former member here, the late and very inspiring Storm has posted about using Artist's conk for hearths: http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7398 Also on other non-wood materials as a hearthboard: http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8105...

This was posted over at paleoplanet by "Mooncat": "You need some superglue (Cyanoacrylate), A large cotton ball and a tinder bundle ready. Normally, I would probably use a chunk of bark or wood as a base for this just to start. Take the cotton ball and get it completely soaked in that...

I have sent you a private message Mfdfyrecaptain, hope you are able to read it Cheers, Tom

That just made my day :D You told me Jamri was good but it´s just amazing to see him at work Cheers, Tom

Wow, I wish all the threads were like this! This is exactly why I visit this forum, a brilliant tutorial. Thank's very much Cheers, Tom

Marvelous! Very odd and interesting creatures, I believe the early naturalists had problems assigning them to their place in the tree of life, partly because of their strange dental formula. I wondered if you had encountered them in Malaysia and here you are with fantastic pictures of the...

Here´s my favorite one at the moment, a small one made out of hardwood, here pictured with coltsfoot fluff as tinder : I have got some more at home; an acrylic one made by Ed Read, some more made of hardwood (turned by a Dutch guy) and a very special malaysian one made from bamboo...

Hi all, I'll be coming along as well to give a make-yourself-a-fire-piston-workshop. Here's a link to some information on the wildlife/plants/fungi in the area. Map: http://waarneming.nl/gebied/info/5636 118 bird species recorded (you can search the database for mammals...

Welcome to BCUK Kayakfun and greetings from Zaandam Cheers, Tom

Wow...That was an eye-opener! Cheers, Tom

Beautiful pic's as always, I really enjoy your posts, thank's for sharing. The bird is not a Baltimore oriole but an (american) goldfinch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Goldfinch It still is a very pretty looking bird! Cheers, Tom

Hi LeLoup, thank´s for your comments. Experimenting is why I put this thread up, to show that the world of a primitive pyromaniac doesn´t have to revolve around charcloth. Why use something that needs a fire to be created when there´s plenty of natural alternatives waiting to be discovered...

Fascinating, thanks Ash To use the exhausting fire plough for fire starting when the technology for pumpdrilling is at hand! I'm glad you already tried this out Ivan, practice defeats theory. I also love the tree felling "balista" apparatus, ingenious. Good to hear that Ed is enjoying...

According to `The book of the spider` (by Paul Hillyard, a funny book, filled with spider-lore) one E.A.Pratt mentions a second method of fishing with spiderwebs in his book ´Two years among New Guinea cannibals` (1906); a net made by the spider on a loop formed by a bent piece of bamboo. ´In a...

Fascinating! I've never heard of this phenomenon Cheers, Tom