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Apologies to you then Southey, There was no offence intended in my original post Cheers, Tom

But U Shouldn't Have Called Ray A Firestarting Type... Cheers, Tom

They´re looking good Ron! Cheers, Tom

Nope, it´s a downy woodpecker but still a lovely bird, just like the other species in the pic´s Cheers, Tom

That's a fantastic thing you started Butuki, and I hope there will be a great response to this topic. All the best, Tom

Flint will only create usable sparks for firestarting when it´s used in combination with hardened carbonsteel (a traditional firesteel or old file) or a lump of marcasite/pyrite. A random large pebble could create sparks with flint but these are too weak to start a fire. Cheers, Tom

Remove the spikes first ! ;) Cheers, Tom

Welcome Maro Cheers, Tom

Rui, The word Down also means the soft feathers of a bird. Some plants have equally fluffy material on or inside their parts that can be ignited. Cheers, Tom

Thank's for posting this Rui. I found a spanish bushcraft-site where this plant is mentioned: http://paleoforo.foroes.net/t427-hierba-yesquera-bugalho-o-erva-isqueira And am I right in thinking that the Portuguese word isqueira means something like igniting? Cheers, Tom

Good evening and welcome here Tilia, I think the the people here on BushcraftUK will enjoy pictures of your flintknapping work and your amazing corkscrew walking poles as much as we do over at the Dutch bushcraftsite :) Grt, Tom

Here´s BOD´s thread on the Semelai/Jakun fire piston: http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36224&highlight=semelai Cheers, Tom

BOD and Bandel4 have posted on fire pistons from Malaysia, they are still used and made by the Semelai from the mainland. Cheers, Tom

Robin and Trekkingnut, I delivered your DVD-copies to the post office this afternoon, they should be at your doorstep within a week or so (by regular mail). Cheers, Tom

Good post HarrytC! I know the plant as Caryota mitis from the local (Dutch) garden centre and the dried fluff (without further additions) is an excellent fire piston tinder Cheers, Tom

That´s the first time I see them on a birch tree! Here in Holland I usually find them on decaying logs on the ground, probably from ash and alder trees. they are not a common find though over here. Cheers, Tom

Trekkingnut, The documentary is shot on the western side of the island New Guinea, not in Papua NG. The makers are from the Wano tribe, from the "massif de Yeleme", in the central highlands, Irian Yaya, Indonesia. The voice over of the DVD can be set to English so you don't have to listen to...

"o and btw, they just called the head, blue stone, i have no idea what type of stone it is made out of at all." Trekkingnut, Beautiful pic's thank's for showing! I've got a 30 minute documentary on DVD about the quarrying and shaping of stone axes by the Yeleme people of New Guinea...

Wow...that reads like an adventurers travelogue, good post Indiana!;) Cheers, Tom