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My experience is that even fire steels of same make and model can be very different. You might have got a bad one. I have more than 5 five different fire steels just from Fireflash and only one or two are good enough to be used. It could be that the flakes you're getting are too big? Since they...

Bumping an old thread here. I think an untanned reindeer skin is exactly what you're after. They are almost as light as a synthetic sleeping mat. Much lighter than wool. When they are untanned they resist water well, you can also put linseed oil on the inside to make them even more water...

I have a Singer from sometime around 1940. I believe it's one of the first electrical ones. It's really awesome, very strong and almost never messes up. And the hole between the body and needle is bigger than most modern machines. The only problem I have with it is that if the thread is too...

Thanks! That's very helpful info! I might make my own impregnation then!

Thanks! I will let it smoke in over time, but that also darkens the fabric a lot, making the tipi quite dark. So I'm not too fond of the idea to do that intentionally. Yea the fabric will get seasoned natually, but I'm not very worried about it leaking. Rather I'm worried it will be getting...

Hello, I've just sewn a tipi in 100% cotton canvas. And before raising it I would like to make it more resistant to water and mold. So I need some suggestions. Preferably something that's not very expensive since a tipi is quite many sqm. For the lower edge and the front I will put a mix of...

I just did my seventh try now and I think I'm getting somewhere. This time I made a hole in the side of the collecting can (can 1, red) and added a 60 cm pipe where smoke could escape. I made the fire in a slope so I could angle the pipe down. About a minute after starting the fire...

Hello, A few years ago I made my first birch bark tar, the result was fantastic. A nice sweet smell that didn't sting in the nose at all. Now the 4 times after that it always gets a smoky stinging smell that's not at all as nice. I did it the same way the first time as the others. The...