fire

Hey guys, I recently went ahead and tried my hand at the upside down fire to see if it was more beneficial than your standard teepee style. To my dismay I found that it wasn't half as satisfying, you don't achieve the flame or heat you want and it's much more work as you have to keep adding too...

all done by hand (as in i dont have a lathe or bandsaw so getting totally straight cuts or roundness is tricky for me) on an old b&d grinder..... two monster ones....pretty useless things really but boys with toys eh? cocobolo and buffalo horn....(and yeah i'm pee'd off about the glue visible...

I got this for Xmas, not used yet, so used it today. Lovely food:cool:. I tried two different pancakes. One with - Water Mozzarella Flour Water Mixed Spice Spring onions Tasted good. One with - Egg Flour Water Tomatoes Oregano Carrot Veggy sausage Very tasty. I cooked using cardboard in a...

firemaking is, imo, the most important bushcraft skill to master... and the most difficult to really understand, because it needs A LOT of practice, and you don't even make fire every time you are outdoors. it doesn't matter how many times you read about making fire, you simply got to make it...

Another video to help those new to Bushcraft and Firecraft... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiAacJL7BDA

I've made a nice video to help those new to Bushcraft and Firecraft... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc8y6eLEcJA I hope it's of some use to some :)

I've been discussing fires and LNT ethics on another thread on here, so I thought I'd post a very relevant video that I made this month... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiAacJL7BDA Enjoy but Respect the Landscape - Leave No Trace

*UPDATED* 7/10/11 While I was working on some projects today I got round to recycling some empty CO2 capsules and having plenty of them in my loft/shooting range it seemed like a good idea to try and make things from them. I used a dremel to cut the top end off and filed the inside of the cut...

Well that the plan, in my permissions wood. Been a while so should be interesting to see the changes since last time I was there (June time I think..) Certainly looks ver green with a tinge of Orange! Plan to stay in the same spot where we have wood stock built up! Will post pics of course!

So Friday despite the showers, Resnikov, me another mate revisited our Permissioned wood. It had been a month since our last visit and the good weather had certainly promoted growth. The Canopy what far fuller and so supressed the daylight more than before. It was strange sitting in a dark...

10mm diameter hi....my latest firesteel effort...10-mm diameter fire-steel topped off by myself with a deer antler handle (total length approx. 15cms...handle thickness 2.5cm, length 7.5cm...striking area approx. 7.5cm) and includes a striker and a length of thick leather thonging long...

for night two this year! Was with Resnikov and a friend of ours who camps (more mainstream!), but had not experienced Hammock and Tarp Set up before. We were in our wood where we have permissions, and the difference a month or so makes was amazing. Firstly the amout of greenery that...

Just been sent this website address. http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/articles/view.asp?id=4 they allow camp fires :campfire: Just an odd one - sorted by Area, County and Overseas Couldn't put the list on as exceeded 40000 characters :yikes:

The other day I decided to have a go at a bow drill from wood laying about, I used ash for the drill and field maple for the hearth. After I realised I needed to lubricate the bearing block with some plant leaves I managed to produce plenty of smoke and charring but no embers. So, I had a...

I stumbled across this clip on the ikeahacker website (apologies if its been posted before) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzXOVbYUamc basically it's a guy making a bow drill from ikea wooden hanger and then using it to make a fire out of an and some other ikea pieces. I was left grinning...

Inspired by this thread I decided to modify the broken off end of a file. After a an hour or so on the Aldi grinder I ended up with this: My first efforts using the piece of file showed me that the striking edge really needs to be curved. (I figure the radius should be about 1...

Fire-steel, corrosion? Hi a Have a few variations on the Fire steel and other "flints" made by different companies. 2 have started to corrode I think:confused: (another variant split in half and crumbled to nothing:yikes:) My oldest Flint is producing grey dust, it is at least 7yrs old and...

Hi just wondering if you can still buy these... shown in an old Survival book I have: ("Survival" by Len Cacutt page: 139) To me it looks like a metal cylinder about the size and shape of a "C" cell battery, with a flint wheel, (like on a Zippo). I'm guessing they're outlawed or something...

I have recently had the privialge whilst working in South East Asia of meeting up with a few BCUK members from further a field. My deepest thanks to BOd and Bandal4 for there hospitality and friendship. I was lucky enough to visit the village where Jamri reportedly the last aboriginal fire...

All you crazy Fire Starters... Has anyone tried this method I found on Youtube?! Making fire with some tinder, a piece of fungus from a birch tree, the sun and a.. 'TIN CAN'!! :lmao::lmao::lmao: Link..>> Tin Can Firestarter goodjob I don't think we have the weather for it though!