Was bored on the sofa. Went outside to get some air. Found a hazel wand on top of the arbour which I used earlier in the year to make a wilderness chair. Had my pocket knife on me, so I decided to set myself the challenge of making a bowdrill set and getting an ember within 15 minutes.
I cut the hazel into a hearth board and a drill, used the saw on my pocket knife to trim a branch off one of the bushes in my garden and set to it. I used a smooth stone that had a kinda dent in it for a bearing block. I always have a meter of paracord looped onto a split ring on my pocket knife.
Anyways, here's the set.
It was great fun to get a bit of practice in. I was successful, which is clearly the aim of this, here's my ember....
I am man. I. Made. Fire! 😅
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I cut the hazel into a hearth board and a drill, used the saw on my pocket knife to trim a branch off one of the bushes in my garden and set to it. I used a smooth stone that had a kinda dent in it for a bearing block. I always have a meter of paracord looped onto a split ring on my pocket knife.
Anyways, here's the set.

It was great fun to get a bit of practice in. I was successful, which is clearly the aim of this, here's my ember....

I am man. I. Made. Fire! 😅
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