A New Natural Tinder (burns like tinder fungus)

[lannyman8]

After reading the house hold kindling thread i decided to try out a new tinder down the field today.

it worked like a dream and burnt just like tinder fungus/cramp balls.

right here is the big answer as to what it is, but be warned its a bit yuk...lol

old dry HORSE POO!!!!!

its true burns just like tinder fungus after i put a few sparks on it from the fero rod. mind you i suppose its just compact dry grass realy so no reason for it not to work realy....

anyway just thought i would share the new info......

Thanks....Chris....

 

[Toddy]

I know that the American pioneers called it prairie coals, and that it gets burned elsewhere in the world as fuel, but I didn't know it could take from a ferro rod

cheers,
M

 

[Matt.S]

Interesting. Can it be lit from a firesteel's sparks?

 

[sapper1]

ferro rod = firesteel

 

[wingstoo]

ferro rod = firesteel

Ah, but does it?

A fire steel might also be the more traditional flint and steel type.

Wings

 

[Bush_Man]

As far as I know until the dictatorship that dominated Portugal that lasted until the start of the 70's (until this date Portugal was primarilly a country based on agriculture) poo from various cattle was burned to spare wood....

The only thing I didn't had knowledge was that it could catch fire from sparks...

 

[lannyman8]

it was good and dry but just a few sparks from the fero rod and it was away.

its raining today so cant try it with the flint & steel but im sure if you opened it out and fluffed it up would take that spark too......

 

[Matt.S]

ferro rod = firesteel

Not neccesarily, there isn't much of a convention on how to differentiate between a ferro-rod (this) and a fire steel (this)

A ferro-rod's sparks are a lot hotter than those from a firesteel.

 

[forrestdweller]

interesting... i tried donkey-, crumbled-up kangaroo-/wallaby- and rabbitpoo(in fact the same like horse)- UNSURPRISINGLY no success with ferrorods... . but it works great for magnifying glass and firesaw.

also used buffalo chips quite a few times where wood was scarce.

 

[trekkingnut]

I did a one and half month expedition across the peruvian planes, going up to about 18000ft/5500mtrs and all the locals collect horse and cow pats and stack them and dry them and use them to cook all of their food, we started doing it after a while as well when petrol supplies ran low. it has to be a pretty hot fire to burn well and it also needs to be very dry but its an excellent source of fuel.