Altoids Waterproof Tinder Kit

[Wook]

I felt like making a "worst case scenario" fire lighting kit. This was not intended to be traditional or even very elegant. It was intended to be a means of lighting fire quickly even if you're soaked to the skin. It contains a lighter, swedish firesteel and vaseline cotton inside crimped and melted drinking straws. These can either be lit directly by the lighter or sliced open and lit off the firesteel.

I tested it earlier by lobbing a few of these straws into a sink full of water for a few minutes, then slicing one open and lighting it off the firesteel. 3 of the larger straws produced a hot, windproof flame that lasted about 2 minutes.

Maybe not pretty, but I reckon if Castaway or The Edge had featured one of these kits, they'd have been much shorter movies that contained much less hardship

 

[tiger stacker]

I liked the idea of the straws, will fill a couple with sawdust too.

 

[Wook]

I liked the idea of the straws, will fill a couple with sawdust too.

I can't take credit for it. Got the idea here over a year ago, it just took me this long to do anything about it.

 

[VanDeRooster]

I wonder if I could persuade a local Barista to give me a few of the "wide bore" straws they use for iced drinks. I bet they'd hold a fair amount.


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[Hedgecrafter]

Looks like a great idea to me.

 

[ozzy1977]

Neat idea