Hello All, not been here for a while....been busy doing outdoors stuff. 
And it was while out shooting my bow that I came across an excellent tinder. Cedar. Nothing new there I hear you say, as many of the books show how you can scrape cedar bark to make a good tinder for lighting by sparks.
But, my mate broke an arrow. Mine are made of pine, but his were POC, or Port Orford Cedar. It smelt lovely at the break so he brought it over for me to have a sniff (funny lot these Longbowmen eh?). Anyhow I took it home as he didn't want it, and I could use the pile off the end. I scraped some small strips off the shaft and tried them with a spark and they took really well and I had a fire in no time.
The shaft is easy to carry, easy to keep dry, you can scrape as much or as little off as you want, and if you know any archers, they are always easy to get hold of. I keep the trimmed shaft in the pencil pocket of my coat so it's always handy.
Just thought it might be useful to share it with you.
Cheers
Paul
And it was while out shooting my bow that I came across an excellent tinder. Cedar. Nothing new there I hear you say, as many of the books show how you can scrape cedar bark to make a good tinder for lighting by sparks.
But, my mate broke an arrow. Mine are made of pine, but his were POC, or Port Orford Cedar. It smelt lovely at the break so he brought it over for me to have a sniff (funny lot these Longbowmen eh?). Anyhow I took it home as he didn't want it, and I could use the pile off the end. I scraped some small strips off the shaft and tried them with a spark and they took really well and I had a fire in no time.
The shaft is easy to carry, easy to keep dry, you can scrape as much or as little off as you want, and if you know any archers, they are always easy to get hold of. I keep the trimmed shaft in the pencil pocket of my coat so it's always handy.
Just thought it might be useful to share it with you.
Cheers
Paul
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