Bushcraft Bunny Helps with Tinder :-)

[Nod]

Just a quick tip, that you may have thought of already, but just in case

I was practising my bow drill last weekend and needed some good tinder to put the ember into. The pet rabbit has eaten most of my long grass that I had used in the past, so I had none handy, except for the straw in his hutch.

I grabbed a handful, and it was lovely and bedded in, all pre-buffed where the bunny had laid in it.

I took out the small brown balls LOL. and it made great tinder. I have now decided to keep a good handful from each cleanout of the hutch and stash it with my bushcraft kit so that I always have a nice supply of good dry buffed tinder ready to use with my bow drill etc.

Now we have a nice understanding, so long as he does his buffing job, he will stay out of the pot

 

[dommyracer]

Yeah, bunny hay is a great tinder, good for showing people how its done or practising with

 

[drstrange]

I took out the small brown balls LOL. and it made great tinder.

Bunny nuggets make great tinder??

 

[Nod]

Yeah, when I re-read the post it looks like that's what I mean doesn' it.

Just to confirm........it's the hay that makes great tinder.

The balls, when covered with a fine sprinkling of caster sugar can be passed off as small bon bons.

 

[BobFromHolland]

I bet they work fine as well as a coal extender when nice and dry and ground into powder.

Right off the bag I find the hay sometimes too wet to be used directly. This might just be proof of my lacking skills obviously... I have noticed condense drops on the inside of the bag though, when it was standing in the sun. I bought it just for fire lighting purposes, cause I don't own rodants of any sort.

 

[Nod]

I found it a bit too coarse straight from the bag.

Maybe keep a pile in a pocket and it will dry out plus the movement while you are walking about etc might buff it up a bit.

The rabbit had helped by rubbing it all up and making it nice dry and fluffy which is why it took the ember so well.

Hey (no pun intended) maybe I could sell this stuff in bags........there could be a whole market for this out there

 

[Ratbag]

Now we have a nice understanding, so long as he does his buffing job, he will stay out of the pot

It would be rather rude of you to cook him over a fire he helped (indirectly) you to bring to flame. Have you no shame!

Rat