Char Cloth

[M0nkeymann]

hi i am i complete novice inspired by bushcraft and i like the look of the char cloth tutorial sbut what is char cloth for?





Live By The River

 

[Ogri the trog]

Hi Monkeyman,
Welcome to the forum.
Charcloth is used to light a fire in that it holds a glowing ember really well, having struck a spark or generated a coal by friction or other methods. Its all to do with our quest for producing fire and other things by using all natural materials, ie no lighters, matches etc.

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[leon-1]

Firstly welcome to BCUK.

Charcloth is used as a tinder for catching sparks (generally from traditional flint and steel) to create an ember before putting into a tinder bundle where you would blow it into flame

 

[M0nkeymann]

thanks guys

 

[rich59]

Not just flint and steel. It is great for spreading all forms of tiny heat. Also a great material to light with a magnifying glass, or use in a fire piston.

 

[Pignut]

hi i am i complete novice inspired by bushcraft and i like the look of the char cloth tutorial sbut what is char cloth for?





Live By The River

Hi there!

Charcloth is one of the easy ones! and very useful (But I wont bore you with what has already been said)

It was one of my first projects after looking on this forum and am still using the origional batch!!

Have fun

 

[M0nkeymann]

thanks for the tips and i'm really glad i found this site and thanks for everyone being so welcoming + friendly

giving the charcloth a go @ the weekend hoping it goes well