I know, I know, get better fitting boxers....
Ok, now that's out the way. I've recently moved and can now get hold of cramp balls on the ash trees locally. I've been able to get them going with sparks from the fire steel, and they do throuw out good heat but not enough to get the small fuel lit. To get a fire from them I needed to wrap them in a tinder ball, but to be honest the tinder will take light just as easily with the sparks.
So, what's the point of cramp balls, what am I missing? Would you use them to dry out tinder or set fire with slightly damp tinder? Good hand warmers?
Justin
Ok, now that's out the way. I've recently moved and can now get hold of cramp balls on the ash trees locally. I've been able to get them going with sparks from the fire steel, and they do throuw out good heat but not enough to get the small fuel lit. To get a fire from them I needed to wrap them in a tinder ball, but to be honest the tinder will take light just as easily with the sparks.
So, what's the point of cramp balls, what am I missing? Would you use them to dry out tinder or set fire with slightly damp tinder? Good hand warmers?
Justin