If you where only able to take 5 things in your flint/steel pouch for fire lighting what would they be??????
fire lighting
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Tinder anyway. For a small pouch I would use tampons.
Next to that, still in the spirit of fire lighting, a small tube of vaseline/petroleum jelly to be used as a booster for tinder.
Next to that, still in the spirit of fire lighting, a small tube of vaseline/petroleum jelly to be used as a booster for tinder.
I bring the wife if she fit in the box.She good at getting the wood stove fired up.Plus if the wife is with me no need a fire right.
5 things?
Hmmm ... what's in my kit right now.
Steel
Flint
Tinder Fungus
Charclothe
Inner Bark of the Cedar tree - shredded
I guess that's 5 (or at least I ran out of fingers counting on one hand)
But I often have either tinder fungus or charclothe but not both - depending upon the situation. And sometimes I have a piece of birch bark or a short chunk of well-worn rope in there to help with the shredded Cedar bark.
I do have one of those ferro-cerrium and magnesium block fire starters around here somewhere, but I never carry it. I just use it for show-n-tell demos. And the magnifing lense is packed in with the ... other ... gear, and gets used more for splinter removal than fire starting.
So, for "tinder" I generally just carry that shredded inner bark of the Cedar tree.
Works for me. Other's mileage may vary.
Mikey - yee ol' grumpy blacksmith out in the Hinterlands
Hmmm ... what's in my kit right now.
Steel
Flint
Tinder Fungus
Charclothe
Inner Bark of the Cedar tree - shredded
I guess that's 5 (or at least I ran out of fingers counting on one hand)
But I often have either tinder fungus or charclothe but not both - depending upon the situation. And sometimes I have a piece of birch bark or a short chunk of well-worn rope in there to help with the shredded Cedar bark.
I do have one of those ferro-cerrium and magnesium block fire starters around here somewhere, but I never carry it. I just use it for show-n-tell demos. And the magnifing lense is packed in with the ... other ... gear, and gets used more for splinter removal than fire starting.
So, for "tinder" I generally just carry that shredded inner bark of the Cedar tree.
Works for me. Other's mileage may vary.
Mikey - yee ol' grumpy blacksmith out in the Hinterlands
ferro rod
knife
lighter
road flare
as much vaseline covered cotton balls as will fit in the remaining space
knife
lighter
road flare
as much vaseline covered cotton balls as will fit in the remaining space
not hypothetical but in reality:
flint
steel (the best on the market that I've found)
charcloth
honeysuckle bark
cheap lighter
though I do often have king alf's cakes around too, I don't have any atm as the rats ate my stash
flint
steel (the best on the market that I've found)
charcloth
honeysuckle bark
cheap lighter
though I do often have king alf's cakes around too, I don't have any atm as the rats ate my stash
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