It’s my niece’s christening this weekend, so I had to finish my BIL’s belated birthday present, being the father he will be there. I owe him a birthday present and so made him something I think is useful, he's just getting in to the bushcrafting side of living near a largest wood. He's really into the fire making and has just had a wood burner installed to take the pressure off of the oiled fired heating
The two leather pouches I made from off cuts from someone’s sofa reupholstering project , one was made using a pattern sent to me by Toddy, the other, which can be used as a everyday belt pouch I made up as I went a long. Both work really well, the steel was made by Mike Amiling. The tinder is wild Clematis, both the bark and the seedheads and silver birch all gathered by me. The flint was given to me by Will Lord. The char cloth was made at the moot, whilst I was waiting for the curried lamb to cook.
The Char tube was made with the help of my daughter and added after my wife’s insistence, that “if she can make a fire using just flint and steel and a char tube, then anyone can.
What do you think?