Fire Starting Trick

[TheViking]

Let's see if you know this trick. Maybe it's not so special, but an Indian with danish citizenship has taught it to another guy and then that guy wrote it on a forum.

You need a small axe or big knife. Get some dry birch or dry spruce sticks and chop them to pieces. VERY fine pieces... :shock: When you think you have enough, make ½ quantity more! Then scrape some hexitab, charcloth (don't break it) or Wetfire into the pile and ignite it with firesteel. When the tinder burns, add more and more wood. Now you will soon have a long-time burning pile of wood. ack:

This may be an alternative to feathersticks, but it's always good to try out new things and get a skill more on ones mind. :biggthump

Your opinions please.

 

[Nightfall]

I've never heard of that one. Thanks

 

[willie]

Do you mean a native american indian or an indian from india? :rolmao:

 

[TheViking]

Do you mean a native american indian or an indian from india? :rolmao:

A real native american indian... I know his name also.

 

[Carcajou Garou]

I always carry some dryer lint from the lint trap and catail fluff to catch a spark a set the tinder bundle a-lite, and I am an aboriginal; could this be an old indians trick? ): :rolmao:

 

[maddave]

Good tip Viking. Many thanks :You_Rock_

 

[Moine]

Viking,

Good tip :biggthump

This works well. I'm using esbit fuel tabs just the same way to ignite the stuff. I either scrape a little off so they can catch a spark, or more often I use finer stuff to ignite them (they won't light as is with a fire steel, so I pick a few dry grass blades, cotton, magnesium... whatever is at hand).

Thin wood shavings are a lot easier to produce than plumed sticks, and they work much better. You can make a big pile out of them and as they are all bent a little, they let a lot of air through, thus burn hot and fast. Perfect for starting a fire, especially in wet conditions.

What I do, usually, is to start with a knife to make thin ones, and I make them gradually thicker. Then I finish with the axe/big chopper to make larger, thicker ones.

A real native american indian... I know his name also.

Hey, I'm also a "real native american indian" (whatever that is), and that does not automatically qualify me as being good at bushcraft, tracking, survival or whatever. It's not in the genes... unfortunately

Cheers

David

 

[TheViking]

Hey, I'm also a "real native american indian" (whatever that is), and that does not automatically qualify me as being good at bushcraft, tracking, survival or whatever. It's not in the genes... unfortunately

Sorry, but when I think of an Indian, I also think of bushcraft. This guy was a native indian and pretty good at survival skills, I think. That explains it. :biggthump

Cheers. :uu:

 

[Moine]

Sorry, but when I think of an Indian, I also think of bushcraft. This guy was a native indian and pretty good at survival skills, I think. That explains it.

No offense my friend

I like to be given free credit as far as my bushcraft skills are concerned

Cheers

David

 

[Hoodoo]

Great tip! Here's another although many of you may already have tried this. If you want to ignite fatwood with a firesteel, you can scrape it so that you get a pile of fine fatwood dust. This ignites pretty easily with a firesteel.