I Did It!!!!!

[TheViking]

On the 17.10.2004 16:01 local time TheViking made FIRE BY FRICTION in his room!!
I kid you not when I say it took approx. 3-4 minutes. I put a new and stronger string in my bow and used charcloth as tinder. And grit 120 sandpaper as ember pan. I did it in my 2'nd try. The first try was just a hole lot of dust , but the 2'nd time I had a pile of dust in my charcloth which smoked!!!! :shock: I blowed carefully, but it actually took care of itself and lit the charcloth. ): ): ):

I blowed and blowed. The charcloth lit more and more and then I took a piece of paper, sat it into the charcloth and blowed. In 30 seconds I had A FLAME!!! :biggthump :biggthump ack:

I'm so happy now!!!!...... (sorry about the bad english and grammar, but I just can't type right now... ): ): ): ): ): ):

Big CHEERS :uu: :uu:

(whoops, daddy found out that I had lit a flame in the house. :shock

 

[al]

well done mate, now go and do it properly

 

[TheViking]

well done mate, now go and do it properly

Yeah, he's really ****** off right now :roll: . But i'll cope with that later. ):

 

[al]

gotcha didnt i ): , seriously , well done

 

[TheViking]

A pic of "the kit".

 

[Bushmaster]

Well done Viking, you will not forget the first time.
Geoff

 

[Bushmaster]

Better get the hoover out though.lol

 

[Nightfall]

Good job, just dont burn the house down.Good job though.

 

[leon-1]

Congratulations, perseverance pays off :biggthump

How did your smoke alarms fair

 

[TheViking]

How did your smoke alarms fair

They didn't start actually... :roll: :?: I had closed the door to my room, perhaps that's why.

 

[RovingArcher]

Congratulations on a job well done.

 

[Hoodoo]

Nice work! It's always a good feeling getting that coal and then a flame. Sounds like you got it down. Congrats! :biggthump

 

[tomtom]

Well done Matey!

 

[Paganwolf]

Well done fella i knew it wouldn't be long :You_Rock_

 

[DUCky]

Congrats!

Be sure to remember that you have to appease the firegods from time to time or else you will struggle without getting an ember even though you have done it several times. It is not an exact science... there is also mystery.......

bless thee oh great firegod in the sky, we are not worthy.......

Good one Viking!

Lennart

 

[ScottC]

Well done Andy! I will have to give it a go now seeing as i'm probably the only one who hasn't by now :roll:

 

[Paganwolf]

Well done Andy! I will have to give it a go now seeing as i'm probably the only one who hasn't by now :roll:

Project for new knife me thinks

 

[hootchi]

Iv not mastered it yet. Made fire once but not again. Maybe i should take paganwolfs advice. We are not worthy, we are not worthy.... right must stop joking i think it actually works.

 

[den]

Well done mate.
I remember my first time dancing around with a big ball of flamin tinder in my hands.
I had the same buzz when i lit my first camp fire with fricton all night when you look at the fire you'll smirk to yourself. :clap: :clap:

 

[Paganwolf]

Iv not mastered it yet. Made fire once but not again. Maybe i should take paganwolfs advice. We are not worthy, we are not worthy.... right must stop joking i think it actually works.

:rolmao: :rolmao: keep going, took me a while, its like riding a bike once you get it you will want to try every bike in town :rolmao: :rolmao: