Maya Dust - next to useless?

[Kerne]

Went for a stroll through the snow today - magic day out except that I tried to light my fire with a tin of maya dust someone gave me for christmas ('cos it's sold as bushy kit and they know I am into bushy stuff). Never used it before and had heared that it was anything but ecofriendly as they cut down the trees and do not replant.

Back to the story.....

I couldn't get it to take a spark despite a veritable shower of sparks - all I got was a slight ember and some charring. Not impressed, but prepared to accept it was my technique (and a new firesteel,) I repaired to the nearest birch tree and got some bark strippings. Lit first time! No problem.

Any opinions?

 

[Dan1982]

Maya dust = useless

Hope this helps!

 

[Ogri the trog]

Not at all useless,
Its a very good tinder tin that comes packed with some fire resistant packing to help keep its shape. Upon reciept, merely shake out the packing material and fill the tin with your own home-made tinder, charcloth, firesteel etc etc.

:tapedshut

Ogri the trog

 

[Kerne]

Ogri the trog said:
Not at all useless,
Its a very good tinder tin that comes packed with some fire resistant packing to help keep its shape. Upon reciept, merely shake out the packing material and fill the tin with your own home-made tinder, charcloth, firesteel etc etc.

Funnily enough, I have kept the tin.

 

[MartinK9]

Funnily enough, I have kept the tin.

Fill it with some of those Birch Bark strippings - I did

 

[riggers]

i have usedit once not bad another wee thing i use is a wee bit of wood shavings get some old aftershave and put a few drops into the shavings put into desired container and it lights first time every time

 

[Shewie]

I also got a tin for Chrimbo from somebody but I`ve not even looked at it yet.

Is it just ground up punk wood ?

 

[woof]

Hey Riggers, does that help attract female bushcrafters !.

 

[Kerne]

Is it just ground up punk wood ?

Someone told me it was the dust off the saw when they saw up "maya sticks".

 

[Northern Giant UK]

Try adding a bit of Turpentine to the dust . . . much better.

Kev

 

[Steve M]

Hey Riggers, does that help attract female bushcrafters !.

60% of the time it works every time!

If Joy is reading this then it was a lovely present and thanks very much for getting it for my birthday. You can stop reading now

For everyone else, I can't even light my may dust with tissue paper which I can light on the first of second go, that's how non-flammable it is. Mine came in a plastic container, which I might use for storing other things.

 

[Wild Thing]

Maya Dust Instructions

1 Open Tin
2 Throw contents of tin over your shoulder ( making sure you are outside or somewhere else safe)
3 Fill tin with your own tinder or charcloth etc
4 Place lid back on tin

You now have useable tinder in a tin

I don't agree with paying for saw dust when you can get your own any time you do any wood work and soak it in a flamable liquid and leave it to dry. It will still light after drying due to being saturated.

Sorry if I am telling you how to suck eggs, but it's what I have found to work

Phill

 

[riggers]

some times mate he he he he

 

[helixpteron]

Hey Riggers, does that help attract female bushcrafters !.

No! It helps attract female woodshavings! (o:

 

[Allen]

Buy maya sticks, run them through a pencil sharpener.. keep shavings in maya dust tin.. crumble shavings between fingers.. light with fire stick! sorted!

 

[Kerne]

Thanks, folks. You've restored my faith in my abilities. I'm glad it wasn't my money that I wasted.

 

[helixpteron]

Perhaps the name Maya Dust was chosen because the product Maya not work! (o:

 

[JoyR]

60% of the time it works every time!

If Joy is reading this then it was a lovely present and thanks very much for getting it for my birthday. You can stop reading now

For everyone else, I can't even light my may dust with tissue paper which I can light on the first of second go, that's how non-flammable it is. Mine came in a plastic container, which I might use for storing other things.

Haha yes I am, and I would say a similar thing about the person who bought me my maya dust, except he's not on here. Honestly, I can light mine fine in the ashtray, but outside...it's easier to light my own foot than it is the maya dust! Had I found this out BEFORE buying yours, I wouldn't have. Bought it that is.

 

[hiho]

Perhaps the name Maya Dust was chosen because the product Maya not work! (o:

there's always one, and it usually as I'm having a drink

 

[demographic]

Its a bit like shavings from my powerplaner, only its more expensive