Methods of fire lighting.

[Bishop]

Has anybody tried igniting char cloth with one of those big hand held piezoelectric gas hob sparkers ?

 

[monkey boy]

That's an interesting technique. How does it work? If I understand it he's pouring some ash on cotton, then compressing it ?



What's the Pump drill ?



Fire thong goes on the list.

J

https://youtu.be/c6wRLJWfjFw pump drill

 

[Palaeolite]

Interested to know, what do people do if they don't have time with them and normal stuff (dead bracken or grass) is damp?

 

[Quixoticgeek]

Interested to know, what do people do if they don't have time with them and normal stuff (dead bracken or grass) is damp?

My normal approach is to splash some meths over the kindling, and drop a match on it...

J

 

[spiritwalker]

flare gun
black powder rifle
spark plug and petrol e.g. boat motor

 

[forrestdweller]

Would natural sources count?! Maybe not that common in UK but I saw a bushfire starting from lightning strike in OZ.... And on another occasion used burning branches from a forest fire in tasmaniaC for my own purposes....
After all: before they learned how to make fire early hominids""harvested""fire from natural sources...

 

[Quixoticgeek]

Would natural sources count?! Maybe not that common in UK but I saw a bushfire starting from lightning strike in OZ.... And on another occasion used burning branches from a forest fire in tasmaniaC for my own purposes....
After all: before they learned how to make fire early hominids""harvested""fire from natural sources...

It is a technique, but it does rely an awful lot on chance. It's not exactly a technique you can say "I'm going to go out on Tuesday and light a fire with lightning". But hey, if the stars align, no reason not to use it.

J

 

[forrestdweller]

It is a technique, but it does rely an awful lot on chance. It's not exactly a technique you can say "I'm going to go out on Tuesday and light a fire with lightning". But hey, if the stars align, no reason not to use it.

J

I was aware of the fact it requires an awful lot of chance.... and I would NOT want to rely on it.... or spontaneous self-combustion....
But then: no method works always(= try solar ignition at nighttime or with overcast sky);I use whatever is available.(and hasten to add I have not touched evil magic since over four years-- only traditional methods for me!)

 

[Goatboy]

It is a technique, but it does rely an awful lot on chance. It's not exactly a technique you can say "I'm going to go out on Tuesday and light a fire with lightning". But hey, if the stars align, no reason not to use it.

J

You could try a level four wizard casting on a D20.

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[Richard Francis Burton]

Interested to know, what do people do if they don't have time with them and normal stuff (dead bracken or grass) is damp?

Little pieces of Cotton wool with Vaseline dabbed into it. Is a very reliable back up. Will take spark from Ferro & Flint. Have stashed away some prepared Kindling too for Damp days.

 

[kaiAnderson]

psychokinesis

 

[ged]

psychokinesis

We're setting fire to things, not throwing them around, silly.

More or less on the chemical theme, there's a cute little thing that you can light town gas with. We had one at home fifty years ago but then they switched us to natural gas and it wouldn't work any more. No idea where it is now.
Here's a similar one I found on the 'net.
Ours wasn't quite the same construction, It was a tiny ball of platinum black or similar catalyst held in a circular frame with three fine wires - I guess the wire might also have been platinum to cope with the heat.
All you had to do was turn on the gas and hold the little bead in the stream of gas. It immediately glowed red and ignited the gas.

Once I saw a lighter offered for swap on BCUK which apparently worked on a similar principle but used meths as a fuel. I tried to get hold of it but never heard back from the owner.

 

[Goatboy]

psychokinesis

Pyrokinesis?

 

[Bishop]

The ancient Korean martial art of Sinanju has a neat fire starting trick
[video]https://youtu.be/upLSJqkOGUU?t=3m59s[/video]

 

[Goatboy]

The ancient Korean martial art of Sinanju has a neat fire starting trick
[video]https://youtu.be/upLSJqkOGUU?t=3m59s[/video]

One of my all time favourite series of books. The Destroyer series.

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[bikething]

The ancient Korean martial art of Sinanju has a neat fire starting trick
[video]https://youtu.be/upLSJqkOGUU?t=3m59s[/video]

I remember the film... didn't realise it was a series of books

 

[bikething]

This book will keep you going for a while

 

[forrestdweller]

uuhhhhmmm..Australian aborigines(and other "" primitive""people)used to carry smouldering sticks from one camp to the next to eassy restart the next fire----which gave raise to the idea that Tasmanian aborigines did not know how to start fires...

does that count a a method?!

 

[Bishop]

Ok getting back on topic, has anybody else come across Wicked Lasers flash lights?
Here's a snippet from the sales blurb and a video of one in action.

3000mAh Rechargeable Battery... 4100 lumens (100Watts) of intense white light. Use this power to guide your way home, light a fire, or even fry an egg!

[video]https://youtu.be/NiKzrnKR3Ts[/video]

 

[Goatboy]

Ok getting back on topic, has anybody else come across Wicked Lasers flash lights?
Here's a snippet from the sales blurb and a video of one in action.

[video]https://youtu.be/NiKzrnKR3Ts[/video]

I don't know if they were part of it but there was a whole torch modding scene a few years back. Usually used "C" & "D" cell Maglite® bodies as donor units and they'd rewire and trick out with gold electronics, frensel lenses, fancy reflectors and high end bulbs. Some got so powerful that they would cook eggs when pointed at them and the beam could also set newspaper alight when directed onto it. There were whole forums & websites dedicated to it.

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