My first char cloth

[TJRoots]

Hey all, just made my first ever batch of char cloth. It didn't go too badly for a first time, didn't leave it on the fire quite long enough to fully char the whole lot but i got most of it.

I did however rather badly burn 3 of my fingers, my own stupid fault i didn't let the tin cool down enough before picking it up.

Hoping next time i'll get a better batch and maybe only burn 1 or 2 fingers

TJ

 

[lamper]

That is what I call a "dickhead" moment.

Did it myself 2 weeks ago on a pot stand, still have a smooth part of my finger yet to heal!

 

[wildman695]

never heard of tongs? or chopsticks, hee hee.

 

[TJRoots]

I used tongs to take it off the fire, put it on the ground, put the tongs down then picked it right back up again to see how it had turned out, completely forgetting i had only just taken it off the fire.

Lamper i couldn't think of a better term for it if i tried, it was definately a "dickhead moment".

TJ

 

[Asa Samuel]

I have yet to make myself some char cloth, I will give it a go some time though!

 

[Blades]

What do you do with your charred cloth

 

[sandbender]

"I did however rather badly burn 3 of my fingers"

Ouch!

Do you have any photos of you using the char cloth?

 

[Matt.S]

Good work TJ! Have you tried it out yet?

When I first made charcloth I burned myself though not on the tin; it wasn't quite cooled when I opened it so the charcloth ignited when I pulled a clump out. That smarted a little!

 

[Asa Samuel]

What do you do with your charred cloth

It is up there as one of the best tinders. It lights amazingly well from sparks from a firesteel and it even works well with the cooler sparks from using a flint and steel set.

 

[numbersix]

At least you gave it a go. I have been meaning to make some for the longest time.
No pain no gain! good job

 

[Blades]

oh right cool thanks. Is there a tutorial on it somewhere or do you just put some cloth in a tin and put it in a fire for x amount of time ... ? I would have thought something that was already burnt would be harder to light again. Thats what bushcrafts for

 

[Tadpole]

oh right cool thanks. Is there a tutorial on it somewhere or do you just put some cloth in a tin and put it in a fire for x amount of time ... ? I would have thought something that was already burnt would be harder to light again. Thats what bushcrafts for

not the only way just my way

 

[Asa Samuel]

basically, put the cloth in a tin then poke a hole in the top, then put it on the fire until there is no smoke coming out of the top, if there is ever fire coming out of the hole then cover the hole for a few seconds and then uncover it.

That is pretty much it.