This may seem like an unusually excited post for making fire, especially given that I used firesteel over a bow or hand drill etc, but since this would be the first time I have been out into the woods and got a good hot fire going in many years I felt it worth the tribute!
Managed to get 2 fires going actually, one using natural tinder (some wood shavings and dead fern leaves in a bundle), the second using a small cotton bud. The cotton bud (no vaseline) worked very well, catching the kindling alight within a few seconds and on to a roaring fire.
That is all!
Take care
Matt
Managed to get 2 fires going actually, one using natural tinder (some wood shavings and dead fern leaves in a bundle), the second using a small cotton bud. The cotton bud (no vaseline) worked very well, catching the kindling alight within a few seconds and on to a roaring fire.
That is all!
Take care
Matt