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[Draven]

Woo!
I just lit my first fire using nothing but a fire steel, knife and piece of wood! Very proud Took me a while though, most of what I got was just black spots on the wood... but still! Used the method in Ray Mears Bushcraft four seasons episode... bunching together shavings of wood to get tinder, for anyone interested

 

[ArkAngel]

Excellent job, well done.

It's not as easy as everyone thinks is it? When i did my first fire using shaved sticks and birch bark many years ago i was well chuffed. My mates thought i was being daft until i told them to have a go....1 hour and a lot of blue air later we had a lot of black dots on the wood (and i had a MUCH smaller firestick!) but no fire.

Next step....using wood only.....a skill i still have to master myself

 

[Ogri the trog]

NIce one Draven,
Did you make feathersticks or use other shavings?

Well done no matter what you did.

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[rich59]

I must try this shave stick idea.

Next step....using wood only.....a skill i still have to master myself

Are you thinking bow or hand drill or some other technique? Bow and hand drill are pretty difficult without a knife to help the construction.

 

[Ogri the trog]

I must try this shave stick idea.

Wow Rich,
I thought there was nothing you could be taught about firemaking - being the master of the damp tinder 'nall!

Just like this-- http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=13749&highlight=maple

Post number 11, just as RM demonstrates in the extra scenes of the Bushcraft DVD's

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[fred gordon]

Woo!
I just lit my first fire using nothing but a fire steel, knife and piece of wood! Very proud Took me a while though, most of what I got was just black spots on the wood... but still! Used the method in Ray Mears Bushcraft four seasons episode... bunching together shavings of wood to get tinder, for anyone interested

Well done Draven. Always a great feeling when you get something like this to work.

 

[Draven]

Well done Draven. Always a great feeling when you get something like this to work.

Thanks

Just like this-- http://www.bushcraftuk.com/communit...highlight=maple

Post number 11, just as RM demonstrates in the extra scenes of the Bushcraft DVD's

That's the same method I used, dunno what to call it...

Excellent job, well done.

It's not as easy as everyone thinks is it? When i did my first fire using shaved sticks and birch bark many years ago i was well chuffed. My mates thought i was being daft until i told them to have a go....1 hour and a lot of blue air later we had a lot of black dots on the wood (and i had a MUCH smaller firestick!) but no fire.

Yeah, twas a bit harder than I expected, but at least I now have a decent knife to make the shavings with! And it did use up a helluva lot of my firesteel... I'll need to buy another, though I was intending to anyway, it's a relatively small cheap one I bought because they didn't have anything else...

Thanks folks

 

[BobFromHolland]

Nice work Draven! Well done.

I got some fires started this way... especially when I couldn't get a glowing ember to burst into flame yet...
The firesteel technique is important here. Slow scrape with lots of downforce makes big chunks of long lasting sparks in stead of a big cloud of small sparks.

Just like this-- http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=13749&highlight=maple

Post number 11, just as RM demonstrates in the extra scenes of the Bushcraft DVD's

ATB

Ogri the trog

Man, I didn't read that thread before! Wow, that is a beatifull knife etching you've done there Ogri! Did you use the nail polish, salt water and battery-approach there?? Amazing stuff! And a nice tutorial as well.

Well impressed!!

Bob

 

[rich59]

Wow Rich,
I thought there was nothing you could be taught about firemaking -

My fire steel was my last (and only) fire aquisition and I don't get to play with it much. Friction is more fun. Also, my knife is pretty ordinary (Swiss Army) and I am a bit casual about sharpenning it, so feather sticks didn't come out too well last night when I had a go.

I did however learn a trick with the fire steel at the bushmoot. You can directly light a candle with it.