Cheers fella, I find it's usefull every now and then to just play with different materials to see what works. This one was in Mr Mears's Bushcraft book (although it sounds a bit dubious it's a hell of a lot faster than fire by friction and because you are lighting thick wood you get a sizeable fire with little kndling required.
I got some of this maya dust the other day- it's very light and gets blown away too easily, admittedly it gives a nice flame but to be honest I think I'll stick with making my own tinders. Anyone else given this a go yet?
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Blue Sky,
Jim.