The latest incarnation of my primitive fire making kit:
Clockwise from the top -
Limpet shells - could be used for a bow drill bearing block but I use them as 'rain covers' inside the two pouches
Flint striker wrapped in bucksin to protect my hand
Marcasite lump - I gave my previous one to someone who kindly gave me some amadou so I need to make a groove in this
Tinder pouch - the flap helps to keep the contents dry when not in use. I strike directly into the pouch so the flap also helps to extinguish any bits of ember I might accidently leave in the pouch
Flint flake - for scraping/fluffing up the amadou or other tinder material
King Alfreds Cake / Daldinia Concentrica - ember extender
Main pouch containing the above
Small pouch for spare tinder
I don't regularly use amadou as suitable fungi don't grow in my area
Inspired by the following:
http://www.primitiveways.com/marcasite and flint.html
Clockwise from the top -
Limpet shells - could be used for a bow drill bearing block but I use them as 'rain covers' inside the two pouches
Flint striker wrapped in bucksin to protect my hand
Marcasite lump - I gave my previous one to someone who kindly gave me some amadou so I need to make a groove in this
Tinder pouch - the flap helps to keep the contents dry when not in use. I strike directly into the pouch so the flap also helps to extinguish any bits of ember I might accidently leave in the pouch
Flint flake - for scraping/fluffing up the amadou or other tinder material
King Alfreds Cake / Daldinia Concentrica - ember extender
Main pouch containing the above
Small pouch for spare tinder
I don't regularly use amadou as suitable fungi don't grow in my area
Inspired by the following:
http://www.primitiveways.com/marcasite and flint.html