What sort of tinder do people use? A while back I had fun playing with various of the tinders that you can buy but as I did so I was aware that some of them like kapok would not have been available to my ancestors in the UK until relatively recently.
It pleases me to use the things that my ancestors could have used so I'm currently waiting for the wormwood in my garden to go to seed so that I can collect the fluff, and I've been peeling off the papery outer bark from the wild clematis that grows in a local hedge. I shall also be out looking for cramp balls shortly. Birch bark is local so that is good, and resinous wood is easy enough to find.
Then there is char cloth, I'm about to experiment to see whether linen or cotton works best.
It pleases me to use the things that my ancestors could have used so I'm currently waiting for the wormwood in my garden to go to seed so that I can collect the fluff, and I've been peeling off the papery outer bark from the wild clematis that grows in a local hedge. I shall also be out looking for cramp balls shortly. Birch bark is local so that is good, and resinous wood is easy enough to find.
Then there is char cloth, I'm about to experiment to see whether linen or cotton works best.