Favourite Things in Fire Starting

[TheViking]

What's your favourite way of starting a fire? (apart from fire by friction).
And what firetype do you like best?
What natural tinder do you like best?

Personally it's magnifying glass, but that'll only work if the sun is shining off course.
My favourite firetype is the ones in pits or long-log fires. :wink:
Favourite tinder has to be cattaildown. :biggthump

Cheers :uu:

[tomtom]

i might not be the best at it... but its got to be the bow drill!

[Gary]

Got to be the fire steel - I seem to use it for everything.

All though soon I plan to go back to flint and steel as I want to take a more traditional approach to my kit.

[grumit]

i like the flint and steel as it realy give's you a feeling of being back to basics and it works well every time :wave:

[tomtom]

wheres the cheapest place to get me hands on a flint and steel?

[den]

It's got to be flint and steel for me.

[Squidders]

Firesteel... favorite tinder has to be coconut husk as the ember is just so damn hot when you blow on it. I don't have a favorite fire as i'm usually chuffed with whatever fire I can make :wink:

[grumit]

woodlore or bearclaw both have them at good price's :wave:

[MagiKelly]

Firesteel. Just makes you feel like a real man (or women as the case may be).

[Frogo]

Birch bark and the Firesteel, they where made for each other.

[Kath]

I like flint and steel best. :biggthump

(I spend half the time taking the skin off my knuckles rather than getting a spark tough! )

[BIG-TARGET]

Magesium fire starting tool.
Never leave home without it!!! :biggthump ack: :chill:

[Ed]

It has to be a traditional flint and steel for starting the fire, birch bark for tinder..... I don't really have a favorite 'fire type' but i do like clay ovens.

:biggthump
Ed

[bushbasher]

:super: The Swedish army firesteel is a great and efficient way to get a fire going, but there is nothing like the sense of achievement I feel from lighting a fire by friction.

[Paganwolf]

I like my Fire piston, many things can be used to ignite an ember, char cloth, cotton waste,amadou, wood punk ect and as tinder anything dry i have to hand, birch bark and dry fern works well :wink:

[MartiniDave]

I like firesteel for spark with clematis bark for tinder.
Second favourite is flint & steel with charcloth.

Dave

[Realgar]

Firesteels good and reliable. The magnesium version can also be used to liven up quiet evenings if you raid the first aid kit for a bit of permanganate ( flash powder )..

[Stew]

( flash powder )..

Ooh, flash powder. I had forgotten that I've a pot of that lying around somewhere. I'll have to go find it in now!

[Gary]

Napalm works well - in fact, I love the smell of it in the morning - its the smell of .......... victory! :rolmao:


Sorry little Viking.

I mean wet-fire.

[Paganwolf]

:rolmao: Hmmmm napalm :shock: do you stock that?? :wink:

[Tantalus]

i never go anywhere without my zippo

on longer trips i take a tin of fluid with it too cos they do need topped up regular

i gotta admit its cheating too but natural flint is something i havent found round here (cept pea sized bits used for harling houses)

firesteel and magnifying glass (spectacles) i carry with me and play with given the opportunity and time

i really should learn to use a fire drill tho

Tant

[TheViking]

:rolmao: Hmmmm napalm :shock: do you stock that?? :wink:

You could make it yourself. :wink: But I don't think here's the place to post a recipe. :rolmao: :biggthump

[Stew]

You could make it yourself. :wink: But I don't think here's the place to post a recipe. :rolmao: :biggthump

No, you should start a new thread for it!!



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[Jeff Wagner]

I have recently discovered that the hand drill method is quite easily accomplished when using a mullein stalk. I have made about 15 hand drill fires for practice over the weekend and think this technique has great merit in a survival situation since is very easy and fast to fabricate the required components and there are times when we may not have our other preferred devices close at hand.

[Paganwolf]

er Jeff your supposed to say Fire piston! :shock: :wink: :rolmao: :rolmao:

[jakunen]

Flint and steel with the char cloth placed into thistle down and clemetis bark.

Oh yeah, and a tube of witch hazel gel for after I've burnt me fingers!!!
(must get my asbestos chef's fingers relagged).

[Jeff Wagner]

er Jeff your supposed to say Fire piston! :shock: :wink: :rolmao: :rolmao:

Yes, of course. What was I thinking. The Fire Piston is my preferred method, however at the moment I am quite impressed with the mullein. Anybody interested in learning how to light a fire with an arrow?

[TheViking]

...and off course the firesteel. It's great to have a reliable fire source. The only thing I really need is a Swedish firesteel now. :roll: :wink: Then kit's complete. :biggthump

[Jeff Wagner]

I can see from the poll this is predominantly an instant flame crowd. Paganwolf, we have much work to do...

Query - What would you do if you accidentally became separated from your fire steel in the bush?

Is there a contingency plan to ensure survival?

[Paganwolf]

Jeff i would have thought you would have beed sympathetic to the cause! :rolmao: :rolmao: anyways isnt it favorite things in fire starting :?: fire spark is a great way of starting fires but to produce an ember with a fire piston is just amazing :-P :wink: ive been getting all sorts to catch now using the crunch method :biggthump