storage ideas

[ian_glover]

evening all.

ive started using vasaline and cotton wool balls for fire lighting, but im stuck for some waterproof storage ideas. the vasaline is stored in a plastic tub but id like something metal that is less likey to break.

is anyone using the same method as me?
what are you cotton/ vasaline balls stored in?

thanks in advance

[Bodge]

35mm film pot work quite well.

[No Idea]

Mine lives in zip fastening polythene bags with my birch bark.

I can change its size dependant on how much I have and keep some spare bags in case i find any more trees.

[Wayland]

Mine lives in an old Marbles match case.

[Muddyhands]

The bottles that you get these 'shots' of red bull (or other energy such like drinks)

Muddyhands

[SimonD]

i use a metal cigarette tin i got at a festival. looks like a normal ciggy packet but is metal, works a treat

[Darkside]

I have got some in a 35mm film case and some I have in an expandable plastic drill bit box - the type that you get if you buy a large diameter drill bit as seen at top of picture Here

[British Red]

Air rifle pellet tins are dead useful - proper screw tops!

[Matt.S]

I took 1.5" of 28mm copper pipe and soldered on a cap made from sheet copper. I whipped the entire length and added a turk's head at each end, all in 1.5mm linen twine and well greased. A cork finished it off.

[Shewie]

I've used all sorts, show polish tins, hair wax tubs, pill bottles, film canisters etc etc.

Handy tubs are the lockable airtight ones from the supermarkets, there's one around 6x5cm which is a good size.

Zip lock bags with the air squeezed out are the best for stuffing into spaces in a stove kit.

[Asbo]

i use a couple metal Kodak 35 mm the old ones that were made out of metal there quite strong and to make sure water inst getting in i use inertube from a bike around the seal to make sure no water can get in also its good to have on it as its good for making fires.
and just keep a couple of them in my kit , i also got a couple full of other fire lighting materials. Pine Sap,Charcloth its good

[ian_glover]

thanks for the info guys ill give some a go and see what works for me.

[Barn Owl]

I've got a fire kit in one of these.

http://www.survivalistboards.com/sho....php?p=1815977

Cotton balls with vaseline, tinder card,a load of those wee wooden chip forks, lighter, inner tube.

Easily available in the uk,the link was the first pic I came across.

[hogstable]

I used a urine sample tube and rammed the cotton balls right to the bottom but when I had to use it I had to dig them out with a twig. Now thinking of using an altoid tin, 99p from Morrissons with free extra strong mints. Very easy to ut in a pocket and forget about them. Ziploc bags seem good to fit around things.

[Toddy]

Oil of Olay face cream pots
Seriously, sturdy little plastic tubs with screw tops.
I go through one a month, so over the years there are loads of them. They even come with an inner cover lid if required.

cheers,
Toddy

[Shambling Shaman]

I use one of These

[lab72]

I use one of These

Were would you find one of these ?? at the mo i use a baccy tin

[Shambling Shaman]

Were would you find one of these ?? at the mo i use a baccy tin

Shewie did a GB some time back, As for baccy tins iv just been given an empty Golden Virginia 50g tin, apparently its a limited thing..will take some photos and post in resources..

[g4ghb]

I don't tend to carry a lot of tinder - there seems to be quite a bit to be found in the countryside I've found however I have a few in a 'case' made from a couple of shotgun cartridges. Under the pencil sharpener in this pic - The shorter one to the left has just vaselene and the longer one is a match case

[Chrisj]

I have an empty vaseline lip balm tin like this



for carrying on short trips or days out and a larger moisturiser tub from my wife for longer trips.

[lab72]

Shewie did a GB some time back,

Cheers bud

[Graham_S]

I use the tins that hold the explosive cartridges used to drop bombs from fighter jets.
Seriously, think 35mm film capsules, only made of aluminium and with a screw top.

Another solution, and one that's ideal for survival kits, is to stuff it into drinking straws (the big ones you get in fast food joints are ideal) cut to length and melted shut.
it's waterproof and can be split open when needed.

[bikething]

but im stuck for some waterproof storage ideas.

erm... isn't cotton wool soaked in vaseline naturally water repellant in it's own right??

(I can feel an experiment coming on )

[John Fenna]

I use a slim birchbark tub with a tight fitting wooden base and a wooden lid with a bark edge that fits over the main tubs top edge.
OK it is not overly crush proof (I have wrecked a couple) bit it is in itself a natural tinder if needed.
A simple version can be made just by sewing/glueing a rectangle of birchbark into a tube and fitting each end with a wooden plug.
I think it has more of a bush aesthetic than plastic bags and alloy tubs - but that is my view only
I very rarely use Vas Balls anyway, prefering flint steel and char but when I do I find that the oily bark has kept the cotton wool safe and dry.

[MSkiba]

Do you really need a full tub of vaseline?

I get my cotton buds, dip them in vaseline and then put them in my rucksack. so its all ready if needed.

I put it into a sealable little bag, put that bag into my leather firestarter kit, put the starter kit into a bigger pouch, put the poutch into my rucksack. If its flexable it wont break.

[WeThePeoplexfbm]

well mine are in a round plastic tub thing about 4 to 5 inch across 2inch deep with tape around the lid to hold it on, so far havent had a any problem with it

[shortyman]

One of those plastic swim tubes. Cheap, waterproof, and you can put a fire steel on the lanyard.

Have you seen the fire straw idea on you tube?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Auh...e_gdata_player

[T1Viper]

you could always scoop out about half the vaseline then pack it up with cottonballs.