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Post by DaGriz on Oct 25, 2004 1:06:21 GMT 12.75
Take an empty cardboard egg carton, fill the compartments with lint from your wife's clothes dryer. Place a short wick into the lint and then cover with hot wax. Cut the carton so you have 12 individual firestarters, Works great,
If your creative you can rolled string in crushed stick match heads and then coat those with thin wax for a sure start wick!
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Post by Two tales on Nov 10, 2004 8:24:36 GMT 12.75
Here's one that I learned a long time ago...take several of cotton balls and saturate them in vasaline..put them in a 35mm film canister...then when you need to start a fire simply pull out one out of the canister speperate it some and strike a match...these work wonderfully using a flint and steel..it only takes a very small spark to start it burning..
TT
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Post by elkchsr on Dec 13, 2004 3:36:27 GMT 12.75
Fire starters are an art all unto themselves. I have found that no matter what environment you are in, there is stuff in that envioronment that can be used as a fire starter. Of course finding things to get a spark in the Hoe Rainforest on the Olympic Penninsula in Western Washington is a lot more difficult to find than lets say any of our dryer environments that abound farther East from there. The best fire starters that you could possibly practice with, are those that you find close at hand right where you are. I think I will start a thread just on this subject and get to the moleculer level of this topic. Only by understanding fire at this level will you fully understand what it is and how to make it, even in the rain.
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Post by DaGriz on Dec 14, 2004 2:40:43 GMT 12.75
The true art of fire starting with out modern convienences is truly a skill.
Flint and steel are great if you have them A stick drill can be made any place. Tinder can be gathered or made in most any area.
In my possibles bag I have some milkweed fluff that is with my steel and flint, all wrapped in greased cloth.
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Post by Reddbow on Feb 25, 2005 2:02:42 GMT 12.75
I always carry some Birch bark and a metal-match for emergency use if necessary. Haven't had to yet but it's always there if needed.
Doug
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Post by spectredriver on Aug 17, 2006 14:59:02 GMT 12.75
Of course starting the fire isn't always the hard part. You have to know how to build one that will last. The most efficient one is the teepee method. Put your kindling/starters in the center, then build up in mass as you move out in the teepee. It'll burn hot for you all night.
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Post by Paws on Aug 18, 2006 3:49:28 GMT 12.75
And remember to please not build it under a rain soaked or snow covered limb or on the beach where the tide will wash over it! ;D Gather your goodies, tinder, kindling, fuel, banking logs before you strike the match so you aren't scurrying around like a bunny looking for stuff after the fire is ignited. Now Chris, what did you really do with Stumpy's tail? ;D
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Post by azslim on Dec 1, 2012 2:00:14 GMT 12.75
Have a new one for you.
I carry hand sanitizer in a small bottle in my pocket all the time, just refill it. Anyway, in addition to taking the stink out of your feet and armpits when you are spiked out miles from a shower it works great as fire starter. It should since it is 60% or better alchohol.
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Post by Paws on Dec 1, 2012 19:32:31 GMT 12.75
Have a new one for you. I carry hand sanitizer in a small bottle in my pocket all the time, just refill it. Anyway, in addition to taking the stink out of your feet and armpits when you are spiked out miles from a shower it works great as fire starter. It should since it is 60% or better alchohol. Need a bigger bottle!
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Post by Paws on Dec 1, 2012 19:36:10 GMT 12.75
I started saving up some of the weirdest things to help out with fire starters. These include pistachio nut shells, peanut shells...the weirdest is dryer lint. I have a forty pound size dog food bag filled loosely with it. Better than flash paper.
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Post by brittonfaith on Dec 2, 2012 13:32:06 GMT 12.75
I started saving up some of the weirdest things to help out with fire starters. These include pistachio nut shells, peanut shells...the weirdest is dryer lint. I have a forty pound size dog food bag filled loosely with it. Better than flash paper. Dryer lint, especially if it's filled with pet hair, is KILLER fire starter! Found out by accident when dumped my ashtray in the laundry trash can.
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Post by azslim on Dec 22, 2012 5:26:42 GMT 12.75
mix in a little parafin and make balls, works real good
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Post by Paws on Dec 22, 2012 11:40:27 GMT 12.75
mix in a little parafin and make balls, works real good ;D
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Post by Toby Benoit on Mar 10, 2013 21:40:42 GMT 12.75
Got a bunch of lighter knot gathered up. Prolly four hundred pounds of the stuff. Splintered up, it'll light even when soaking wet. Slap full of turpentine. Great stuff!
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