What is your'e favorite ?
Hey there guys ! Just wondering if you had to choose what would be your favarite way to make a fire and why? Me for instance I love the firespiston but in the winter I prefer flintsteel with char...
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Pretty adept at the ole flint and magnesium fire block. Easy to carry and works wet or dry. Love to try one of them fire pistons though. Never seen one up close yet.. But whenever I can on a trip. I...
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of course being a heavy smoker i always have a zippo in my pocket but i also carry a glass at all times(eyes aint what they once was) and i can get one going with it if there is any sun out. i'll use...
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I most enjoy starting fires with technology that I can replicate, which mainly comes down to friction fire methods. I really appreciate the simplicity of the hand drill and use this method 90% of the...
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I personally like the hand drill the most. It's very light weight, replaceable parts, short construction time, just as easy to make with stone tools as with steel and very reliable if prepared and...
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My favorite is the hand drill follow by the bow drill and I enjoy starting the grill and camp fires by both methods! Best wishes to all! Alberto
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Hand drill. Only one I've ever become really profficient with it (I swtiched from the bow drill asap). After that... cigarette lighter?
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my favorite right now is to dig out some fatwood, scrape off some fuzz and hit it with my ferro rod. i'm trying to learn friction methods right now. frustrating.
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Hello Wildcat Since you are new to friction fire making and your are trying to learn by your self. I will recommend that you make it as easy as possible on your self. If you go to You Tube you can...
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i've been watching them a bit. i need to find a someone in the area to learn from. thanks.
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In the new movie "Rescue Dawn" (starring Christian Bale as a Navy pilot who gets shot down in Viet Nam) there is an interesting scene showing his V.C. captors starting a fire rubbing bamboo together.
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Hey SGTKaveman I think i have that on one of Ray Mears survival vids .Ile find it and post this for ya!
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My favorite fire starter is Thermite. It will start wet mud on fire. It is such a simple chemical composition and can even be used to melt and burn most metals for quick destruction of dangerous items...
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It may not be paleo but my most reliable way is a swedish firesteel and pine fatwood. I' am using the bow drill a little more often though...just to practice. I use a lot of different materials as far...
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In a pinch a dozen bundled Ohio blue tips will do it. I also make fireworks, so a little Roman Candle or flare mix is what I usually use to ignite thermite. A fire coal may work but I'm not sure. A...
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the Egyptians had thermite???? how did the get the powdered aluminum or did they substitute with magnesium mix
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Iron, copper, gold, etc. metals in general, burn when powdered and mixed with a powerful oxidizer and ignited. Pretty old science. Aluminum or magnesium are not the only metals that can be used to...
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Cool....iv done just iron and iron oxide at work but wasn't powdered enough to burn right
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well on that note i do keep a package of steel wool in my bag for emergency fire starting at that. and it doesnt even need another chemical as the oxidizer. (tho a charge of black powder dont hurt any)
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