My Survivorman is at it again. I went out to switch laundry and Jeff said, "Hey, come here! I want to show you something!"
While looking for tools in the garage drawers, Jeff had come across this fire-starting tin he made at a Mountain Man Rendezvous with the Scouts a while ago.
"You've got to see this," I was informed. "It is the COOLEST!" At the rendezvous they filled the tin with some "cotton" and burned it inside. A piece of steel was bent to fit inside and hemp rope and "any old flat rock" were added to the mix. With one strike of the rock on the steel, a spark falls into the cotton and ignites it immediately.
It smolders and you light the end of the rope, making it easy to then start a fire with your tinder and kindling. Then you tape the small hole in the top of the tin closed, put the lid on, and the smoldering cotton goes out. Wait for it to cool, put it in your pocket, and voila! Fire on demand. It's good to be married to a Survivorman...
3 comments:
What you really need to do is upload a video of this process.
That, however, would involve technical knowhow...
that's what you have Ally for!
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