The bow drill is probably my favorite method of survival fire starting. I was practicing today and took some video of it.
YouTube - Bow Drill Fire Starting
I use cedar for both the spindle and the fireboard.
What is your favorite method of fire-starting?
Nice work, You also asked what my favorite would be.... I have to be honest.... Zippo...
Even though I may have a quantity of lighters put back you could get into a situation where you don't have them available. I never carry something to start a fire and could find myself in a situation needing to make a fire. Knowing how to make fire from scratch could save your life. Survival means adapting and overcoming.:wink:
Even though I may have a quantity of lighters put back you could get into a situation where you don't have them available. I never carry something to start a fire and could find myself in a situation needing to make a fire. Knowing how to make fire from scratch could save your life. Survival means adapting and overcoming.:wink:
Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: I think you oughta get yourself an M-16.
Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: Sir, if the time comes I need one, there'll be plenty lying on the ground.
If I'm going out for a hike on a day that I don't expect weather to be an issue, warm and sunny for the most part I carry my Swiss Army knife with the magnifying glass in it, and my saliva compass has one on it as well.
I usually carry a Bic lighter with me just to be sure.
As far as the alternate method for a time and situation where sun is not dependable and Bic fails, D Battery and steel wool. That was my favorite at boyscout camp.
We had to make a fire with an alternate ignition source for our merit badge. One during the day and one at night. Mr Curtis said that was the rule...:laugh:
Uh, you know the back of the knife works as well as the blade, and doesn't ruin the edge.I have used the magnesium block/steel match for years. It has never failed me but it is a little hard on the knife!
My scout squad won the fire-starting competition at some jamoree using the official BSA fire-starting kit, which, if I remember correctly, was flint and steel. Bam, fire! And...disqualified. Said we couldn't use the kit or something or other. So, then, in the dead of nite, we dug a punji-stake pit around the judges' tents....:laugh:
I miss the 2 week we would spend at boyscout camp each summer. Some of the best summers I recall
Some of the best summers for me too. I can say I really enjoyed scouting.
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