1,000 Post Giveaway Contest

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abo4ster

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It only took me well over five years to get to 1k posts so I am doing a give-a-way contest I hope we all can learn from.

What’s at stake: Two FIRE KITS!
1. A yet to be made by me hand drill OR bow drill kit, the winner’s choice.
2. Striker, Flint, Char Cloth, and Tin for FLINT/STEEL method of fire.

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How to qualify for the contest:
1. Post no more than four pictures (or one video) of a fire lay you have made. Some of the pics should be before it is lit so we can see the structure, etc. A ground level shot would be a nice touch.
2. Provide a short description of your geography, environment, and the logic used for your fire lay design.
3. Pick a number between 1 and 1,000.

How to win:
- First, qualify by posting the fire lay pics or video AND a brief description.
- Include 1 to 1,000 number pick in the fire lay post.
- Do so by 8 p.m. eastern time, Saturday, March 28th.
- My daughter will pick a number, closest number wins!

I hope this contest does three things…
1. Give examples of fire lays to others.
2. Show what considerations maybe needed in different conditions and geographies.
3. Gives somebody that wants to learn friction fire a good working set, plus they get the flint/steel method kit too!

Other: Winner must be within the U.S. or Canada for shipping purposes. In the event same number is picked within thread, first right number wins if they meet the qualifications. Also, curved sticks are everywhere, if bow kit is chosen, it will not include bow so it can be shipped in a reasonably sized box. If no one participates, I automatically become the winner, get to keep my stuff, and have a cold beer.
 
this is probably a dumb question, but what do you mean by fire lay?

cool contest idea, congrats, ill be getting my entrance up shortly after i get this vocabulary issue worked out. :)
 
KuRUpTD said:
It's the way you assemble your wood before lighting it like a teepee or logcabin

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Yes sir! You got it! Don't forget to provide a brief description of your rationale in the context of your enviroment and conditions. Here are few considerations...
- Are you limited by the resources in your area?
- What are the resources?
- Is it raining or did it rain recently?
- Are you using tinder or lighting kindling with a flame?
- What's your ignition method?
- Where in the fire lay will you start your ignition and why?
- What is the purpose of your fire?
 
Very cool give away. I will contribute a firelay pic since I allready have one, but I will like to respectfully withdraw from the contest. I allready have a flint and steal kit, and have a bowdrill kit as well. Tha hand drill I am working on...

I recently posted these pics, but I will explain the fire lay.

I live in New England, a pretty damp climate. The forrest this fire lay is in is mostly deciduous, with lots of Oak, Maple, and Beech. There are a few Eastern Hemlock as well as some Red Cedar around as well. The forrest looked pretty dry, but was decievingly damp due to a large snow melt. All of the downed wood was saturated or very damp. The very top layer of leaves on the ground were dry, with the bottom completely soaked.

I decided to make a lean to to simulate an emergency shelter. A couple of feet away I made a fire pit with tall rocks at the back side to reflect the heat towards my lean to.

I grabbed a bunch of bark from the Cedar tree, as well as some dry dead branches from the base of the same tree. I ruffed up the Cedar bark till it was very fibrous to take a spark from a Ferro rod. I built a teepee around the cedar bark with very thin dry Cedar twigs. I left it open at the front, so I would be able to light the shredded Cedar bark, without destroying my Teepee. I had larger twigs next to it, ready to slowly build up the fire. I sectioned some Oak from a downed tree and then split it up. I made a pile of the split Oak next to the fire pit. The Oak was to be used as my main fuel once the fire got going.

If I were to be actually using this fire to keep me warm throughout the night, I would have quadroopled the amount of Oak......

Here are some pics.





 
Good idea for a contest Quiet Bear! I don't have pics and won't have time to get in on this, but I sure look forward to learning a thing or two :thumbup:
 
Ohh, here it comes.

Well, I like to collect my wood,
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Find a patch of the dryest grass I can find.
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Baton some wood, dats right dats right I said baton:D
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Then put it all together and set-up my tinder. Lay the straw in a U shaped fasion around my tinder. I have yet to be one a trip that this technique did not work.
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Im usually in a low lying area, so no wind. Im currently in Northern alberta and have lots of dry materials mostly year round. and allways have ample amounts of wood. I like to find a nice flat bed to work on, wether thats a rock or a strip of bark what ever is quickest.
And I guess im going to pick 333.

Thanks for the chance, I have allways wanted a firesteel kit, it would be really neat.:thumbup:
 
I start the fires so no pics from me! Great idea for a give away, hope it keeps somebody really warm. I live near Fonly so my data would be similar.
 
Hi Friends,

I'm new to this forum. I usually hang out in the makers forum and recently learned you all were here. I guess I had just seen the tactical forum header and never check for subsections. Anyway, COOL give away idea. I haven't got any pix for y'all, but look forward to learning from the rest of you. Thanks!

Good luck, Phil
 
I have a question..I'm not sure if I can get to a wilderness are before the end of the giveaway, is it ok for me to make a lay of materials I'd collect in a suburban woodlot, show how I set up etcetc but than tans plant the lay to a bbq pit for the actual lighting? if not I'll try to take a special drive to the country (man I hate living in the City)
 
here is my entry:

the fire lay:
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jute nest:
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tools used (the axe wasnt really used except to cut some larger logs that arent pictured in the fire lay.)
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close up:
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tools used:
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video of lighting the fire:

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the fire:
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- Are you limited by the resources in your area? Yes, there are no natural things in the area that could be used as a nest (only because i am in a suburban area and i dont want to disturb too many plants)
- What are the resources? pecan is really plentiful, so i used it for the spindle since it is of the appropriate harness and grow fairly srtait. i also used it for the fuzz sticks because it fuzzes really well.
- Is it raining or did it rain recently? it rained last night.
- Are you using tinder or lighting kindling with a flame? tinder
- What's your ignition method? bow-drill
- Where in the fire lay will you start your ignition and why? after igniting the tinder bundle, i used the fuxx stick, the small twigs, and gradually i worked up to logs.
- What is the purpose of your fire? burn some scrap wood and wood chips.


and my number:777
 
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RescueRiley said:
I have a question..I'm not sure if I can get to a wilderness are before the end of the giveaway, is it ok for me to make a lay of materials I'd collect in a suburban woodlot, show how I set up etcetc but than tans plant the lay to a bbq pit for the actual lighting? if not I'll try to take a special drive to the country (man I hate living in the City)
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Riley - absolutely, no need to light it, we just want to see the fire lay and why you made it that way. The environment, etc. can be a hypothetical, i.e., "I made it this way because there was no dry tinder..." for example.

Great posts so far ~ keep'em coming.
 
Quiet Bear said:
Riley - absolutely, no need to light it, we just want to see the fire lay and why you made it that way. The environment, etc. can be a hypothetical, i.e., "I made it this way because there was no dry tinder..." for example.
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Oh, that's great, I might go Riley's route too :thumbup:
 
Welcome Farmer Phil.

I'm kind of interested in your signature line "Earth Crafts". Would like to hear more about it, in another thread, of course.

Doc
 
quiet bear, i would prefer that you do not include me in the running for the winner, i won another contest so id like to give the other guys a better chance.
 
alright here we go Sorry
THis was made at my buddy Jims house.. The soil is sandy and the terrain is coastal pine barrens and dunes.. I constructed this on his patio but was pretending I was in the bush
Here's the first pic... My area set up, there is a small platform to of split wood to start the fire on and to prevent it from coming into contact with ground moisture
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There are are 3 stages of kindling matchstick size and smaller pencil size to match stick, Finger thick to pencil, some fuzz sticks and than the main fuel thumb to wrist thick

Here I am scraping tinder polypore (fomes fomentarius) into my jute birds nest.. work great as a coal extender
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Here's the beginnings of the tepee sans the feather sticks
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and here's the tools used to start it...all the wood was split with a laminated Mora #1
the fire was lit with this drill set.. yucca spindle and a cottonwood board and a Jute birds nest
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I'll take 626
 
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After deep thought when I asked my daughter to pick a number between 1 and 1,000, she picked 653 of which Rescue Riley is the closest. Riley, let me know what you want, bow or hand drill and I will make one and get it to you within a couple weeks with the striker, etc.

All had great posts! Thanks! Next weekend, I will try to post a fire lay I hadn't seen done on here before to add to our collection.
 
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