It happens more and more nowadays, a common survival situation in the modern day that catches many by surprise. You could be here, you could be there... hell, you could be just about anywhere! Cold, bored, and refusing to use a lighter, you just HAVE to get the fire going!
Here, I present for your viewing; Modern fire starting for the urban survivalist.
Supplies used:
Isopropyl Alcohol
2 cotton Balls
A stick
A fire starter
A shot glass
A pan
A knife(A BK2 is MANDATORY! Doesn't work otherwise.)
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Take your (not so)scary sharp BK2 and whittle away at your stick and build yourself a nice pile of kindling. Quantity doesn't matter so much as looks. The better the pile looks, the better it will perform. I swear. In my case, I used a piece of cedar(I think) I had laying around... damn it was hard. The pile is small, but it looks good, so it should do quite nicely!
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You then take your cotton balls and insert them into the shot glass and fill the glass with alcohol until the cotton balls are completely saturated. Any small container should work, but I find a square tequila shot glass allows for the proper space to cotton ball ratio for optimal saturation. YMMV.
Now, it's time to get that fire started. There's a wife depending on the warmth from the fire so there's no time to dawdle!
[youtube]QZPnypda2GI[/youtube]
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Here, I present for your viewing; Modern fire starting for the urban survivalist.
Supplies used:
Isopropyl Alcohol
2 cotton Balls
A stick
A fire starter
A shot glass
A pan
A knife(A BK2 is MANDATORY! Doesn't work otherwise.)
Uploaded with ImageShack.us
Take your (not so)scary sharp BK2 and whittle away at your stick and build yourself a nice pile of kindling. Quantity doesn't matter so much as looks. The better the pile looks, the better it will perform. I swear. In my case, I used a piece of cedar(I think) I had laying around... damn it was hard. The pile is small, but it looks good, so it should do quite nicely!
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You then take your cotton balls and insert them into the shot glass and fill the glass with alcohol until the cotton balls are completely saturated. Any small container should work, but I find a square tequila shot glass allows for the proper space to cotton ball ratio for optimal saturation. YMMV.
Now, it's time to get that fire started. There's a wife depending on the warmth from the fire so there's no time to dawdle!
[youtube]QZPnypda2GI[/youtube]
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too funny, man! :thumbup: