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Fire bombs, fire startes, wax and newspaper...or your fireplace friend!

Very cool video Joe, looks like a fun project...yet another "fun" project for me, yikes.

I would think hollowdweller's method would be not only effective, but especially popular around, say, the fourth of July :-)
 
Neat video, Joe. Those look really handy.

When you said "Firebomb" I thought of a prank somebody pulled on me a while back. An empty hot chocolate packet filled with white gas makes quite a fireball when you throw it in the campfire.
 
Those are neat Joe!

You mention not being able to do them with a firesteel, but you easily could. Basically, you lit the jute, and then had it burn the end of the log. If you "fuzz up" the end of the jute a bit, it will take a firesteel strike no problem. In fact, waxed jute is my favorite man-made firesteel companion :D

Great stuff! And thanks for sharing :thumbup:

B
 
my favorite is to take little ketchup cups from macdonalds, fill halfway with wax+fatwood crumbles, then place a 1/2" thick layer of strike anywhere match heads, then cover with another 1/2" of wax/fatwood crumbles and finally a PJCB at the top for easy lighting.

after you light it and the wax melts a lot, the matches flare up and spread the liquid wax everywhere, and it burns..
 
Bushman5 said:
my favorite is to take little ketchup cups from macdonalds, fill halfway with wax+fatwood crumbles, then place a 1/2" thick layer of strike anywhere match heads, then cover with another 1/2" of wax/fatwood crumbles and finally a PJCB at the top for easy lighting.

after you light it and the wax melts a lot, the matches flare up and spread the liquid wax everywhere, and it burns..
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errr Bush, just wondering why you would want burning liquid wax going everywhere???? :eek:

Your friend (hopefully) :o
Dave
 
That brings back memories, Joe. I learned to make those as a kid (50 years ago). We used to use paraffin wax and newspapers. Once the "log" cooled, we'd cut them up into pieces about 3/4 to 1 inch long. We ended up with a cylinder about 2 inches in diameter by about 3/4 of an inch thick. Pull up the center of it like a wick, and light that: great for starting campfires. I think I still have a couple of them lying around here somewhere. Although I haven't made any new ones for years, I would imagine that the old ones are still good.

I never tried starting one with a fire steel, but I know for a fact that magnesium shavings from a Doan's bar will light them when hit with a spark.

Thanks for the memories, Joe: I hadn't thought of those things in years.
 
Bushman5 said:
my favorite is to take little ketchup cups from macdonalds, fill halfway with wax+fatwood crumbles, then place a 1/2" thick layer of strike anywhere match heads, then cover with another 1/2" of wax/fatwood crumbles and finally a PJCB at the top for easy lighting.

after you light it and the wax melts a lot, the matches flare up and spread the liquid wax everywhere, and it burns..
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That sounds like a recipe for disaster, strike anywhere matchs will ignite with pressure, impact or friction. Depending on how you carry your little IEDs you may be taking off your pack.....quick!! :eek: Chris
 
August West said:
That sounds like a recipe for disaster, strike anywhere matchs will ignite with pressure, impact or friction. Depending on how you carry your little IEDs you may be taking off your pack.....quick!! :eek: Chris
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never had an issue, not even with dropping a box of strike anywheres. In any case in the fire starter they coated with wax, buffering them from abrasion and shock.

not a big deal
 
Brian Andrews said:
Those are neat Joe!

You mention not being able to do them with a firesteel, but you easily could. Basically, you lit the jute, and then had it burn the end of the log. If you "fuzz up" the end of the jute a bit, it will take a firesteel strike no problem. In fact, waxed jute is my favorite man-made firesteel companion :D

Great stuff! And thanks for sharing :thumbup:

B
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How long do you leave your jute in there for? I couldn't get mine to take up a spark with the 15 minute soak. I'll try again though.
 
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