Fun with firesteels

[SpookyPistolero]

I wish there was an 'admonition' prefix! I was on the couch watching Venture Brothers, my wife on the laptop, me playing with a new firesteel. I made a couple of solid scrapes to see what kind of sparks I was getting (good ones, by the way) and one of those balls of love hit my sock. Huh, OK. Then in an instant I notice my entire foot was engulfed in a thin layer of blue flame. Huh... Wife was screaming at me, and a few smacks later my foot was back to normal.

Turns out that thin layer of exterior fuzz that all cotton socks get had ignited! Quite an unforgettable image I must say, I felt like that loser superhero on the fantastic four. "Flame on!"

So remember kids, don't wear fancy pants or fancy socks when bushcrafting!

 

[Mentor]

Awesome.

No other way to describe it.

Thanks for the laugh,

- Mike

 

[RescueRiley]

Cool... I saw an episode of Survivor man once where less picked all that cotton lint off his socks and put it into a tissue than he used a lighter with no fuel to spark it and light his fire...Glad your ok bro.

 

[Rupestris]

Whats funny is that my wife has done that with a lighter for as long as I've known her. It moves fast and goes out when it runs out of fuzz. It was something she and her friends would do as kids. Every once in a while she has to do it again just for the heck of it.

Thanks to her I know it works on flanel PJ's too. That one was a bit spooky.

 

[sasha]

LMAO i had that pic of you with your foot on fire and your wife beat you with a shovel.. I bet you lost a few more IQ points in your wife eyes.. Just another reason for the women out there to prove there opinion about men lol... You do know if i were there i would be grabbing a camera instead of helping you..

Sasha

 

[midnite-penguin]

I used to do this a lot when I was a young teenager(and pyromaniac).

 

[kgd]

We used to always do it to each as teenagers at parties. Somebody had his feet sticking on the table, and someone was sure to light it just as Rupestris described. If they didn't know better they jump up like a bat out of hell and stick their foot in the toilet. Those in the know just ignored it.

 

[siguy]

HA!

venture brothers is pretty funny too!

 

[BarberFobic1992]

i had a similar experience while welding once. i was helping a friend build a deer feeder, and we were welding the stand. we switched on who was welding and who was holding the metal in place. well, on my turn of holding the metal together, a drip of molten metal drips off and lands on my foot, burning through shoe, sock and some flesh. i have never removed a shoe faster in my life.

 

[Fred A]

Dude you made me choke I was laughing so hard ... Glad you're ok.

 

[j williams]

Rep points for spooky.:thumbup:

 

[storl]

It's entirely possible that I have lit the hardwood floors in my (rented) house on fire while making one of my videos with a firesteel. If my landlord is reading this, then I'm just kidding (and it wiped off with no damage).