wildmanh
Part time Leather Bender/Sheath maker
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Tonight a friend and I will be heading out into the county south of Utah Lake here in Central Utah for a much needed escape from the city and college life. I'm bringing a new Hawk I picked up here on BFC, my Ruger Single Six with the Magnum cylinder and a knife or two or three or four.
Thinking I'll practice some of my no match fire starting skills I have not used in the last 5 years. :foot: When I was a Boy Scout back in the 90's I learned how to do no match fires (9V battery and Steel wool, Magnesium and steel striker, and others) and practiced pretty much every trip and sometimes when doing BBQ's in the back yard. But when I went to College in 2000 I stopped doing it. Well I think I did it twice up Mount Nebo since then but thats it. So I really need to practice.
Was wondering how often you guys practice? And what is your favorite method?
I prefer the Magnesiun/steel strickers with home made chared cloth. Typicly I would make a rats nest out of cotton lint from the drier, put that into egg cartons and poor hot wax over it. Then I'd either use a cotton wick or just let the chared cloth and magnesium melt the wax and light it. Worked even in windy conditions on the side of a hill next to Huntington Resevouir in the fall.
Will try to get pics and post them after I get back tomorrow.
Heber
Thinking I'll practice some of my no match fire starting skills I have not used in the last 5 years. :foot: When I was a Boy Scout back in the 90's I learned how to do no match fires (9V battery and Steel wool, Magnesium and steel striker, and others) and practiced pretty much every trip and sometimes when doing BBQ's in the back yard. But when I went to College in 2000 I stopped doing it. Well I think I did it twice up Mount Nebo since then but thats it. So I really need to practice.
Was wondering how often you guys practice? And what is your favorite method?
I prefer the Magnesiun/steel strickers with home made chared cloth. Typicly I would make a rats nest out of cotton lint from the drier, put that into egg cartons and poor hot wax over it. Then I'd either use a cotton wick or just let the chared cloth and magnesium melt the wax and light it. Worked even in windy conditions on the side of a hill next to Huntington Resevouir in the fall.
Will try to get pics and post them after I get back tomorrow.
Heber
