I should stick to burning ants !!!!

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I decided to try using the magnifying glass on my Swiss Champ to get a fire going today, as a kid I used them mostly to burn ants pretending it was some special laser I had but I'm sure I occasionally did make fire !

Anyway I set up my tinder and got ready with the glass......

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Just as I settled in position the sun went behind some clouds and did not come out again !!!!! Yeah now I remember that's what usually happened when I tried it as a kid !!!!!

Time to resort to more reliable methods ( Yeah I know it's small !!!!)......

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Lit straight away and burnt away to nothing....

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Thought I'd snap a pic of all my sharps that were with me today......

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Yeah go on drool !

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I noticed that the Oregon grapes are starting to ripen, these taste quite tart but maybe I'll try making some tea with them this year !

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The water at the pond looked very tempting......

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Yeah Maisy can never resist temptation !!!!!!

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Great pics buddy !
That firesteel is so small - is it still usable ?It looks preyy hard to strike it :)
I've tried the magnifier of my Swiss Champ as well and it doesn't work even when the sun is shining good...
 
That's awesome you like to get out and use your SAKS, I'm going for a day hike with the fiance later today and I'm gonna bring my XLT and fallkniven F1 I think.
 
ZombaiO said:
Great pics buddy !
That firesteel is so small - is it still usable ?It looks preyy hard to strike it :)
I've tried the magnifier of my Swiss Champ as well and it doesn't work even when the sun is shining good...
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I used to light cigarets with that little magnifier! But you do need bright summer sunshine. :D
 
The lens would work much better on charcloth, or potassium permanaganate/sugar mixtur. It helps to be dark to absorb the energy. That makes a big difference, especially with a smaller lens which gives less energy. The SAK lens is a bit on the small side but should work in strong sunlight. So it's useless in England where I prefer a 2" lens!
 
when we were on peche island Rick Marchand was showing us how to use a lens to start a fire , he says to use dark colour tinder and some loose fiberous bark, the inner inning of the bark , he tried with some punk wood and the lighter coloured stuff didn't light but a darker peice(basiclly black) fired up after short time.

maybe give it another try with a dark tinder ,


cya
jimi
 
Nice pics of your knives. I see that you are the owner of a rare Pit-Waterdog.

Looks like happy times.
 
foxyrick said:
The lens would work much better on charcloth, or potassium permanaganate/sugar mixtur. It helps to be dark to absorb the energy. That makes a big difference, especially with a smaller lens which gives less energy. The SAK lens is a bit on the small side but should work in strong sunlight. So it's useless in England where I prefer a 2" lens!
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J.Wade said:
when we were on peche island Rick Marchand was showing us how to use a lens to start a fire , he says to use dark colour tinder and some loose fiberous bark, the inner inning of the bark , he tried with some punk wood and the lighter coloured stuff didn't light but a darker peice(basiclly black) fired up after short time.

maybe give it another try with a dark tinder ,


cya
jimi
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Hey pitdog, these guys are right. You have to use dark material - light material reflects some of the heat away.

I posted these quite a long time ago (I would have looked but I don't have search function), so here they are again.

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Using the magnifier on a Swiss Champ with True Tinder fungus (Inonotus obliquus)

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So, pit and ZombaiO, you see it does work.

Doc
 
Hey Pit. When those oregon grapes get ripe and they get the yeast growing on em (the powdey stuff that covers em in late summer) Pick some and put them in a container with some water and flour. Let em sit for a couple hours and strain out the grapes...mix in more flour and you'll have some great sourgough starter.
 
wildmike said:
Hey Pit. When those oregon grapes get ripe and they get the yeast growing on em (the powdey stuff that covers em in late summer) Pick some and put them in a container with some water and flour. Let em sit for a couple hours and strain out the grapes...mix in more flour and you'll have some great sourgough starter.
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Thanks for the tip buddy !
 
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