Lets see your Firesteels & Tinder kits! (lighting fires too!)

here is my DAILY carry...not what i carry out in the woods...have WAY to many altoids tins with fire kits in them...this is just what right here in my hand.
 

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Ah, fire pics. My favorite type of thread. :)

I have a bunch of videos about fire making that I have made, but I shill the stuff from my store in half of them, otherwise I would post them.
 
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My EDC is a Simonich Bitterroot in Talonite with a Sparky and piece of hacksaw attached. Also attached is an REI glow-in-the-dark zipper pull with a piece of cotton/PJ stuffed inside. Here is a link to Sparky... http://www.wisementrading.com/firestarters/magnesium.htm

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Posted these videos before. Here is the flint/steel method.
http://s305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/abodude/Gear and Stuff/?action=view&current=P3190030.flv

http://s305.photobucket.com/albums/...uff/?action=view&current=KnifeRockFireTwo.flv
 
Firecraft sequence.

Don't have a pic, but carry small metal match and pitchwood on my keychain.
Full sized metal match and pitchwood in sheath pouch.

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Cheers,
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Yes REI stormproof matches...AWESOME and INEXPENSIVE

firestraws are common drinking straws filled with PJ cotton ball pieces or other flamable material that are sealed at both ends.

they make great waterproof firestarters that are wasy to pack and use

just fill and seal. cut open and pull out some fluff, light and watch them burn for anywhere from 3 to 9 minutes depending on size and material in them.

i love making them too..messy fun!!
 
BarberFobic1992 said:
sorry if this has already been asked, but what is a fire straw?
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Take a regular drinking straw and cut it to the size you like. Hold one end with a pair of pliers with about 1/8 inch sticking out. Hold a match or lighter to the end while squeezing it with the pliers..the plastic will "weld" itself together. The fill the straw with pjcb (petroleum jelly cotton balls) leaving some empty room at the open end of the straw. then seal the remaining end the same as the first.

Now you have a small, waterproof, easily carried, tinder that will ignite with a single spark and will burn for about 4-5 minutes.


**Edited to add** The large pixy stix sold at many candy shops and high school ball games makes a great "jumbo" firestraw.
 
quietmike said:
Take a regular drinking straw and cut it to the size you like. Hold one end with a pair of pliers with about 1/8 inch sticking out. Hold a match or lighter to the end while squeezing it with the pliers..the plastic will "weld" itself together. The fill the straw with pjcb (petroleum jelly cotton balls) leaving some empty room at the open end of the straw. then seal the remaining end the same as the first.

Now you have a small, waterproof, easily carried, tinder that will ignite with a single spark and will burn for about 4-5 minutes.


**Edited to add** The large pixy stix sold at many candy shops and high school ball games makes a great "jumbo" firestraw.
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thanks, ill be making some of those tomaorrow for sure. mcdonalds straw are pretty thick if i remember corectly, so those might work well too.
 
BarberFobic1992 said:
thanks, ill be making some of those tomaorrow for sure. mcdonalds straw are pretty thick if i remember corectly, so those might work well too.
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If you can find somewhere that serves REAL milkshakes**, those straws are awesome for such projects.





















**Some of you old-timers know what I am talking about. Surprised that 24-yr-old even knows what a real milkshake is, aren't ya?
 
Any reason you guys prefer 'firesteels' over ordinary flint and a striker other than the amount of sparks? I see plenty of char cloth, plenty of jute for tinder, even fatwood sticks. Very primitive. Then high tech ferro bars.... Not even a magnesium bar with a ferro stick in that. It's got me wondering. I can understand you preferring the fire steel over flint and striker as it produces more spark. But how come no magnesium with a ferro bar? And why no 'one-handed' "BlastMatch?" Too big?

Myself, I prefer a really good hard high carbon steel striker (I make them out of old files,) and a nice piece of English black flint. One hit is enough to start the char cloth going, and that's enough to start the jute. I carry it all in a round tin box about the size of an Altoids can, but because it's round, it has a screw top to it. I used some silicon to make a water tight gasket to keep the char and jute dry.

One more thing; anyone else notice that if you store your ferro rods for a couple of years, they degrade? My old one looks as if some mice got at it. Pits and dings all over the rod. It was in the bottom of the closet for about 5 years.

Stitchawl
 
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