Lighter Test

Originally posted by paleo25
Hey those jumbo straws are a good idea, what fast food place has the big ones....:D
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Steak & Shake where I live uses really wide heavy duty straws, another great place is Starbuck's or Barnes & Noble Cafe's. Both around here have a extra long bright red straw used for the larger frappacinos, that not only work great, but because they are red make your firestick easy to find if you drop it outdoors.
 
Another source of large diameter straws: Jack-in-the-Box. (Blue straws).

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They're also great for blow-gunning your friends and other deserving targets (chew off a bit of the paper wrapper and form spitballs in your mouth and, well, you know the rest). Kids, don't try this at home with McD straws (they're too small in diameter).
 
Originally posted by toothed
Another source of large diameter straws: Jack-in-the-Box. (Blue straws).

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They're also great for blow-gunning your friends and other deserving targets (chew off a bit of the paper wrapper and form spitballs in your mouth and, well, you know the rest). Kids, don't try this at home with McD straws (they're too small in diameter).
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Just don't get caught with more than 10 spitballs at once, then it will be an "assault weapon".
 
it's more feasable if you've got women in your camping party, but I feel that every first aid kit should have one anyway. Femenine Hygiene pads... the thick ones... Use them as a pressure compress, or rip them apart for firestarting... grease them up with Neosporin and fire away... Tampons too... There's always a few sitting at a bottom of a bag or the back of the glove compartment (married men know!) and they burn real nice...
 
Originally posted by MelancholyMutt
it's more feasable if you've got women in your camping party, but I feel that every first aid kit should have one anyway. Femenine Hygiene pads... the thick ones... Use them as a pressure compress, or rip them apart for firestarting... grease them up with Neosporin and fire away... Tampons too... There's always a few sitting at a bottom of a bag or the back of the glove compartment (married men know!) and they burn real nice...
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Tampons also absorb ALOT of blood... go figure. ( I know, I couldn't wrap my skull around that one either when I was told) This makes them a usefull first aid supply.
 
The othe downside of butane lighters is that butane won't vaporize, below about 15 degrees. If you don't keep 'em close to your body they won't work. I pick up lighters in the snow under the chair lift all the time. People get fustrated and litter them, 75% of the ones I pick up work fine after being warmed up.
My favorite tinder is the inner stringy bark of cottonwood trees. It doesn't have the pitch that birch bark has, but its good stuff and easy to find. It's great for friction fire building.
 
Brought this back to the top because these are so cool and easy to make. McDonalds has some pretty fat straws btw. I like to jam in the cotton with a q tip, then cut the q tip in half, and leave that in there too. The paper kind seem to burn forever.
 
This all seems like a whole lot to do just to start a little fire... I carry a few matches, a zippo, a blastmatch, a white gas stove, and an extra liter of white gas. White gas will turn anything into tinder...
 
MelancholyMutt said:
This all seems like a whole lot to do just to start a little fire... I carry a few matches, a zippo, a blastmatch, a white gas stove, and an extra liter of white gas. White gas will turn anything into tinder...
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You carry all that stuff EDC???....the point to these fire sticks is that they can be made any length and are small enough to carry anytime and are totally water proof.
 
:cool: About the whole butane lighter thing... to further confuse and delight us, Wally World (I just discovered) is now carrying a Ronson-made lighter called a "Roni". It is a small, almost round, refillable, lighter wit the capacity to also replace the flints... when the flint assembly comes out, you find yourself holding a slimmer striker than the SparkLite, with the added capacity of replacing the flint... my CRK kit and others like it just got a little more room... :) Cost: $0.87 :eek:
 
Hey confederate...
I carry that everytime I go anyplace there's trees within 5 feet of another... I live in NYC so even a chronic smoker like me can go through 4 or 5 cigars a day without a lighter or a single match...
 
MelancholyMutt said:
Hey confederate...
I carry that everytime I go anyplace there's trees within 5 feet of another... I live in NYC so even a chronic smoker like me can go through 4 or 5 cigars a day without a lighter or a single match...
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Oh OK...I always have a Zippo to, when I make these fire straws it's for mini and micro "survival" kits, not everyday use. Right now I am working on a neck pouch made out of folded over and sewn 2" elastic strap that holds a small knife, fire straw on one side, and strike-anywhere matches in another straw down the other side, then the whole thing hangs around the neck under a shirt.....Tool and Fire in one nice concealed kit..always with me.
 
So how much petroleum jelly do you add to the cotton balls before stuffing them into the straws? Or does it matter?
 
I like to seal the end the place heavy pj coated cotton in first, then some not coated at all then top it off with more heavy pj coated cotton. to use i slice right down ths side of the straw and pull the dry middle cotton out to light. It allways starts right away and burns longer with the heavy pj on each end

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