Made my first fire & Gossman PSK

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MRpink

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It's saturday night, all my friends are out. I'm suppose to be home studying but I just can't. I recently watched that new episode of man vs. wild and he made a cool fire with 4 sticks. So I grabbed my Gossman PSK and firesteel and headed to the backyard.

In the show, he stuck the sticks into the ground, but I didn't want to start a fire so I found this cap, which I drilled and should have the same effect as sticking the sticks in the ground.

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Time to gather material. I took a couple fresh branches and cleaned them up.

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Dry grass/weed.

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There's this dead tree that's really dry and hard, with bark that can fluff up and light easily (or so I thought).

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Split the wood and break to smaller pieces.

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Stacked everything up and was planning on getting the tinder on fire and shove it in the dry grass.

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Which didn't work so unstacked the bigger pieces and plan to drop them on top after.

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We have smoke!

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Then fire!

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What I'm not sure is if the plastic burned which kept the fire going, which did happen near the end, or I did it properly. Either way, it was really fun and a good learning experience. It took me a long time with the firsesteel to get it going so I need to work on that, some people do it with a few strikes. The Gossman PSK performed well on the super hard wood, I'm still working on the edge to get it the way I like it.
 
That is a very interesting way to start a fire! Good luck getting the edge just right......have fun with it!
 
I like that! nice job, its always cool to see new and differant ways to accomplish tasks.:thumbup:
 
Nice little tutorial. That's actually a smart tip on using green wood as your stands since it will outlast the dry wood during the burn and keep an updraft of fresh air to feed the flame. I'm not sure I'd go so far as trying to stick them in the ground like that though. I'd just get a somewhat bigger piece, like a sapling, and lay it on the ground, leaning the tinder and kindling over it.
 
Nice work! Great tutorial and something "new."
I see that sheath is holding up well.:thumbup:
 
This fire isn't made to last long, the four sticks are there to hold up a cup or small pot; and the fire is suppose to be concentrated in the center, but my plastic cap melted and everything fell apart.
 
right on!


as for this tree, its a cypress tree, a member of the Cedar family.

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we call them weeds up here.
 
Very cool Mr. Pink. Try using a small veg. or fruit can instead of the plastic cap.
Scott
 
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