Minimal Kit...Soaking Wet Conditions....

[omniviking]

very nice job, i liked it:thumbup:

Pat

 

[Mistwalker]

G'day Brian.

:thumbup::thumbup:



Kind regards
Mick

Hello Mick,

How are things in the land down under?

Glad you liked the post! Do you have fatwood down there? Or perhaps some other natural accelerant?

very nice job, i liked it:thumbup:

Pat

Thanks o.v., I'm glad you enjoyed it.

 

[sicily02]

Cool Pics and great review. Great way to show getting what our need for your fire and then showing how you got your fire going.
By the way cool knife too LOL.

Kathy and I had a fire today but it was not raining but it was cool enough that sitting by it felt pretty good while have coco and weenies and marshmellow LOL.

Kathy snapped this pic of me stuffing my face with a roasted marshmellow LOL.

One thing about getting a fire going after it has been raining or is raining is getting some type of shelter put up( poucho or tarp) or find some natural over hang and then getting the materails to start your fire. The last several fires I hve had I just spilt up some wrist thick logs and tha I sawed up and then split them with my knife down to pencil size thickness and then shaved up a few fuzz sticks and then arranged my sticks and fuzz stick like a
tepee. then wrapped my cotton and pj mix around a spilt stick and then struck my firesteel with my knife, once the cotton is lit I now have a 8" match roughly. then I piced up my match and inserted it into the tepee where the fuzz sticks were and watched my fuzz sticks cought on fire and started to grow and then watched the spilt sticks catch on fire and added more small spilt sticks. watching that first spart turn to flame and then just plain watching the whole process take place and sitting by them fires just is so freaking awesome LOL.

Again great pics and review Mistwalker,

Bryan

 

[Joben]

Well...to me it's just more efficient and less work....I guess it's just all in what you are used to doing...everyone has the way that suits their needs the best I suppose...this is just mine.

Yes indeed, and thank you for sharing your methods.

 

[dipbait]

Theres no pine here. I just spent a few minutes on my western vacation looking for it. The dead wood I examined was to pulpy. Wish I had gotten some.

 

[Mistwalker]

Cool pics Bryan it won't be long before it's cool enough here that a fire will feel good, I'll be glad when we get to that point.

Yes indeed, and thank you for sharing your methods.

Thanks Joben, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Theres no pine here. I just spent a few minutes on my western vacation looking for it. The dead wood I examined was to pulpy. Wish I had gotten some.

Well, as long as there is other wood for fuel, fatwood can be bought at Wal-Mart for 3 bucks.

 

[aarya]

My first thought when i saw the first three pictures, was: "Very slowly."
Ofcourse, add a little fatwood into the mix, and things take off more quickly.

 

[sicily02]

Thanks Mistwalker, we have had a really cool temps for a summer and last year was like that too. out tof the last 25 years or so I do not remember having as many fires in the evening or even in the mornings for that matter as this year and last year. the waether patterns have changed. It really felt pretty good to sit by the fire and roast weenies and then have coco. for the morning and then I went back last evening and started another fire and heated up water for a couple cups of Apple cider. then just sat in my new chair that I made and listened to the sounds of nature in between spliting wood with my knife for the next fire I will have. maybe even tonight LOL

Bryan

 

[Mistwalker]

Sounds like you're having a good time out there Bryan.

My first thought when i saw the first three pictures, was: "Very slowly."
Ofcourse, add a little fatwood into the mix, and things take off more quickly.

Yeah, you're right. It stormed last night after I got back from my hike on the Cumberland trail and it has rained today, but I need to go see my brother before he heads back out of town so I don't have time today. It looks like it's going to rain more so tomorrow morning I'll try to get out back and do a minimal-kit-soaking-wet-conditions-no-fatwood post.

It's still doable with the same end results...just requires more patience and takes longer in the beginning steps.

 

[MrCoffee]

Great write up Brian, coulda used the help getting the fire going this past weekend. Rained so much I thought I was gonna need to rent an Ark to get home. Everything was soaked. It was a cold weekend, let me tell ya.

One thing I have found (at least for me) is that when I am really cold and wet, I always want the fire too fast, and tend to move to the larger pieces of wood before I should. Always best to take your time to really get it going on small stuff.

 

[Mistwalker]

Great write up Brian, coulda used the help getting the fire going this past weekend. Rained so much I thought I was gonna need to rent an Ark to get home. Everything was soaked. It was a cold weekend, let me tell ya.

One thing I have found (at least for me) is that when I am really cold and wet, I always want the fire too fast, and tend to move to the larger pieces of wood before I should. Always best to take your time to really get it going on small stuff.

Thanks M.C., I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's rained for days here too but not raining right now.

Patience is often the key. Just wait till you see the amount of patience required to do this without fatwood under the same circumstances.

 

[HikingMano]

Nice thread!! I am still working on my fire building skills so I love threads like these. Great pictures.

+1. I'm still working on it too. Not a lot of full fire practice going on here with all the wildfires and no time to get outside, but I like these threads because it mentally reinforces the concepts of patience, preparation, and really "building" the fire. :thumbup:.

Going car camping in Tahoe in a week or two...will be practicing full fires then .

 

[SouthernCross]

G'day Brian

Hello Mick,

How are things in the land down under?

Glad you liked the post! Do you have fatwood down there? Or perhaps some other natural accelerant?

Things are pretty busy at work, but otherwise good.

Spring is here, and the trout season opens in about a months time

I've yet to find any fatwood or hear of anyone else that has. Most of our plantation pines are either Radiata or Cypress that don't appear to be as resinous as the ones you guys have.

Whilst we have a range of natural material that will take a spark, none of them are in the same accelerant class as fatwood. Rubbed paperbark is about the best.

I would like to try some fatwood, but it doesn't seem to be available here. I've made enquires, but no one seems interested in going through the hassle of getting Customs clearance to import it :thumbdn:



Kind regards
Mick

 

[Mistwalker]

G'day Brian


I would like to try some fatwood, but it doesn't seem to be available here. I've made enquires, but no one seems interested in going through the hassle of getting Customs clearance to import it :thumbdn:



Kind regards
Mick

Hi Mick,

I knew spring was headed your way, I have a friend I talk to in NSW a lot. He says it's been a mild winter down there.

Can you not even order Maya sticks on line? All Maya sticks are is fatwood.

Brian

 

[sicily02]

Hey Mick, about a month or so back a sent a knife to Austraila and it only cost about $13 so if you want some just me know and I will get you some sent to you in the mail.

I ment to say so sending you a little box of fat wood would not cost that much.
If I can help you out just let me know.

Take care,

Bryan

 

[Mistwalker]

Hey Mick, about a month or so back a sent a knife to Austraila and it only cost about $13 so if you want some just me know and I will get you some sent to you in the mail.

I ment to say so sending you a little box of fat wood would not cost that much.
If I can help you out just let me know.

Take care,

Bryan

A problem may lie in trying to get organic material through Australia's strict quarantine.


By the way, the pictures are working again.