My first fire....in a while...

aggopian

aggopian

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Went for a little hike today. It was about 30F clear. I went down to an old loggers clearing from about 1 mile from my home. I havent been in the woods for many years so this was fun.
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I found an old tractor seat with a 1/4" thick base on it and inverted it for my fire as the ground and rocks are well snow and ice covered. There was plenty of dried weeds and tiny pine cones (i guess theyre pine). I made a nice bundle about palm sized and got out my fire kit. It consists of a pill bottle filled with some dryer lint (great fire starter IMHO) some Twine, a fire steel and a razor blade (striker).
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I used my old $2 hammer made knife for a striker and voila. The dryer lint burns nice and holds a flame well. I flubbed with the fire steel and knocked the bundle all to hell but the lint held a flame till I reconstituted the pile. There was enough dry brush and fallen wood to make a real fire but I just wanted to practice. This was the first fire I made without matches or a lighter so I was pretty happy. Next time out Ill try a bow&drill and maybe work on some shelter skills.
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Thanks for the pics. :thumbup:
I love that Hammer Made knife. Good to see it spending its life working.
 
Glad you got out into the woods.
A hit, hold the knife still and pull the ferro rod.
It makes you less likely to push your tinder around.
 
Nice pics.

In my opinion, taking little steps to get more "woodsy" is a great way to go. First practice one thing, than another and so on.
 
Nice idea with the dryer lint...I've heard about it being a good fire starter but never did bother to try it.
 
Sharp Eye said:
Glad you got out into the woods.
A hit, hold the knife still and pull the ferro rod.
It makes you less likely to push your tinder around.
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I have read thats how to do it just learning the muscle memory is the trick. I did some woods living in the past but it was 15+ years ago. Theres plenty of trails and such right around the corner so I dont need to go far.

Thanx for the comments and pointers....keep em coming:D
 
It's funny you post this. I was just thinking about how I haven't tried playing around with starting fires in quite some time.

Thanks for the pics.
 
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