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I've tried to no avail in the past (call me lazy) to get a friction fire, I've come close but all I got from the cigar was smoke.. Now I think I've got it down-pat.. Here is the sacrifice of a Cedar..
Getting ready for the hearth and block.
shot of the burn in.
here's the spindle, as you'll see it's cracked out.. that's the heat of friction, remember this is all GREEN wood.
I split the top of bow to accept cordage, then I grooved it to stop cordage from creeping down further and cracking bow out..
Here I notched my handle end and applied a slip knot for easy disassemble of cord to load out more conveniently.
I even continued the natural contour of the wood for the bow and made engravings and also some ancient symbols for fire.. (not shown it these pics)
My kit altogether, I sanded, stained, and lacquered the bow.
The kit ready for action.
Here we have coal in tinder ready for nest..
The nest.
Here's the initial fire, then a cool fire pic, and burn out..
The Becker challenge got me going on this, I've tried to get coal in the past to no avail, its easy to give up when you have firesteel
.. call me lazy but I like an easy fire
Above all this was exiting to have an ember burning in my hands that turned to FIRE !!!
If you have yet to do this I encourage you to tackle this and add it to your bag of tricks for the new year......
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!
Getting ready for the hearth and block.
shot of the burn in.
here's the spindle, as you'll see it's cracked out.. that's the heat of friction, remember this is all GREEN wood.
I split the top of bow to accept cordage, then I grooved it to stop cordage from creeping down further and cracking bow out..
Here I notched my handle end and applied a slip knot for easy disassemble of cord to load out more conveniently.
I even continued the natural contour of the wood for the bow and made engravings and also some ancient symbols for fire.. (not shown it these pics)
My kit altogether, I sanded, stained, and lacquered the bow.
The kit ready for action.
Here we have coal in tinder ready for nest..
The nest.
Here's the initial fire, then a cool fire pic, and burn out..
The Becker challenge got me going on this, I've tried to get coal in the past to no avail, its easy to give up when you have firesteel
.. call me lazy but I like an easy fire Above all this was exiting to have an ember burning in my hands that turned to FIRE !!!
If you have yet to do this I encourage you to tackle this and add it to your bag of tricks for the new year......
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!
