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Not sure if anyone would like to play but thinking that a lot of us would love to get together and hang out / share skills off line but logistically - it's not gonna happed in most cases.
So I thought we could have a little fun by having a series of competitions - based on the honor system.
How about we start off with a timed firemaking drill.
Materials:
Knife / Hard wood / Firesteel.
To make it interesting, No Fat wood /Birch bark / etc. PJ balls / synthetics - only the three items mentioned.
Game:
See how long it take to get a fire going that will boil water (rolling boil of a minimum of one cup water) in the metal container of choice..
Rules:
1) Only knife, Hardwood ,and Firesteel/Flint rod can be used.
2) Only one piece of wood can be used for the exercise. (that way we can have an excuse to baton
)
3) The container used to boil the water must hold at least one cup of water.
4) Time starts when we start actual work on the wood & ends when the water hit's a rolling boil.
4) It's the honor system, so be honorable
5) When you post your time - please give us some detail, what knife/wood used etc.
6) Winner will send me their address info via PM, or email to barabbas@wirefire.com & choose the next competition/rules etc. so we can keep the fun going :thumbup:
Deadline:
Time must be posted by Sunday (10/26) at 12am. (originally set for 10/19 - but did not give most folks enough time - so wanted to remedy that)
Of course, if you have a way to record and give a video link that would be awesome so we can see your skills in action
- but not necessary.
Prize:
Winner takes all.
I'll send a decent sized Wild Ginseng root harvested this season from good ol WV - not to pretty to look at :barf:, but makes an interesting cup of tea for which I can provide instructions if desired.
Who knows, if everyone likes this, and we keep it going maybe we can get a sticky going and start posting the top 3 winners in each category etc.
Let's have some fun!!!!!!!
So I thought we could have a little fun by having a series of competitions - based on the honor system.
How about we start off with a timed firemaking drill.
Materials:
Knife / Hard wood / Firesteel.
To make it interesting, No Fat wood /Birch bark / etc. PJ balls / synthetics - only the three items mentioned.
Game:
See how long it take to get a fire going that will boil water (rolling boil of a minimum of one cup water) in the metal container of choice..
Rules:
1) Only knife, Hardwood ,and Firesteel/Flint rod can be used.
2) Only one piece of wood can be used for the exercise. (that way we can have an excuse to baton
)3) The container used to boil the water must hold at least one cup of water.
4) Time starts when we start actual work on the wood & ends when the water hit's a rolling boil.
4) It's the honor system, so be honorable
5) When you post your time - please give us some detail, what knife/wood used etc.
6) Winner will send me their address info via PM, or email to barabbas@wirefire.com & choose the next competition/rules etc. so we can keep the fun going :thumbup:
Deadline:
Time must be posted by Sunday (10/26) at 12am. (originally set for 10/19 - but did not give most folks enough time - so wanted to remedy that)
Of course, if you have a way to record and give a video link that would be awesome so we can see your skills in action
- but not necessary.Prize:
Winner takes all.
I'll send a decent sized Wild Ginseng root harvested this season from good ol WV - not to pretty to look at :barf:, but makes an interesting cup of tea for which I can provide instructions if desired.
Who knows, if everyone likes this, and we keep it going maybe we can get a sticky going and start posting the top 3 winners in each category etc.
Let's have some fun!!!!!!!
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