Whats in your fire making kit?

On my tops UTE I carry with me everywhere I 1/2 inch guerrilla taped a altoids mini tin with charred punk wood and a firesteel peg with string tied through the holes to hold similar to a ring so I can use the back of the UTE to scrape. It fits right behind it between the belt clip and the sheath so it doesn't stick out anymore then the knife itself does. I use to be a smoker and after I quit I haven't carried a lighter regularly since.
 
I like options, and since most of my play time in the great outdoors revolves around kayaking, weight and size are not huge concerns for me. I carry my fire kit inside a Plano waterproof tackle box measuring approx. 10"x5"x 2" deep. Inside I keep a selection of fat wood, 8-10 #2 pencil sized pieces and a whole compartment full of pieces processed down to matchstick size. I have another compartment that is split 50/50 between dryer lint and pre-fluffed jute twine (unravelling and fluffing out the twine in cold weather can be a pain). There is a large compartment on one side of the box in which I keep a Gerber BG tinderbox, and I also keep a butane torch lighter and a mid-sized SAK in the kit as well. All this, along with the several lighters I keep in my pack and on my person, my Light my Fire knife that lives on the front of my PFD, and the Light my Fire scout ferro rod the hangs out in the pouch of my Schrade SCHF1SM ensures that I have no problem getting a quick fire going, whenever, wherever

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It's not sexy but the vast majority of my fires are started with wooden matches. I have boxes of matches stashed everywhere. A pack of 10 match boxes lasts a very long time, costs pennies, and does not fail (if stored dry)... no matter how many years they have been in storage. The various huts, cabins, and grill stands I visit have a package stashed. So do all the vehicles i use.

For going off the beaten path I also carry a lighter and some form of fire starting aid. Variations of solid fuel tablets and candles mostly. The local newspaper also offers a usable low prep firestarter of opportunity. :D

And birch bark. I use a lot of birch bark.
 
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I carry a packet of oak kindling that I rip down on a tablesaw to 1 inch wide x 1/16 inch thick x 6 inches long. I also carry a tin of powderized/shredded fatwood that lights with a firesteel. I keep both rolled up in a ziplock bag with a firesteel/magnesium/striker combo and a lighter.

Lately I've been having fun with fire paste from REI, too.
 
Bic lighter, matches in match safe, ferrocerium rod, and some dryer lint. I rarely ever start a fire in the back country. These are for emergency excepting the Bic. I use it to light the stove I'm carrying.
 
fat wood sticks, dryer ling from cotton clothes and towels, Kitchen matches, a Bic lighter, a fire steel and striker. I have yet to fail to get a fire going.
 
One of my kits has a mini lighter, Firesteel, striker, PJ soaked cotton balls, and small pieces of fat wood. Another kit has a Firesteel and Striker, PJ soaked cotton balls, Fat wood, and Char Cloth. All of this fits in an Altoid's tin. Then I keep a Match safe full of matches in the same ditty bag as the Altoid tin kit.
 
Altoids tin with charcloth, magnesium+ferro rod, lighter

I'm also a smoker so I always have a lighter somewhere
 
PJ cotton balls and a few small pieces of fatwood in case I get desperate. A firesteel/striker, and a lighter.

Two tinders, two ignition sources.
 
An altoids tin as a container/char cloth cooker, fatwood sticks, birch bark, jute twine, charcloth, flint, ferro rod, a slow match with a snuffer, and a steel striker/rasp/bow drill divot. Also my JK tin knife ranger banded to the outside of the kit.
 
Mini Bic, Ferro rod, hank of jute twine, a few small pieces of fat wood and some matches. Way overkill, but it's still light and compact.
 
My main go-to is wax soaked bits of denim. Also carry char-cloth, tinder-quick, and other bits and bobs.
 
I have gotten old and fat, have a bad back, and can't walk very far. I have given up on the primitive stuff so now when I go camping I am usually within spitting distance of my vehicle. Normally, my fire kit consists of a bag of Match Light charcoal and some kitchen matches with a butane lighter for backup.
 
My kit is pretty mych spread all over, in pack, around neck, in pocket, just in case. The usual mini bic and ferro rod, but I have a sealed straw with pj cotton balls and a small bundle of fatwood splinters and a beeswax birthday candle wrapped in birch bark and tied up with jute twine. About 3 inches long and and inch wide bundle.
 
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