Whats in your fire making kit?

BillyJoeBobJim said:
[emoji106] Some think a knife is the only thing necessary, and some think a knife is an integral part. Whatever the case may be, that is a beautiful knife and sheath. I'd like to know the details. ETA - I found the details on the scandi thread, but do not know the maker.
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Makers name is Michal Komorovsky. Handle on bladeforums is agarino80. His Facebook page is worth checking out. He has been professional, on time and honest.
 
Knife, matches (in zip lock), and bic lighter usually. Usually have a small notebook, and paper towel or three around that can be used for tinder if I need to. This is primarily for shorter hikes where it frankly makes no difference at all if I get a fire going. I occasionally will carry a fire steel.
 
I keep a firesteel, lighter, and matches in my pack. But whenever I head outdoors, this stays on my person.

 
Daypack-

Bic lighter, more rugged refillable butane lighter, strike anywhere matches in waterproof bottle, Doan magnesium bar with ferro rod (badly worn down from practice last year), new Doan mag bar with ferro rod, TP, some jute twine, Ontario SP2 knife.

Spent some good practice time last summer using the knife and ferro rod and experimenting with local materials. Also learned that when the air is real smoky from distant fires that a small magnifying lens won't do the job. Looking forward to more practice this year and perhaps answering the question "What do you gather for fire when you need a fire where a forest fire has burned thru very recently?"
Also learned the Harbor Freight mag bar only serves to hold the ferro rod. The magnesium bar shavings WILL NOT LIGHT!
 
Ive been on a traditional skills kick lately..my current fire kit is yucca on sumac bowdrill kit. My back up is a tin of char cloth with a flake of quartz. My opinel works as the striker
 
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White gas and a lighter.
These days, I'm more about the fire than the process of starting it :-)
 
robgmn said:
White gas and a lighter.
These days, I'm more about the fire than the process of starting it :-)
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Yeah, lighter and trioxane is what I typically bring. Been trying to do more with a firesteel and such, but that's for practice and fun.
 
Simple and reliable setup. Chapstick, bike tube, cotton, small firesteel
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I have an old pill bottle with a mini bic lighter, Matches and striker, light my fire firesteel, cotton balls, dryer lint and a few Tinder Quik fire tabs.

I pair that with a mora, and in my edcpack I have a windproof lighter.

I am on the lookout for fatwood when I hike to add to practice and prep.
 
Well I don't have a picture of my fire starting kit but rather pics of practicing feather sticking on fat wood and striking with my North Bay Forge Bushcrafter and magnesium stick.

It worked.

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A Bic and $1 plastic waterproof match containers filled with cotton soaked in Mineral oil
I roll up little balls of cotton first so I can pull out little portions
Fluff them up and flick my bic and I have fire for about three to five minutes
 
I found something interesting.

A better DIY firestarter. Cotton pads soaked in a mixture of paraffin wax and lamp oil. Takes a spark easy (lamp oil) and and burns for a long time (candle wax).

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I think the cotton pads are a good idea. The fire starting thing has never been a big issue for me as if for some reason I can't get a fire going, I just don't. But I always have fire starting materials with me on any hike since you really never know when you might need to start a fire and I mean really need to start a fire for survival reasons versus just fun.
 
Cool thing i do along the same lines is to soak cotton in pine resin then put the cotton on the tip of a match size piece of fatwood. Takes a spark burns forever and waterproof.
 
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