10-07-2004, 03:32 AM
1. magnifying glass (plastic ones suck) or eyeglasses
2. flint and steel, real flint if you have to, of buy a magnesium firestick, throw away the cheap aluminum striker that comes with it, and use your pocketknife - serious shower of sparks
3. steel wool and batteries - makes an intense fire, dont use a scouting pad with soap in it, use fine steel wool, 9 volt lantern battery works best, i think its possible using two d cells held together
4. bow and spindle (rubbing two sticks together) - the toughest, ive done it twice for summer camp classes, if ya got the right wood and know what you're doing - you can make this happen in like 2 minutes
[url "http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~madms/fires.html"]http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~madms/fires.html[/url]
the american indians used to wrap an ember from a fire in fine barks and grasses, ending up with a softball with a fire in the middle, taking it with them when travelling, till nightime when it was time to start the fire up again
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2. flint and steel, real flint if you have to, of buy a magnesium firestick, throw away the cheap aluminum striker that comes with it, and use your pocketknife - serious shower of sparks
3. steel wool and batteries - makes an intense fire, dont use a scouting pad with soap in it, use fine steel wool, 9 volt lantern battery works best, i think its possible using two d cells held together
4. bow and spindle (rubbing two sticks together) - the toughest, ive done it twice for summer camp classes, if ya got the right wood and know what you're doing - you can make this happen in like 2 minutes
[url "http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~madms/fires.html"]http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~madms/fires.html[/url]
the american indians used to wrap an ember from a fire in fine barks and grasses, ending up with a softball with a fire in the middle, taking it with them when travelling, till nightime when it was time to start the fire up again
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