Fire Starter
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larryschwartz
WKR
Any or all of the above will work.
Sam Millard
WKR
Storm proof matches and a bic...with a couple bars of trioxane.
mtswampfox
WKR
whatever happened to dryer lint and paraffin wax???
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hey guys, i tought Arctic Survival at the University of Alaska Fairbanks for 6 years, and students always walked away feeling confident in fire starting.
And I've relied on the following firs starting tools for numerous real-world survival moments, from accidental swims in arctic rivers, to raft disasters resulting in loss of survival gear, etc.
Try Steel Wool (size 0000) and anything that produces a spark. I've used headlamps, flashlights, strikers, 9-volt batteries, sat phone bats, cell phone bats...literally anything with electric terminals or a simple striker. That'll produce a flame that gives you the juice to get a fire started in ANY scenario.
So, I always go afield with 2 oz of steel wool (enough for 12 days of fires) and a striker, but I use my batteries from gadgets as back up ignition source. As tinder in the arctic or rain forests, I also take along a small ziploc bag filled with birch bark, which produces a flame even if soaking wet...the oils in birch bark are the oldest tinder source on earth.
Try it and you'll never rely on lighters or matches again, promise.
larry
And I've relied on the following firs starting tools for numerous real-world survival moments, from accidental swims in arctic rivers, to raft disasters resulting in loss of survival gear, etc.
Try Steel Wool (size 0000) and anything that produces a spark. I've used headlamps, flashlights, strikers, 9-volt batteries, sat phone bats, cell phone bats...literally anything with electric terminals or a simple striker. That'll produce a flame that gives you the juice to get a fire started in ANY scenario.
So, I always go afield with 2 oz of steel wool (enough for 12 days of fires) and a striker, but I use my batteries from gadgets as back up ignition source. As tinder in the arctic or rain forests, I also take along a small ziploc bag filled with birch bark, which produces a flame even if soaking wet...the oils in birch bark are the oldest tinder source on earth.
Try it and you'll never rely on lighters or matches again, promise.
larry
Tag stew
Lil-Rokslider
This year for fun we tried using purell hand sanitizer, and it worked great! I always have a small travel bottle in my pack anyways.
Ridge Ghost
WKR
Bic lighter, a few waterproof matches, and cottonballs rubbed in vasoline are what's in my fire starter kit. I like the ideas Larry brought up, though.
fair-chase
FNG
Bic lighter (full size because the minis are impossible to use when your hands are cold) and a magnesium striker.
