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Wilderness Solutions Co. is dedicated to primitive and non-match fire starting. It began about 20 years ago with the intent of it becoming a retirement business. However, in 2007 Les Stroud demonstrated the use of a fire piston on the Alaskan episode of the Survivorman television program and...- Tom A Hawk
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Charring Plant & Fungus Tinders without using a "char tin"!!!
In the 18th & 19th centuries people did not use a tin or any container to char tinder for flint & steel fire lighting. They simply charred the tinder material, be it tow rag (cloth), plant or fungus material, directly in the flames of the fire. Then they extinguished the smouldering...- Le Loup
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- 18th century 19th century fire lighting fungus making fire plants tinder tinderbox tow rag
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Recognising & Identifying Punkwood.
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- 18th century fire lighting flint & steel foxfire living history plant tinders punk wood punkwood survival tinder
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The Gunpowder Bag or Wallet.
One of the author's five leather gunpowder bags. “…fungus that grows on the outside of the birch-tree…used by all the Indians in those parts for tinder…called by the Northern Indians Jolt-thee, and is known all over the country bordering on Hudson’s Bay by the name of Pesogan…there is another...- Le Loup
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- 18th century documentation fire lighting fungus gunpowder bag gunpowder wallet period quotes plant tinders tinder
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Field Preparation Of Plant Tinder For Use With Flint & Steel By Charring.
- Le Loup
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- 18th century charring fire lighting historical trekking plant tinders tinder tinderbox
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No "charcloth" flint & steel fire lighting.
I could not find a section for skills or fire lighting, so I will post this here. Keith.- Le Loup
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- flint & steel fire lighting tinder tinderbox
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