char cloth

[Loyalist Dave]

Altoids "came out" in 1780.

With the current style of steel container?

LD

 

[appalichian hunter]

Probably not, but with a bit of careful hammer work and some campfire coals it can be made to pass.

 

[Rató:rats]

I cheat a bit now with punkwood. After I char it I’ll swish it around in a little sludge of water and gunpowder and leave the pieces on the workbench to dry a couple days. Nothing takes a spark in my experience like black powder-infused punk. I use mostly cottonwood and willow.

 

[Tom A Hawk]

Charred cotton cloth. How quaint. Submitted for your perusal. Using Natural Tinders / Alternatives for Charcloth

 

[BillyC]

FWIW I did a little research and everything I find says Altoids didn’t start using tin boxes until the 1920s.

 

[Johnny Tremain]

We dont use char cloth out here, there is enough natural tinder about.
Altoids cans, we use the heck out of.
Tools in one, flints in the other. Browned them when I browned my barrel.

 

[Bushfire]

I cheat a bit now with punkwood. After I char it I’ll swish it around in a little sludge of water and gunpowder and leave the pieces on the workbench to dry a couple days. Nothing takes a spark in my experience like black powder-infused punk. I use mostly cottonwood and willow.

I can’t imagine things like that weren’t done.

Personally I’ve found punk wood as is to be plenty fine. But I did do a mix of BP and a non charred patch once to see if it would start a fire in a pinch.