Fire Kits, Let's See Them!

[coloradoclyde]

To light the match...I strike some sparks into my tin of charred punkwood and gently blowing on it.
once an ember reaches the size of the match head I tough the sulfur tip to the ember and gently blow.....You will notice a small blue flame around the sulfur. your done!...it's lit, close your lid and conserve your char.
I then hold the match at about a 45 degree angle and slowly rotate until the fatwood stick catches fire.
Now you are hanging onto a burning piece of fatwood...use accordingly... :haha:

The whole process takes less time than it does to read my post....once you get the hang of it , it is extremely fast.

Helpful tip:
once you have a normal flame on the matchstick , this is the perfect time to light your candle stub....

 

[George]

If you don't mind me asking what material are you using to hold the ember? Linen or cotton?

One of them is a piece of hemp rope, the other is made of cotton tape rolled up.

Spence

 

[coloradoclyde]

Tape? I tried lamp wick, maybe that's where I went wrong.... :hmm:

Maybe I'll have to revisit it... :hmm:

 

[Crewdawg445]

Wonderfully explained, thank you!

I don't get out much unless it's to the woods... however we are heading out this afternoon so I'll certainly look!

Spence hope you don't mind but I directly adopted your tinder tube idea... I have enough river cane to last four lifetimes. Cut two pieces at 2 1/4", sanded the ends and also took one of my countersunk bits and hand chamfered both ends of each tube.

For the tinder material I collected a bunch of 100% cotton mop head strands (mind at work right there...) and they hold an excellent ember.

Came out, and we have a decent breeze today but no problems lighting with my glass or staying lit! Had my fire roaring in minutes, excellent addition to the kit!

 

[George]

When you are finished with it, blow on it to get it glowing nicely, then pull it back into the tube to extinguish it. That way you will have maximum 'char cloth' to work with next time. They are a useful gadget, but if you lose all the char, it's just a piece of cloth which won't catch a spark.

I had an earlier one a couple of decades ago, made of copper/brass tubing less than 1/4". I used cotton tape in it, too, and it worked very well.



Spence

 

[George]

I've used my flintlock pistol to catch a spark, quick and easy.







Spence

 

[Crewdawg445]

Exactly what I did once finished, it is indeed a handy little deal. Certainly a worthwhile addition to the kit that has an extremely small footprint.

I let it smolder for awhile to see how well the cotton burned, a little to well with the breeze!

 

[smoothshooter]

What is " critical temperature "?

 

[Crewdawg445]

The point were the metal no longer attracts a magnet to be completely simple.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Gee only 3 people have fire kits..... :shocked2:

Heck! I use one almost every day during the summer....

 

[Crewdawg445]

Ya I was thinking the same thing... I too use mine ALLOT, I build a fire almost every evening.

 

[Silky921]

I have a nice set up, but it's packed in a moving truck. I do have a pic accessible of my magnifying glass and a little bag I made for it.

 

[Crewdawg445]

Well post that magnificent magnifying wonder!

 

[Cruzatte]

Gee only 3 people have fire kits..... :shocked2:

Heck! I use one almost every day during the summer....

Hang on, hang on. I'll be getting around to it directly. Working on a linen shirt at the moment.

 

[Cruzatte]

All right. Here you go.

L. to R. Deer skin bag with burning lense and candle stub, a hunk of rope, some wood slivers, char tin with linen scrap ready to be charred, my pipe, bag, tamper, horn tobacco canteen, tin box with firesteel, flints, and char

 

[coloradoclyde]

I like it!... :thumbsup:

 

[Cruzatte]

I like it!... :thumbsup:

Thanks! It's useful, simple, and not a lot to it.

 

[coloradoclyde]

I'd have no problem starting a fire with that kit....Although I have never used tobacco as tinder before..... :haha:

 

[Cruzatte]

I'd have no problem starting a fire with that kit....Although I have never used tobacco as tinder before..... :haha:

Ah....but that's for after you start the fire. :grin:

 

[Crewdawg445]

Yes! Gotta have that wonderful tobacco for a successful well done on the fire. Very nice!