This is Milkweed ovum.
This is Maple punk.
This is Maple punk.
Interesting. One could simply collect some and "grind" 'em with a makeshift stone set-up. Muzzleloaders are always full of tips and ideas using common materials!IF you can collect fallen pine needles that have been run over by vehicles until they are like fiber, they are great in a tinder bundle.
I gotta keep an eye out! Very interesting.TF is very good! I have used it in my firepistons. From what I have read, years ago primative tribes would also use similar material to carry fire to another camp. In case you don't know this stuff glows similar to a cigarette or a fireworks punk.
Larry
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I do the same thing. I start fires in my woodstove with pine needles, pine cones and small branches from the pine trees in my back yard. No need for paper at all.When I was a kid growing up in north Georgia, we had 75 pine trees in our large yard. My Pop, brother and me would spend two or more weeks raking pine needles and picking up cones every year. I always ended up with blisters on my hands.
We saved a lot of the cones. They make great fire starting tinder.
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