Posted on 05/19/2016 9:57:56 AM PDT by w1n1
Much better, IMO.
Might be useful if you go white water canoeing in north Georgia. Particularly if you hear banjos.
Waxed matches. Always carry a baggie of lint from my dryer and a zippo in a sealed plastic container in my trunk.
Napalm works for me.
Okay, C-4 with a Bic.
Confession: I’ve unintentionally started a fire with a shotgun before.
I feel better now.
5.56mm
Gas and a match.
Since I live in the north woods of Georgia, you are fortunate that you live in Texas. Hollywood slurs are unbecoming someone at FR
I prefer to use a lighter.
That said, the video above shows the wrist bracelet with the firesteel toggle interlocked with the steel washer/scraper. Maybe other people have better karma than I do, but I just know that combination would throw me a spark right at the worst possible moment, like when I'm pumping gasoline.
Some of the people on BushcraftUSA.com do some neat leather crafting to safely carry their firesteels, fire starting kits, bushcraft knives, axes, etc. Lots of good ideas there.
I’ve used a piston fire starter. Several plans on how to make one online.
A small bag of Fritos is good kindling. Easy to keep dry.
I was in a remote Mayan village one time. We were having trouble starting the fire to cook our meal. A local lady brought out a thin plastic bag (looked like a dry cleaning bag). It got the wood burning quickly. Since a camper is going to be wrapping things in plastic anyway, might as well put the used plastic to good use.
We use a match. :-). Just kidding we have a couple of those $5 firestrikers in our survival stores. They work great!
I grew up in the foothills of north Georgia. I know the difference between hillbillies and rednecks.
Same as in the boy scouts (I’m an Eagle). Lighter fluid and matches.
Both should be in your first-aid kit anyway.
From Dave Canterbury -- every item in your survival kit should be multi-purpose.
And, by the way, it was a book written by a Georgia writer before it was a Hollywood movie. Appears that you watch movies instead of reading books.
~10,000 matches in my SHTF permanent shelter. 1,000 waterproof matches and five BIC lighters in my grab and go pack.
Tet68’s tip.
Something that is very handy and works is the small disposable
alcohol wipes, they take up little space, are inexpensive, simply tear open and light. They don’t last long but are very hot and you can always use them to clean wounds and scrapes.
Still wouldn’t carry it
Here is a video I made on weatherproof fire starters that are super simple to make. These are maust take items when I camp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIEdS98VZao
In my camp box, I keep five or six tea candles.
I carry a drinking straw as a fire bellows.
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