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quest for fire (not the movie)
Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive:
for those that didnt see it, i did a youtube video about hand drilling. i give a few tips in there that a few people have told me they havnt heard before and it helped them get it done. feel free to check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN17_PxnZ1o
iowabow:
That was great TL thanks for the great video. Going to give it a try with the red oak and willow. I think I will copy you video but do it with Iowa materials.
BowEd:
Flint and steel is quick and easy.Make char cloth out of 100% cotton pieces sealed in a quart paint can with a small hole or two hit into each end of can and layed onto a bed of coals.Once the fire stops shooting out of the holes in can the char cloth is ready.Making birch oil out of birch bark is done the same way,only the can is set on top of a small open end can to catch the oil coming from the hole in the larger can with the birch bark in it.Sorry maybe too much info here and don't really mean to change the subject here.
anasazi:
If you have never done it start out with the flint and steel and some good char cloth( i use an altoids can with no holes other than what's already there) saves you wasting the hard work of getting an ember till you know you know you can blow it into a flame. Out hear i use a sage brush spindle and a yucca or poplar hearth. I hear clamatis also works well for a hearth. I have also used yucca for spindles with the same hearth bords with good results i need to try the willow though it grows all over
Wylden Freeborne:
Yucca is by far the easiest spindle and hearthboard to harvest, cut down to size and get ember. With a bow of bamboo and a cord of twisted leather, one should grab smoke and ember in under 30 seconds, as yucca has an ignition point of around 200 degrees. It also grows EVERYWHERE now, thanks to "the Joneses" and everyone keeping up with them. They are used as an ornamental in every region of the country. You can only get about 3 embers per hole, as opposed to the multiple I have gotten from cottonwood (up to 9), and cutting your notch can play harder because of the softness of the wood.
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