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Mike_H:
Innards of a gourd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YlioTqwA1A

Mohawk13:
Very good information. His steel was throwing some great sparks.

Mike_H:

--- Quote from: Mohawk13 on February 12, 2014, 11:56:59 pm ---Very good information. His steel was throwing some great sparks.

--- End quote ---

hehe that's me in the video.  And not the best striker I got, but it works.

Buffalogobbler:
Good info Mike, Thanks!
I grow gourds myself and I always start my fires with flint and steel.Never thought to use the gourd innards in place of char clouth.

Kevin

Mike_H:
No problem, Kevin.  A thread on no char flint and steel over at paleoplanet got me thinking and I experimented.

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