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Question: How to make primitive torches

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Ishi1234:
For a while now I have been pondering how to make a torch. Most internet sources require some noctious chemical to be used. But does anyone know of a more primitive style torch? (Probably animal fat or pine pitch as examples.)

turtle:
I saw a youtube video where a guy soaked cattail in melted fat. Other than that i have seen them made from twig bundles and bark bundles. The bundle torches drop a lot of embers onto the ground.

Ishi1234:
Does that mean that some cloth can be soaked in fat and be used a a torch?

JoJoDapyro:
How about pine pitch?

YosemiteBen:
Hey Paul -
This is Ben from Buckeye.

There are lots of ways to make torches. Denim, cotton, or linen with pine resin and maybe a little bees wax. search the PA site for pitch glue - same mix should work for torches. soak the layers in the mixture and wrap securely around your handle. Pine knots from old logs when the pitch gets into them, "Fat wood" burns long too. I am sure there are other means , but that is what came to my head at the moment.

Good luck.

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