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Hawkdancer:
Good timing!  A friend and I are planning to sponsor a monthly shoot fro the Buckhorn Skinners Mountain Man club and we're looking for ideas of non- shooting primitive skills.  I did see one of our members get a flame in 21 seconds with flint and steel!  We may use your idea!
Hawkdancer

Stoker:
Cool project. Be fun to follow along
Thanks Leroy

BrianS:
The method I chose for day one was flint and steel. Weather was clear. I did it at night so I could film it for a video I am making. Did it two times, once with a traditional flint and steel and then another time using my flintlock. Both times worked well.
The method I chose for day two was a small magnify glass. This morning had bright sunshine at 8 am. I could not get a ember in the allotted 10 minute limit so it was a failed attempt. I have used a magnify glass in the past but it was in the spring and summer. Maybe the January sun is not strong enough in the morning.
So far one win / one loss.
One more day of clear weather and then snow and sleet is predicted so it should be fun.

bjrogg:
Just the kinda weather that fire feels really good in.
Bjrogg

BrianS:
Here is a link to a video I made of various methods of starting a campfire. I am not a expert nor am I endorsing any method etc. I think I came about 10 ways (modern and primitive) with a couple of variations, I am sure there are some that I missed. I think I filmed 14 methods or variations of a method. I failed on two ways but still included them in the video. Quality is so so as I filmed most of it alone as I was making fire. Thanks to Dino, I learned a new method which I call the fire roll (wood ash rolled in cotton under pressure). I had fun making the video and trying all the methods. This video is not about our contest as that is still on going. Some of the methods in my video will probably show up in our contest. Right now Everyone is pretty close in our contest, I should know the Winner on Tuesday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqqHjd6HplI&t=7s
Take care,
Brian

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