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Practice Hand drill (pics added)

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Outbackbob48:
Hawkdancer, I like soft for both hearth and spindle. Pithy weeds seem to work well for spindles, Horseweed ,mugwort, giant goldenrod, yucca, mullien, cattail sometimes can be iffy. Brian if I get back to Hawkeye we will work on your handrill, the first time I saw a friend of mine do the cotton roll ash coal totally amazed me, still is mind boggling. Bob

BrianS:
Bob,
Thanks. I think of all the various methods of starting a fire, the hand drill is the skill to learn.
The fire roll absolutely amazed me when I first saw it at Dino's Fur Shed. Back in the Winter, We had a informal contest amongst some guys where regardless of the weather, you needed to start a fire outside every day for a week  using a different method each day. Most of the Guys did very well but Dino and Kevin were the only two to make fire all seven days.
Back to the fire roll, I was thinking of trying chaga instead of ash or rust. I may get a break from taking care of my mom for a few hours. If I do, I have some chaga and will give the fire roll a try using it.
Take care,
brian

Russ:
When there's smoke, there's false hope!! gawsh my arms hurt the next day!!

BrianS:
Bob,
Trail tarp setup looks good.
I tried the fire roll using chaga. Here is a short video with the results I got.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbgcnFlDxXI
Take care,
brian

Hawkdancer:
I am still trying to learn to do flint and steel! >:D. But I think a bow drill on the spindle is easier to get a spark going.  I do salute anyone who can use those very primitive methods!
Hawkdancer

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