Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: islandpiper on November 03, 2008, 12:12:57 am
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Here are some pics of my fire kit. It is in one of those little tin mint boxes, useful for cooking more charcloth. The striker was made by a smith friend from the coil spring out of a garage door lifter.
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It works good, easy to get a live spark in the char, and i have learned to keep some fat pine shavings in the box, too.
Not as fast as a Bic Lighter, but just as dependable.
piper
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NIce kit Piper!
If I may make a suggestion?
I carry a similar kit.....one thing that I learned is to lay a thin piece of leather (not oiled at all or oil tanned!) over the char cloth.....then lay my steel and flint over that.....it will keep the flint/steel from turning the charcloth into carbon dust....
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Thanks Stonedog. I'll do just that. I have some home tanned buckskin that will do nicely.
(geez, , why didn't I think of that?)
piper
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I stopped using whole cloth and now use threads I have pulled apart and then wadded into a ball. You can pull of what you need and when the charred threads are fluffed a little they really catch sparks!
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Nice kit man...i have one similiar but i have a modern piece of "flint" too. But i use fryer lint as amy starter works real well and ignites doesnt just hold a char.