Dimitri...I always have a back-up plan...Two matches...

Bushmaster wrote:

Dimitri...I always have a back-up plan...Two matches...

reminds me of that old kids joke, carry three matches, if ya get lost, stike one strike 2 strike 3 and your out....

Bushmaster wrote:

Dimitri...I always have a back-up plan...Two matches...

Thats good, personally I'm a pessimist so I got more then a few ways on me to start the most important thing in the bush (Zippo lighter, Zippo fuel, matches, magnism fire starter, vasiline soaked cotton balls, string to make a wood bow).

Dimitri

never heard of the vasolined cottonballs.. and i am stopping there.

Vaseline is flameable and makes it convinate to start a fire when you don't got dry material to start the fire with.

Dimitri

:-D---HOOOOKY did not know that. ya learn sompin' every day Dave

fireball 3 wrote:

:-D :-D---HOOOOKY did not know that. ya learn sompin' every day Dave

well i knew it was petrol based but never thought to go as far as lighting it up... give some more info, ya just smear it on the cottonball, or melt it and pour over or what?? sounds like something easy to carry on the bike in a ziplock ya know..

I normally just rub the vaseline on the cotton balls put it in a ziplock bag, add extra vaseline in the ziplock bag and close it then put it in my fire starting kit. No melting or anything fancy.

Dimitri

hmmmmm gonna have to give it a whirl!

fireball 3 wrote:

:-D :-D---HOOOOKY did not know that. ya learn sompin' every day Dave

Okay my dear old dad feel asleep at the outdoor training again. We learned about the cottonballs when I was like 6. Must be that short term memory thing from hitting all those housts with his head

rdncktink,

Its ok your dad has a excuse its called CRS syndrum.

Dimitri

When I go into the woods hunting I always carry lighters for fire starters and backup fire starters and I have several backups for them (5 or 6) and finally I carry matches as well.

And they call ME old...They have this neat little things on the market that are used to start fire places called, of all things, "firestarters". They are 1 1/4" X 1 1/4" X 1/4" squares that all you do is hit them with a match and waa-laa! Fire. And it only takes one. No paper. No kindling. Just these little squares. They burn for quite a while and hot. I've used them to start wet wood before.

A thought...Before you go into the woods with vasoline soaked cotton balls. Make sure you try them out first. They tend to be a little tricky and don't burn all that hot. For you diehard folks out there you can use WD-40 and cotton balls too. I've known about vasoline and cotton balls sense I was a kid. I find both vasoline and WD-40 to be a bit messy though. For you even more diehard outdoorsmen/women you can start fires with the materials in the forest and a match too. Even in the rain forests of the Northwest...Ask PaulS. He should know...

I come from the North guys, we just rub two Eskimos together until they start to smoke then throw on some moss