went out fishing today and took gas cooker and billy to have a cuppa tea in quiet spell...you guessed it didnt have matches or lighter, tried to light papaer off cigarette lighter in wagon but no joy, lucky for us another couple came along and he had a lighter..that took care of first cuppa

move forward a few hours Im fishing away and Bec's is trying again to get paper to light off cigarette lighter again no joy
I wait till she picks up fishing rod again and have my turn....lightbulb goes off in head...sitting in glovebox is box of .22lr ammo
out come pliers and prise head/projectile out of case,pour onto piece of paper,get cooker close by and poke cigarette lighter back into socket, click it goes...onto pile of powder FIZZZZ POOOF into flame quickly poke burner over flame then put out mini bonfire and sit back n wait for billy to boil...man that cuppa tea tasted great

Any which way that works.
Love these improvisation stuff.

I think it is Mc Gyver or something.

A battery and a piece of steel wool is almost a necessity in any camping kit for that very reason Elvis.

I also have a Fire Lighter at hand when I go anywhere I am likely to need fire mate. Along with my fire lighter I also have a small zip lock bag with a couple of cotton balls "soaked" in Vaseline. They light very easily with a spark from the lighter, all you need do is pull out as much (or little) as you need, spark into it and "foop" flamage.

why is it that when I see the word "vaseline" in a reply from down under... I think about sheep?

Sick minds think alike maybe??

a dirty mind is a joy forever

I've used a 22lr shell that way too once to start a fire, lol.

I got the family all Sweedish Steel's for Christmas this year. We had an evening during this years hunt where my boy got separated (on purpose, send him down a ridge, I rode around to pick him up at the bottom, we had radios) and realized he didn't have anything to start a fire with.


-DallanC

During the dark days when I smoke a pack a day, once I was in the bush with a pack of cigarette without a lighter.
From then on I always have a fresnel lens in the wallet.
In Oz, we almost always have enough sunlight to start fire with a magnifier lens.

As Dallan said...Swedish FireSteel...can't beat them. Two or three cotton balls saturated in Vaseline in a zip lock bag and you can even start a fire in the wet with even half a cotton ball.

This is my "emergency" fire lighting tool. The Fire Stick is in a leather tube in the side of the knife pouch and the striker sits in the clipped pouch on the front. The ziplock bag on the right contains about 4 cotton balls saturated in Vaseline.

I also have a second Fire Stick I carry in my pouch if necessary.

So you rub the vaseline on your firestick? Cotton because it's soft? Just bring along some baby oil, it smells better...


Suz
I'm just kidding










but you'll scare the ladies
callin it a firestick..

Took a couple of cheeky pills this morning eh

dhc4ever wrote:

Took a couple of cheeky pills this morning eh

More than a couple Pete...methinks the whole bottle.

No Suz...the Vaseline isn't for rubbing on the Fire Stick mate...it's for a different use.

Dryer lint works equally as well, no vaso required, although the vaso makes it water proof and a hotter fire I suppose.


Suz