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I saw things going this way on the Yarborough thread.
So what does everyone like to bring for fire starting? Up until now, I usually only have a lighter when it pertains to military operations. When I go camping, I take a lighter, flint which I strike with the edge of trauma sheers, and a pill bottle stuffed full of cattails. The lighter I take is a Coleman butane type.
I have a bunch of military style magnesium/flint that I haven't messed with which I will tested on a 3 day outing I plan on taking within the next week. It seems like it's more or less the only way to really light a fire in wet conditions without prepared tinder.
The cattails compress really well, I can fit about 3 full cattails into the small size Centrum bottles, it takes about 1/4 of one of them to start a well built birds nest on fire and they usually take a spark on the first strike if they are fluffed up enough.
I have started fires with a drill, but it takes a decent deal of prep as far as cutting your board, having perfect tinder, and building your drill(I've used the thong and bow type, as well as done it by hand which really sucked). It seems like more of a long term sustenance thing, or for the really obscure survival scenario(bush plane crash maybe?)- it's a good one to have in your bag, but not one that I would prepare/plan for.
So right now, my plan looks something like this-
P- Lighter
A- Striker (with procured tinder before using the stuff I bring with me)
C- Striker+Magnesium (more of a wet weather version of the alternate, or when tinder is exhausted or unavailable)
E- Some type of drill
What is everyone else doing?
So what does everyone like to bring for fire starting? Up until now, I usually only have a lighter when it pertains to military operations. When I go camping, I take a lighter, flint which I strike with the edge of trauma sheers, and a pill bottle stuffed full of cattails. The lighter I take is a Coleman butane type.
I have a bunch of military style magnesium/flint that I haven't messed with which I will tested on a 3 day outing I plan on taking within the next week. It seems like it's more or less the only way to really light a fire in wet conditions without prepared tinder.
The cattails compress really well, I can fit about 3 full cattails into the small size Centrum bottles, it takes about 1/4 of one of them to start a well built birds nest on fire and they usually take a spark on the first strike if they are fluffed up enough.
I have started fires with a drill, but it takes a decent deal of prep as far as cutting your board, having perfect tinder, and building your drill(I've used the thong and bow type, as well as done it by hand which really sucked). It seems like more of a long term sustenance thing, or for the really obscure survival scenario(bush plane crash maybe?)- it's a good one to have in your bag, but not one that I would prepare/plan for.
So right now, my plan looks something like this-
P- Lighter
A- Striker (with procured tinder before using the stuff I bring with me)
C- Striker+Magnesium (more of a wet weather version of the alternate, or when tinder is exhausted or unavailable)
E- Some type of drill
What is everyone else doing?