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TheMercenary 06-21-2010 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 665144)
Easy fire starter: I keep little squares of folded up duct tape in my out of doors supplies. Light, takes up almost no room, and burns like there's no tomorrow.
I will have to experiment with that idea. Thanks.

lumberjim 06-21-2010 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by TheMercenary (Post 665055)
If you ever need a good go to souce for a fire in the field we would take an empty camera case and a jar of petrojelly. Heat the jelly outside in a pan and put cotton in the case, pour the liquid jelly onto the cotton in the case and just keep adding cotton unti it is full. You would be surprised how much cotton you can get into a camera case. Let it dry and when you want to make a fire with one match pull out a little pull of the cotton from the case and it will start a fire with damp but generally dry wood. I have made a fire with wood that was frozen as well. That will get you close to a one match fire.

cool idea.

we had a tube of fire starter. It was like a toothpaste tube full of napalm. with that and a pencil torch, you can burn ice cream.

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lumberjim 06-21-2010 05:12 PM
Also, we used a tent pole to blow air through for the bellows effect.

TheMercenary 06-21-2010 05:13 PM
Interesting. I have never seen anything like that. The way I was trained we had to have something that would last at least 2 weeks if you needed to get up and move with no support. The little film case worked well. I would like to know more about that thing. We also carried Mg++ fire starters as a back up to matches, which easily light the cotton bits.

lumberjim 06-21-2010 05:23 PM
http://www.campist.com/archives/cogh...re-starter.jpg

this stuff

jinx 06-21-2010 06:32 PM
Wax works just as well.

HungLikeJesus 06-21-2010 06:49 PM
If you could make it work with ear wax and belly-button lint you wouldn't need to carry anything.

TheMercenary 06-21-2010 06:51 PM
Hmmmm. It would have to be quite the production. I can't say I have known wax to be flamable.

spudcon 06-21-2010 06:51 PM
Compact belly button lint for kindling.:3eye:

jinx 06-21-2010 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by TheMercenary (Post 665203)
Hmmmm. It would have to be quite the production. I can't say I have known wax to be flamable.
Orly, ever seen a candle?

TheMercenary 06-21-2010 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by jinx (Post 665206)
Orly, ever seen a candle?
Yea, but I mean that the flame on the wick burns pretty slowly because of the wax. But I can't say I have actually seen wax catch on fire by itself.

classicman 06-21-2010 07:02 PM
I thought wax had a pretty high burning point?

HungLikeJesus 06-21-2010 07:02 PM
Technically, TheMercenary is right - wax is not flammable.

jinx 06-21-2010 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by TheMercenary (Post 665207)
Yea, but I mean that the flame on the wick burns pretty slowly because of the wax. But I can't say I have actually seen wax catch on fire by itself.
Well, I've never tried to burn a pile of wax on its own - but if you pour wax on your camp fire wood, it lights right up. Cheaper and more likely to have on hand than the stuff you buy in camping supply.

jinx 06-21-2010 07:06 PM


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