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Posted: 12/30/2006 8:03:47 AM EDT
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We have a saying down here in the south: "Shit fire and save the matches.", so I ASSume it can be done...
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Posted: 12/30/2006 8:04:22 AM EDT
[#2]
Magnifying glass > flint > bow drill
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Posted: 12/30/2006 8:14:19 AM EDT
[#3]
what he said, except I have never tried any friction methods. But then again it has been 6 years or so since I have slept outdoors. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 8:15:22 AM EDT
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My buddy started one with a old Monza. Too high of dried out grass, oil leak , very hot converter. What a waste of beer it was putting the damn thing out.
He ended up having his leg / foot ran over by the POS on a diff. time. Dumb idiot thought he had it in N, it started rolling , he opened the door and fell down. People here say stupid hurts, but he keeps chugging along. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 8:18:46 AM EDT
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I have a bar of magnesium and flint. You scrape off a bit of magnesium and strike the flint with an old hacksaw blade with sparks hitting the magnesium shavings(the enclosed package uses a knife, I would use the knife IF I had nothing else), and voila fire. Available at your local Wall-Mart.
There various devices that can create sparks that is available from various suppliers, they cost between $5-$20. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 8:27:39 AM EDT
[#6]
No I haven't but from what I've heard the any of the rubbing two sticks together, it takes hours and your likely to have a few blisters too.
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Posted: 12/30/2006 8:29:41 AM EDT
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I have started non-match/lighter/chemical fires with:
Bow Flint and steel Magnesium starter Fire piston I saw a fire get started via ungrounded, accidental "lightning rod" scaffolding left up by stupid people building on a hill once. I have seen haystack fires - don't discount natural chemical reactions! Of the fires I have actually caused or intended caused, the fire piston is pretty much the coolest. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 8:29:58 AM EDT
[#8]
Yes
I have done it with a bow drill technique and trough technique. I have also done it with flint. I have done it with a mag fire starter too. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 8:32:03 AM EDT
[#9]
How long does it take to start it with the bow? or the trough |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 8:33:21 AM EDT
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I tried the bow and friction method a couple of years ago just to see if I could do it in an emergency situation, and after about 45 minutes actually did get it to work ... frigging tiring though, and I got a blisters on my hands. Other methods that have been mentioned (magnifying glass, flint/mag) I'd done in the scouts as a kid, those are much easier, but useless if you don't happen to be carrying either item with you.
I keep a Bic lighter, and 2 packs of matches in my glove compartment all the time just on general principle. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 8:35:39 AM EDT
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I have only started one outside of conventional methods... with the flint/steel kits you get in Scouts. I feel like I could figure something out if I needed to.... but I bet if there aint flint around... having matches or a lighter would be very nice.
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Posted: 12/30/2006 8:54:18 AM EDT
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My job requires survival training(of a sort) in case of a downed aircraft or other emergency. I started fires with a magnesium flint, a flint and steel(way before survival training) and magnifying glass. I saw on survivorman where he used a rifle to start a fire. he was in polar bear country and they made him take it. He pulled the bullet with his leatherman and dumped some of the powder and used the remaining to get his tinder going with a blast from the rifle(after he rechambered the depleted round.) He used alsoused the leathermann to crimp the open mouth of the cartridge so the powder wouldn't fall out. It work but took several tries.
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Posted: 12/30/2006 8:55:41 AM EDT
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I had a peice of hickory has the rake and half a pine log as a trough. The pine was a little damp but the hickory was nice and dry. From getting the small amount of embers to the tender and having it take off it took me about 20-25 mins. It seemed like the embers went out about every other time or the tender would just burn to a certian point and stop. The bow was faster, but it was one of those kits that the Boy Scouts sold. edited to add Wow, took one guy 45 min, now I don't feel so damn bad. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 8:57:03 AM EDT
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I read about that method in a book called something like "how to stay alive in the woods" |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 9:09:26 AM EDT
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There is a big sense of accomplishment from making your own fire from scratch. If you watched Survivor it's easy to bag on the fools who didn't didn't know how to use a magnesium bar and striker. If you never did it before you don't really know if you can do it.
I'm working my way back from most recent to oldest fire making methods. I've got the magnesium bar and steel down pat. Not that hard but there is plenty of technique involved. I've most recently started to use a true piece of flint and a blacksmith made piece of steel. That's really cool. Even easier than the mag bar. Next, I'll master the plow method. I've had smoke from this in the past but my God is it tiring. -M |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 9:19:42 AM EDT
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It was one of the requirements of getting my mancard...
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Posted: 12/30/2006 9:48:38 AM EDT
[#17]
+1
on the magnifying glass, it works the quickest! but you need nice sunny weather |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 1:52:59 PM EDT
[#18]
Ive used the bow trick, flint/steel and magnesium starters. Havnt done it in years though.
 what was fun in boy scouts was to then boil water in a paper cup next to the fire you started
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Posted: 12/30/2006 1:57:47 PM EDT
[#19]
Sure. Grab a boy scout and rub his legs together. Instant fire.
 The bow method would be the one I'd go for. But my outdoors kit includes a powerful magnifying glass that will get a fire started in one hell of a hurry. Granted, it's not useful without direct sunlight available, but I don't see any problem with starting a fire when the sun's available and then banking some coals and keeping an ember running all the time. And have you seen that video of the flashlight that's so intense that it sets paper on fire in a few seconds? That could be useful! CJ |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 2:01:41 PM EDT
[#20]
I haven't tried, but I think I can start a fire with this.
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Posted: 12/30/2006 2:05:16 PM EDT
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YES
 Follow. But! Follow only if ye be men of valour, for the entrance to this cave is guarded by a creature so foul, so cruel that no man yet has fought with it and lived! Bones of full fifty men lie strewn about its lair. So, brave knights, if you do doubt your courage or your strength, come no further, for death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 2:09:19 PM EDT
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you should ask this in the survival forum, those guys could start fire with a spoon and a glass of water!
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Posted: 12/30/2006 2:10:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/30/2006 2:11:14 PM EDT
[#24]
I thought it was a chocolate bar. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 2:16:19 PM EDT
[#25]
I can start a fire w/ a can of Coke and a Hershey bar.
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Posted: 12/30/2006 2:26:54 PM EDT
[#26]
Mythbusters blew that one outta the water if I remember correctly. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 2:31:01 PM EDT
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Being able to start fires from "nothing" is a good skill to have.
Learn them. GM |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 2:32:05 PM EDT
[#28]
Are the magnifying glass trees next to the magnesium bushes? |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 2:37:02 PM EDT
[#29]
I am competent with the bow-drill method as well as a couple of others, but they all universally suck...which is why I carry a blastmatch, mag bar/flint and other assorted "easy" fire-making gear.
Checking my pockets I have no less than four methods of making fire, none of which includes the matches or lighters on/about my person. Sheep |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 5:23:36 PM EDT
[#30]
I can piss napalm!
Though, it may have been that chick from a couple weeks ago. 
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Posted: 12/30/2006 5:36:22 PM EDT
[#31]
I have made fire from :
flint + steel mag glass and 9 volt battery and steel wool . The last one is my current favorite . " Be prepared " Boyscouts rocks . |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 5:38:15 PM EDT
[#32]
I've done with with a knife, flint and dried up cat tails.
Thats about it. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 5:41:05 PM EDT
[#33]
I've done the bow, magnifying glass, and steel wool and battery.
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Posted: 12/30/2006 5:48:29 PM EDT
[#34]
I get my steel wool from the robot sheep.
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Posted: 12/30/2006 5:57:08 PM EDT
[#35]
I saw somewhere that you can fashion a piece of ice into a lens and use that to start a fire... |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 6:01:51 PM EDT
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I am pretty sure that using materials only found in nature, I could start a fire with my hemroids alone.
Fuck do they burn!!! |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 6:03:47 PM EDT
[#37]
I've made fire from flint and steel and a drill turned with a bow.
Matches are a lot easier than either. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 6:08:03 PM EDT
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Yea...actually I did. I set a shitload of brush on fire with an M-79 bloop gun and a red (or green...I can't recall which!) cluster flare! It was about 0300. The BGs that had been putting the sneak on us for hours were REALLY pissed when they had to flee the fire.
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Posted: 12/30/2006 6:15:29 PM EDT
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