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10k ways...
Posted by Brian Richardson on Mar 07 2006
In responding to this thread --- I’d be marking the 101 posted footnotes in reference to the 10K ways to ignite a blaze… subsequently, all on here would imagine that I’m an alchemist pyromaniac from birth and christen the boondocking bomb squad.
So I’ll refrain from quite a few of the methods and means and spotlight a few effects.
In your initial post you asked about wet wood when it’s wet outside.
Wet, standing green as can be Willows burn any time of year and do not necessitate a high degree of ignition. Most coniferous even the wild and tangled little ones right at tree line in the pouring rain and wind of Prince William Sound mountainsides will chatter away like popping corn w/ little preparation. Both are nasty, wet weather combustibles that should be observed as primary, easy grab finds – rather than overlooked or working overtime for more conventionally considered resources.
Obviously ignitions from something like traditional lighters and matches to the more superior and trustworthy versions of wind-proof/waterproof matches and lighters are a luxury if you possess them, use them intelligently, and preserve (added benefit) also conserve judiciously. Going this path… I highly urge people to go the Stormproof Matches method while incorporating the means of one of the best little fuel items for fire starting you can carry with you - Compressed Trioxane. This stuff is a stable, solid fuel contained in secure, individual & waterproofed heavy-duty aluminum foil packaging. The Stormproof Matches are more reliable than any of those fancy lighters and pack a hotter detonation that will discharge like a faultless primer for effort-free Compressed Trioxane ignition. Be aware that Compressed Trioxane will glow searing hot & even (no flare- ups) with a smokeless bluish flame right from get go and be only faintly visible. One pack the size and weight of twin tea bags will burn about 10 minutes regardless of conditions and will combust at such a high temp that it will get wet wood eventually going. I should say in addition, Compressed Trioxane fuel contains Metaformaldehyde and it is poisonous. Don’t mistake it for a candy bar or let it get mixed up w/ foods.
Lastly – I’ll relate that the most flourishing firebugs in the wilderness are creative!!!
There will be a whole lot of posts on spark plugs, batteries, fuel of various categories a range of states (solids liquids gasses)not to mention traditional flint/steel, bow, etc. - so I’ll name a few that maybe some have not tried or had success w/.
How about:
Spark plugs and a DEET impregnated bug jacket… your hair-doo might bear a resemblance to Einstein so take the jacket off first!!!
Lots may take a pop at the bullet and gun trick - guessing how to…
It’s actually performed best if you unseat the bullet then dump at least ˝ of the powder out onto your tinder preparations underneath a thin piece of material… also a few more ˝ rounds worth of powder if you can spare. –-- You then use an additional piece of material (cloth or whatever) and then pull the trigger. This in turn hits the primer, ignites the loose grains of powder and smolders the initial material (closer in proximity to the primer and powder blast) and finds true ignition underneath the second material on the tinder pile without blowing your remaining propellant or tinder preparations away.
Another is a simple 9 volt w/ wire igniters for model rocketry and a little nail polish painted on as waterproofing ahead of time.
On trips so many folks often fail to put in thier mindset that the biggest, by far most efficient fire lighter is in fact that blow torch we call our camp stove… NOT the fuel that goes inside it MIKE! Lol. :-)
Oodles of artistic and resourceful ways to get a spark that leads to fire… I do suggest like anything become knowledgeable and practice to have that beyond doubt skilled advantage!!!
Brian Richardson
http://www.northernrim.com
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