Fire lighting kit

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Ahh, tis wee George.



Just the brass zippo and Cricket for me.

Sometimes I carry matches if the whim takes me, but I don't like rattle.

Matches never last long with me, I'm kinda addicted to flame

[Leatherman123]

I have quite a few different fire starters! I have many lighters from Bic to Collibri ( I know I spelt it wrong!) I have another really nice lighter my Papa gave to me that has a cigar cutter! It was like 700 bucks!

[WhichDawg]

700 buck lighter! 700+ bear knife!
<---thinks L123 needs an adopted, big brother! 

[hawkchucker]

This is the case I carry my flint and steel in. The burning lens really works and the piece looks sweet. I can carry everything in the thing from the stone(you may have to napp one a bit) to the striker and charcloth. I do recomend charcloth it is cheap and very easy to make.
http://www.crazycrow.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=5550-010-1&Category_Code=834-000-000&Product_Count=0

[hawkchucker]

By the way I recomend the company. Very good prices on throwing hawks!!!

[WhichDawg]

very nice tobacco box! I might get one, thx

[Leatherman123]

LOL!

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

This is the case I carry my flint and steel in. The burning lens really works and the piece looks sweet. I can carry everything in the thing from the stone(you may have to napp one a bit) to the striker and charcloth. I do recomend charcloth it is cheap and very easy to make.
http://www.crazycrow.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=5550-010-1&Category_Code=834-000-000&Product_Count=0

Nice gear, and a very nice box too mate

[hawkchucker]

Thanks It is part of the reinacting gear that I carry when I go trekking. I usually go off and just hike alone for one week with just primative gear and only what I can carry. Funny thing is I usually prefer the old gear to the new stuff. With practice you can reallly be faster with the old stuff than the new. At rendevous we usually get a fire by flint in under 5 sec.(that is with prepped tinder)

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Thanks It is part of the reinacting gear that I carry when I go trekking. I usually go off and just hike alone for one week with just primative gear and only what I can carry. Funny thing is I usually prefer the old gear to the new stuff. With practice you can reallly be faster with the old stuff than the new. At rendevous we usually get a fire by flint in under 5 sec.(that is with prepped tinder)

The old way's worked for thousands of years, you can't put that knowledge in a clamshell

[hawkchucker]

Plus it has a cool factor in being able to do it.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Plus it has a cool factor in being able to do it.

I'm not brilliant at the flint and steel method, but I am getting better, and just as soon as he's old enough I'm gona make sure my boy knows the old ways too

[hawkchucker]

Get him into that and into a compass. It will open the world for him.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Get him into that and into a compass. It will open the world for him.

Oh trust me, the boy will know not to be scared of the great outdoor's, respect it, but not fear it

[hawkchucker]

Thing that is a shame is how today people shy away from the outdoors. I actually used to get in trouble if I did not have a pocket knife and a book of matches on me.

Myself my brother and cousins all would spend most every night even the school ones camping in our yards. We would actually follow the receding snow line further from the home.

At the age of about 12 we were trusted to walk by ourselves 1 mile through the woods to get to the shooting area our dads all set up and spend hours plinking away with our .22 and we never shot ourselves.

Unfortunatly times are changing and I really would hate to be a kid today.