Making fire with my EDC.

ducttapetech · **on:** May 31, 2015, 04:49:59 PM

I have not been able to get into the woods for a long while, so I stopped by my wood pile and see if I could get a fire going. And I wanted do it with my EDC.
Sooooooo, here are some pics.

Now its time to make the big pieces of firewood and make them smaller.

Making some shavings...

Now the fine shaving to light with the ferro rod.

Used the back of my wood saw on my SOG Powerlock to scrape the ferro rod and BOOM! FIRE! Oh yeah! Nate loves fire.

Adding the shaving

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ducttapetech · **Reply #1 on:** May 31, 2015, 04:52:09 PM

Added the bigger pieces and tried to get a cool shot with my Vulcan.

Nate
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ducttapetech · **Reply #2 on:** May 31, 2015, 04:55:43 PM

Also here is a cool trick to help with starting tinder with a ferro.

Take your wood saw a start sawing on a piece of wood and save the dust.

Then light with the ferro rod.
The pic does not really show the small flame but it is there.

Nate
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Aloha · **Reply #3 on:** May 31, 2015, 05:15:37 PM

very nice.

ducttapetech · **Reply #4 on:** May 31, 2015, 05:27:02 PM

Thanks!
While I was waiting for the fire to die out, I carved a quick fork out.

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SAK Guy · **Reply #5 on:** May 31, 2015, 06:01:09 PM

Wow Nate!!! Great Post!!!!!!

ducttapetech · **Reply #6 on:** May 31, 2015, 06:02:17 PM

Thanks SAK Guy!

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edcgear · **Reply #7 on:** May 31, 2015, 09:18:25 PM

That's great Nate.

zoidberg · **Reply #8 on:** June 01, 2015, 12:23:17 AM

Excellent.

I made a fire yesterday as well. But I lit it up with a gas torch.

mrynnr · **Reply #9 on:** June 01, 2015, 01:42:33 AM

Like the fork!

ducttapetech · **Reply #10 on:** June 01, 2015, 02:25:25 AM

Thanks everyone!

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Gareth · **Reply #11 on:** June 02, 2015, 02:54:01 PM

Great thread mate.

Either that fire took hours to die down, or you're much faster at carving than I am. I suspect I know which is the case.

ducttapetech · **Reply #12 on:** June 02, 2015, 03:02:09 PM

Thanks Gareth! How is your tarp set ups going? I just seen your thread. Good stuff!

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eddie1115 · **Reply #13 on:** June 02, 2015, 03:46:14 PM

Well done, impressive! It's good to know you're always set up to start a fire

magentus · **Reply #14 on:** June 02, 2015, 04:07:07 PM

Excellent post - Nice one Nate

ducttapetech · **Reply #15 on:** June 02, 2015, 04:28:21 PM

Thanks Eddie and magentus!

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SteveC · **Reply #16 on:** June 02, 2015, 05:35:24 PM

Quote from: magentus on June 02, 2015, 04:07:07 PM

Excellent post - Nice one Nate

+1 also love the fork great job

ducttapetech · **Reply #17 on:** June 02, 2015, 06:04:38 PM

Thanks Steve!

Nate
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Obi1shinobee · **Reply #18 on:** July 16, 2015, 05:28:19 AM

David · **Reply #19 on:** July 19, 2015, 06:10:01 AM

Grathr · **Reply #20 on:** July 19, 2015, 10:08:16 AM

How did I miss this?
Great thread Nate!
Do you baton a lot with folders? How do they hold up?

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ducttapetech · **Reply #21 on:** August 14, 2015, 03:16:56 PM

Thanks Grathr!
No I don't baton with my folders very much. The SOG Vulcan is one of the few folders that I can baton with and sometimes will. It can take it and will ask for more.

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enki_ck · **Reply #22 on:** August 14, 2015, 04:08:36 PM

Quote from: ducttapetech on August 14, 2015, 03:16:56 PM

Thanks Grathr!
No I don't baton with my folders very much. The SOG Vulcan is one of the few folders I will baton with. It can take it and will ask for more.

Nate
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Great thread.

Also, if batoning with a folder, it might be better to leave it unlocked so the locking mechanism doesn't suffer.