Fire craft & practice

[Gerhard Gerber]

Hi

After all the talk about char cloth I decided on a whim to use some of my char rope to start a fire.

Since this was in my back yard instead of the veld, I didn't have grass to help with the process.

I made shavings and slivers of wood from a date palm, very light wood and in my experience burns well and easily.

For the wood I had some stumps from an Avocado.

The char rope needs the tiniest spark from the ferro rod to get started....then the "fun" starts.....

I had my tinder between two pieces of Avo bark, and very quickly had the ember spreading to the tinder, lots of smoke and that sound of a blown flame, but the actual flame was a bit of a struggle.


The point of this post?

If you don't practice it's not worth smurf.......

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
If you don't take it out and use it,
It'll rust"
 

[ducttapetech]

Very well said. Gotta practice.

That's us mobile

[Aloha]

As with any skill its got to be practiced to the point of it being second nature. 

[strmliner]

Hi

After all the talk about char cloth I decided on a whim to use some of my char rope to start a fire.

Since this was in my back yard instead of the veld, I didn't have grass to help with the process.

I made shavings and slivers of wood from a date palm, very light wood and in my experience burns well and easily.

For the wood I had some stumps from an Avocado.

The char rope needs the tiniest spark from the ferro rod to get started....then the "fun" starts.....

I had my tinder between two pieces of Avo bark, and very quickly had the ember spreading to the tinder, lots of smoke and that sound of a blown flame, but the actual flame was a bit of a struggle.


The point of this post?

If you don't practice it's not worth smurf.......

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
If you don't take it out and use it,
It'll rust"
 

Well said!   

[rishardh]

+100. Also, when it rains or windy or it's cold get out and hone your skills. It's a completely different ball game with the elements are working against you. Lots of lessons could be learned about equipment and technique.

[Gerhard Gerber]

+100. Also, when it rains or windy or it's cold get out and hone your skills. It's a completely different ball game with the elements are working against you. Lots of lessons could be learned about equipment and technique.

Exactly.
Last time I was really out we got rained on, put on dry clothes on during what turned out to be a lull....and got my dry clothes drenched.
Got home to find that the poncho I couldn't find was in my bag after all.........doubt I could've gotten a fire started with a flame thrower 

[Poncho65]

Very true that these skills need to be practiced It helps that I really just love fire though

[Sparky415]

Very true that these skills need to be practiced It helps that I really just love fire though

 

 

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
If you don't take it out and use it,
It'll rust"
 

Everything I own has rust 

[Gerhard Gerber]

Very true that these skills need to be practiced It helps that I really just love fire though

Tell me, is it an international thing........."play with fire and you'll wet your bed"...........?

I've been a pyromaniac as long as my parents can remember 

[Poncho65]

Very true that these skills need to be practiced It helps that I really just love fire though

Tell me, is it an international thing........."play with fire and you'll wet your bed"...........?

I've been a pyromaniac as long as my parents can remember 

My mother told me when I was 2 I set the carpet on fire with a match She said she went into another room and came back and I had done it that quick I have heard the wet your bed thing but it sure has been a long time ago I even remember getting my first lighter, my mothers grandmother gave it to me and said you have to be trusted with stuff like this at some point in your life I think I might have been 10 at the time (why no one had trusted me before that is beyond me ) I have not to this day set carpet (since the incident when I was 2 ) or anything else that shouldn't have been on fire