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Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge

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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #450 on: April 26, 2024, 08:21:36 AM
Day 24 of 30

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I never really considered the larger tenacious and Rescilence knives, but after trying a smaller persistence when I need free shipping I'm now thinking I've been missing out haha


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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #451 on: April 26, 2024, 10:43:08 AM
Day 26
I really appreciate these transparent lighters.

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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #452 on: April 26, 2024, 10:46:53 AM
Is it because it is not multi purpose like some other utility knife?
I think the popluarity of a certain youtube video does bring a lot of attention to the Millwaukee utility knife in the past years, and I still have yet to get one.

It's supposed to be small, but it's really thick, and extremely heavy. And it's not as well-made as the regular Fiskars utility knife. This one has a lot of play when closed and when opened. But the pivot is not a screw I can tighten to reduce the play.
The Gerber EAB is miles better than this, if you're looking for a small folding utility knife.


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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #453 on: April 26, 2024, 07:50:34 PM
Day 26



I tried starting fire with this 8 W2 leds Hanklight (approximately 7000-8000 lumens?), but wasn't successful.  I have seen it done on YT in the past, and my wild guess is the relative humidity is usually really high where I live and it's been raining for the past few days, so it's even harder to make it lit.


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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #454 on: April 26, 2024, 07:52:30 PM
It's supposed to be small, but it's really thick, and extremely heavy. And it's not as well-made as the regular Fiskars utility knife. This one has a lot of play when closed and when opened. But the pivot is not a screw I can tighten to reduce the play.
The Gerber EAB is miles better than this, if you're looking for a small folding utility knife.
Thanks for the feedback, if I were to get one, I am thinking maybe the Milwaukee one?  It looks kinda promising, not super heavy and has a small 1/4 bit adapter which is quite handy.


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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #455 on: April 26, 2024, 07:55:29 PM
I carry mine in a Ziploc bag with the rest of my fire kit, so that keeps everything dry.
Thanks for chiming in, Ziploc bag is definitely a great rainproof/waterproof solution for anything outdoor.

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Smart move Nate, the test confirms that the striker is completely destroyed when wet. I would have thought it would be more durable like wet/dry sandpaper.    [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ]    [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ]  
Carrying a dry strip inside the container is a good move, and sometimes I do miss those 'strike anywhere' matches, which I bet it will work even with a MT or SAK file...


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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #456 on: April 26, 2024, 09:00:09 PM
Day 26

Strike anywhere would be nice.. sometimes strike nowhere works too.

 
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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #457 on: April 26, 2024, 09:19:49 PM
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I tried starting fire with this 8 W2 leds Hanklight (approximately 7000-8000 lumens?), but wasn't successful.  I have seen it done on YT in the past, and my wild guess is the relative humidity is usually really high where I live and it's been raining for the past few days, so it's even harder to make it lit.
That light looks very floody.  My first thought would be that you may have enough output power, but need a way to focus the beam.


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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #458 on: April 26, 2024, 10:33:22 PM

day 26:

hoping to get a chance to try these 2 out over the weekend

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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #459 on: Today at 06:04:44 AM
Day 26

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I tried starting fire with this 8 W2 leds Hanklight (approximately 7000-8000 lumens?), but wasn't successful.  I have seen it done on YT in the past, and my wild guess is the relative humidity is usually really high where I live and it's been raining for the past few days, so it's even harder to make it lit.

I've never tried with a flashlight, but I suspect it has a lot to do with the focal point of the lense. I doubt any of my lights are strong enough to do it. None of my lights break 2000 lumens, most are even below 1000 lumens, But now I'm now wondering if multiple of them combined might work....hmm

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Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #460 on: Today at 06:12:52 AM
Day 25

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Nice Zippo

Day 25

Smart move Nate, the test confirms that the striker is completely destroyed when wet. I would have thought it would be more durable like wet/dry sandpaper.    [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ]    [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ]
That is why I don’t like matches that require a strike pad, you have to keep it dry. 

Day 25

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Imco keeps a new Hanklight D4K triple channel company.(that's a mouth full). 

Really liking many of the Hanklight offerings--you could practically choose any popular led installed in the light with different functions/configuration.  This particular one has dual white/Red/UV led all installed on the same chassis. 

Thanks to the Anduril flashlight software, it does make it rather easy to operate, despite a complex configuration.
Of course you are going to talk flashlights, one of my weaknesses.

Day 25

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I have something similar called Spark-Lite, it is handy.


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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #461 on: Today at 06:16:27 AM
Here are a couple of my favorite fire starters all together.



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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #462 on: Today at 06:34:48 AM
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