Fire starting methods

[Obi1shinobee]

Fire kits 

[styx]

Nice set up

[kkokkolis]

The fire parafernalia of a traditional Greek sepherd of the mountains.


Left to right, priovolos, stournari and yska.


Priovolos is a metal aparatus, with which they also sharpened their knives.
Stournari is a kind of flint.
Yska is derived from a fungus of the vine trees.


The way they used them:





Types of priovola







The fungus yska is made off





A more advanced use of yska, the tsakmaki (around WWI)

[TazzieRob]

That's great, kkokkolis 

[Don Pablo]

What's the fire risk over at the UK in summer?

It's near nil I would say here in Ireland. 
Rainfall chart for Dublin, one of the drier parts:

In the driest months, 14 wet days a month. 

[Don Pablo]

[Top-Gear-24]

I already have a Light My Fire Army Firesteel, and a bic lighter in my bug out gear, so I got myself something new last weekend.  I haven't tested or taken pics of it myself (yet), but here's a youtube video so you guys know what I'm talking about:



Since it only costed 9,95 Euro, I thought it was worth a try  .

[styx]

So when are you trying it out?

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The fire parafernalia of a traditional Greek sepherd of the mountains.


Left to right, priovolos, stournari and yska.


Priovolos is a metal aparatus, with which they also sharpened their knives.
Stournari is a kind of flint.
Yska is derived from a fungus of the vine trees.


The way they used them:





Types of priovola




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The fungus yska is made off


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A more advanced use of yska, the tsakmaki (around WWI)


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Why do I have a feeling that similar technologies were developed or adopted from other cultures in all parts of the world because they were efficient? Also reminds me that I migt want to get a steel striker just for the fun of it

[Gerhard Gerber]

I already have a Light My Fire Army Firesteel, and a bic lighter in my bug out gear, so I got myself something new last weekend.  I haven't tested or taken pics of it myself (yet), but here's a youtube video so you guys know what I'm talking about:



Since it only costed 9,95 Euro, I thought it was worth a try  .

I've made something similar using the Survivorman recipe, so I want that! 

My own version worked to a degree, you need patience and to make peace with spot blindness 

[Syncop8r]

How well does it work at night? 

[kkokkolis]

Not to mention total solar eclipses! 

[Aloha]

@TG24 I've not seen that before 

[Top-Gear-24]

How well does it work at night? 

It works just fine at night (since it's made to hold a mini bic Lighter  ).

Anyway, tested it a couple of days ago with a piece of paper in it and the paper cought fire in about 30 seconds, I'm guessing it will be faster mid summer.

[styx]

That could be interesting to test in the winter when the sun isn't that strong

[Top-Gear-24]

That could be interesting to test in the winter when the sun isn't that strong

I'll give it a try mid winter  .