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Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge

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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #330 on: April 16, 2024, 01:08:50 AM
Posting pics from the weekend and today.

DAY 13   Pink Bic. 







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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #331 on: April 16, 2024, 01:10:39 AM
DAY 14  Vic Hercules with a FireAnt



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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #332 on: April 16, 2024, 01:12:04 AM
DAY  15  Tax Day.   :facepalm:  My old Ranger with a Firefly out in the wife's new garden bed.




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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #333 on: April 16, 2024, 01:14:02 AM
Day 15
Expecting rain, luckily I just planted a few pounds of flower, clover, etc etc seeds.
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Ingenious pic! 


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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #334 on: April 16, 2024, 02:59:52 AM
Don't you dare catch those scales on fire.  :o

With these matches it’s possible! Things go off like a firecracker.
Ingenious pic! 

Thanks!  :cheers: Those pliers make a nice little stand for small objects and keep the fingers from getting singed. 


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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #335 on: April 16, 2024, 06:38:20 AM
Day 14

Used my zippo to seal up the ends of this poly cord to make a lanyard.

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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #336 on: April 16, 2024, 06:39:31 AM
Day 15

These 2 are almost out of fluid.  Going to make strikers out of them like ReamerPunch.


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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #337 on: April 16, 2024, 07:16:46 AM
🔥DAY 15🔥



this was my carry today. titanium embassy pen, FX, manker striker and brass zippo.

some great posts here folks  :cheers:


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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #339 on: April 16, 2024, 12:45:06 PM
Day 15 of 30

I carried a Ronson Jet Lite today.

 
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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #340 on: April 16, 2024, 05:44:45 PM
day 15:

a bit late, was getting some errors yesterday

Solving problems you didn't know you had in the most obscure way possible

"And now, it's time to hand this over to our tame race axe driver. Some say, he can live in the forest for six months at a time without food, and he knows of a secret tribe of only women where he is their God. All we know is, he's call the Styx!" - TazzieRob


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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #341 on: April 16, 2024, 08:12:40 PM
Day 16
Eagle Torch representing today. I have been using this thing for 5-6 years now. 
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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #342 on: April 16, 2024, 10:18:40 PM
day 16:

really underestimated this little guy at the beginning



Solving problems you didn't know you had in the most obscure way possible

"And now, it's time to hand this over to our tame race axe driver. Some say, he can live in the forest for six months at a time without food, and he knows of a secret tribe of only women where he is their God. All we know is, he's call the Styx!" - TazzieRob


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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #343 on: April 17, 2024, 01:43:03 AM
🔥DAY 16🔥



my carry today along with some rather enjoyable light reading.  :cheers:



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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #344 on: April 17, 2024, 05:19:01 AM
Day 16

So... I was a little too vigorous in my attempt to create fire with my Minichamp.

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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #345 on: April 17, 2024, 05:58:54 AM
Day 17
My Deluxe Tinker and my largest ferro rod

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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #346 on: April 17, 2024, 12:47:04 PM
Day 16 of 30

Ronson Jet Lite again today, and all my Starrett mics.


 
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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #347 on: April 17, 2024, 05:54:55 PM
Day 16 (make up)

Since I got an Austrian made IMCO in hand, I would like to share a few findings I have learned from online resources and what I had observed by comparing this Austrian made IMCO vs other IMCO.  Someone wrote a very detailed comparison guide on reddit, I would encourage anyone interested to really check that out.



Austrian made Imco usually would have 'IMCO PAT' writing inside the body, and the flint spring has higher coil count.



L: Potentially Chinese made IMCO(more on this later);  R:Austrian made IMCO

Austrian IMCO tends to have a looser snuffer(some say for a better seal), the flint wheel is not straight-lined and has a bulbous rivet joint.  The Austrian body supposedly is made of plated carbon steel, so it is very rusty once the plating worn out and it is magnetic.  Chinese made IMCO tends to be made in stainless steel.



Sometimes the Chinese made one would have 'come of Austria' at the end of fuel tank, which is a total giveaway.  The overall snuffer and flint compartment has tighter tolerance, but the unchamfered corners are also sharper than the ones found on the other Imco.


Now what strikes me as interesting is the alleged Chinese Imco I have is actually just as magnetic as the Austrian Imco, and the snuffer is also loose as the Austrian one.  However, the straight-lined flint wheel is quite typical of a Chinese made Imco...I am starting to wonder whether this is an earlier version, which the Chinese factory maybe using left over parts from Austria? :dunno:

Anyhow, common preconception is that Chinese Imco are imitation and inferior to the originally made Austrian ones, personally I think it is just a well designed product evolved over time and different material. 

Essentially when the Japanese Windmill company brought out Imco and relocate the production to China, the only major change was to make it with stainless steel, instead of carbon steel.  Maybe there is tolerance issue here and there, but overall I would consider it a decent improvement, especially when you consider the lower price tag and the longevity with the newer material.
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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #348 on: April 17, 2024, 05:57:28 PM
Day 17



A lesser known Japanese brand, Penguin, made this retro gas lighter.


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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #349 on: April 17, 2024, 08:43:50 PM
day 17:

finally got a chance to work on my little project. one of the parts will be a charring tin







Solving problems you didn't know you had in the most obscure way possible

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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #350 on: April 17, 2024, 09:39:26 PM
DAY 16  The easiest fire tool for work is a Bic.




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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #351 on: April 17, 2024, 09:41:24 PM
DAY 17  Huntsman with fire starter on a hike.  No fire starting on a hike because wildfires are a risk right now.



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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #352 on: April 17, 2024, 09:41:39 PM
 Comis, thank you for the information on IMCO lighters, it is very helpful.  I have posted pics of two Imco lighters, I have a third one that has the "come of" on it, yeah that is a big giveaway.  I bought it anyway, it was a good price.   :tu:    :hatsoff:    :cheers:


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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #353 on: April 17, 2024, 09:43:40 PM
day 17:

finally got a chance to work on my little project. one of the parts will be a charring tin


That is great!  I have a shoe polish tin or two I need to do that with!   :tu:


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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #354 on: April 17, 2024, 11:53:49 PM
Day 17 of 30

My Lufkin mics hard at work, with a few friends visiting.

 
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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #355 on: April 18, 2024, 03:20:37 AM
Day 16 &17





For got to post yesterday evening. We had a storage unit broken in a week or so ago and we got a call from the police saying they recovered some of our stuff so that was a pleasant surprise. Even if it meant driving an hour away to pick it up.


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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #356 on: April 18, 2024, 03:50:42 AM
Day 17
 
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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #357 on: April 18, 2024, 04:23:57 AM
Day 17

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A lesser known Japanese brand, Penguin, made this retro gas lighter.

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very nice Penguin
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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #358 on: April 18, 2024, 04:27:26 AM
🔥DAY 17🔥



just a light carry today because i did some inspections on a friends property.

cloudy and rainy here so no mag fire attempts.


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Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge
Reply #359 on: April 18, 2024, 06:35:55 AM
Day 17

Is was too cloudy to try using this today.

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