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Fire Making Badge request

us Offline Adam5

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Fire Making Badge request
on: November 27, 2021, 05:39:55 PM
Another badge that I have thought about trying to acquire. Farmer X's thread goaded me into make an attempt.

I was going to use a magnesium bar that I had bought from Northern Tools some months ago, but I have misplaced it  :D
Plan B was to use steel wool and a battery, but I only had stainless steel wool and I did not think that would work.
Then, I remembered that one of my Chinese MTs came with a ferro rod. Ignition source solved  :tu:


I created a nest using dried weeds and added some fat wood shavings. I assembled some twigs and dried leaves in a fire pit and attempted to create 🔥
(I found that the spine of the PST knife blade did not have a sharp enough edge to scrape shavings from the ferro rod, so I used the can opener.)

No luck! The magnesium shavings kept falling through the nest before they could ignite anything. Before cheating by using lighter fluid, I decided to create a lot of very fine fat wood shavings by scraping my PST blade back and forth over the fat wood. I sprinkled these shavings over the nest, hoping that they would catch some magnesium shavings and ignite.


Success!


us Offline SteveC

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Re: Fire Making Badge request
Reply #1 on: November 27, 2021, 05:51:48 PM
Excellent !  That's the way to get a badge   :like: :tu:


Awarded !   


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Re: Fire Making Badge request
Reply #2 on: November 27, 2021, 06:01:35 PM
Thanks Steve!


gb Offline SurgeUk

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Re: Fire Making Badge request
Reply #3 on: November 27, 2021, 08:34:33 PM
Excellent !  That's the way to get a badge   :like: :tu:


Awarded !

  :like: :iagree: +1 I'll have to try something like this soon  :think:
They don't like it up 'em!


us Offline Poncho65

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Re: Fire Making Badge request
Reply #4 on: November 27, 2021, 09:18:04 PM
Great job and pics,  Adam :like: and congrats on the badge  :cheers:


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Re: Fire Making Badge request
Reply #5 on: November 27, 2021, 10:25:19 PM
Thank you guys  :cheers:


us Offline Farmer X

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Re: Fire Making Badge request
Reply #6 on: November 27, 2021, 11:59:09 PM
Well done! Glad to hear I was able to persuade you to seek the badge.
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Re: Fire Making Badge request
Reply #7 on: November 28, 2021, 01:21:21 AM
Thanks Dan  :cheers:


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Re: Fire Making Badge request
Reply #8 on: November 28, 2021, 09:01:25 AM
Great effort and fire.


us Offline Adam5

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Re: Fire Making Badge request
Reply #9 on: November 28, 2021, 12:52:24 PM
Thanks Sherry  :cheers:

First fire I have ever started without a match, lighter, or torch.


 

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