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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
Bear Grylls takes a canteen, knife and "flint" with him on his trips. Plus a few other things he sometimes forgets to mention.
Anyway, I've watched him make fires. And I've seen the shower of sparks from his flint that instantly light his tinder.
I know flint, and true flint barely makes a few sparks, none of which will cause a fire to start instantly.
I think this is what Bear is actually using:
http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-...restarter.html
Which has magnesium in it.
I'm going to try and make a fire with a bowdrill, though I can pretty much guarantee that I will fail. |
9-volt battery and steel wool. Put the steel wool in amongst your tinder - apply battery. Instant fire.
You should be able to start several fires on a single 9-volt battery (you might want to experiment to determine how many times you can start a fire on a single battery before it runs out of charge).