 True Survivalist can make fire using NO man made materials. This is what I call "PRIMITIVE fire starting" and what we will focus on in this post. This means a friction fire and dry materials to work with. Even then, its not easy and it takes practice. Preparation and selecting the right wood represents at least 51% of a successful fire.  |
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For those who haven't tried it, I'm going to assure you that true primitive fire building is challenging. But as we have taught in our Rule of 3 which we use for setting survival priorities, shelter and warmth is our #3 top priority. In a wilderness survival situation, #2 is likely irrelevant, making shelter and warmth our #2 priority.
In studying fire building, I found an awesome website on making fire, so rather than re-invent the wheel, I am going to simply list links to their site and add comments within the links. So here we go.
Stay Hunting on Fire building
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Hand Drill
Simple components, but hard to generate fire. Requires a dry little finger diameter "drill" rod about the length of your lower leg or arm and it must be straight and smooth. The bottom end should be roughed up, or sanded with a rock; the top end pointed and smooth. Soft Popular, Cyprus, Willow, Cedar woods are good to use. A dry fire board with a new hole and V notch in the edge is the second component, along with a base board to catch the coal. Then after about 2 minutes of hard work, you should have a coal.
Simple components, but hard to generate fire. Requires a dry little finger diameter "drill" rod about the length of your lower leg or arm and it must be straight and smooth. The bottom end should be roughed up, or sanded with a rock; the top end pointed and smooth. Soft Popular, Cyprus, Willow, Cedar woods are good to use. A dry fire board with a new hole and V notch in the edge is the second component, along with a base board to catch the coal. Then after about 2 minutes of hard work, you should have a coal.
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Fire Plow
Female sotol or yucca, found in dry regions, is the best wood to use. With a minute and 20 second of friction work, you can have a coal.
Female sotol or yucca, found in dry regions, is the best wood to use. With a minute and 20 second of friction work, you can have a coal.
3. Bow Drill
This is the easiest method, IF you have good cordage. If not, you can spend more time finding, making and repairing cords than building fire with the Hand Drill.
4. Fire Saw
With large dry bamboo takes about 1 minute of friction generating work after 10-15 minutes of getting ready.
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