Do you long to be able to get a satisfactory friction fire going the first time? Have you had lots of trouble achieving this very goal throughout your long and storied wilderness career? You're not alone.
Very few people have the knowledge and remarkable skill required to pull this off. Most spend hours, red-faced and sweat dripping onto their hearth board, on this task only to give up and pull out their matches or lighter.
Some give up after just a few minutes. The most important thing to know is that patience will prosper. Well, patience and a few tricks maybe nobody ever told you.
If you want to be able to pull off this great feat of fire starting sorcery, you may need a different sort of wood, or straighter spindle sticks, or maybe your hearth board just isn't prepared correctly. But, chances are, it's all in the execution.
So, if you have the patience, maybe you should learn a new trick or two from the video on the following page.
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Familiar with the pomaganate method?
This bow-strap method is dead on effective given a small pinch – with or without sugar or sand. Conserves the chemical and makes less frustration in wet conditions. It’s my favorite method… Which is why my fero rod will last till I’m 70.
Would you like to use my lighter ?
You aren’t prepared if you need to rub two sticks together
All good until you lose all your gear and are stranded naked and afraid. Then what’s your lighter going to be good for? Or any of your gear for that matter. What about long term?
I got it covered
James Cameron
What if you lose your lighter? It gets wet, or runs out of fluid? I have six lighters, and magnesium sticks, in my kit. But still am working on, and practicing with friction methods.
Marc Stocum
I like it. BUT, I think it would be a little easier if you added the bow part of the equation.