Thread: home made fire ligthers could save your life in the bush

Looks bloody good.

I like the idea of stuffing it into a plastic straw.

Char Cloth will easily take a spark and burn good too.

Char cloth is easy to make as well, sealed into a plastic bag with a lighter and or a magnesium stick and you'll always have a source to start a fire.

Cheers
Pete

Originally Posted by P38

Looks bloody good.

I like the idea of stuffing it into a plastic straw.

Char Cloth will easily take a spark and burn good too.

Char cloth is easy to make as well, sealed into a plastic bag with a lighter and or a magnesium stick and you'll always have a source to start a fire.

Cheers
Pete

yep i use char cloth a lot as you cant use firelighters in comps at the club most shoots we have a fire lighting comp just for fun but I practice for them as I enjoy doing them

the issue with char cloth is it only smolders and you need to parcel it up in tinder and blow it to a flame not a hard job if your tinder is dry but if its slightly damp that's when you run into issues still do able if you know were to find try tinder but I prefer something that goes from spark directly to flame for the real world
cheers
darryn

Originally Posted by rambo-6mmrem

yep i use char cloth a lot as you cant use firelighters in comps at the club most shoots we have a fire lighting comp just for fun but I practice for them as I enjoy doing them

the issue with char cloth is it only smolders and you need to parcel it up in tinder and blow it to a flame not a hard job if your tinder is dry but if its slightly damp that's when you run into issues still do able if you know were to find try tinder but I prefer something that goes from spark directly to flame for the real world
cheers
darryn

I'm learning heaps here. What is char cloth though? Cheers


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