FishyFolk
19-01-2013, 05:49 PM
My friend Odd form the Norwegian Bushcraft channel on YT who sent me chaga the other day, also got tired of me whinging about my inability to make friction fire work, every time he
makes fire with it in his videos, so he included some timber in the form of a pine log in the shipment of chaga.
So tonight I snuck into the man cave, and got my Mora 711 out and whitled myself a bow and spindle set.
It's a little dark in there, sp I needed a better lit place for the test - the kitchen floor :cool:
Anyway set to work with some aluminum foil under the board and after a minute I had smoke!
Carving a notch and after another 45 seconds work, I had an ember!
:campfire:
The wife took a dim view to me lighting a fire in her kitchen, so further tests are postponed until daylight tomorrow. Only problem is I promised the kids I'd take them to the
ski rsort tomorrow. But not going to ski myself, so I will set up camp in the treeline at the bottom of the mountain, perhaps with a hammock and a camp fire.
If not to many muggles around I might get the courage up to lit it with friction fire. :evilgrin:
we will see....mean while, I am having a beer!
:cool:
makes fire with it in his videos, so he included some timber in the form of a pine log in the shipment of chaga.
So tonight I snuck into the man cave, and got my Mora 711 out and whitled myself a bow and spindle set.
It's a little dark in there, sp I needed a better lit place for the test - the kitchen floor :cool:
Anyway set to work with some aluminum foil under the board and after a minute I had smoke!
Carving a notch and after another 45 seconds work, I had an ember!
:campfire:
The wife took a dim view to me lighting a fire in her kitchen, so further tests are postponed until daylight tomorrow. Only problem is I promised the kids I'd take them to the
ski rsort tomorrow. But not going to ski myself, so I will set up camp in the treeline at the bottom of the mountain, perhaps with a hammock and a camp fire.
If not to many muggles around I might get the courage up to lit it with friction fire. :evilgrin:
we will see....mean while, I am having a beer!
:cool: