A possible alternative to Maya Dust?

[Fraxinus]

I had one of those bright ideas, you know the type, those that will get in trouble with the o/h or your mum.
Well I have some birch bark harvested from a wind felled tree on a friends farm and as you know to get it to light from a spark you have to scuff it up a bit but then a slight breeze and it's gone! So, I thought about pre-scuffing and saving it in a tin that could act as a windshield.......but that was not the bright idea I refer to!

This was:-





I got a small pinch of it to ignite with a ferro rod but it went out before I could get a pic and with the new fire alarm system here at Fraxinus towers using more is a no no so further testing will have to wait for the next trip out but I am very hopeful of positive results. This could be a more easily accessible alternative to Maya Dust.
I will let you know how I get on.

Rob.

[Paul De Fitter]

Hmmmm
Interesting, looking forward to seeing the results.

[OakAshandThorn]

There's an idea!
Awaiting your findings

[Peaks]

Good idea!
To avoid domestic disputes....I wonder if you could use a cheap pepper mill or coffee grinder?

[Valantine]

You can get grinders at a low price now in places like tesco

[Tigger004]

Nice one, I too await your findings.... It's nice when someone else does all the hard work and failures....lol

[Fraxinus]

It's nice when someone else does all the hard work and failures....lol

Let us not talk of failure.....an unwanted result from an experiment is merely a step towards the right experiment
I hope
I will post my results either way but my plans for saturday have been altered due to work, such is life!

Rob.

[FishyFolk]

If you collect the paper thin outer lose layers of a young birch the tree will take no damage, this is about to fall off in the first heavy wind anyway.
And it will ignite at a spark. No need to prepare it. Just gather it in a ball, and light it with a ferro rod. Then use thicker and coarser birch bark f.eks from a deadfall to build up the flame,
as the thin stuff will burn off in a minute or so...

[Rasputin]

If you collect the paper thin outer lose layers of a young birch the tree will take no damage, this is about to fall off in the first heavy wind anyway.
And it will ignite at a spark. No need to prepare it. Just gather it in a ball, and light it with a ferro rod. Then use thicker and coarser birch bark f.eks from a deadfall to build up the flame,
as the thin stuff will burn off in a minute or so...

Thats the stuff I use Rune, It works fine ! heres 1 I made earlier

[Sylvanbilly]

Thats the stuff I use Rune, It works fine ! heres 1 I made earlier

U use a bic lighter Ken
Hehe