Iceman's Homemade Firestarter

[robb92]

Interesting and cool, will have to make some and throw in the pack.

[ICEMAN]

Wow guys....glad you like.... 

Maybe I should have started to sell them     

Hey just kidding...really a fun little rainy day project....take over the kitchen! Test fire a few in the living room!

[Skyvalhunter]

Great idea Ice thanks for sharing!!!

[addicted]

sweet ice.

maybe some of you youngins that weren't around for it,

is this the one ice?
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,4351.msg46526.html#msg46526

[NoBark]

Have you guys tried the cotton balls with vasaline rubbed into them until they are soaked?  Works darn good.

For kicks though, you gotta get a couple of Frito brand "Frito's" chips and light 'em off.
Dang things burn for like 4 minutes

[Michelle_Nelson]

   I just tried lighting a frito.  Thats pretty cool. 

Now I will be wondering around the house tomarrow trying to light different things on fire just to see what happens. 

[logger]

I keep little slivers of pitch from an old stump in my pack works pretty good.

[ICEMAN]

  I just tried lighting a frito.  Thats pretty cool. 

Now I will be wondering around the house tomarrow trying to light different things on fire just to see what happens. 

Really? Try this then; unzip your bean bag chair and throw a lighted match inside and see what happens....   Have a hose ready and you may want to call 911 first....

[Michelle_Nelson]

  I just tried lighting a frito.  Thats pretty cool. 

Now I will be wondering around the house tomarrow trying to light different things on fire just to see what happens. 

Really? Try this then; unzip your bean bag chair and throw a lighted match inside and see what happens....   Have a hose ready and you may want to call 911 first....

Don't know if I will need a hose.  I will throw it out in the yard on top of the 2 feet of snow, lol.

It would just be my luck that I don't have a bean bag chair.  Next time I am at Wal-Mart I think I will buy one. 

[stumprat]

I keep little slivers of pitch from an old stump in my pack works pretty good.

 

[logger]

thanks man I thought I was the only one . my dad always told told me what i needed was usalluly right in front of me.

[farmin4u_98948]

Good stuff but you still have to get it to light. Whats the fool proof way to do that.

[ICEMAN]

Good stuff but you still have to get it to light. Whats the fool proof way to do that.

Personally, I am always sure to carry an old fashioned bic lighter on a cord around my neck when out in the woods. I am also have a lighter, and a few different types of matches in my fire kit in my pack. Plus that last resort magnesium/ferrocium fire starter.....overkill I'm sure, but I am a wuss and worry about it....

[M_ray]

Dude your'e like Mcguyver!! And then look at you using the Mythbusters testing site!!!

Oh and BTW Michelle if you are going to carry around the bean bag chair hunting you may need a bigger pack!

[Wolf Track]

This is a great idea Iceman...

I've been teaching survival classes for the last couple years and this will be a good one to show others...

With your permission of course...

We have so much beetle kill out here any more that it's very easy to come up with a high energy fire starter...

I've cut my teeth in the Cascades and Olympics and fires were one of our biggest concerns...

One of the little fire starters we built in Scouts:


Film container
Wax
Candle wick
Small weights


Put the weight on the end of the wick
Place it in center bottom of container
Pour in wax

When wax hardens and makes a little candle inside the film container, put the lid on

If you don't fill them totally full, they will float and even if moisture gets in, they will light if wet

If memory serves me right, these seem to burn for 10-20 minutes depending on how large you make the wick

The larger the wick, the faster but hotter it burns

They will last for ever and are hard enough to not crush in a rough and tumble hunting/hiking pack...