A quick fire

LostViking

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#5
Here is another one from yesterday.

Sorry Gobs, no M34s involved. However, nature’s incendiary was used.

I had a free Saturday afternoon. Which has been rare lately. Even more rare was the fact that it wasn’t snowing or raining.

Some fire prep,


Some feathers, some shavings from the spine,



It’s been extremely wet here. Between the snow and the rain. So I decided to hedge my bets and add a little birch bark to catch some sparks. Mostly due to the lack of availibility of White Phosphorus.


I scraped a little off the fire rod on top of the pile before I went for the spark. It took off fairly fast.


Fast enough, that I felt compelled to get Brian’s knife out of harm’s way immediately after this shot.


Nothing overly technical or challenging. But it’s a comforting feeling, knowing you can get a fire going in wet conditions, with just a knife and a ferro rod.

Adding more fuel,



Sometimes it takes the simple low stress things to recharge my batteries.