I lit my first fire using a ferro rod last night!
I don't have pictures, but I tried the following:
Dry Paper towel
Paper towel w/ Canola Oil
Paper towel spritzed with Olive Oil
Dryer Lint
Cedar strips
Paper Towel variations: The dry paper towel was the easiest of the 3 paper towels to light, but still took a bit of trying. I know Canola oil has a super-high flashpoint but I wanted to try something different. The Olive Oil spritz required a good deal of magnesium shavings and didn't burn any better than regular paper towel
Dryer Lint: Lit almost immediately with no magnesium shavings. Burned for a good 45 seconds or so (it was a big piece).
Cedar strips: I took a really big handful of cedar strips, smashed them into a ball and continued smashing and pulling, working it into a fluffy, fibrous, breathable bird's nest that caught without using any magnesium. I used it to light a log-cabin fire last night! It was very humid out here in the woods, so it took a LOT of blowing to catch the kindling, but I had 2-3 handfuls of small and medium-sized kindling already cut to size and ready to go. Once the small kindling caught, I was able to use the larger pieces and it took off! I was super proud, as that's the first time I've lit a fire without a lighter or liquid fuel.
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Awesome sauce!
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"'...what it is to be a bondservant thou knowest full well, but of freedom thou hast never yet made trial, to know whether it be a sweet thing or not. For if ever thou hadst experience thereof, thou wouldest counsel us to fight for it not with spears only but with axes.' Thus the Spartans answered Hydarnes." - Herodotus
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"'...what it is to be a bondservant thou knowest full well, but of freedom thou hast never yet made trial, to know whether it be a sweet thing or not. For if ever thou hadst experience thereof, thou wouldest counsel us to fight for it not with spears only but with axes.' Thus the Spartans answered Hydarnes." - Herodotus
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