My Fire Kit

[islandpiper]

Here are some pics of my fire kit.   It is in one of those little tin mint boxes, useful for cooking more charcloth.  The striker was made by a smith friend from the coil spring out of a garage door lifter. 







It works good, easy to get a live spark in the char, and i have learned to keep some fat pine shavings in the box, too. 

Not as fast as a Bic Lighter, but just as dependable.   

piper

[Stonedog]

NIce kit Piper!

If I may make a suggestion?

I carry a similar kit.....one thing that I learned is to lay a thin piece of leather (not oiled at all or oil tanned!) over the char cloth.....then lay my steel and flint over that.....it will keep the flint/steel from turning the charcloth into carbon dust....

[islandpiper]

Thanks Stonedog.   I'll do just that.  I have some home tanned buckskin that will do nicely.   

(geez, , why didn't I think of that?)

piper

[JW_Halverson]

I stopped using whole cloth and now use threads I have pulled apart and then wadded into a ball.  You can pull of what you need and when the charred threads are fluffed a little they really catch sparks!

[huntertrapper]

Nice kit man...i have one similiar but i have a modern piece of "flint" too. But i use fryer lint as amy starter works real well and ignites doesnt just hold a char.