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I used a hudsonbay tin inside a custom pouch that holds my fero rod. The lid of the tin has a 4x magnification so solar ignition. Inside I keep flent and steel, char cloth, horse hoof fungus, birch bark, sulfur matches, jute twine, mug wort, and a few small bits of fat wood.
If I'm in wet conditions I keep a few sticks of fat wood to help create a fire by scraping them with the spine of my knife and then igniting it with a fero rod. Then using the other pieces to extend the fire until I can get my bigger wood to catch. Then I remove the fat wood and reuse it.
I prefer using a bow drill but sometimes that method doesn't work (most the time everyone is inpatient and complains about the time it takes) so I keep my fire kit on me at all times to make things easier.
In my bags I go have the standard altoids tin that I can char materials with since I don't use the hudsonbay tin for that, and I do have a couple vasoline cotton balls as a lazy man's method. Also, you can bury material by your fire and char materials if you don't have a container.
