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Anonymous Mon 14 May 2018 22:18:37 No.1270969 View View Reply Original Report

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What's your go to fire starter?
I usually go with a vaseline soaked cotton ball.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 May 2018 22:38:55 No.1270975 Report

Quoted By: >>1270984 >>1270988

A thread died for this.
However, I keep some of those wrapped in wax paper in my pack. Here in the Ouachitas I rarely use them since dry stuff is easy to find. Other than that a couple cheap Bic lighters do the job.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 May 2018 22:48:18 No.1270984 Report

Quoted By: >>1270994

>>1270975
I was just interested to know other fire starting methods, I live in new england and its not always easy to find really dry stuff to simply light up with a bic.

Zuriss !!S/L/65CPWjy

Zuriss !!S/L/65CPWjy Mon 14 May 2018 22:48:25 No.1270985 Report

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>>1270969
After the Texas "winter" is over I grab a couple boxes of those giant wax and sawdust fire place matches. Rip them into 3 pieces then toss a few into a Ziploc bag. Pull out a piece and flic my bic then just add sticks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 May 2018 22:51:39 No.1270988 Report

Quoted By: >>1270994

>>1270975
>A thread died for this
when a thread drops into the /out/ archive that means it didn't have a response for 3 days. they're already fucking dead.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 May 2018 22:52:58 No.1270989 Report

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>>1270969
fatwood

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 14 May 2018 22:56:41 No.1270991 Report

Quoted By: >>1270995 >>1274387

I usually use birch bark. You can almost always find some dry enough to light with 5 mins of searching.
Not sure why you don’t, maybe you’re in the gay part of New England where there is less birch?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 May 2018 23:01:39 No.1270994 Report

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>>1270984
>>1270988

Sorry, I was taking the piss with the first part. This thread should have some interesting tips.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 May 2018 23:02:51 No.1270995 Report

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>>1270991
there are some spots where I can find birch, I do use that when I can get it. but on days where everything is wet I'll go for the cotton ball method generally.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 00:27:01 No.1271052 Report

Quoted By: >>1271055 >>1271062 >>1272736

You fags carry fire starters with you? Do you also light your fires with a bic?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 00:30:55 No.1271055 Report

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>>1271052
yes?
why intentionally make things harder for yourself?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 00:44:03 No.1271061 Report

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>>1270995
I just take birch home, works too well to warrant making anything. Hit it with a box for one second and you have 10-15 seconds of very hot flames, enough to move right to pinkie width sticks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 00:51:27 No.1271062 Report

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>>1271052
imagine being this person

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 01:20:57 No.1271079 Report

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>>1270969
I just bust a rhyme into some sticks and its lit :'D

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Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 01:26:09 No.1271083 Report

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Gasoline and stuffed animals.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 01:28:14 No.1271085 Report

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>>1271083
rude

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 01:33:28 No.1271089 Report

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Bring along a small bag of Fritos. Corn chips drowned in oil.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 01:36:56 No.1271094 Report

Quoted By: >>1272370

>>1270969
for me, it's the pinecone

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 01:44:29 No.1271101 Report

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>>1271055
Making things intentionally harder for yourself is the only point of /out/ing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 01:48:29 No.1271103 Report

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>>1271101
Some of us enjoy the quiet solitude and beautiful unspoiled nature. Perhaps you're into masochism more than the outdoors if that is the only point.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 01:55:13 No.1271107 Report

Quoted By: >>1271113

>>1270969
A delightful mixture of gasoline and my own piss.

Keeps away the mosquitoes AND the coyotes

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 02:04:24 No.1271113 Report

Quoted By: >>1271124 >>1271204

>>1271107
piss isn't flammable, generally.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 02:15:51 No.1271124 Report

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>>1271113
I don't think you get just how bad anon's eating habits and general life style is.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 03:44:34 No.1271204 Report

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>>1271113
That's why I mix it with the gasoline.

Also >>1271124 this. I drink a lot of mountain dew for this.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 06:52:51 No.1271317 Report

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>>1271101
I'm laughing at this statement from the comfort of my motorhome. Stay mad.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 07:00:46 No.1271320 Report

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>>1270969
Cheese wax. Seriously. That red wax that comes around baby bell cheese makes a great fire starter.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 07:16:08 No.1271325 Report

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>>1270969
pine sap is all over the place here in western Washington
scrape a glob off a tree and spread it on a wad of dry grass
one spark will usually do it

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 08:44:27 No.1271350 Report

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Using tealight candles is my favorite method, if done correctly you can retrieve the candle and use it hundreds of times.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 11:58:32 No.1271388 Report

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I usually take dryer lint and matches with a flint as back up

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 12:23:00 No.1271398 Report

Quoted By: >>1272234

>>1270969
I make pucks of sawdust and wax.
I work in a cabinet shop, so there's plenty of sawdust around, and I put about half an inch of sawdust at the bottom of a muffin tin, tamp it down, and cover it with just enough wax to soak it. Break the pucks into 3 or 4 pieces and you've got fire at the touch of a match.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 12:39:09 No.1271405 Report

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>>1270969
Feverish masterbation

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 12:48:39 No.1271412 Report

Quoted By: >>1271737

>>1270969
probably the original Prodigy one but the Jimmy Eat World version's pretty good too

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 12:51:59 No.1271414 Report

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jute twine soaked in wax.
can cut it to any length to match the amount of fire you need

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Anonymous Tue 15 May 2018 22:06:15 No.1271737 Report

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>>1271412

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 16 May 2018 03:41:07 No.1271910 Report

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>>1270969
saw a video a few years back of a guy making pucks of golf wax and drier lint. Work great but smells pretty strong even if you use dye and scentless detergents and drier sheets. It burns long though so you have a while to dry shit out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 16 May 2018 05:09:46 No.1271941 Report

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feather stick, dry grass, white gas, whatever man, tinder is everywhere

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 16 May 2018 07:54:58 No.1272004 Report

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>>1270969
A bic

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 16 May 2018 08:11:01 No.1272013 Report

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I use resin from spruces. Very wind-resistant and long-lasting stuff. A small slice of it burned very brightly for about a minute or so.
At it's best when it's been there for a while so it's really stiff. Look for damaged trees to score the best stuff.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 16 May 2018 16:53:59 No.1272234 Report

Quoted By: >>1273597

>>1271398
Do something similar with ripped up newspaper, you would be amazed the conditions it will burn in. Also for really damp, cat food can with cardboard rolled into a spiral with wax on it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 16 May 2018 18:14:19 No.1272308 Report

Quoted By: >>1272310

>>1270969
I usually just start it with a magnesium rod and steel, and small/fluffy tinder. It's part of the fun and challenge.

I've seen other homemade firestarters used, mostly paraffin and sawdust sort of things, which still require lighting in the first place with a bic/flint/magnesium/whatever. For some reason, I have never seen vaseline cotton balls work worth crap. Is there some trick to getting them to catch in the first place?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 16 May 2018 18:15:55 No.1272310 Report

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>>1272308
when you're ready to use the cottonball, tear it open a bit to expose the dry part inside and then throw your sparks at it.
the inside should catch and then slowly burn the vaseline part

Madsen Maskingevær !!o9Rj2xAYif5

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Madsen Maskingevær !!o9Rj2xAYif5 Wed 16 May 2018 18:50:37 No.1272337 Report

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>>1270969
Bowdrill of course

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 16 May 2018 19:50:07 No.1272370 Report

Quoted By: >>1272571 >>1272619 >>1274359

>>1271094
pine cones are so shit for firelighting, they are pretty good to add to an already established fire, but suck as for ignition
>an anime being wrong
who´d a thunk it

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 May 2018 00:46:25 No.1272568 Report

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>>1271101
I thought the point of /out/ was being /out/.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 May 2018 00:47:30 No.1272571 Report

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>>1272370
If you stuffed a cone with highly flammable material sealed in a wax or grease, that’d make for a hell of a fire starter though

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Anonymous Thu 17 May 2018 01:46:32 No.1272619 Report

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>>1272370
>pine cones are so shit for firelighting, they are pretty good to add to an already established fire, but suck as for ignition

You sure about that m8?
>pic related fire on frozen lake with minimal kindling started by pine cones

I find pinecones actually suck as fuel since they burn so fast. But the dry ones in winter are excellent fire starters, especially the ones sticky with pine sap.
Spruce cones, on the other hand, suck up moisture and are terrible fire starters

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 May 2018 05:10:10 No.1272736 Report

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>>1271052
I use pyrokinesis like any REAL man should.

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Anonymous Fri 18 May 2018 00:47:33 No.1273274 Report

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>>1270969
my cock

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 May 2018 14:14:00 No.1273566 Report

Quoted By: >>1274334

>be me
>trying to start a fire
>try to use flint and stiker
>lol nope.jpg
>use a single waterproof match
>fire.jpg.
>dead.jpg
>throw in one waterproof match after the other
>still dead
>got box of matches
>throw them in one after the other
>matches act as kindling
>feels good man.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 May 2018 14:50:17 No.1273591 Report

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>>1270969
I use cotton lint from my drier machine. Catches a spark pretty good.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 May 2018 14:55:48 No.1273597 Report

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>>1272234
Ripped up newspaper works, but you have to work it between your hands to expose the fibers to catch a spark. Also, it's a pain in the but because it doesn't want to stay scrunched up to catch the spark.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 18 May 2018 16:22:38 No.1273649 Report

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I like using pencil torch (extra points for trolling /out/istic larpers), but for some reason they break after a few uses, loose seal or something, I dunno.
Recently I learned to carry some plastic shards for starting fire. They are light, and produce good flame. One anon said he's using peace of bicycle rubber tube, lights one end and it burns well for quite a while.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 May 2018 18:48:03 No.1273749 Report

Quoted By: >>1273819

>>1272619
Okay, I'm fascinated by this. I live in Florida where nothing ever freezes over, and I guess I had never even thought of the idea of a bonfire on the surface of a frozen lake.

I'm curious and admit my complete ignorance here (and you don't know jack shit about alligators or subtropical shit that I deal with regularly, so cut me some slack.) Does this just melt a hole in the ice and then fall in? Maybe depends on the thickness of the ice? Does it melt and refreeze before that happens? Does it melt and put out the fire?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 May 2018 19:14:01 No.1273767 Report

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In my emergency kit I have a tampon. They are just compressed cotton in a really handy water proof package. You can use the applicator to keep dry the cotton you don't use too. Plus you can stick it in your ass after bear has ravaged your anus.

Old man's beard if it has been dry for a day or so is pretty good to if you are lucky enough to live somewhere it grows.

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Anonymous Fri 18 May 2018 21:20:05 No.1273819 Report

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>>1273749
Well heat travels upwards so it doesn't melt a hole straight down. But some of the radiating heat does melt the snow/ice below into a shallow puddle of water, which can be enough to stifle your fire.
So the best way to do it is build your fire ontop of a base of other firewood, then you're good to go.

And no, the puddle only goes to half an inch deep at most so you don't need to worry about cracking the ice and falling through

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 May 2018 11:23:16 No.1274187 Report

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Chaga

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 May 2018 11:58:59 No.1274199 Report

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>>1270969
I use 20mm incendiary rounds on any tree. It's super effective and never failed to deliver.

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Anonymous Sat 19 May 2018 12:20:11 No.1274203 Report

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>>1270969
BBQ Lighter + some shredded paper, because paper is super dense in comparison to everything else you can carry; for weight to size to # of fires started ratio. One magazine/catalog can help you start several 100 fires. I also use a rocket stove, so all my fire starting stuff is stowed inside that.

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Anonymous Sat 19 May 2018 13:30:30 No.1274230 Report

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My go to fire starter is Charmander

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 May 2018 17:16:24 No.1274334 Report

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>>1273566
You just need more kindling, dude.

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Anonymous Sat 19 May 2018 17:24:43 No.1274338 Report

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Make wood feathers and light them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 May 2018 17:54:26 No.1274357 Report

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>>1270969
Usually just find some dry stuff and feather stick it, or some pine cones and then use my ferro rod to shower it in 2000 degree molten sparks. I also carry some fatwood and jute twine incase.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 May 2018 17:56:31 No.1274359 Report

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>>1272370
weird, considering they are full of the same sap that makes fatwood such an ideal fire starter...

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 May 2018 18:56:11 No.1274387 Report

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>>1270991

I’m such a slut for birch>>1271101

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