thread for discussing any methods or stories related to starting fires outdoors
had a go at starting a fire by rubbing wood together. Only succeeded at giving myself a blister on my hand. Used the method where you cut a notch in the end of the rubbing stick and have finger loops to help with downward pressure. Cut the plank and stick from some dead standing wood in my yard using the axe
after trying that used punkwood char struck with a ferro rod in a bundle of dry grass which worked a treat. I use a shoe polish tin as the char box as it has a spinning bit of metal that helps pop it open even after the heat makes it stick.
share your stories and methods below