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For your own safety and the safety of others
    Please do the smart thing, for your own safety and the safety of others, take at least one modern fire starter every time you go into the outdoors.  You never know when you will be injured, become ill or encounter an emergency situation. Friction fire skills are great, don’t get me wrong, they are the topic of this site after all.  But don’t get so cocky that you think you can make a fire with anything, under any condition. I have failed in making friction fire on trips outdoors. And if you go out enough, sooner or later you will fail too.  Now I can teach you the technique to do a bow drill one handed, so if you injured an arm or hand you could possibly still do friction fire.  However, if you have a lighter and just one working thumb, you have flame. Flame makes fire. Fire can save your life or the lives of others.  So every trip, every hike, every time you go into the outdoors, take at least a lighter or some matches in a water proof case. I recommend taking both a lighter and matches, and learning how to do the bow drill.  These are the most practical things you can do to make fire if you ever really need it.  
Be careful out there,
Tim

Click on the links below to go to each article

Articles From 2007
#1 Tinder January '07
#2 Modern Bow Drill Strings Feb. '07
#3 How Does Friction Fire Work Apr. '07
Articles From January 2008
#1 The Cave of Lost Coals
#2 Willow For Friction Fire
#3 Fire Making Over The Seasons
#4 Oak Fire Boards
Articles From February 2008
#1 The Mini Tinder Bundle
#2 The Arctic Mouth Drill

 
Articles From March 2008
#1 Lens Fire Starting
#2 Ash Wood For Friction Fire
   
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