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I hold the striker horizontally and directly on top of the tinder. Cedar bark dry leaves of any type and small twigs.
Kindling is just as important as tinder.
Best tinder for firesteel. The best way to use cedar bark is to wrap it around other dried tinder such as leaves or pine needles. Dont be concerned if the bark seems to smolder a bit more than usual at first. It will eventually light and once you get the fire going this type of cedar bark can keep the fire going for quite some time.
It contains a Light My Fire firesteel that can generate sparks and a small sandwich bag with vaseline smeared cotton balls as tinder that light easily and will burn for a few minutes long enough to get the small sticks in my fire to stay lit. I like using the firesteel because its so much more reliable than matches which trap humidity and fail or even a butane lighter which. Tinder is the dead dry plant-based material that is capable of turning a coal spark or tiny flame into a crackling fire.
You typically need it to get a fire going with flame ignition sources matches lighters. And you definitely have to have it for spark ignition sources flint and steel ferrocerium rods and friction fire building. Tinder is the first food that a fire will eat and.
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Designed for use with spark generating ignition tools like the Spark-Lite firestarter or ferro rods the Tinder-Quik tab also works well with matches lighters flint strikers etc. Simply pull the compressed cotton tab apart ignite it and add kindling. Tinder-Quik tabs burn for 60 seconds or more even in harsh environments greatly.
Hay which is just dried grass works well as a tinder bundle if you use an ember or char cloth to light it. Cleavers also known as goose grass or sticky willy will light from a spark and makes a fantastic tinder bundle although in my experience it burns away really quickly. Dried bracken will take a spark and also works as a tinder bundle.
Other examples of tinder are dry grass Cattail fluff Birch tree bark and Dandelion clock. Cedar bark dry leaves of any type and small twigs. Kindling is just as important as tinder.
Do not go through the trouble of starting the fire and using up your tinder only to have the fire go out. So I have two techniques I use with a firesteel. The Pull Back Method.
For this method I hold the striker in my left hand and the firesteel in my right. I hold the striker horizontally and directly on top of the tinder. I put the firesteel under the striker at about 45 and then pull it.
Fatwood is natures natural tinder. The aromatic resins that saturate fatwood are very fammable and at the same time keep your slab of fatwood dry from the elements. Many survival experts and experience outdoorsmen carry a couple pieces of good fatwood wherever they go to ensure they always have viable tinder with which to start a fire no matter what the conditions.
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