Fire starter

[Chef]

Yeah, loads of different ways of lighting a fire and most dead easy like flicking a lighter but I still reckon everyone should know how to light one with wood, and it gives you an 'enormous sense of well being', then you can 'have a cuppa tea, and think about leaving the house', before it burns down.

Parklife...

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[scoobie]

Lol!!!

[pseudonym]

I wonder if those little credit card flexible lenses will do the job? And if I can remember where I stashed it

Although, as already mentioned they aren't that good when the sun doesn't shine which is often the time when making a fire is good to get warm and dry

More options the better chances you have, Potassium permanganate and sugar and a drop of glycerine is also meant to be good, as is linseed oil and a bit of compression.

Market stalls do lighters 5 for a quid, so you can go mad and buy a tenners worth a couple of times a year and have dozens in store before any big crisis comes along

Yep the Fresnel lens' work.



Cheapest I have found are here:

http://www.mindsetsonline.co.uk/product ... cts_id=763

HTH

[the-gnole]

I'll have to look for mine then and give it a try.

I asked Lofty Wiseman about the "Ice lens" he said he gave it a try for several hours, all he got was cold and wet

I don't think I'll try that method out

[pseudonym]

I'll have to look for mine then and give it a try.

I asked Lofty Wiseman about the "Ice lens" he said he gave it a try for several hours, all he got was cold and wet

I don't think I'll try that method out

nope me neither