I’ve written previously about fire steels and as a fire lighting method they are invaluable. It doesn’t matter […]
Fire
We use char cloth regularly on our courses when we’re teaching fire lighting. Char cloth is a tinder […]
Making char cloth
Feather sticks are a useful addition to your bushcraft skillset, especially when it’s difficult to find other sources […]
How to make a feather stick
A few days ago I spent some time collecting downy flower heads for tinder. At this time of […]
Collecting downy flower heads
I’ve written previously about using cleavers (Galium aparine) as a tinder, but recently as I was pottering around […]
Using cleavers as a tinder
In this post I want to take a look at ‘fire lays’, or put simply, different ways of […]
