anybody make them I use toilet paper roll [center] cardboard dip in wax an stuff with shredded paper dip in wax

did 200 today always stating fire in shop or house or camping they work great will start wet wood

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Roy, I take pine cones that are opened up, wrap string around them and dip them in my old melted wax. They light easy (light the string) and they burn for 5-6 minutes. I use them in the fur shed to get the fire going.

I put chainsaw chippings in a waxed cupcake paper, and pour a tablespoon of smoking hot melted paraffin wax in it. Will burn for a very long time.
Planer shavings work great too if you're lucky enough to get ahold of some.

I use cardboard egg cartons, dryer lint & old sented cube wax from the melter in the house. Cut into 12 pieces starts fires in the fur shed.

Why did you take a picture of that instead of helping the guy with his feet in the air?

I've always just used shavings off a pine knot but those sure would come in handy when a pine knot couldn't be found.

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Man I've not seen a pine knot in many years. Picked em up by the wagon loads when I was kid back in Louisiana. Lots of pine there. I have a wood shop so have access to wood shavings. I do the paper egg cartons and wax trick for my starters.

I just cut an innertube up into 1 inch strips, its quick, fast and inahurry. don't take up no room either.

Lol funny

And that’s a great idea you got buddy

Vaseline and cotton balls for me but what you did will work well.

When I worked in Alaska we used to always keep a roll of detonation cord to start ours in the field, burned great for a good while, throw some birch peels on there and you got a blaze in a minute or two

Good idea, thank you.

Birch Bark....

Yup, as good as an innertube.

Take a ziplock sandwich bag and stuff it full of lint from the dryer and squeeze all the air out. It doesn't take up much room. It lights with a spark and burns long enough to get kindling burning.

those look nice , but for my wood stove it is junk mail and a short burst with the propane torch to lite the mail.

dry wood and a stove with 22 feet of strait up chimney above it it drafts very well so well that I split some stuff to about he size of 2x2 and 2x4 for starting fires but no smaller.

go through about one 3 dollar bottle of LP ever other year.

and I don't have to deal with those sorry excuses for a match they sell now.

Bic and a candle in a zip lock bag, for emergencies.
In the shop stove there's always pit oil and rags around, on the job site F-26 adhesive out works anything.

Well yes , but what do you use as a fire starter.

Scube, you are a funny feller! rofl

I got enough lighter knot in my backyard I collected over the years I could melt the North Pole! Wife laughs at me but I use it a lot! Always got some in all my kits/packs/ camping gear. Got some cut too "matches" and some small hand size blocks for shavings!

J

fat lighter with dryer lint wrapped around it is double trouble

I'm almost afraid to admit that I use Vaseline and cotton balls (for fire-starters) also.

Flint and Steel...char cloth ..Tow...and birch bark. Or a .357 case filled with pine sap works wonders with a match

Det cord (PETN) does burn well, and RDX with a plasticizer makes C-4, which also burns well. However, be careful of the toxic fumes they produce.

Bic lighter here, if it's wet I always carry TP in a freezer bag!

Is that bowl on the left side, the bowl you use to clean your toilet paper with?

Tough to beat the white birch bark for a pleasant aroma and it burns hot wet or dry

belly button lint and ky here.

Same. The egg carton is really just to hold the lint though. Dryer lint works great in about any configuration, especially waxed. I’ll probably make some in TP tubes now.

Another propane torch guy here. If the wood is dry you don't even need any kindling. Just let the torch rip for two mins.

Although as an emergency firestarter when in the bush Vaseline and cotton balls work awesome.

Call me old-school, but I like matches and gasoline. Pretty much foolproof, but can be hard on forearm hair.

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Junk oil or gas here. A torch for a minute and voila. Flame.

I'm the pyromaniac of my family.

Where dose one get DET cord ?

Small bird's nest with shaved birch bark
in a quart Ziploc. Then a spark into char cloth and waala!

I'm with j Staton on this one.pine knot.that's about all we use around here its everywhere.best fire starte god ever gave us. I keep piles of it

A wad of masking tape works well in a pinch too. But it ain't free.

Diesel. Allows me to keep my hair. That and I tend to have some around for the tractors or the truck.

We have a little container sitting on the dryer. Wife puts lint in it for us to save for fire starter.

Pretty cool how easy it catches... Just a spark is all it needs.

Mike