No Profanity *** No Flaming *** No Advertising *** No Anti Trappers ***NO POLITICS
No Non-Target Catches *** No Links to Anti-trapping Sites *** No Avoiding Profanity Filter


Home~Trap Talk~ADC Forum~Trap Shed~Wilderness Trapping~International Trappers~Fur Handling

Auction Forum~Trapper Tips~Links~Gallery~Basic Sets~Convention Calendar~Chat~ Trap Collecting Forum

Trapper's Humor~Strictly Trapping~Fur Buyers Directory~Mugshots~Fur Sale Directory~Wildcrafting~The Pen and Quill

Trapper's Tales~Words From The Past~Legends~Archives~Kids Forum~Lure Formulators Forum~ Fermenter's Forum


~~~ Dobbins' Products Catalog ~~~


Minnesota Trapline Products
Please support our sponsor for the Trappers Talk Page - Minnesota Trapline Products


Print Thread
Hop To
Page 1 of 2 1 2
New to me, way to build an emergency fire. #7045770
11/11/20 12:35 AM
11/11/20 12:35 AM
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 15,520
Champaign County, Ohio.
K
KeithC Offline OP
trapper
KeithC  Offline OP
trapper
K

Joined: May 2009
Posts: 15,520
Champaign County, Ohio.
It should work with any ferrous metal and possibly other types of metal. You should be able to use harder rocks to beat the metal between too. Dampness should be less of a then when trying to catch a spark from flint and steel.



Keith

Re: New to me, way to build an emergency fire. [Re: KeithC] #7045799
11/11/20 01:09 AM
11/11/20 01:09 AM
Joined: Oct 2019
Posts: 2,874
Kentucky
KYtrapper2005 Offline
trapper
KYtrapper2005  Offline
trapper

Joined: Oct 2019
Posts: 2,874
Kentucky
Yep I have seen this method before. This is how blacksmiths used to start their forge for the day before lighters and propane.


Trapping is what built North America, why take that away?


pro second amendment-- pro God-- pro Trump-- Pro America!
Re: New to me, way to build an emergency fire. [Re: KeithC] #7045901
11/11/20 07:55 AM
11/11/20 07:55 AM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 19,926
SEPA
L
Lugnut Offline
trapper
Lugnut  Offline
trapper
L

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 19,926
SEPA
"And it's a lot harder than it looks actually."

I thought it looked plenty hard. LOL


Eh...wot?

Re: New to me, way to build an emergency fire. [Re: KeithC] #7045960
11/11/20 08:58 AM
11/11/20 08:58 AM
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 4,513
Nebraska
Trapset Offline
trapper
Trapset  Offline
trapper

Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 4,513
Nebraska
I think this method should warm you up wether you get it to work or not. grin

Re: New to me, way to build an emergency fire. [Re: KeithC] #7045965
11/11/20 09:00 AM
11/11/20 09:00 AM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 19,926
SEPA
L
Lugnut Offline
trapper
Lugnut  Offline
trapper
L

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 19,926
SEPA
Yeah, you wouldn't need a fire after all that!


Eh...wot?

Re: New to me, way to build an emergency fire. [Re: KeithC] #7045971
11/11/20 09:04 AM
11/11/20 09:04 AM
Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 5,851
perry co.Pa
wetdog Offline
trapper
wetdog  Offline
trapper

Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 5,851
perry co.Pa
Well if that works.
Then a 4 inch stainless steel screw ran in and out of fresh pressure treated 4×4 should work too.
Say a dozen times or so.

Re: New to me, way to build an emergency fire. [Re: KeithC] #7046028
11/11/20 10:13 AM
11/11/20 10:13 AM
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 18,369
Green County Wisconsin
G
GREENCOUNTYPETE Offline
trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE  Offline
trapper
G

Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 18,369
Green County Wisconsin
work hardening the metal till it is above the flash point of the paper


America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
Re: New to me, way to build an emergency fire. [Re: KeithC] #7046030
11/11/20 10:16 AM
11/11/20 10:16 AM
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 23,480
New Hampshire
N
Nessmuck Offline
trapper
Nessmuck  Offline
trapper
N

Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 23,480
New Hampshire
Iam going to put one of them mallets in my hunting pouch...just incase


It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Re: New to me, way to build an emergency fire. [Re: KeithC] #7046034
11/11/20 10:22 AM
11/11/20 10:22 AM
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 3,488
Southern Illinois
F
Foxpaw Offline
trapper
Foxpaw  Offline
trapper
F

Joined: May 2016
Posts: 3,488
Southern Illinois
I'm tired and lazy I guess, so I think I would just have to wait and watch for a lightning strike in my Quest for Fire, lol.

Re: New to me, way to build an emergency fire. [Re: KeithC] #7046043
11/11/20 10:36 AM
11/11/20 10:36 AM
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 16,988
Fredonia, PA.
Finster Offline
trapper
Finster  Offline
trapper

Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 16,988
Fredonia, PA.
Good grief. I would be to tired afterward to add the firewood.


I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.
Re: New to me, way to build an emergency fire. [Re: KeithC] #7046046
11/11/20 10:37 AM
11/11/20 10:37 AM
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 5,152
Northern Minnesota
BernieB. Offline
trapper
BernieB.  Offline
trapper

Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 5,152
Northern Minnesota
By the time you do all that you're warmed up and you don't need a fire.

Re: New to me, way to build an emergency fire. [Re: KeithC] #7046106
11/11/20 12:07 PM
11/11/20 12:07 PM
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 45,261
james bay frontierOnt.
B
Boco Offline
trapper
Boco  Offline
trapper
B

Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 45,261
james bay frontierOnt.
Bic lighter.


Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
Re: New to me, way to build an emergency fire. [Re: Nessmuck] #7046113
11/11/20 12:14 PM
11/11/20 12:14 PM
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 18,369
Green County Wisconsin
G
GREENCOUNTYPETE Offline
trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE  Offline
trapper
G

Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 18,369
Green County Wisconsin
Originally Posted by Nessmuck
Iam going to put one of them mallets in my hunting pouch...just incase


the tin with flint , steel and charcloth and tinder might fit better

I do keep a mallet in my bag but it's a flint hammer to get a fresh edge on the go


America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
Re: New to me, way to build an emergency fire. [Re: KeithC] #7046120
11/11/20 12:22 PM
11/11/20 12:22 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 8,104
Piney va. soon be 19
cotton Offline
trapper
cotton  Offline
trapper

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 8,104
Piney va. soon be 19
Zippo


John 3/16

ifin your gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough
VTA life member

Re: New to me, way to build an emergency fire. [Re: KeithC] #7046123
11/11/20 12:26 PM
11/11/20 12:26 PM
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 20,914
North East Kansas
Marty Offline
trapper
Marty  Offline
trapper

Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 20,914
North East Kansas
A cigarette lighter is #1. A fuel tablet and a lighter works very well and is small to store/carry.


E
'Honey Badger Militia'
Sleep, the anti woke adote.
Re: New to me, way to build an emergency fire. [Re: Boco] #7046138
11/11/20 12:49 PM
11/11/20 12:49 PM
Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 7,954
On Georgian Bay, Ontario Canad...
H
Hutchy Offline
trapper
Hutchy  Offline
trapper
H

Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 7,954
On Georgian Bay, Ontario Canad...
Originally Posted by Boco
Bic lighter.



I always bring three.

If three bic lighters fail you, your luck ran out long before you needed fire.

And people say butane doesn't work in the cold. Sure, but if you are alive you can warm it just fine

Re: New to me, way to build an emergency fire. [Re: Nessmuck] #7046168
11/11/20 01:22 PM
11/11/20 01:22 PM
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 16,170
ny
U
upstateNY Offline
trapper
upstateNY  Offline
trapper
U

Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 16,170
ny
Originally Posted by Nessmuck
Iam going to put one of them mallets in my hunting pouch...just incase

Don't forget the anvil and some nails.


the wheels of the gods turn very slowly
Re: New to me, way to build an emergency fire. [Re: Hutchy] #7046171
11/11/20 01:25 PM
11/11/20 01:25 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 19,926
SEPA
L
Lugnut Offline
trapper
Lugnut  Offline
trapper
L

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 19,926
SEPA
Originally Posted by Hutchy
Originally Posted by Boco
Bic lighter.



I always bring three.

If three bic lighters fail you, your luck ran out long before you needed fire.

And people say butane doesn't work in the cold. Sure, but if you are alive you can warm it just fine


There are two in each of my day packs along with cotton balls soaked in petroleum jelly.


Eh...wot?

Re: New to me, way to build an emergency fire. [Re: KeithC] #7046188
11/11/20 01:37 PM
11/11/20 01:37 PM
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 3,488
Southern Illinois
F
Foxpaw Offline
trapper
Foxpaw  Offline
trapper
F

Joined: May 2016
Posts: 3,488
Southern Illinois
I wasn't a boy scout but I recollect one telling me steel wool was good to get it going?

Re: New to me, way to build an emergency fire. [Re: BernieB.] #7046236
11/11/20 02:36 PM
11/11/20 02:36 PM
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 17,456
Wheaton Ks
L
lee steinmeyer Offline
trapper
lee steinmeyer  Offline
trapper
L

Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 17,456
Wheaton Ks
Originally Posted by BernieB.
By the time you do all that you're warmed up and you don't need a fire.


You can say the same for cutting wood! grin


YOU CAN IGNORE REALITY, BUT YOU CANNOT IGNORE THE CONSEQUENCES OF IGNORING REALITY.

http://www.lptraplinesupply.com
Page 1 of 2 1 2
Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread