One of the things they teach you in survival lessons is the importance of making a fire. It provides light, gives you warmth, potentially keep animals at bay, signal help, and helps to cook any food or water you find. Plus, isn't it said somewhere that the ability to create fire separated us from the apes? Something like that. I always think of Plato's The Cave when I think of early man and fire.
Knowing that a fire is one of the most important survival skills, once you know night is setting in, it's important to find a place to stop and start gathering your materials for a fire.
Instead of me trying to figure out how to tell you how to do something like this, I found this really amazing video that provides 14 ways to start a fire without matches or a lighter. Talk about covering all your bases for starting your survival fire. But remember that having a lighter or matches on you can really help you out in a sticky survival situation. My recommendation is to always have those on you. Or glasses. Or a magnifying glass. You know... traditional stuff.
Here are the 14 ways:
- #1 Fire roll - Cotton ball & Ash
- #2 Spontaneous Combustion - 2:38
- #3 How to Start a fire with a Battery & Steel Wool - 4:46
- #4 Tearing open a lithium battery - 5:25
- #5 Fire Piston - 6:00
- #6 Potassium Manganate - 7:20
- #7 Flint and Steel (Blast matches and Magnesium bars) - 8:50
- #8 How to start a fire with the Fire plow method 10:00
- #9 How to start a fire with the Fire Saw 11:35
- #10 Beating/ hammering steel 13:45
- #11 Starting a fire with a flashlight (magnifying glass ect) 14:45
- #12 Spindle and Board with bow- Friction Fire Techniques 15:43
- #13 Spindle and Board (hand method) Friction Fire Techniques 18:50
- #14 Rope Lighter 19:50
Hopefully his video helped you find a neat method that you never knew before. He really knows his stuff. It's always good to have a few tricks up your sleeve. Just remember you need that tinder bundle to get anything going. Might as well keep one in your pocket for just such an occasion.
Good luck and happy survival-ing.
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