make fire without matches

I accomplished this in several ways.
1. Fire steel and striker with dryer lint
– ” with tree bark
– with dry grass
– homemade charcoal
2. With a magnifying glass
3. with a fire piston that i made and broke after two tries.
4. 9 volt battery and steel wool.

I still have to try hand drill and bow drill methods. Oh yeah, I need to do the soda can and chocolate method, too.

Magnifying glasses are lazy firemaker’s friends. It’s startlingly easy especially if you have dark material (paper, cardboard) to burn.

Flint and steel. I really like being the fire goddess on camping trips. It sure helps to bring some dry sawdust though!

me and my sister did this, i got quite excited and was very proud even text a couple of friends…achievement of the month.

I took a class, the Art of Firemaking. It was a blast. We made our own everything having only a knife for help. We even learned how to make rope.

Stop smoking

Use a lighter
Use a cystal ball the image of the sun burn a lot
Use silane gas
Use phosphorus
Use electricity
Use a piezoelectric discharge
Use an electrostatic discharge
Use radioactivity
Use a power laser
Go to the Vulcano
Put water on soduim
Go near the sun
Ask for fire to you neighbor
Use a gun
Put a cat near a dog
Arrive late at work ( you will be fired )

... so I had to learn this one!

My mate had some kind of flint stick thing that made lots of sparks. Takes a bit of practice to get it right but I did.

but next time I’m bringing waterproof matches!