What are you doing right now?

[Lucy Diamond]

Originally Posted by sk33tr

you'll just get better and better as you learn the best way to throw those sparks.

just remember, put the rod down into the tinder, on the ground, to keep it stable, and run the striker down over the rod.


and if you don't mind saying, what rod and striker are you using? i like to experiment with different combinations to make sure i can use many methods and many different types to make a fire if needed.

What I do is keep the "striker" stationary and pull the rod away from the striker. I use a broken piece of glass and a Coghlan's fire steel.
(The included striker barely works and I can't aim with the spine of my Ka-Bar )

I'm used to using a magnifying glass to make an ember but you need a good bird's nest for that. This fire steel stuff is way easier.

EDIT: Deep Dark Dirty Secret....0000 Steel wool is RIDICULOUSLY flammable. If you look at it the wrong way, it goes up. It's good to carry around a little. I also like the old Cotton Ball dipped in Vasoline trick.

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by Scarriere

Sexting with the wife.
Tonight will be very

[sk33tr]

Originally Posted by Lucy Diamond

What I do is keep the "striker" stationary and pull the rod away from the striker. I use a broken piece of glass and a Coghlan's fire steel.
(The included striker barely works and I can't aim with the spine of my Ka-Bar )

I'm used to using a magnifying glass to make an ember but you need a good bird's nest for that. This fire steel stuff is way easier.

EDIT: Deep Dark Dirty Secret....0000 Steel wool is RIDICULOUSLY flammable. If you look at it the wrong way, it goes up. It's good to carry around a little. I also like the old Cotton Ball dipped in Vasoline trick.

i keep a few cotton balls impregnated with petroleum jelly in a waterproof container and a small resealable bag of wood shavings from planing wood (oak and poplar) in my shop. i have some steel wool, but never put any in my fire kit. i may need to do that. i've known about its ease-of-use in making fires, i just never put any in my kit. i also keep a ferro rod/striker, a bic lighter, an evaporation-proof lighter, a fresnel lens, and some jute twine in there.

and keep practicing with the knife, you'll get better.

[Lucy Diamond]

Originally Posted by sk33tr

i keep a few cotton balls impregnated with petroleum jelly in a waterproof container and a small resealable bag of wood shavings from planing wood (oak and poplar) in my shop. i have some steel wool, but never put any in my fire kit. i may need to do that. i've known about its ease-of-use in making fires, i just never put any in my kit. i also keep a ferro rod/striker, a bic lighter, an evaporation-proof lighter, a fresnel lens, and some jute twine in there.

and keep practicing with the knife, you'll get better.

The easiest knife to use for me is my father's Marine Corps issue Camillus (Ka-Bar) knife. It is just raw, uncoated, high, high, SKY HIGH carbon steel and can light a whole tree on fire in one swipe. My Ka-Bar (civilian dog's head) came with a coating on it which is scratching off bit by bit. The small blade on my old Swiss Army knife also works really well but I don't want to blow that blade up just making sparks. But yeah man...I figure it out.

[BizCat]

Relaxing. Cat is laying with me.

[Captain Flint]

Listening to music before bed.

[RageATL]

Woke up WAY too early.

Digging through my Ryan Adams music collection on my hard drive.

[sk33tr]

Originally Posted by Lucy Diamond

The easiest knife to use for me is my father's Marine Corps issue Camillus (Ka-Bar) knife. It is just raw, uncoated, high, high, SKY HIGH carbon steel and can light a whole tree on fire in one swipe. My Ka-Bar (civilian dog's head) came with a coating on it which is scratching off bit by bit. The small blade on my old Swiss Army knife also works really well but I don't want to blow that blade up just making sparks. But yeah man...I figure it out.

i can't stand that coating they put on some knives these days. i bought the ontario blackbird and immediately took the coating off of it. the blade doesn't "look" perfect, but it's sharp as hell and can throw some sparks. i still have one blade i need to do that to; just haven't gotten around to it, yet.

[Jett Rink]

Just woke up and I actually feel rested.

[RageATL]

Just played some pre-work day Hitman.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by RageATL

Just played some pre-work day Hitman.

How assassin of you. Clearing the cobwebs from sleepy time and getting dressed before breakfast while I watch new episodes of Modern Family and Chicago PD on Hulu.

[BizCat]

Going through work emails

[jwblu]

Woke up, now getting ready for my interview.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by jwblu

Woke up, now getting ready for my interview.

Good luck, you got this!

[jwblu]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

Good luck, you got this!

Thank you, I feel better knowing I have my current job if it doesn't go my way.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by jwblu

Thank you, I feel better knowing I have my current job if it doesn't go my way.

That's always a plus, unless you're me and you've hated your job for years. Definitely need to renew the one license I have soon just in case a job in that field finally comes along.

[BizCat]

Looking up hotels in Chicago. Thinking of a weekend getaway in March.

[Stray Cat 13]

Downloading the open beta for Wildlands.

[RageATL]

Originally Posted by BizCat

Looking up hotels in Chicago. Thinking of a weekend getaway in March.

Love that city, was there in 2015 and had a BLAST just exploring around.

[BizCat]

Originally Posted by RageATL

Love that city, was there in 2015 and had a BLAST just exploring around.

I knooooowwww. So much to see and do.