From
Summer to Santa Memories 2019 Part 1
It is amazing what you find when you have a sort out. I
came upon a couple of projects that I had completely forgotten about. These are
projects that I did before I had even heard of the word Blog. Therefore I
apologise for lack of Photographs
The first project is a Fire Starter Kit I made for a
friend’s Birthday. She was in to back to nature, woodlands and pre-modern
inventions.
Fire
Starting Kit
As you can see this in the above picture this is the
finished item. The material was sourced locally. I needed one thick Branch, two
long Twigs, some String, Drill and Sandpaper.
First of all I stripped the Twigs of their Bark. This
gave them a chance to dry out a little. The Twigs were Willow but I am not sure
what the Branch was made of.
I then marked three section where I was going to bore
(for different sized Twigs). I selected a Drill Bit slightly larger than the
Rubbing Twig. I Drilled down so far which was not easy as Branches tend to
roll. I then changed Drill Bits and laying the Horizontally I began to remove
the Wood at the Side to make a Notch.
I then smoothed out the Notches with the Sandpaper. I
then strung the Horizontal Twig so it could be used as a Bow. I had to leave a
little slack so it could be wound around the Vertical Twig in a Loop.
It was then ready to use. I got some dry material put it
in the Bore Hole and started to use the Bow. The material started smouldering
so I pulled it out on to other dried material and gently blew on the Embers
until the Fire took hold.
Thus one ready to use Fire Starter Kit. I was quite
impressed until I asked my then boyfriend if this was what he had used in the
Army? He replied ‘No we used matches’. I walked right into that one.
The link below shows a similar Kit.
I dedicate this Blog to Karl who sadly passed away ten
years ago.
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