Thanks for the positive feedback. I'll have to give those tubes a try as I am a frequent flyer of the dollar stores in this area. Thanks for a great video idea!
During the lockdowns of the great pandemic, we converted one air-conditioned bedroom to a classroom to homeschool our young troopers. It was not long before Beautiful Bride had requests to tutor many children from around our subdivision. That tutoring business is still running to this day. I receive all the pencil shavings from the classrooms sharpeners. We make a firestarter with a cotton ball at the top. A little scratching with a knife point or other instrument exposes the cotton fibers that you may ignite multiple ways including our favourite, the ferrocerium rod.
That's a great idea I'll have to go to our test services and see if I can get their pencil shavings and give it a try and you can tell me if I got it right.
@@BlindGuyUrbanBushcraft The basis for our favourite DIY emergency fire starters come from @joesneon chanel. He does not take credit for the idea as he states, " I am sure someone must have thought of this before I did." We tested several variations including coating the cotton with a bit of vaseline, embedding a bit of vaseline in the center of the cotton material and using a little volatile fluid on the cotton such as lighter fluid, K1 kerosene, or charcoal lighter fluid. The wax coating help prevent evaporation but the extra effort is not really a necessity. The main point of these babies is that you do not need an open flame to ignite them. Scratch the top, fluff up the cotton material and that will catch a spark. Your empty butane lighter will work along with other spark producing gear you may have available.That is the downside of most DIY wax coated fire starters, they are difficult to ignite except with an open flame. We instruct our young troops to use the modern conveniences in their kits and break out the firestarters only when conditions warrant. I think you will like these bad boys when you need to quickly get a blaze going in wet condition. Here is a direct link to the video: th-cam.com/video/l4AWfRH8rgY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=psdcvtIai6YcHc3W
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Great video. Instead of sawdust and egg cartons, I use dryer lint and tp paper tubes. And wax candles from the dollar store.
Thanks for the positive feedback. I'll have to give those tubes a try as I am a frequent flyer of the dollar stores in this area. Thanks for a great video idea!
During the lockdowns of the great pandemic, we converted one air-conditioned bedroom to a classroom to homeschool our young troopers. It was not long before Beautiful Bride had requests to tutor many children from around our subdivision. That tutoring business is still running to this day. I receive all the pencil shavings from the classrooms sharpeners. We make a firestarter with a cotton ball at the top. A little scratching with a knife point or other instrument exposes the cotton fibers that you may ignite multiple ways including our favourite, the ferrocerium rod.
That's a great idea I'll have to go to our test services and see if I can get their pencil shavings and give it a try and you can tell me if I got it right.
@@BlindGuyUrbanBushcraft The basis for our favourite DIY emergency fire starters come from @joesneon chanel. He does not take credit for the idea as he states, " I am sure someone must have thought of this before I did." We tested several variations including coating the cotton with a bit of vaseline, embedding a bit of vaseline in the center of the cotton material and using a little volatile fluid on the cotton such as lighter fluid, K1 kerosene, or charcoal lighter fluid. The wax coating help prevent evaporation but the extra effort is not really a necessity. The main point of these babies is that you do not need an open flame to ignite them. Scratch the top, fluff up the cotton material and that will catch a spark. Your empty butane lighter will work along with other spark producing gear you may have available.That is the downside of most DIY wax coated fire starters, they are difficult to ignite except with an open flame. We instruct our young troops to use the modern conveniences in their kits and break out the firestarters only when conditions warrant. I think you will like these bad boys when you need to quickly get a blaze going in wet condition. Here is a direct link to the video: th-cam.com/video/l4AWfRH8rgY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=psdcvtIai6YcHc3W