Siegle SAR-4 Firecraft - Been raining steadilly all day, perfect for the Wilderness and Survival Skills forum assignment to "make fire."
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The tools: Metal match, Silky Pocket Boy saw and, of course, the Siegle SAR-4... |
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Harvesting some pitchwood, cut in from the side with the folding saw, then bash the knife in from the top to pry it out... |
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Batoning through gathered deadwood produces dry fuel.
It is important to prepare firewood first, then the kindling and finally the tinder. |
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Using a 'workbench' (in this case a down log) to further split the firewood into tinder-sized chunks... |
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... along with prying more material into smaller and smaller sizes... |
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... smaller still. |
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Now shaving some of the pitchwood for tinder, note the 'base' (a plank split from the deadwood) onto which the shaveings are gathered. |
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Now the metal match is used to shower the tinder with sparks. Note the 'brace' next to the tinder, that is used to hold up the kindling to allow air to feed the growing flames. |
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A handful of tinder is layed over the burning pitchwood tinder... |
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Larger and larger tinder and firewood is added as the flames grow (a closed cell foam pad is a great addtion to any kit)... |
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... and grow... |
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... until the fire is well established. |