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 08-09-2010, 03:50 PM | #1 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portsmouth, Ohio Posts: 704 |  How to start a fire with anything.
We all know that fire is very important in a survival situation. It is also very important for the hiker and the average woodsman.
So, I looked around for a thread that listed as many ways to start a fire as people could possibly think of, but to no success. So I decided to make one.
How to Start a Fire!
This is not a guide. It is more like a wiki-pedia page.
I will list every way that I can think of starting a fire. If you know of one that I have not listed yet, then please post it below. I will then add your post to the OP.
The goal is to get over 50 different ways of starting a fire.
9 ways to start a fire
#1 Matches
http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/a...sbomb/fire.png
#2 Lighters
Lighters image by LetsSinAndHope on Photobucket
#3 Firesteel
YouTube - ‪Swedish Army FireSteel Firestarter Causes Office Fire‬‎
#4 Flint and Iron
YouTube - ‪Making Fire with Flint and Steel‬‎
#5 Magnifying Glass
YouTube - ‪magnifying glass + newspaper = FIRE‬‎
#6 Steel Wool and a Battery
YouTube - ‪How to make fire without matches or a lighter‬‎
#7 Bow Drill
YouTube - ‪Bow Drill Primitive Fire Starting‬‎
#8 Coke Can and a Chocolate Bar
Wildwood Survival - Fire from a Can of Coke and a Chocolate Bar
#9 Engine Spark Plug
YouTube - ‪Dual Survival - Swamped (part 2)‬‎
I think that's enough for right now.
Remember, no matter how absurd it is, if it makes fire possible, post it. __________________
"This is my rifle, this is my gun." "This is for fighting, this is for fun." -Full Metal Jacket
"I joined the Navy to drink in foreign countries and fornicate." -unknown
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| 08-09-2010, 05:17 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 324 |
Chemically.
Compression.
Spontanious Combustion w/an oily rag. __________________
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| 08-09-2010, 05:52 PM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Houma, La., La. Posts: 1,132 | Fire starter......
I heard that a small 9 volt batt. and steelwool works. | |
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| 08-09-2010, 05:55 PM | #4 | Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 5,140 |
Firepistons are useful items. So is keeping small containers of potassium permanganate and glycerin in your BoB. I really like the latter because it does not require much dexterity which could be an issue if you're extremely cold. __________________
When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing; when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors; when you see that men get rich more easily by graft than by work, and your laws no longer protect you against them but protect them against you...you may know that your society is doomed. ~Ayn Rand | |
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| 08-09-2010, 06:09 PM | #5 | Ground Zero Ocean Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Florence, Oregon Posts: 8,462 |
For the naive (me), please explain the potassium permanganate and glycerin? __________________ Molon Labe!
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Hey, any constitution that acknowledges the people have a right to own weapons so that they may defend themselves -- including from an out-of-control government -- is OK by me...bkt
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| 08-10-2010, 01:09 AM | #6 | Dirty Old Man, Emiritus Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Third bunker on the right, Central Virginia Posts: 7,285 |
Glycerin added to dry potassium permanganate will ignite with no outside energy. Resulting flame is intensely hot- hot enough to ignite thermite. __________________
What we have heah is.... failure to communicate. | |
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| 08-10-2010, 03:26 AM | #7 | Sh!t better not happen! Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sometimes in, Utah Posts: 1,087 |
As long as there is sunlight I like the magnifying glass method, got in a lot of trouble with that as a kid in the early 60’s. Killed a lot of ants too 
I also started one with a pencil a 2x4 and some sawdust and a lot of effort spinning the pencil between my palms, friction = heat. __________________
I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
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| 08-10-2010, 05:18 AM | #8 | Ground Zero Ocean Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Florence, Oregon Posts: 8,462 |
OK, this is like fire with a magnifying glass; only with a water bottle, eyeglasses, etc.
YouTube - ‪Making Fire From Sun‬‎__________________ Molon Labe!
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Hey, any constitution that acknowledges the people have a right to own weapons so that they may defend themselves -- including from an out-of-control government -- is OK by me...bkt
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People get the government they deserve. | |
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| 08-10-2010, 05:26 AM | #9 | Ground Zero Ocean Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Florence, Oregon Posts: 8,462 |
__________________ Molon Labe!
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Hey, any constitution that acknowledges the people have a right to own weapons so that they may defend themselves -- including from an out-of-control government -- is OK by me...bkt
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People get the government they deserve. | |
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| 08-10-2010, 05:42 AM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Sacramento, California, California Posts: 1,653 |
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Originally Posted by c3shooter
Glycerin added to dry potassium permanganate will ignite with no outside energy. Resulting flame is intensely hot- hot enough to ignite thermite.
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Also known as a hypergolic reaction. |
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