Nothing beats the feeling of making fire, it rewards your efforts with heat and a mesmerizing visual display of dancing flames. With fire you are warm, can boil water, cook food and signal for rescue if needed. Around your house you should be able to find two items that make a very good fire lighter, cotton wool and vaseline. Everyone who is interested in bushcraft should have a firesteel, I have four knocking about in various boxes and bags for camping or scouts.
It’s so easy to start a fire this way, take the cotton wool and rub it in the vaseline. Then strike the firesteel, then add thin sticks gradually adding bigger wood and your done. I even taught My manager to light a fire using this method just without the vaseline, she said it was as easy as it looks.
More methods coming soon..
