I started this during my day home at the beginning of the week, a little foresight on my part. I NEED to make stuff, baby jokes aside I decided to finally make the pack for my bandolier I've been planning;
Here's what I have so far;
Coffee can retention for the jute line;
The body...
Ah like mustard on my French Frie.... Nevermind.
So a little while ago I struck up a conversation with @ChrisOCLM, talkin rocks!
He sent me a very generous bundle of chert, jasper, agate and IRON STONE!!
Boy that stuff is tough... It took an all out whack with the 9lb to crack it, even...
I've been making these for a while and include them in my various fire kits. They have worked well igniting from ferro rods, char cloth, bow drill ember, and magnification. I've been asked in the past to post a little how-to.
My latest spool of jute is 3-ply, so when using 2-ply I usually add...
GREEN JUTE TWINE = AWESOME QUALITY at H .depot ...for 2.50 $ /200Ft ,, 5 twist weave , ,3/16" thick ...nice, ,Crown-Bolt company...MiC...but the quality is high , max 7# weight work limit...