(I) Student Practice for 5 Natural Tinders

[A Natural State]

1st up, pine needles. These were tough to get lit.


2nd is hay, this was not a good tinder.


3rd was grass, this lit first try.


4th dog fur, it lit fine but stunk to high heaven.


Last up is Eastern Red Cedar shavings, this took a bit to light but burned the hottest.

 

[Boar_Morris]

4th dog fur, it lit fine but stunk to high heaven.

This is absolutely heinous.....I have to include this when I do mine :18: :18:

 

[Boar_Morris]

1 - grass, I heard it called Buffalo grass but think the more common name is blue grass

2 - cedar bark

3 - cedar shavings

4 - pine shavings

5 - with a nod to @A Natural State, dog hair

 

[Boar_Morris]

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1st up, pine needles. These were tough to get lit.

Excellent job on the pine needles!! I failed completely with them in my attempt.

 

[Tumbleweed 66]

Post you pics or videos of you 5 natural tinders here.

Light 5 Natural Tinders with a Fire Steel
trying to capture the pictures was a little tricky in the wind. If anyone has any questions on the tinder please free to ask me, my paper ID tags were catching fire pretty fast.

 

[wisconsinwalter]

Might as well put my mouth to work and submit to the class since I do most of it already but under the class.

I always try to find one new Tinder that I wouldn’t have thought about on my walking excursions today. It was golden Rod.

Next ate the old stand bys
Beeswax’s and jute, chaga, a pine stub I kicked off the tree and birch bark


Cattail didn’t work because it’s probably still too wet

 

[Buck Fynn]

Might as well put my mouth to work and submit to the class since I do most of it already but under the class.

I always try to find one new Tinder that I wouldn’t have thought about on my walking excursions today. It was golden Rod.
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Next ate the old stand bys
Beeswax’s and jute, chaga, a pine stub I kicked off the tree and birch bark

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Cattail didn’t work because it’s probably still too wet
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@wisconsinwalter Bushclass basic needs to be completed first before starting intermediate classes if you are doing them for certification.

There is no order that the tasks need to be done in the different Levels. But, Basic need to be complete before you do Intermediate and Intermediate needs to be complete before you start Advanced.

 

[wisconsinwalter]

@wisconsinwalter Bushclass basic needs to be completed first before starting intermediate classes if you are doing them for certification.

Thanks! I thought I had completed it way back in 2010-11? No issue I’ll redo it.

 

[Boar_Morris]

Cedar bark

 

[Boar_Morris]

Pine curls/scrapings

 

[Foxie]

My five were:

1. stalks of an unknown dead bush from last season
2. cattail fluff
3. lichen
4. dried leaves
5. birch bark

Everything lit with a few strikes of the rod, even the lichen which i wasn't sure would be a winner. i had to do the cattails twice since the first batch burned so quickly i didn't have time to snap a photo! Birch is ubiquitous around here. I've lit fires using bark with a match before, but with just sparks it was a little tricky until i figured out how to make curls with my knife on the inner side. after that it was easy-peasy, and burned a long time. i started with one small piece and then added additional pieces when the first one caught.I think this will be my go-to in the future.