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  1. Tom A Hawk

    Wilderness Solutions

    Wilderness Solutions Co. is dedicated to primitive and non-match fire starting. It began about 20 years ago with the intent of it becoming a retirement business. However, in 2007 Les Stroud demonstrated the use of a fire piston on the Alaskan episode of the Survivorman television program and...
  2. Le Loup

    Charring Plant & Fungus Tinders without using a "char tin"!!!

    In the 18th & 19th centuries people did not use a tin or any container to char tinder for flint & steel fire lighting. They simply charred the tinder material, be it tow rag (cloth), plant or fungus material, directly in the flames of the fire. Then they extinguished the smouldering...
    • Le Loup
    • Thread
    • 18th century 19th century fire lighting fungus making fire plants tinder tinderbox tow rag
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Australia / New Zealand
  3. Le Loup

    Recognising & Identifying Punkwood.

    • Le Loup
    • Thread
    • 18th century fire lighting flint & steel foxfire living history plant tinders punk wood punkwood survival tinder
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Australia / New Zealand
  4. Le Loup

    The Gunpowder Bag or Wallet.

    One of the author's five leather gunpowder bags. “…fungus that grows on the outside of the birch-tree…used by all the Indians in those parts for tinder…called by the Northern Indians Jolt-thee, and is known all over the country bordering on Hudson’s Bay by the name of Pesogan…there is another...
    • Le Loup
    • Thread
    • 18th century documentation fire lighting fungus gunpowder bag gunpowder wallet period quotes plant tinders tinder
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Accoutrements
  5. Le Loup

    Field Preparation Of Plant Tinder For Use With Flint & Steel By Charring.

    • Le Loup
    • Thread
    • 18th century charring fire lighting historical trekking plant tinders tinder tinderbox
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Camp & Trail Gear
  6. Le Loup

    No "charcloth" flint & steel fire lighting.

    I could not find a section for skills or fire lighting, so I will post this here. Keith.
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