Bow drill fire, pretty tough task

Discussion in 'Bushcraft' started by Jsharp865, Jan 5, 2018.


  1. arleigh

    arleigh Goophy monkey

    I applaud your efforts .
    Patience comes with experience and the knowledge that what your doing will work given time.
    My first bow drill fires seemed to take forever , then I realized that the drill and hearth were not for fire itself but purely for making the embers , tinder and fat wood are for combustion they have the gas it takes to light up . Char cloth might be nice to have in these situations.
    In stead of doing a notch on the side of the hearth I do a hole about where I expect the drill to begin making a coal . works quite well, even had a coal established on the drill it's self, using Poplar .
    Keep in mind some here use weeds and reeds as hand drills for making that coal.
     
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