Fire by hand drill

Fire by hand drill

Wednesday, 20 July 2011

Collecting tinder from Bracket fungus

Using a rock to remove part of the bracket. The shell is quite hard



This brown area above the gills is what you use. Dry it off and when fluffed up it will catch a spark and smolder away for ages. Good stuff.

1 comment:

Keith said...

Good one. Have you actually tried it yourself with flint, steel & tinderbox?
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