Making Fire

I make a fire the hard way, after watching an episode of "Survivor Man" on the Discovery Channel, while Tommy watches - for a moment anyway.

Update - Sadly, Tommy, the cat pictured in the video, met an untimely end in late November 2008 when he fell off a fence into a yard guarded by killer-diller dogs. He was a neat cat.

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Entertainment

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• firemaking
• fire
• survivor
• survival

[thiuslord]

haha thats the simple way to make fire lol HAHA noob

Bear grylls is better than Les Stroud.

[ChalkyAftertaste]

@thiuslord So you say!

[xARMINIUSx]

Nice :-)

[ChalkyAftertaste]

@xARMINIUSx Thanks!

[ChalkyAftertaste]

@DURound ... sorry it took me three months to send this reply! The hand socket I use is a piece of hardwood with a "dimple" carved into it to hold the drill in place. The hand socket piece should be as hard or harder than the drill. If not it will burn - you are correct. Bone or a rock with a depression in it will work too (Good luck finding one!) Steady the hand holding the socket by pressing your arm against your leg while you push and pull the bow to spin the drill.

[DURound]

@ChalkyAftertaste Yeah, I really think I would prefer to do it with flint and magnesium. Question: What do you hold in your hand to steady the drill? Do you use a rock? It would seem that another piece of wood would burn.

[ChalkyAftertaste]

@DURound - Thanks. Remember, always carry a backup fire starting device with you just in case (I carry a knife and a magnesium/flint starter I bought at Big 5 Sporting Goods for under $5.00). That is, IF you deliberately head out into the wild... otherwise you'll have to use what Mother Natures has provided. ;)

[ChalkyAftertaste]

@lynx0911 Har har! You don't REALLY believe in that do you? Unfortunately for Tommy, there was nothing left of him - the dog consumed the poor little guy. I still miss him... he was a cat with a great personality.

[DURound]

That's pretty cool! Good job.

[lynx0911]

@ChalkyAftertaste ouch? how many times did the pitbull kill tommy u know cat has nine life! if the pitbull killed tommy once and u buriedi t alive then it has 4 life left

[MsRUNESCAPESKILLER]

im going to try that and burnt down everthing