Wildwood Survival - Fire

Tinder is the crucial middle link between a coal (such as that produced by a bow drill) and actual flames. Tinder is made from materials that catch a spark readily, or to which a coal can be added, and which can then be blown into a flame to actually start a fire.

Tinder Bundles
Absolutely essential to starting fire for most primitive methods
Coal Extenders
To carry fire or to keep a coal going for an extended period of time
Tinder Fungus
Several pages and articles about this extremely useful material
Wad Tinders
by Allan "bow" Beauchamp
Making "Char"
by Rob Bicevskis
Bow's Tinder Ball
by Allan "Bow" Beauchamp
Bow's Char
by Allan "Bow" Beauchamp

Photo by Allan "bow" Beauchamp

Blowing a tinder bundle into flame.

Tinder tip from Storm ...

If you are fortunate enough to find some native sulfur, throw some sparks on it using percussion fire-making. It will light without any further assistance. Just don’t absent-mindedly inhale the fumes as I did!

Survival Fire Tinder Tinder Fungus Tinder Bundles

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