Hi fellow Outdoorsmen,

Today I'm here to let you know that using flint and steel is hard to start a fire!

Flint Isn't Easy

One of the things that we've been doing is trying to get better at living in situations where it would be good to know some survival skills. I'm not going nuts and intentionally stranding ourselves and surviving with just what we have. As fun as that would be, I don't think it's something we could do at the moment mentally lol lots of stuff going on.

What we have been doing in the meantime though is doing things that are important! One of the things I've tried several times and have failed every time so far, is trying to start a fire using Flint and Steel. We've got three different kinds of flint and steel and they are ranging from cheap as hell to pretty decent stuff. What I haven't gotten to work yet though, is getting an actual fire going using these materials!

It's been bone-chilling cold here lately, as many people who are living in the Northeast of North America can attest to! One of the things we haven't had is a decent break in the weather where it's not too cold but at the same time isn't raining until the other day. The little man and I have been antsy to get out and try our new tools out!

We finally got the opportunity and jumped at it. The weather was colder than I wanted but it was after a few days of single digit temperatures so the kindling couldn't have been drier which is great. Makes it easier to start a fire when your stuff is pretty dry lol.

We sadly failed at this attempt to start a fire with this stuff as well! I know we don't have excellent technique yet or materials but we are trying to figure out what we need to do in order to get it started. I am guessing that we need to have stuff that is dry as a bone and very fine fibrous. I think I've read somewhere that steel wool is a pretty good way to get it started or decent cotton balls but we don't have either of those at the moment. We tried using lint from the dryer but that didn't do a whole lot lol.

We ended up using a lighter, the back-up after the other methods failed and we had a decent little fire going! We could have enjoyed it for longer but it was getting a fair bit colder out as the night was progressing so we opted to enjoy the small embers.

Do you want to get paid, in crypto, for searching the internet? Try using and signing up for Presearch to earn some great crypto! I've currently got 2,645 PRE tokens, with a market value of $862.27. It doesn't sound like a lot but when you search using sites like Google you get paid $0! Join Presearch to break Google's stranglehold on the internet searches. If you'd like to sign up, use my referral link below and spread the word!
https://www.presearch.org/signup?rid=513043

Image source