Going Prepared

I ordered some firesteel blanks from the folks over at ferrocerium.com last week, and had a nice envelope full of fire starting rods waiting for me in the mail yesterday. I ordered one of each of the rods that they … Continued

I found out about the self-starting lighter through a thread over at candlepowerforums.com. There were some pictures and a basic description of how it worked, but I had never seen one in action and didn’t really understand the concept of … Continued

So, I know most people don’t know what a fire piston is. I didn’t either until recently. Basically, it rapidly compresses air when you slam it down on a hard surface to ignite a piece of tinder on top of … Continued