Can you make fire with no resources?

**ninja9578** · 06-01-2011 05:52 PM

You have wood, tinder and a knife. No lighter, flint, char cloth... I'm just curious to how many people can do it. I had to do it last weekend, I've done it before, but it's not as easy as most people think. Extra props for a YouTube vid of you actually doing it

**khh** · 06-01-2011 05:54 PM

dowut?

**Raphael** · 06-01-2011 06:02 PM

Yeah I did this when I was in Boyscouts. I used this method:

Except I didn't have a notch in the wood, I put the tinder right behind the stick.

**Jeff777** · 06-01-2011 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by Raphael

Yeah I did this when I was in Boyscouts. I used this method:

Except I didn't have a notch in the wood, I put the tinder right behind the stick.

NO resources. He means can you do it..

..with your mind.

**ninja9578** · 06-01-2011 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by Raphael

Yeah I did this when I was in Boyscouts. I used this method:

Except I didn't have a notch in the wood, I put the tinder right behind the stick.

Interesting, didn't know you could do that. The notch is actually to provide it with air as much as it is to dump the ember. I imagine it's significantly harder to do without a notch.
Thats the method I used this weekend.

**Raphael** · 06-01-2011 08:12 PM

Yeah it was was pretty brutal. I was fortunate to have extremely dry wood, so it worked out. If I was going to do it again I'd probably use the technique Tom Hanks did in Castaway.

He took a stick and slid it through the groove at an angle. Looks a lot easier than having to constantly adjust your hands as they slide down the stick when you roll it.

**ninja9578** · 06-02-2011 01:52 AM

Originally Posted by Raphael

Yeah it was was pretty brutal. I was fortunate to have extremely dry wood, so it worked out. If I was going to do it again I'd probably use the technique Tom Hanks did in Castaway.

Actually, that's much harder than a friction drill, I've used that technique too, it took much longer.