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Step 10Box of Waterproof Matches
A fire produces heat, light, and it fends off the animals and insects. Fires can be great tools, and you should always try to make one, this is why a box of waterproof matches is recommended. You can also use other things such as flint sticks, but matches can be easier to light fires with. Make sure that the matches are waterproof, and make sure that you know how to make a fire before going out into the wild. Remember to put small sticks into a tepee fashion. Put some tinder in the middle, and light it.
Dont always expect to light a fire though. If the wood is wet, then usually don't waste your time trying to make a fire. I say usually because there are certain tree barks that contain high amounts of resin, and burn when wet. If you can find birch bark, then you may have a chance at building a fire.
Dont always expect to light a fire though. If the wood is wet, then usually don't waste your time trying to make a fire. I say usually because there are certain tree barks that contain high amounts of resin, and burn when wet. If you can find birch bark, then you may have a chance at building a fire.
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Jan 21, 2011. 4:41 PM
vampierwolf
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vampierwolf
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If you've seen the little altoid cans before they make excellent tinder boxes and also if you have a larger one and some big paper clips you can make a little grill thats chea and relitvly small
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Jan 28, 2010. 8:38 PMs14slide
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Since you have the foil already in the kit, you could put a few strips of cloth in there then burn it in the foil without the cloth actually catching fire. This makes a very good tinder. One whack with even a partially faulty match or the previously mentioned mag starter, instant fire.
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Sep 28, 2008. 7:36 AMwolfy_9005
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Add a small bic lighter aswell. It lasts a long time, is reliable, and the flint can be used to light a fire.
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Sep 7, 2009. 1:54 AM(seabear)
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have a pencil torch as well
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Sep 7, 2009. 1:56 AM(seabear)
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its a small blowtorch about as big as (pause for suspense) a (rather fat) pencil!
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Jul 14, 2009. 9:32 PMguy90
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Save time on searching for 'waterproof matches'. dip the heats in hot wax from your candle, does the trick
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Jul 28, 2009. 2:40 PMchaderoo2
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What are the heats?
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Jul 28, 2009. 5:00 PMguy90
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Sorry I meant the heads' of the matches. dip them in hot wax, and then peel the wax off when you want to use them
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Jul 14, 2009. 10:10 PMteaaddict314 (author)
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Jun 9, 2010. 8:30 AMTheInventor1997
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i think he scrapes it off
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Jul 14, 2009. 9:32 PMguy90
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*heads
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Apr 28, 2009. 7:53 PMMETALBLADE
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METALBLADE
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With a cheap lighter you can light at least 100 fires, and they take up about as much space as 20 matches. They are more windproof and if they are wet then you just dry 'em out and they work again. Matches are more glamorous but I would rather have one lighter with a backup flint than a box of 100 waterproof matches.
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