Making Fire With Ice! by Matin
Use clear lake, pond ice or try boiling water for 3 minutes let the water cool; then boil for 3 minutes again and let cool to remove gas. Create a foil container 2" deep and freeze slowly. Or buy a clear block of ice. To make fire, the ice must be clear.

Look at the bottom of http://primitiveways.com/fire_from_ice.html to see a Big ice lens.
 
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Step 1: Shape the ice lens for fire making.

Shape the ice lens for fire making. First shave with a knife to get the rough shape of a lens. You can also grind your ice fire lens on cement or a stone.
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mrmerino says: May 2, 2012. 7:59 PM
Excellent. Now, someone needs to figure out how to create ice from fire.
stevet47 says: May 2, 2012. 9:39 AM
Very cool and simple skill to keep in the back of your brain incase you ever need it! Thanks!
dombeef says: Apr 10, 2009. 6:19 AM
Myth busters....
jakobus9 says: May 2, 2012. 7:46 AM
came here to say that as well.
by the way: myth plausible but impractical
Barrettkg says: May 2, 2012. 4:58 AM
And they might have gotten the idea from the movie, The Edge. They never actually did it but Anthony Hopkins' character mentioned it
metallica8080 says: Jan 29, 2012. 9:12 AM
How exactly do you boil the pond water if you do not have fire to begin with?
SlickSqueegie says: May 2, 2012. 3:47 AM
If you already have "Pond water" or a clear block of ice, you don't have to boil.

Boiling Tap water removes the stuff that makes our drink Ice look white and cloudy.
antling says: May 2, 2012. 2:27 AM
LOL..
A very sensible question..
i_shal_pwn_u_now says: Jan 9, 2008. 6:49 AM
mageick man now go make a shot gun outta a soda can
The nerdling says: May 2, 2012. 12:28 AM
i would love to see that:)
codydean says: Jul 25, 2009. 11:49 PM
survivorman did this once
GlennD says: Jun 20, 2009. 10:48 AM
how cool !
Gliucoza says: Apr 18, 2009. 4:54 PM
i learned something new!!
pooboy says: Jul 20, 2007. 2:11 PM

u copier this is from another site

wats-a-username says: Apr 14, 2009. 3:25 PM
maybe the other site copied it from here?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?
Matin (author) says: Jul 20, 2007. 7:44 PM
It is me in both places; that is if you are talking about Primitive Ways. If you have any doubt ask (emial) any of the other "clan" on the PW site.
pooboy says: Jul 28, 2007. 10:46 PM

btw nice instructable

pooboy says: Jul 28, 2007. 10:43 PM
= ok sry didnt mean to get angry at ya
AznDonut says: Jul 1, 2008. 10:01 PM
i wonder if u could hold fire with a bowl made of ice...that would be pretty awesome
pickford78 says: Aug 22, 2008. 8:33 PM
yes you could. if you use the right fuels it would last longer but if you used gasoline you would have nonburnable gas in a minute :P
Derin says: Feb 14, 2009. 11:24 AM
you could use alcohol
lunchboxslayer27 says: Dec 23, 2008. 9:05 PM
haha when i saw the first picture i thought ur hand was like horrifically burned or something lol
Tristyn3 says: Feb 1, 2009. 9:26 AM
LOL me too lunchbox
lunchboxslayer27 says: Feb 2, 2009. 1:30 PM
Rofl
ismaelplague says: Jan 23, 2009. 9:04 AM
might as well use a magnifying glass
bdblock94 says: Jan 25, 2009. 7:46 AM
what if you dont have one when lost in winter?
ismaelplague says: Jan 30, 2009. 2:13 PM
well im sure your not goin to
bdblock94 says: Feb 1, 2009. 10:44 AM
you never know
How To Guy says: Sep 28, 2008. 4:30 PM
Hey. Thanks for sharing. That's pretty cool!
PCPkillz says: Jul 31, 2008. 4:35 AM
If ever I am stranded in the winter wilderness of WI, this will certainly come in handy. Now over to "How to cook squirrel" so I can have dinner, too!
tehyosh says: May 29, 2008. 7:57 AM
try making a sphere out of ice, it's easier to focus with that
Temennigru says: May 6, 2008. 1:16 PM
u saw this on mythbusters
armadillozenith says: Feb 1, 2008. 12:55 AM
Neat! A couple of suggestions: -Prop the lens up on twigs or something so it is not melting so fast and chilling your fingers all the time you use it. -How about freezing the water in a mould (a rounded bowl) so it already came out accurately lens-shaped? -Do I need BOTH sides curved, actually? -I have also wondered if I could make a big outdoor lightweight telescope using a clear plastic-formed lens (hollow) to fill with water onsite. Save weight. Two vacuum-moulded sheets glued back-to-back with a funnel and stopper. No need to freeze. Good initiative, this could save lives in the cold outdoors... find some clear ice, shape it and start a fire.
knowhim777 says: Apr 18, 2008. 6:39 AM
yes you do need both sides curved. this is nature's version of a magnifying glass, prettymuch. kewl!
WingDings says: Feb 1, 2008. 6:28 AM
If you want to freeze the water yourself, you might have problems with getting all of the bubbles out. You'd need to have a minimum of bubbles and other stuff in there as otherwise they will diffract the light, making the concentrated light more diffuse and so less hot.

There's a few things on Instructables that tell you how to make clear ice (the comments expand on these, too), such as make crystal clear ice and The Ice Bulb.

But generally the clearer you make your ice and more uniform the surfaces are, the better the light concentration will be.
Matin (author) says: Feb 2, 2008. 9:10 AM
Thanks for that; I have changed the first page to reflect the twice boiled -> clear ice idea.
WyldStyl3 says: Feb 1, 2008. 5:52 AM
Both sides do not have to be curved, I used to have a magnifying glass that was completely flat on one side that I used to burn things all the time as a kid.
bob the builder #1 says: Mar 28, 2008. 9:08 AM
u copied this from mythbuster's
Metal4God says: Oct 4, 2007. 4:12 PM
this was on mythbusters!
jtlax says: Nov 11, 2007. 3:17 PM
i love that show
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