Instructions on How to Make Charcloth for Firemaking Using Flint+steel or Firestick.
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Instructions on How to Make Charcloth for Firemaking Using Flint+steel or Firestick.
If you have no matches or lighter you may need to create fire the old fashioned way
The sparks from your FLINT + STEEL need something to catch on to become an ember .
A SMALL LOSE WAD OF CHARCLOTH IS ALSO THE BEST THING LOADED INTO THE RECESS ON THE END OF A FIRSTICK PLUNGER
This ember is usually clean cotton cloth charred without oxygen like charcoal to become charcloth.
The clean burned out tin is pierced with a small hole and around 20 pieces of cotton loosely packed inside.
The lid is fitted and tin loaded onto low embers of fire for as long as smoke comes out of the hole (5-15 mins approx)
Pointed stick is inserted into hole as tin is removed from embers to stop air entering tin.
It will be hot, careful not to touch with fingers or hands use gloves and or tongs.
When cool, charcloth is removed and kept in airtight/watertight container for storage.
When struck by sparks or heated by compressed air in firestick, charcloth will smoulder until placed in a ball of tinder (fluffed up jute string is good) and blown upwards on to ignite tinderinto a little ball of flame.
Don`t blow downards as the tinder will burn you when it ignites.
The sparks from your FLINT + STEEL need something to catch on to become an ember .
A SMALL LOSE WAD OF CHARCLOTH IS ALSO THE BEST THING LOADED INTO THE RECESS ON THE END OF A FIRSTICK PLUNGER
This ember is usually clean cotton cloth charred without oxygen like charcoal to become charcloth.
The clean burned out tin is pierced with a small hole and around 20 pieces of cotton loosely packed inside.
The lid is fitted and tin loaded onto low embers of fire for as long as smoke comes out of the hole (5-15 mins approx)
Pointed stick is inserted into hole as tin is removed from embers to stop air entering tin.
It will be hot, careful not to touch with fingers or hands use gloves and or tongs.
When cool, charcloth is removed and kept in airtight/watertight container for storage.
When struck by sparks or heated by compressed air in firestick, charcloth will smoulder until placed in a ball of tinder (fluffed up jute string is good) and blown upwards on to ignite tinderinto a little ball of flame.
Don`t blow downards as the tinder will burn you when it ignites.
Cooling and Blocking Hole in Tin.
Resist the temptation to peek inside untill tin cool or all will be lost.
End Product, Cloth Still in Sheets and Not Powdered Ash.
This is cool tin with the top off and charcloth inside ready for storing in airtight container.
Firestick and Tinder Ready for Glowing Ember.
The firesick works by compressing air so much that the charcloth in the recess at the end of the plunger starts to glow.