This post should serve as RED FLAG to readers. The 'Primative' movement in the greater Survival community is as much a philosophy as method. It is a philosophy that can get you dead in short order. Any bowdrill method that requires specific materials is no better, in fact inferior to a $ 1.00 disposable lighter UNLESS CARRIED 24/7.It is utter folly to assume nature will provide a cornucopia of raw materials into which 'Man and the Wilderness' steps forward brandishing the latest steel wunder knif sold for 3 figures by some outdoors guru and reviewed on pigsticker forums.com. Knowing how to make friction fire is fun and usefull. It is not an inherently superior method either spiritually or solely on function.