They're Marines. They are professional Extremists. Be careful around them.
They are very useful when needed but hard to keep as pets.




(spoken by a former bubblehead squid)

Yes. Although I think that means "fire drill" rather than "fire piston". I wouldn't want to make a piston unless I had a decent workshop available, and/or lots of time. I know they can be made in the wild, but surely a fire-drill is going to be quicker and easier?

I agree. I have never tried a fire piston for just that reason.

Isn't the fire piston a product of the bamboo forest? I mean, the first people to use them had bamboo to work with?

Not much of that around here. And what IS here is carefully guarded :-)

That seems like a plausible origin. A fire piston could be constructed of any wood I suppose, or other similar workable materials.

Uni, how big are you lookin for, i have an ornanental oriental (try saying that 5 times fast!) garden. surprisingly bamboo grows here!!!

I like the small plexiglass variety. Very tight seal.

My friend wants to get a fire piston, I can get him one for his birthday but i am gonna need some help, some extra eyes out for good deals or a seller. condition doesnt really matter, O ring can be missing, piston can be chipped, finish can be worn, any thing cosmetic is ok, but i can make a good offer. From what it sounds like, alot of you dont like em much! Thanks!

Um, actually I'm not.

Just suggesting that since bamboo grows in jointed sections and the stem is round in cross section that finding two pieces that fit together as piston and cylinder would be much easier in a bamboo forest than, say, shortgrass prairie or alpine tundra.