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#366 - 03/14/01 11:13 AM Tinders
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I want to know how to make my own tinders, because it's very hard to find them here in Brazil<br>Thanks for help!!<br><br>

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#367 - 03/14/01 04:04 PM Re: Tinders
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If you mean easy to light fire starting materials, thats easy. Vaseline and cotton. Mix them up well and put them in a double baggie. In a pinch, lip balm and "pocket fuzz" work well too.<br><br>
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#368 - 03/14/01 04:07 PM Oh, this too!
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Scraps of tire are amazing, the work even when wet! (duh!!)<br><br>
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#369 - 03/14/01 06:41 PM Re: Tinders
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Registered: 02/09/01
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www.pioneerpc.com/wildernessway has readers contributions for dozens of tinder formulas.This is the website for Wilderness Way magazine.You could make kindling from the home of those who destroy your rainforests.Chico Mendes lives!<br><br>

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#370 - 03/15/01 07:51 PM Re: Tinders
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Take dryer lint or fuzzy stuff of some kind, tie a string around a clump of the stuff. Then melt parriffin wax and dip the clump into the wax. A piece the size of your thumb will burn about 10-15 minutes.<br><br>

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#371 - 03/15/01 08:57 PM sharpening reference
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www.razoredgesystems.com John Juranitch is in the Guiness record book for shaving with a newly sharpened axe.If you would like a great reference for sharpening knifes and a myriad of other tools, myths dispelled and a source for excellent hones give them a look see.Iv'e had excellent service for 15 years.<br><br>

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#372 - 03/16/01 05:27 PM Re: Tinders
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Just a word of caution. If your drier lint is largely polyester, you're apt to have trouble. Better to use cotton lint.<br><br>Better yet, a strip of bicycle inner tube. I cut several large "rubber band" rings out of an old tube, and stretch over<br>my pocket survival kit. Stinks, but lights wet or dry. (Of course, won't catch a spark from flint-type firestarters).<br><br>

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#373 - 03/16/01 07:58 PM Re: Tinders
Anonymous
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Thanks, didn't know that. I usually just grabbed whatever was in the lint trap, but most of our clothes are cotton anyway.<br><br>

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