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Firecrafting

There are many ways to create this staple of humanity. No matter how you choose, my opinion will stay the same. . .

Fire has been and always will be the #1 survival tool. Giving light, warmth, comfort and safety to mention a few. There is no greater gift. I can only imagine a small family huddled together for warmth and security, waiting for those precious rays of sunlight to usher in the safety of daylight. Humans have always been afraid of the dark and its unseen dangers. This however was about to change.

One young man and his curiosity of a lightning strike would change us forever. Upon arriving at the freshly burned prairie, he found several charred remains of animals he usually had eaten raw. The smell of the cooked meat filled his nostrils. He sampled the fare and to his delight it tasted wonderful. He would have to share this with the others. Collecting a few smoldering sticks and the remains of his meal he returned to his family with this special gift.

A couple of sprigs of dry grass and several more sticks and light was given to darkness, warmth to their bodies and food to their stomachs. They never looked back, the dark had been made into light.

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Flint/Steel Firestarter Kit w/o Lens

Kit includes (m) style striker of high carbon handmade by St. Louis Blacksmith. Kit has an average size piece of flint and enough char cloth for several fires.
No lens included in this kit.
Tin container is for carrying and making char cloth.

Please note - Kit can be purchased with or without period correct magnifying lens.

$13.99
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Flint/Steel Firestarter Kit w/Lens

Kit includes (m) style striker of high carbon handmade by St. Louis Blacksmith.
Kit has an average size piece of flint and enough char cloth for several fires.
Period correct lens included
Tin container is for carrying and making char cloth.

Please note - Kit can be purchased with or without period correct magnifying lens.

$15.99
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Flint Pieces (small)

These have high silica content and are of good hardness.
approx 1" x 2"

$1.49
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Flint Pieces (medium)

These have high silica content and are of good hardness.
approx. 2" x 3"

$1.99
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Flint Pieces (large)

These have high silica content and are of good hardness.
approx. 3" x 3"

$2.49
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Fire Starter

Magnesium/Ferrocerium Rod with metal striker and lanyard.
Sparks at 3000 degrees in any weather wet or dry.
2.5" long by 5/16" round.

$6.99
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Char Cloth

About 1 square foot. Enough for many fires.

$3.49
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Palm Fiber Tinder

Natural palm oil in fiber-lights fast.
3 one foot pieces.

$3.49
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Pocket Tinder
Pine fat wood stick with attached waxed sisal rope.
Scrape a little fat onto the rope/throw spark.
$2.20
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Fat Wood Sticks

6 sticks each 5" long
Can be split for smaller kindling/for ignition/burns fast.

$3.99
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Fat Wood Matches

1/2 ounce averages 12 to 15 matches
Finely split for your convenience for match or tinder/for ignition/burns fast.

$1.99
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Metal Rectangle Tin

3.75 " by 2.5" by .5".
For carrying essentials and making char cloth.
Hole in lid allows for smoke to escape when making char cloth.
When smoke stops cloth is done.

$3.49
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Shelf Fungus (Polyporaceae)

Awesome tinder for solar fire starting.
Average size piece will last for a long time - lights within seconds.
2" x 3" average size.

$1.99
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Fire Steel Fire Starter Kit

Contains one Ferrocerium Rod and one square foot of palm fiber.

$7.99
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Solar Lens Firestarter Kit

Contains one 2” round glass magnifying lens, one 2” by 3” piece of shelf fungus and 1 square foot of palm tinder fiber.

$4.99
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Magnifying Glass

Two inches round made of 100% glass.

$2.29
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Emergency Candles (4 pk)

These are long burning candles lasting up to six hours measuring 5” by .75”.
Pack of 4.

$3.99
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