Fire by Friction (Part 1)

Our first project was to make the fire drill found on pages 170-174 (http://chrismolloy.com/page.php?u=p136). So we set out into the Cascade Mountains with the entire family and made a day of it. We took our gold pans for some panning and also were looking for river rocks for flintknapping.

We wanted to find a suitable stick for the fire bow and it didn't take long.

We used a Coghlan's Folding Sierra Saw and broke the tip. It worked fast and furious but was a bit spindly.

Those are Greenlee Handyman gloves. Easy cutting, bow looks just like the book.

Sawing and limbing the branch took about 10 minutes. Our favorite EDC knife is the Ontario RAT Model 1 folders with 3.6" blade. They work great but only after taking off the secondary bevel.