Archive of Category: Bushcraft

Friction Fire Mastery: Bow Drill and Hand Drill Techniques When You Have No Lighter

Bow Drill vs Hand Drill: What You’re Actually Doing Friction fire isn’t “rubbing sticks together” in the vague, movie sense. You’re trying to create a tiny pile of hot, oxygen-fed wood dust (a coal). That coal reaches ignition temperature and then transfers into a tinder bundle. The bow drill and

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