tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681840922010817231.post5426775019516005598..comments2024-01-30T22:22:22.666-08:00Comments on Getting Out Alive: Bear AttackRich Johnson:http://www.blogger.com/profile/11550302398107628863noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681840922010817231.post-4756342529789875332012-09-10T18:50:23.175-07:002012-09-10T18:50:23.175-07:00They took rope fibers (looked like some kind of he...They took rope fibers (looked like some kind of hemp type rope) to use for tinder, formed them into a little nest and blew on the nest until it got going, didn't take long either. I picked up a pot of charred wood chunks there, going to try making some black powder.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681840922010817231.post-78880683493458868722012-09-10T10:24:44.306-07:002012-09-10T10:24:44.306-07:00I like having e a good "flint 'n steel&qu...I like having e a good "flint 'n steel" set with me in the outdoors, and I have several different ones. The real secret to successful fire-making is the tinder. A dry char cloth is excellent for catching the spark and holding a "coal" long enough to get the tinder started, as long as the tinder itself is dry and fine. I've used old chunks of charred wood left over from previous fires to substitute for char cloth, and it works well. Rich Johnson:https://www.blogger.com/profile/11550302398107628863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681840922010817231.post-31704587707794744212012-09-10T08:48:32.584-07:002012-09-10T08:48:32.584-07:00At the rendezvous I watched a few of the better ha...At the rendezvous I watched a few of the better hands start fires with flint stones and striking irons and char cloth like they did in the old days. Seems like one of those striking irons would work better on the flint on these modern magnesium blocks than the tool that comes with them. <br /><br />Lighter flints are a poor substitute, the sparks are too fine and don't live long. Mutter, mutter. BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681840922010817231.post-77352685836951538602012-09-08T18:17:34.120-07:002012-09-08T18:17:34.120-07:00Went black powder shooting today, love my new Hawk...Went black powder shooting today, love my new Hawken, but have to doctor the rear sight some, it's shooting high even as low as I can set it.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681840922010817231.post-59919648391857974752012-09-04T19:24:54.075-07:002012-09-04T19:24:54.075-07:00That poor fellow ended up inside the griz.
Hum, g...<i>That poor fellow ended up inside the griz.</i><br /><br />Hum, guess it was hungry, bears don't much like the taste of us monkeys but you eat what you need to eat to keep going. <br /><br />Anyway, went to my first mountain man rendezvous this weekend, best time I've had since moving here, and I bought a 50 caliber Hawkins. BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.com