So begins another interesting round of Ricardo Sierra's Earth Skills Seven Day Challenge. You can do this wherever you are if you want to have a go. This time round the study is fire. I've decided to use a ferrocerium rod on various materials, some natural some not, to see what mileage I can get. Below are the results of day one. I got sons #1, 2 and 3 to have a go as well. The ignitable was cotton wool and Vicks Vaporub. Vaseline is traditional, but I seem to have run out. The Vaporub worked just fine.
Me (above), got the show started.
Son #1 took to it quite well, After everyone else had a go, he came back for another go. Quite a fast little flamer.
Son #2 had a go next. He got a little frustrated at the beginning, but he got there in the end. He also came back for a second helping.
Son #3 also had a go, but due to his young age and small proportions, he didn't get flame. Points for enthusiasm, though.
This was day one. Over the week I'll try other fire starting, but due to almost running out of bandwith credit and cash, I can't post every day. I'll update after it's all over and let you know how it all went then.
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