Primitive flint and steel
This method of fire lighting is one of the easiest to master if you prepare properly beforehand in needs several elements to be successful.
As you can see in this picture of my flint and steel kit i have a steel (top) some char cloth (bottom left) and a piece of flint (bottom right) and you also need some very fine tinder to blow the ember to a flame.
you start by tacking a small amount of charcloth (about the size of a stamp) and place it on top of your flint then you strike the edge of the flint with your steel (as top right picture ) trying to scrape the finest of slivers of steel (hopefully) producing a spark to which you add this to you bundle of tinder and blow into a flame ( as top left picture)
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