Feather Sticks Fire Lighting

A video on the preparation and use of feather sticks and how to create reliable tinder from dry wood.
Feather sticks fire lighting. Place several pieces of kindling on top of the tinder and fire stick resting in the fire ring. Making feather sticks is relatively easy. Soft wood is easier to carve and usually easier to light. I don t go out without a fire steel so i know that with my knife i should be able to make fire whatever the weather.
Struggle persevere struggle some more persevere struggle sharpen the knife aha. Feather sticks help us in numerous ways. For easier fire starting try to find a soft wood. Being able to light a featherstick directly with a fire steel was for me a real enabler.
There are a few variations on how to make a feather stick and which you use will depend on the situation and your own preferences. If your a little low on tinder making a feather sticks al. Lay the burning tinder into your fire right carefully so you do not extinguish the young flame. Use the now burning fire sticks to light the tinder you are holding in your hand.
Today we look at making a feather stick for fire lighting. You will eventually want the harder wood to sustain your fire but usually a softer lighter wood works best for feather sticks.