Well, I took these pictures last month and figured I could write up a quick post about it. My family and I were out at one of our favorite spots called seven springs. It’s a unique place with a nice stream in the middle of the desert within Tonto National Forest. There are some nice hiking trails in the vecinity as well as bbq grills. It makes a great spot for an afternoon picnic.
I gathered up some wood to make a fire for grilling up some burgers. I have a preferred way of fire starting and that is flint and steel.
Above is a picture of my wood pile and my main camp knive made by Stephan Fowler. The thing is a beast and easliy split up my wood to get some nice kindling. I cut up the log with a folding saw, which is a must have when preparring to make a fire during outtings.
The image above is my fire kit. It contains: Flint, steel, jute twine and charcloth. I carry everything in a deer sack ball bag, it makes a great kit and looks mountain man authentic.
These pictures are my handsome self catching a spark with the flint and steel and blowing it into flames with a tinder bundle of jute twine.
Once you catch your spark onto the charcloth and get your charcloth coaling up good, you simple place the coal into the tinder ball of jute twine and blow it into flames. It’s really easy and very fun to practice. It is my favorite way to start a fire and is still very relevant and practical in todays world.
Boom that is some fire right there. Drop the flaming tinder bundle into your prepared kindling pile and get the fire going strong.
What to use to cook my burger, well a rock of course. I found a nice flat rock, cleaned it off and tossed it in the coals to gather some heat. The fat from the burger kept it from sticking and it turned out very, very good. I thoroughly enjoyed it and it was cooked perfectly.
MMMMM, yummy. A few fixins and you are good to go. The wife and kids wouldn’t have their burgers cooked in this fashion and opted for the skillet. One of the lessons I was trying to pass onto them was: If you don’t have a cooking vessel, what do you do? Maybe they learned something.
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