Bushwalk Australia

Not something I invented, byt DIY nevertheless. With fire ban season comming up real soon I'm going to have a play with these while I can.

full instructions here: http://thesharpenedaxe.blogspot.com/2011/06/cheap-and-easy-fire-starters.html
but its pretty self explanatory

You do not have a fuel stove?

Ahhhh! So there's a use for drier lint after all! Should we also be collecting belly button fluff too?!

2 of those is almost enough to boil water.

A

Best thing I have used (may have got the idea from this site?) ...........Cotton wool balls that have been rubbed with vaseline, odour free, easy to make, handy if you have cracked lips and easy to make.

Have to be a little careful though, the smoke from artificial fibre can be a little more toxic that burning cotton.
Where did you you get birch bark here??

A quick and easy firestarter is a strip of bike tube rubber. It will hold flame in the rain and start a fire quite easily. Very small, easy to carry and good in an emergency.

I'm with Anne
Vaseline and cotton ball is just so easy and cheap to make.
You can use a whole one but most times a small bit will be enough.
If you want them to last longer, wrap them up with some alluminium foil, poke a hole in it pull a bit out and light that.
BTW, do not use synthetic cotton , same reason why it is better not to use synthetic lint.
(I usually have some salt wrapped in foil and often pancetta or raw ham and hard cheese also wrapped in that , so most of the times I would have some foil with me...)
Franco