Bushcraft: Fire Starting With Flint and Steel

Introduction to lighting a campfire with a flint and steel, instead of using a ferrocerium rod. This is a traditional method I often rely on, because I'm a flintlock muzzle loading hunter. The flint and steel has been around hundreds of years before ferrocerium rods were developed, and this is why I chose this method.

To start creating a tinder box of your own, you can purchase the Hudson Bay TDC tobacco box I mentioned from Amazon. Amazon also has many flint and steel options.

To make char cloth for your flint and steel, click here

To see how to use Tinder Fungus, click here