Interesting way of making fire

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Interesting way of making fire

Post by Mark » Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:02 pm

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"What if he had no knife? In that case he would not be a good bushman so there is no need to consider the possibility." H.A. Lindsay, 1947

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Re: Interesting way of making fire

Post by Mack The Knife » Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:04 am

That's a useful thing to know.

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Post by xl_target » Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:19 am

cool!
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Post by Mack The Knife » Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:29 am

Tried it with the silver foil from a ciggie pack but that did not work.

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Post by brihacharan » Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:14 am

Mack The Knife wrote: Tried it with the silver foil from a ciggie pack but that did not work.
> The reason could be that the foil from the ciggie pack is made of pure aluminum - which is not combustible...
> Whereas the wrapper of the chewing gum pack shown on the video clip is made of metalized plastic - the metal coating acts as a conductor & the plastic is combustible :D
> Anyways - a very novel way of making fire :D
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Re: Interesting way of making fire

Post by dev » Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:39 am

Wow that's almost as easy as using a match.

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