10 Ways to Make Fire Without Matches or a Lighter

Fire can be produced in various ways. For example, by sunlight, by cutting, by drilling, by simple friction. Each of these ways of making fire also has some variations. If you find yourself in the wilderness for any reason, you will probably need to get fire. After reading this article you will understand how it can be done.

 

How to make fire with a condom

We will need to fill the condom with water, the bottle can also be filled with water. After that we have a means to focus the sun's rays. You find a windless place, set accordingly "lens" and just go about your business. Rest assured, by the time you arrive, the fire will be burning.

 

2. How to make a fire with an iron can

 

Take a look at the bottom of a beer can - it is concave, and it can perfectly "collect" the sun's rays. But it is better to polish it beforehand for quality focusing. After that, this part of the can can be used to produce fire.

 

3. How to make fire with a piece of ice

 

Maybe you have seen one of the "Mythbusters" programs? It was a demonstration of how a piece of a certain shape of ice can be used to make a lens for making fire. So in the episode, the hosts used a round-shaped piece of ice. Thus, even ice can become a "source" of fire. If there is no ice nearby, you can make your own piece of ice of the desired shape. Just take a bag fill it with water, it is only necessary that the bag took the desired round shape. Then bury it under the snow and after a while the ice lens will be ready.

 

4. Making fire the blacksmith way

 

If you have a nail with you, just find a material in which you can hammer the nail. Then just hammer the nail in for about three minutes, turning it periodically. It will heat up to the point where you can use it to light a piece of pipe.

 

5. How to Make Fire by Chiseling Flint

 

A piece of steel can be used as a flint, but only if it is hardened. But it will be more difficult to catch fire with flint, even if it can be found on the road. If you are looking for flint, you should only find a very hard one, because a soft one will not do.

 

If the stone is hard, it resembles glass, which is cloudy or even transparent. From a smooth stone you are unlikely to get fire, but if you break the stone into two parts, you will get a spark from the sharp part. To determine the stone that sparks the most, simply check all the stones one by one.

The trout you will be burning should be as dry as possible. Fine chaff can be extracted from the fibers of a tree. For example, you can also use - cotton socks. In addition, vegetable fluff is an excellent fire. You should make the fire only in a windless place. It is desirable to hold the chaff over the flint.

 

6. Making fire by rubbing a rope on a stick

 

A pine tree stick can be a good choice. A crevice is made in it in which to put the carcass. But you should put it in such a way that there is space under the stick. It is better if the rope is made of natural fibers. On the ends of the rope you can make handles for convenience. Holding the stick with your foot, "saw" it with the rope from below. The movements should be frequent and fast. Already in a few seconds you will be able to see the smoke. And already later you can make a fire out of it.

 

7. Making fire by rubbing a ball of absorbent cotton

 

Place the absorbent cotton, which can be taken, for example, from an old jacket, between two pieces of wood. Then you just sharply and frequently "iron" the absorbent cotton with the planks. After a while you will see that the absorbent cotton will begin to smolder. This method is quite simple but at the same time very effective.

 

8. How to make fire by rubbing two sticks together

 

For this operation it is necessary to make a groove in the board at a certain angle where it is possible to insert the stick. Then it is necessary to push this stick and move it until there are puffs of smoke. The frayed material will be collected in the appropriate place. Later, the powder will turn a dark brown color. Some of the powder particles will fly off and fall to the side while they smoke, but no sparks can be seen.

 

A fire can only erupt where enough powder, heated to high temperatures, has been collected. It is important that there be a free flow of air into the pile of powder. It is better to use planks and sticks made of wood species such as beech and pine. Aspen and linden should not be used for this kind of fire.

 

9. How to make fire by drilling

 

A small hole is made in a piece of wood and a stick is pushed into it. On top of the hole it is necessary to cover it with a stone.

 

Next to the hole, it will be necessary to place the material that will catch fire afterwards. This can be lint, moss, wick or chaff. The wand should be set in motion with the help of a bow, which is put on the wand by the method of overlapping.

 

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