![]() Well, these and a few others I may have forgotten or that were not identified, other than using the thumb nail check. Seep Willow (Baccharis salicina?) on yucca Pretty much all of this was local (Dallas, Texas), except for the cedar, which I brought back with me from the Maine Primitive Skills School: So far I've successfully used these for hand drill. ![]() I posted this list originally under the Friction Fire Tuesday thread. I used one to catch my ember.Īt bottom are several prickly lettuce stalks, one of which was lucky enough (well, at least part of it was in good enough shape) to be my drill. The leaves are cottonwood, to show for identification. I stripped the bark off, and you can see the underbark (the darker, more shredded stuff), which became my tinder bundle. As far as bow drill goes, using yucca or sotol is like using matches.Īt the top is a branch dropped off of a cottonwood tree. Cottonwood has the added bonus that the underbark makes for great tinder, as in the example below, using these two. I have gotten an ember in 2 passes with this combo (and wouldn't doubt it's possible to do it in 1, although this hasn't been a goal of mine), and have gotten many an ember using a 5" spindle of prickly lettuce. *At some point I will have to create an excel file to keep this organized.Īround here, Dallas Texas, my favorite hand drill thus far is prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola), and hearth, probably cottonwood. ![]() Then people can reference by state what others have used so they know what to look for to get started. I will compile this and just edit this original post with everyones input. So I would like to create this thread and compile input in a central location to help those like myself who don't have a good idea of what wood types work best - I will do so by having those who have been successful post 3 things: The biggest contributing factor for me has simply been not knowing what wood to try.Īs an example, there are plenty of sources explaining what has worked "I used an ABC spindle on an XYZ hearth." That's great, but doesn't help much for a person somewhere else in the world where niether of those trees exist. The recent "Your WORST skill" thread has prompted self reflection and found my lack of experience in primitive fire to be unacceptable. Best Wood Types For Friction Fire (Master List - Bow/Hand Drill)
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