Description

Ways to start your Fire:

• Strike Everywhere Fatwood Matchstick: Simple yet the quickest and easiest way you can start your fire. It is just about foolproof to use. Ignite the Strike Everywhere Fatwood Matchstick on any rough surface and when the match ignites it will also ignite the piece of Fatwood that is attached to it. Fatwood burns very hot and it can literally burn right side up because it is rich in pine resin which is highly flammable.
• Charcloth: Start an ember with the charcloth using either the magnifying glass during a sunny day or with the ferrocerium rod that comes with the Kit. Use the ember on a “bird’s nest” to start your fire.
• FireBall: The Fireball is waterproof and highly flammable because of the pine pitch it is made of. It has a jute twine loop on one end that you can hook onto a carabiner to carry with you. The jute twine loop acts as tinder that can be ignited using the ferrocerium rod that is provided to start the fireball on fire. Cut the jute twine loop and separate the strands thoroughly then fluff it up.  Ignite the fluffed up jute twine tinder with the ferrocerium rod and hold the body of the Fireball slightly downwards to let the flame catch the pine pitch on fire. As a backup, if for some reason the jute twine gets wet you can still build a fire with the Fireball by igniting the jute twine that is found on the front end using a ferrocerium rod.  To do so, pound the front end of the Fireball to expose the jute twine that is covered by pine pitch.  Fluff it up then ignite it using a ferrocium rod.
• Ferrocerium rod: 5500 F (3000 C) sparks that will start a fire in the toughest conditions. You can use the ferrocerium rod to ignite any fine tinder that is flammable.
• Magnifying glass: Use it to ignite the charcloth or other fine tinder to make an ember.
• Fatwood kindling: Create fine feathers on the fatwood (see last 2 pictures) and ignite it with the ferrocerium rod.

Other Uses:

• Fatwood kindling: Use it to build your fire by taking one piece of fatwood kindling and getting it on fire first and use it to ignite the other types of kindling that you are using.
• Mirror: Can be used as an emergency signal. Also handy to have if you get something in your eye or if you wear contact lenses and they become displaced.
• Button compass: Use it to navigate and find your direction if for some reason you are lost and your smart phone has no signal.
• Magnifying glass: Besides using it to start a fire, it can also be used to read small words or to find very small splinters.