Feather Sticks Fire Lighting

There are a few variations on how to make a feather stick and which you use will depend on the situation and your own preferences.

Feather sticks fire lighting.

Today we look at making a feather stick for fire lighting. Being able to light a featherstick directly with a fire steel was for me a real enabler. Remove your fire sticks from their holder and light them. For easier fire starting try to find a soft wood.

Knowing how to make a feather stick for fire lighting is a well known bushcraft skill so really i m showing nothing new here but where it comes into its own is when you are faced with difficult weather conditions of wet damp wood to actually start that fire. You will eventually want the harder wood to sustain your fire but usually a softer lighter wood works best for feather sticks. Soft wood is easier to carve and usually easier to light. Lay the burning tinder into your fire right carefully so you do not extinguish the young flame.

Place several pieces of kindling on top of the tinder and fire stick resting in the fire ring. If your a little low on tinder making a feather sticks al. A video on the preparation and use of feather sticks and how to create reliable tinder from dry wood. Struggle persevere struggle some more persevere struggle sharpen the knife aha.

Making feather sticks is relatively easy. Feather sticks help us in numerous ways.