I am going to make a couple

[Zogman]

Of these!
Kind of cool. No kind of warn. Enjoy!

 

[Wall-eyes]

Back in day hunting in Mountains Dad did something similar more so cotton balls shocked in fuel for fire starter stuffed in ole black 35mm film box.

 

[Davey Crockett]

Good idea with the pencil sharpener, I'll have our Grandsons that. When they come out to the farm in the summer they spend most of their time competing to see who can build campfires with primitive tools. I have as much fun as they do. We have tried friction with native wood and even used electric drill with no luck . Had success with flint but it took a long time. The fastest by far was a magnifying glass , a toilet paper roll filled with dryer lint and a firecracker fuse. We haven't time it but I'm guessing 20-30 seconds to get a flame on a hot sunny day.

 

[SDMF]

Vaseline on cotton balls or steel wool.

Or, Pyro-putty or Trioxane bars.

 

[svnmag]

Packing/duct tape will burn in heavy rain. Fritos, Doritos etc are excellent kindling in dry conditions.

Paper towels/old cotton rags soaked in vegetable oil/rolled into "sticks" will quickly get a fireplace going. A splash of Wesson on the cold/damp wood doesn't hurt anything.

 

[Davey Crockett]

I looked on amazon and couldn't find the old time strike anywhere farmers matches . Those were the best fire starters ever. Had them when I was a kid and they were fun in many many ways. I remember stories of people carrying them in pockets with coins and getting burned I suppose that's why they went to strike on box . Last time I tried I could still light the new ones off the back of my leg on my lee vies .

I bet the old timers were happy when matches were invented.

 

[PrairieGhost]

I remember stories of people carrying them in pockets with coins and getting burned I suppose that's why they went to strike on box

Perhaps shouldn't admit it, but I had a half dozen light up in my pocket. If I remember correctly it was a stubborn screw on a tail light of my 58 Chev. I braced my leg against the screwdriver so I could turn with both hands. At first I thought my knife had opened in my pocket so I pulled my pocket outward, and that gave then air. That was fun.

 

[BrokenBackJack]

When getting ready for our elk hunting trips back in the day, we had toilet paper tubes filled with dryer lint also and with a string for a wick and filled with wax, mixing with the dryer lint.
Then we found some kind of fire starter, it was a gel, and that stuff seemed to burn forever and got the wood burning fast.

 

[Davey Crockett]

When getting ready for our elk hunting trips back in the day, we had toilet paper tubes filled with dryer lint also and with a string for a wick and filled with wax, mixing with the dryer lint.
Then we found some kind of fire starter, it was a gel, and that stuff seemed to burn forever and got the wood burning fast.

Sounds like sterno or something like it , I carry a couple cans in every vehicle but the new stuff either has a shelf life or I got a bad batch. I opened one and it had evaporated.

 

[svnmag]

Lots of genius naysayers in the comments. Looks viable to my retardation: