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To light a fire...more than you wanted to know.

While not directly aviation-related, survival and basic wilderness skills, sometimes called "bush craft" are an important part of flying the remote backcountry.
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Tue Apr 19, 2016 6:24 pm

Re: To light a fire...more than you wanted to know.

interesting. anyone try?
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Wed Apr 20, 2016 7:15 am

Re: To light a fire...more than you wanted to know.

cstolaircraft wrote:interesting. anyone try?
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Wed Apr 20, 2016 7:17 am

Re: To light a fire...more than you wanted to know.

rw2 wrote:
cstolaircraft wrote:interesting. anyone try?

You mean to just quote?

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Wed Apr 20, 2016 12:16 pm

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I like seeing the Opinel folding knife... sweet!

Alan :)
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Wed Apr 20, 2016 12:22 pm

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His knife handling makes me cringe! I suspect he started the winter with full-finger gloves...
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Wed Apr 20, 2016 12:31 pm

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Im a big Opinel fan also - great bang for your buck and I lived ten years in the region that they are made.

Really solid locking mechanism, and carbon or stainless blades. There is a small cult of handle carving also.
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Sat May 07, 2016 10:06 pm

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Sat May 07, 2016 10:34 pm

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Keep practicing!
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Mon May 09, 2016 11:10 am

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