PRIMITIVE FIRE BUILDING

TECHNIQUES

These primitive fire building techniques could help you. In bushcrafting, making fire is a basic skill, or I should say, in survival, fire making is a

basic skill. To survive, fire is essential.

So here’s 7 primitive fire building techniques for surviving the outdoors:

HAND DRILL

The Hand Drill Technique is one of the simplest friction method fire building technique. however, maintaining friction can be a bit difficult because

you have to use your hands in rotating the spindle. It would best work in dry climates.

TWO-MAN FRICTION DRILL

It is more like the hand drill but you must have a partner to maintain friction. It is more convenient

than hand drill. However, you cannot do this alone.

FIRE PLOW METHOD

All you need is two pieces of wood. This method produces it’s own tinder by pushing the plow

through the fireboard. As temperature increases, the fire ignites.

 FIRE PUMP DRILL

This is a fire building method invented by the Iroquois. It uses a flywheel to generate friction. The crossbar and flywheel are made of hardwood; the spindle and fireboard are made from softwoods

(just like in the hand drill).

BOW DRILL

Of all the friction fire building techniques, this method is most efficient at maintaining the speed and pressure needed to produce a coal, and also

the easiest to master.

FIREPISTON

This method uses a firepiston device. The basic concept of this device is air pressure. The pressure

creates heat. When pressure rises rapidly and efficiently, it would light up your tinder. 

 FLINT AND STEEL

Striking soft steel against a hard flint would start a spark to burn your tinder. In ancient times, our

ancestors find flints in the ground to use as firestarters. But now, there are firestarter kits

available in the market (although it uses the same flint and steel concept).

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