Skip to content

a.k.a. Prepper

Everyday Urban Citizen also known as Prepper

Posted on December 26, 2018February 9, 2019 by AkaPrepper

Rudiger Roll Fire Starting – cotton ball and wood ash.

Saturate an unrolled cotton ball with wood ash. Roll with fingers. Roll between two wood boards until tight. Roll with a heavy hand between boards until a coal is formed. About 10 or 20 passes. The rest is obvious.

A cotton ball and jar full of wood ash sitting on a wood board
Sprinkling wood ash on an unrolled cotton ball
A flat hand rolling a cotton ball covered with wood ash
A flat hand rolling a cotton ball covered with wood ash
A tightly rolled cotton ball with wood ash rolled between two flat boards
A tightly rolled cotton ball with wood ash rolled between two flat boards
A tightly rolled cotton ball with wood ash laying on a flat board
A tightly rolled cotton ball with wood ash rolled between two flat boards Being rolled fast between the boards
The rolled cotton and wood ash laying on the board after rolling showing signs of ignighted embers
The ignighted cotton and wood ash held in the firngers of a person
The bright orange embers of the ignighted cotton ball with in a nest of tinder
A fully ignighted nest of tinder held in a persons hand
CategoriesFire Tagsfriction fire, primitive Fire starting, Rudiger roll

Post navigation

Previous PostPrevious Adventures in spoon making
Next PostNext Hobo Stove – paint can, misc. hardware

Categories

  • Fire
  • Firearms
  • Fishing
  • Garden
  • Home
  • Uncategorized

Social Media

  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Archives

  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018

Recent Comments

    Recent Posts

    • Simple Sutures
    • Urban Jungle Fishing
    • The Smith and Wesson .41 Military and Police Revolver
    • Trial Garden-Day 50- final thoughts
    • Midland Backpack Shotgun: Product Review

    Meta

    • Log in
    • Entries feed
    • Comments feed
    • WordPress.org
    • Test aka
    Proudly powered by WordPress