Primitive Fire Scout Bow Drill Kit
July 23, 2018 - Comment
All items have been tested and burned in prior to shipping. Ready to use out of the box!
Product Features
- 1x Fire Bow
- 1x Pre-notched Fireboard
- 1x Spindle
- 1x Hardwood Palm Board
- 1x Written Instruction
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Good for teaching scouts fire-making I have not yet successfully started a fire with it yet, but that’s probably because I quit too soon. It squeaks awfully when I’m using it, so the noise is too much to continue with (for my dog and my neighbors). I put vaseline under the handblock and that helped with the noise. The materials look well-made and strong. I had to re-tie the bow string because it was too tight for me to snap the spindle into place. I bought this to show Boy Scouts a method of starting fire by friction, which is…
works as advertised Delivered very quick received today and looks just as pictured. I have never tried this technique before only seen on tv and magazines, honestly I was a little sceptical that I would start a fire by spontaneously combusting in the fire pit before I would do it with this kit but I watched the short video as per instructions and i got a coal in less than ten minutes and only about 3 minutes after I got the technique down. Great for demo for boy scouts
Tried making my own, no luck, this worked 1st try! Our Scout Troop was doing Wilderness Survival and I was in charge of teaching the 3 methods of starting a fire, after watching several youtube videos on starting a fire with a bow drill i headed to my scrap tree branch fire wood collection and find a perfect shaped and size bow, I proceed to string it with paracord and I make a pine fireboard and used a old thin wooden flag pole for the spindle, I notched the fireboard just like the videos showed, even made a special aluminum insert for the…