was out in the woods this past weekend and got to my campsite decideing on what to do many things went through my mind and thaught that i would work on my bow drill meathod of making fires.

sorry that there are no pics of me making the fire but i was the only one out there this time and as you might know its a little hard to take pics whail operating a bow drill.
Here is my bow drill kit

And here is the fire

was using the wetterlings to chop up some of the fire wood and used the NMSFNO for the splitting and the rat RC-3 for some of the finner spliting work and also for making fuzz sticks





i carried my NMSFNO in my new sheath i got from rainwalker

then it was time for some lunch where i had some chicken noodle soup, hot chocolate, and beef jerckey

YUM!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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more pics comming soon

very cool! nice little camping spot

very nice shots. makes me want to head out into the woods.

Nice pics. Those woods kind of reminded me of the woods in that movie "The Blair Witch Project" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> But I'm sure they are perfectly safe - especially with your arsenal of blades. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

atta boy, good camping it looks like <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I so enjoy this forum and the folks pics...

Nice pics Thanks for sharing.

I have never tried starting a fire with a bow drill, I'll have to give it a try

Dan

yea my camp site looks a little torn down and it really isnt that small i was just standing infront of the fire pit, next on my list is to put some more thatching on the shelter but that is a project for another day

yea it had taken a lot of pratice and that was only the second time i had gotten a fire started that way and it took me half an hour to get it to work

Did you re-profile your RAT-3? Do you like that blade? 1095?

Wow, awesome man!

Great pics. The bow drill is something that I am no good at. I guess I should keep trying it but I give in and end up fire steeling it.

BTW, the hatchet is on my short list now. I have convinced myself that it is better have one and not need it than to need it and not have it.