i always bring pj cotton balls in the woods

I find petroleum jelly soaked cotton balls all over the woods when I'm out there - you just have to know how to spot them in the wild. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

I've been using Burts Bees hand salve mashed into cotton balls. great for the skin, lips, face, and starting fire.

I also use it sometimes on knife edges to keep them from rusting.

Take the cotton balls and kind of work the jelly into them by tearing it apart a bit and working it in again. Now- palce them in a baggie or one of those orange match tubes that are waterproof. You can also make some nice firestarters by using old candle wax- wood shavings and some candle wicks. Simply melt the wax in an old pot on the stove and pour in a bit of the shavings- now take the wick from old candles and lay them in an empty egg caron- after the wax is melted- pour mixture carefuly into egg carton and let dry. After all is dry cut the 12 sections apart and you should end up with 12 dandy fire starters with a small wick sticking out of each one. This will stay lit for about 10 minutes allowing you to get a good flame going under any conditions. I just tell all the gals in the family to save old parts of candles for me and I make them for everybody <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />. Hope this helps- Thanks

I like burts bees products but won't buy them. They are very anti-ATV, 4x4 and a few other things that annoy me. Too bad their bug bite salve is great.