I'm thinking that SAK posts are allowed here as they are not in competition with Scrapyard blades, if not please feel free to remove !

As the sun had made a brief appearance today I decided I'd try and get a fire going using the magnifying glass on my SAK ~

As soon as I'd taken this pic~



This happened !:(



Deciding I didn't want to waster the tinder I'd prepped, my ferro-rod would have to be used. After a few strikes my Tinder fungus was smouldering ~



I added some Old mans beard ~



I then added some fine Cedar bark shaving that I'd made using the fish de-scaler on my SAK, this worked awesome ~





I added a little resin and more Cedar bark, it blew into flame instantly !



A few other pics from today~








Edited to add that after I'd made fire using my ferro-rod the sun came out briefly aagain, I quickly tried the magnifier again and this time got the tinder fungus smoking straight away. I then made the mistake of stopping and getting my camera out to take a pic of it smoking with the magnifier and yeah you guessed it.....the sun vanished again !!!

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He he... Nice pics. Making fire is just fun every time.

Brother Pit, you lead a charmed life! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Nice pics. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Great pics pit!

Nice pics!

The magnifying glass fire starting trick is often overlooked. Unfortunately, as with your situation - when you need fire most - nature usually has other plans.

(As a kid I kept a bible magnifying glass in my field gear - it made a few fires, but was mostly used to fry ants).

Very nice pictures, thanks for sharing and I have a few SAK's and love them.

Nice pics again pit. I really like both dogs on the log, posing at the same angle and pose.

I love the last picture and I know that dog has spotted Big Foot.

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Nice!