Fire Starters-Bow Drill

Making & Using Bow Drills
http://www.prepperlink.com/index.php/survive/dans-depot-articles/item/134-making-bow-drills

   In today’s modern world, it is extremely rare to see or hear of anybody doing such primitive things like flintknapping, hide tanning or even old fashioned ways of starting a fire. We are a modern society and we certainly like our gadgets. However, using our hands like our ancestors used to is one way to connect with our past. Isn’t it kind of cool to do something your great great grandpa used to do? Practicing the primitive ways links us to our heritage. --- CONTINUED ---

Includes:

   Bow Drill Set 1 - Making the Set
   Bow Drill Set 2 - Fine Tuning the Set
   Bow Drill Set 3 - Working the Set
   Troubleshooting

Making Fire With The Bow Drill
http://blackthorn-usa.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Bow-Drill.pdf

(6-page PDF)

When you are first learning bow-drill fire-making, you must make conditions and your bow drill set such that the chance of
getting a coal is the greatest. If you do not know the feeling of a coal beginning to be born then you will never be able to
master the more difficult scenarios. For this it is best to choose the “easiest woods” and practice using the set in a sheltered location such as a garage or basement, etc. --- CONTINUED ---