With out matches or fuel learning how-to-start-a-fire with ease

Learning how-to-start-a-fire is easy once you know how to use the fire starting methods without any matches or fuel. If one method does not work there is alway another.

Here are several different fire starting methods, that can be used by anyone. Some will take a little practice, others will seem simple when you start your fire.

Over time it has been proven that a fire can be started without matches.

The photo on the left is a picture of a flint and steel.

In the past, cowboys use the flint and steel fire starting method.

The steel is placed over the four fingers, closing the fist to keep it tightly in your hand. Then both the flint and steel are held over the small pile of kindling while striking the steel against the flint. This will produce a spark and light the kindling on fire.

The photo on the left is a picture of the modern version of the flint and steel.

You can easily learn how-to-start-a-fire with this handy tool. It consists of a small block of solid magnesium, with a full-length flint sparking insert set into one edge.

The soft magnesium is scraped with a pocket knife into a small pile, which is ignited by striking the edge of the sparking insert with the knife. Ignites to a temperature of 5,400°F, more than enough to light the most stubborn campfire. Works even if wet.

Once the kindling is burning good, gradually add bigger logs until the fire is just the way you like it. Then sit down and warm your body.

Fires have long been made throughout the world from smoldering embers obtained by the combined use of the bow, drill and fire board.

When learning how-to-start-a-fire of this type, you will need a bow, with a thick string long enough to loop around the dry stick that is to serve as a drill.

You will need a socket with which to hold the drill against a hollowed out hole in the fire board. The photo on the left shows an example of the equipment I have just described.


Start by gathering some fire starting material, like dry moss. roll it into a ball then place the fire board over it.

Put oil or wax inside the socket hole so the drill can move more freely.

Place the socket on the top of the drill and Rotate it back and forth in the hollowed out hole of the fire board.

This will produce so much friction that the wood inside the hole will produce a spark. The spark will fall out of the hole in the bottom of the fire board and land onto the bed of moss, causing it to smolder. Blowing gently on the mass will cause a flame to start and the campfire will be started.

Although the technique seems simple, effort is required. So don't get discouraged, just keep trying, your effort will pay off. Then you can just sit back and enjoy the warmth of the fire you built.


A small magnifying glass is another way to start a campfire, when there is plenty of sun light.

Find some dry fire starter like moss, grass, or pine needles, and make a small pile. As you Hold the magnifying glass close to the pile of fire starter, aim it in the direction of the sun.

The magnification of the sun light will become so intensify that the pile of fire starter will smolder and then burst into flames. Just add some wood and enjoy your fire.

You can learn how-to-start-a-fire with a Binocular lens.

Just unscrew the lens from the binoculars and use it in the same way as the magnifying glass.


Even a piece of glass from an ordinary broken jar can be used to magnify the sun and start a fire. This fire starting method may take some time but the warmth of the fire will be your reward.

The information I have provided above will help you learn how-to-start-a-fire with a little practice.

Your campfire will look just as beautiful as the one in the photo above.

They say "practice makes perfect". So go get started and have fun.

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