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The author explains about the original period process of preparing cloth tinder, and denstrates how to make fire with plant tinder and dried grass kindling...
Just showing how you can very easily start a fire with cotton balls. If you pre-prepare one with petroleum jelly flint and (magnesium) striker ignition...