Category Archives: Firecraft

Fire-building, Fire-lays, Fire Safety and many other skills and techniques for successfully creating and maintaining a useful fire.

Ferro Fire with “The Ugly Stick”

The Ferro Rod with the Ugly Stick Method Ferro rods are a popular tool and method  for starting survival fires.  A variety of qualty ferro rods made by literally hundreds of companies can be had at reasonable prices.  Unfortunately, the techniques on their  usage can seem to be as numerous and sorted to the point…
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