Ieri ho modificato la guancetta in legno del mio Victorinox RangerWood ricavando una sede concava del diametro di 10mm, in modo da poterlo utilizzare come sostegno per il piolo da utilizzare per accendere il fuoco con l'archetto
The Bow Drill Friction Fire is a "must" for every true bushcrafter. Despite is illusory simplicity, it's not simple at all: it requires literally dozen and dozen trials to obtain a nice ember...at least, this is my experience :-)
Keys are patience (not my best quality), determination (I'm best on this side), technique knowledge (finally I have it)
On my trials I realized that the weak part of the process - for me - was the "bearing block " or "socket": in fact, the friction between the wood socket I used and the drill was always too high. As a result, I obtained just one nice ember every ten trials or so. A 10% is not a good score at all :-)
So, in order to improve my efficiency, I thought to made my own socket. I used the smallest measurement spoon of a set
Carving a proper place on my home made catapult was easy with my FKMD Parang
Some glue to fix and the new socket is ready
The "Y" shape is ideal to grab it firmly
The final result is really, really good. Now, I have 100% positive results making a Bow Drill Friction Fire (see video)
The new bearing block is now a solid part of my fire kit
