10 Easy Pieces: Fire Starter Kits - Gardenista
My husband (the son of a fireplace equipment manufacturer) says all you need to start a fire is a match and the ability to commune with what he refers to as “the platonic ideal of wood.”
Manufactured by a small family business in southern Lapland, a Tinder-Box comes with flint stones, steel, kindling, and carbon cloth and is 305 KR (about $33 US) at Wilma Naturprodukter.
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A set of 14 Fire Lighters made of recycled materials (wood scraps, recycled cardboard, and wax) is €18.90 at Merci.
Made in Minnesota by Sanborn Canoe Co., a Firestarter Kit ($16 from Boston General Store) comes with eight cedar fire starters, kindling made from scrap cedar, and a Marble’s match safe.
Two options from Germany-based Manufactum: a carton with 38 pieces of Wood Wool in Rolls (at Left) made from wood resin and paraffin (obtained from Swiss trees under sustainable management) is €10.50 and a box of 18 Fidibus Firelighters made of wood fibers is €9.
Among the tools for an emergency included in a SOLKOA Survival Kit is fire-starting equipment: waterproof matches, six fire tinder tabs, and a sparking flint rod.
The same type of fire starter used by fur traders and explorers in the 17th century, a Copper Tinder Box Fire Starter has a magnifying lens, a striking steel, a piece of flint, dry rope fibers, and a piece of char—all the equipment necessary to start a fire on either a sunny or cloudy day.
Make your own herbal fire starters (or give them away as a holiday gift) with step-by-step instructions for our DIY Natural Fire Starters.
An Adirondack Firestone Complete Kit, a favorite of Janet’s since 2011, is $124.95 from Adirondack Firestone Company.
Writes Janet Based in Syracuse New York the Adirondack Firestone Company celebrates the warmth of the fire To get the blaze going the company offers the kit which includes a stoneware...
...pot a reusable FireStone with a cold rolled steel handle and two bottles of Candle Lamp Oil The appealing ceramic pots are crafted in small batches hand glazed and hand numbered
A wooden Fatwood Crate is filled with 10 pounds of fire starters made of non-endangered species of pine that have natural resins that make them “an ideal ignition point.” A refillable crate of fatwood is $44.95 from L.L.
“Always put the pine cone with the scales pointing downwards,” advises the Local Brands, where a set of nine Firestarters in a Gift Box is $17.