Norwegian Candle / Swedish Torch

[Daveyboyjunior]

I work with survival techniques and here are to ways to keep warm and cook / boil water if you run out of gas or no means of doing either!


Just start your fire in a log. You have a pot stand in no time and concentrated heat with very little mess.
You can even pickup and move the fires to a better location if it starts to rain.

[Hodge]

Love doing this. Always do it during winter camping. I do the crossways cut version.
Will post a photo when I get home .

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[Daveyboyjunior]

Hi Hodge,
Yeah that'll be the Swedish style one in the background. That baby had been burning for about 2hrs when that pic was taken.

[threedogs]

Love doing this. Always do it during winter camping. I do the crossways cut version.
Will post a photo when I get home .

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I like that cross cut style as well, Ive never cooked with
too busy building a fire for some Coal?

[threedogs]

We tried this a couple of years ago but had a very hard time trying to get it to take. Does the swedish torch normally use pine? We were using a dense eucalyptus hardwood, crosscut with a chainsaw about half way down and a breather hole drilled in from the side but couldn't get it to fire up. Maybe the wood wasn't quite seasoned enough but it burnt no problems when we put it on the fire!

If it was a Yellow Box and a little green chances are
it would never take, its a very dense timber as in heavy
for its size.
OD is right into this type of stuff[survival]
With all the wood collecting restrictions might be the go
to make one up at home and take it with you,lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjQRLQTNsJo

[Daveyboyjunior]

That's what I do TD. Cut them about six months before I need them.
These were dry oak, but you can collect Silver Birch staves and lash them together for the same effect when out in the wild. Anything to create the forced air (rocket effect), then even wet stuff should burn this way. Any timber with a resin is great for these too!
Clearly there are pyromaniacs in Australia to! Who hoo!

[garett]

i use a tin full of sand and some petrol in it. enough to boil water and what knot. also great to start a camp fire if its wet or no small kindling

[Daveyboyjunior]

I love little tricks like this Garett, cheers, another one for the survival bank!

[threedogs]

That's what I do TD. Cut them about six months before I need them.
These were dry oak, but you can collect Silver Birch staves and lash them together for the same effect when out in the wild. Anything to create the forced air (rocket effect), then even wet stuff should burn this way. Any timber with a resin is great for these too!
Clearly there are pyromaniacs in Australia to! Who hoo!

dont you know it, it should only take 1 match to
start a fire, thats why they call me one match Johnnie lol
Thanks to OD i'll be trying a few different techniques.
I like the polish drink can base the best

[Daveyboyjunior]

No matches allowed TD, gotta be a flint!
I'm still new to this forum, who is OD?