Videos - Fire Lighting

In this short video we show you how to prepare your Slow Match Cord for Fire Lighting with Traditional Flint & Steel.

Fire Lighting Tutorial by Mark Hordon

Duration: - 3:17

A quick 1 minute demonstration on how to light a wax candle with a sulphur spill using the traditional Flint & Steel fire lighting technique.

Fire Lighting Tutorial by Mark Hordon

Duration: - 1:00

Traditional Flint and Steel fire lighting with a Beaver Bushcraft Ferro Striker, some Amadou Tinder, Char Cloth and Natural Flint.

Fire Lighting Tutorial by Mark Hordon

Duration: - 3:28

The Hudson Bay Tinderbox was trade by the Hudson Bay Trading Company based in Canada during the fur trade era. As a traditional ‘Flint & Steel’ fire lighting tinderbox it is just about the very best tinderboxes ever made.

Fire Lighting Tutorial by Mark Hordon

Duration: - 17:53

This short video demonstrated how to install a traditional Leather Grommet to a Fire Piston.

Fire Lighting Tutorial by Mark Hordon

Duration: - 12:58

There are several techniques for holding a traditional Flint & Steel Fire Steel to create the sparks need for this ancient fire lighting technique.

Fire Lighting Tutorial by Mark Hordon

Duration: - 5:30

This is my 6-year old son Jamie, making fire without matches. His natural approach to fire making fills me with awe and admiration.

Fire Lighting Tutorial by Jamie Hordon (age 6)

Duration: - 1:24

This video was made for us by our good friend, 'Will Lord', the very well known British Flint Knapper. In the video he shows you how he knaps the shards that we use for our tinderboxes.