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not much going on so I made some char cloth



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Be real careful with that stuff. 

I heard it can catch on fire.evileyeconfusebiggrin



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John , you have way too much time on your hands. At least they are not Idle.



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tell me about it dale just wait till I retire lol

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will the little dog tree?

My empty airgun pellet tins are perfect for making char. I will save you one

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That pillow ticking makes good char, I always used old blue jean material, works great. I have old film tins for making it in bulk.

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chris, try the old pre-plastic binder twine. Best stuff going

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the lil dog comes in at 96 lbs pitbull and shepherd mix he don't like strangers I use him as my first line of defence if some dummy decides to just wonder in the door

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Dang Johnny, I'd want the dog to leave a little bit for me.

Go to walgreens  and go to the womens war paint section. Right next to the cotton balls they got pure cotton pads, CHEAP!!!!

You aint gotta cut up your dang pillows.



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confuse i must be the only dummy in the group. what is char cloth used for ? looks about the size for patch cloth. no



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Char cloth was used by the old free trapper to catch a spark from his flint and steel. Sort of a Kentucky Zippo

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Thanks for asking David... I was too embarrassed to ask...

Appreciate the answer Mr. Nail... KY Zippo... gotta love it!

Jonathan

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Usins over here in Kentucky is too poor to have a real Zippo !



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Boys, everybody needs to know how to make char, and we should all have fire makins' with us in the woods. Get a ball of twine. cutoff 6" pieces and unravel them. stuff in an airtight tin box with a TINY hole drilled in it. heat that over a flame. You will see smoke pouring out the little hole. when the smoke stops, take it out of the flame. the black stuff inside the box is char. If you did it right, the smallest spark will catch and smoulder. You then put that in your tinder and blow on it to make fire.
Tinder? can be anything. Lint from the clothes dryer is excellent. You should carry some cotton balls covered in Vaseline to ignite with the tinder. They burn long and hot.
All this was pre-bic

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I keep it with me ya never know

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dryer lint, its the new,cheaper, easier, better char cloth. besides its recycling, you'll make the Liberals happy, happy, happy ! :)


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randy grider wrote:

dryer lint, its the new,cheaper, easier, better char cloth. besides its recycling, you'll make the Liberals happy, happy, happy ! :)

 If it makes a liberal happy, I'll never use it againfurious



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Oh , come on John , everybody deserves a ( little ) happiness in their life.



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aggghhhh, kill 'em with kindness John ! They don't know how to handle that !

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Don't feel bad boys, Jim didn't know what char cloth was either?!

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just got to be ready times are a changing

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John I believe you meant Jim can't remember what char cloth is. Getting old is tuff.

Strang remind me to show you how a match can burn twice next time I see you.evileye



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Am sitting on my Char cloth rt now !!!biggrin!!!



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JR, sounds like you been eating too much of that Hillbilly Chili.nodohdisbeliefbleh

 



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