#hammaro

Fire beads in use .

These were made up for a Search & Rescue specialist and bushcrafter in Canada .

My fire beads are made up from layers of Hammaro tinder paper a 100% eco friendly firelighter and 2 layers of my own firelighters made from recycled toilet paper cardboard tubes soaked in candle wax .

These will burn for approx 3 mins depending on environmental conditions and are waterproof as 100% sealed in wax .

 Thanks to the eyelet the beads can be stored directly on your fire steel  or knife / flashlight lanyard or as a zip pull on a jacket .

To use simply ignite with a lighter or match, if using a firesteel its best to fluff up one side with a knife tip first .

https://www.alphabushcraft.com/collections/fire-making/products/hammaro-tinder-cards

https://www.alphabushcraft.com/collections/fire-making/products/cape-micro-ton-fire-tool-1

Prototype Fire bead ?

So Ive been playing around with the idea of a firebead .

These are made up from 3 layers of Hammaro tinder paper which is a Swedish made biodegradable and environmentally friendly Stearin and pulp product and 2 contrasting layers of waxed cardboard from recycled toilet paper rolls. 

The results are a 14mm bead that is long burning (approx 4 mins in this test ) and elements proof  that can be added to any lanyard / zip pull but yes it is a’ fire and forget’ product .

https://www.alphabushcraft.com/collections/fire-making/products/hammaro-tinder-cards

The Arbor , Hammaro ,Stockholm   -  Greta Gerell  1935

Individual carry mod for Baddest Bee's tinder .

Ive really enjoyed using these Baddest Bee fire fuzes over the summer and wanted a really simple way to stash some in my kit .

Standard heat shrink tubes fit the fire fuses a treat esp with hot wax plugging the ends to seal against any ingress .

They fit easy enough into most brands of survival type tubes seen here in Oscar Delta Go-tubes and work great along side various fire steels and supporting Hammaro tinder paper circles  and usual suspect SERE / E&E kit .

Baddest bees here http://www.pocketbellows.com/Shop.php

Circle of fire version 2.

 Following on from my previous post here http://ru-titley-knives.tumblr.com/post/82683535404/circle-of-fire-there-are-so-many-variants-of  trying out Hammaro lighting paper in small stash-able circles I took the idea one step further to add them to my fire-steel .

I still need to come up with the best container/ solution to carry everything in but have added a double sided Cyflect Glint & Glow marker and will make another to go on the other end to act as a stopper. These can of course be used to find your fire kit in the dark or as a basic signal device should the need ever arise .

 Simply fluff up one side of the tinder circle with the tungsten circle striker , pop the safety break away cap of the fire -steel and strike with the carbide then add your traditional tinder to get your fire going .

 As Ive bought in a few more of the tungsten carbide circles in and purchased a good amount of the Hammaro lighting paper I'll be making up some more for testing to see how folks get on with the idea .

Hammaro lighting paper info http://www.lightingpaper.com/paper_4reasons.asp

 Hammaro paper available here in the UK http://www.alphabushcraft.co.uk/hammaro.html

Cyalume cyflect available here in UK http://www.lumisafe.co.uk/products/accessories-cyflecttape.shtml

Circle of fire 2

Suggested use with the Hammaro lighting paper is to use a lighter or matches to start your fire , but it also works very well with a fire-steel .

In order to get this 12mm tinder circle to catch a spark I fluffed up one corner with the tip of my tungsten carbide triangle striker .

Surprisingly one strike was all that was needed and in a separate test out of the wind another 12mm circle burnt for a full 2 minutes which should have been plenty of time to get some tinder and fuzz sticks to take the flame .

Hammaro http://www.lightingpaper.com/paper_faq.asp

available in the UK from http://www.alphabushcraft.co.uk/hammaro.html

Circle of fire .

There are so many variants of portable tinder out there in the market place from tinder tabs ,blocks and cubes etc which all do a great job when your cold and wet but they all tend to be generally bulky difficult to stash items.

 Alex from Alpha Bushcraft kindly sent me down a sheet of Hammaro  Swedish Tinder paper to play with as a possible alternative .

 For my own uses I was interested to see If I could use the flat tinder paper to stash tinder in various survival type tubes and was pleasantly surprised to see that I could make up several different sized  circles to neatly stash in both the tubes and in the end caps .

This Swedish made tinder paper is made from recycled chlorine free paper pulp which is biologically renewable and bio degradable and doesn't contain any nasty petroleum based chemicals which may later prove hazardous to your health .

 The Hammaro lighting paper packs contain x6 sheets and each sheet is perforated into 3 sections so you can easily rip a strip off for fire-lighting use , Please note that I have made up these circles for my own uses .

 Please check out the Hammaro website here for a lot more information and full specs http://www.lightingpaper.com/paper_4reasons.asp

 available here in the UK via http://www.alphabushcraft.co.uk/hammaro.html