The last method for making fire without matches takes even more preparation and work. Here I am cutting a flat piece of wood out of a dry limb with my hand saw. Many of you may ask, "How would you do all this if you didn't have a saw or tools?" It gets extremely difficult without any tools whatsoever; however, with just a good knife you could do everything I did here - it would just take a bit longer. Anyone going into the backcountry without a knife is insane. A knife is so critical that I lack the appropriate adjectives to describe how important it is to have, and how moronic it would be to go without one.

I'm now about to cut my flat piece from this limb. You'll see how it is used in the upcoming video.

There it is - hand milled lumber!

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