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Hot bright flame

by Alex
(Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

Little trick from my years in the military

Little trick from my years in the military

A little unknown trick if you ever require a flame that burns hot and bright and lasts a long time; use knots (the portion of the branch that is attatched to the tree) from pine trees.

The reason for this is that these knots contain higher concentrations of natural pitch. Which in turn is flammable and it can also be used to make tar.


Before you head for the backcountry.

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Dec 10, 2008
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starstar 		trees
by: enviromentalist

Sounds like a good idea. Try not to hurt the tree though.
Oct 23, 2008
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starstarstarstarstar 		Pine nots work great
by: Anonymous

When I was in Boy Scouts we discovered this tip while camping in New Mexico for 2 weeks. It works great. They were easy to find on downed pine trees even old rotten ones as they seemed to be the last parts to rot.

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