Fire steels & Magnesium fire starters

That Mick Dodge "outdoorsman guy" on TV used wax from a candle and lamp oil to start a fire in the wet pacific northwest forest, I forgot how he got the fire started if he used matches or what. 

 
  I stopped watching that show, the guy is fake.  He was with a "Student" looking for protein, and they came across a kill, I think it might have been a beaver, he lifts up the goo, and exposed MEAL WORMS he called maggots! Really???  Any kid that's had any kind of reptile as a pet, or anyone that feeds birds regularly know what meal worms are.  Apparently this guy doesn't know the difference.
  He later had a canteen cup full of his "Maggots" really meal worms and is making a stew or tea of them.  Haven't been back to the show since that scene in that episode.

  I stopped watching that show, the guy is fake.  He was with a "Student" looking for protein, and they came across a kill, I think it might have been a beaver, he lifts up the goo, and exposed MEAL WORMS he called maggots! Really???  Any kid that's had any kind of reptile as a pet, or anyone that feeds birds regularly know what meal worms are.  Apparently this guy doesn't know the difference.
  He later had a canteen cup full of his "Maggots" really meal worms and is making a stew or tea of them.  Haven't been back to the show since that scene in that episode.

I thought the same after seeing that episode even my wife who is far from a outdoorsy girl knew those weren't maggots lol.

If you want to watch real survivor information watch Lees Stroud Survivorman.  One of the best shows on surviving in real life.

 
  Yep watch him all the time. 

  I stopped watching that show, the guy is fake.  He was with a "Student" looking for protein, and they came across a kill, I think it might have been a beaver, he lifts up the goo, and exposed MEAL WORMS he called maggots! Really???  Any kid that's had any kind of reptile as a pet, or anyone that feeds birds regularly know what meal worms are.  Apparently this guy doesn't know the difference.
  He later had a canteen cup full of his "Maggots" really meal worms and is making a stew or tea of them.  Haven't been back to the show since that scene in that episode.

A lot of the stuff he does is laughable, remember when the "hunters" were shooting around him and he crawled inside a rotted log that had so many holes it offered almost no protection?  How about when he was trying to scare the campers that were playing music too loud, he was lucky they did not start shooting at him.  The worst was the mealworms though.........
I told my wife if this guy has been off the grid for 25 years then how did the show producers hear about him? 

Going old school on ya all. Cut some 100% cotton fabric into 2" squares, stack them into a tin container, like sucrets, poke one small hole in the top, and put it on a bbq or campfire coals to "CHAR" the cloth. Once the smoke stops or significantly slows down, remove from heat and let cool. You now have charred cloth. Take your sparking tool, flint and steel-old school, and make sparks, catch the spark on the charred cloth. It will be wasy, and it will immediately glow orange. Place the charred cloth with the caught spark into a nest of tinder. I love using manilla rope. A 4" piece of manilla rope will be enough to start a bunch of fires. Fold the tinder nest around the charred cloth and cup it in your hands, and gently blow into the nest. The smoke will increase, and then POOF! It will burst into flames, set the flaming nest down, and begin building your fire with small twigs and build it up to a raging fire. Piece of cake, and easy to do.

Going old school on ya all. Cut some 100% cotton fabric into 2" squares, stack them into a tin container, like sucrets, poke one small hole in the top, and put it on a bbq or campfire coals to "CHAR" the cloth. Once the smoke stops or significantly slows down, remove from heat and let cool. You now have charred cloth. Take your sparking tool, flint and steel-old school, and make sparks, catch the spark on the charred cloth. It will be wasy, and it will immediately glow orange. Place the charred cloth with the caught spark into a nest of tinder. I love using manilla rope. A 4" piece of manilla rope will be enough to start a bunch of fires. Fold the tinder nest around the charred cloth and cup it in your hands, and gently blow into the nest. The smoke will increase, and then POOF! It will burst into flames, set the flaming nest down, and begin building your fire with small twigs and build it up to a raging fire. Piece of cake, and easy to do.

Used to do this.  Shoe polish cans with little holes in it worked well. 

I tried that cheap kit from harbor freight and it works pretty good, i will keep one of them in an emergency bag in my kayak.

When in doubt, pull the 87 octane out!

 
  I. Wonder what the octane of "lamp oil" is?  I have  1 oz steel flask I'm going to fill with the lamp oil.  I've seen many you tubes on making the char cloth, I think Les on Survivorman has even used it.
  Thanks for your input!

  I. Wonder what the octane of "lamp oil" is?  I have  1 oz steel flask I'm going to fill with the lamp oil.  I've seen many you tubes on making the char cloth, I think Les on Survivorman has even used it.
  Thanks for your input!

Keep it away from Fishmaster, he would drink it

If you're gonna carry the magnesium stick, why not just carry a stormproof lighter instead? I mean, how often do you have a chance to get lost in the woods for weeks? I used to go backpacking quite a bit. Never had I wished I had a magnesium stick with me. Just saying.

it makes you think that after watching so many survival shows that you actually learned something

 
Redundancy.  What if the stormproof lighter fails? I have a waterproof lighter ( I call my jet lighter cuz its a little torch!) and 99% of the time I'll use it first (Till it runs out of fuel and I have to refill it)