From a Spark to a Flame!

Charcloth - the essential fire-starter for outdoor use: camping, survival, hiking, woodcraft, tinder boxes, re-enactment, scouting and so on. It is also ideal for those who wish to start their campfires in a more authentic way: as seen on television numerous times, being used by people such as Ray Mears in his popular Tracks and Bushcraft programmes. Ever wished you could do it as easily as he does? Well, there's no secret to it, you just need to have prepared some perfect charcloth beforehand.

However, making perfect charcloth is a tedious, smelly and very dirty process, so if you wish to take a short cut, I supply ready-to-use Charcloth, fully tested, extremely efficient, and consistent: sealed in an air-tight bag, and measuring at least 50 square inches per bag.

Just strike a spark onto a very small piece of this finest quality charcloth: quite literally, one single spark is enough to get it going. Blow gently, add your smallest twigs and dried grass, and within seconds you will have flames.

Also perfect for all those historical re-enactors out there with tinder boxes that won't work properly, or who need to start fires in front of the public at Living History events. So, throw away those safety matches (carefully, please!) and take a step back in time....

If you have not used charcloth before, do check out the "How To" pages, where there are lots of pictures: or if you already know what you are doing, please move straight to the "Order" page.

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