Wilderness Solutions

High Quality, Reliable Ignition, Packable

Posted by George on 20th Aug 2020

The Fire Pen is made with precision, easy to use, easy to store. Best tinder with reliable one stroke ignition is cotton denim char cloth. Char cloth is more forgiving: ignites at a lower temperature and less sensitive to speed of stroke. 2nd to char cloth is the spongy part of Chaga (White Birch fungus). The brittle part of Chaga makes a a good coal which can be lit by the glowing ember of the Fire Piston with spongy Chaga. The Fire Pen is less comfortable then a larger Wildersol Fire Piston, but has the same piston and cylinder dimensions, requires same force(feels greater,smaller contact area on palms) is lighter, and takes up less space. Watch Jeff's video for technique.