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Monday, 2 March 2015

How to Identify, Harvest, Extract and Process Amadou For Fire Lighting !

Please note that this is NOT a period way of charring tinder. Tinder materials were charred directly in the fire, & then the smouldering ember was smothered in a tinderbox. But, this video is very good & in my opinion well made. It does show the process of preparation well, something I am unable to do with Horses Hoof fungus, as it does not grow in Australia.
Keith.


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