Up your game with some obscure hipster charring materials! Any living or previously living organism on this planet that is rich in carbon, something we call a carbonaceous material, can be reduced to char for fire-steel ignition. Moss, algae, seaweed, flowers, tree bark, sticks, chestnut husks, fungus, leaves... they can all be turned into char and ignited. All living organisms on this planet are primarily made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. In the process of charring, all the hydrogen and oxygen molecules (moisture, tars, resins and oils) contained within the material are burnt away and released as smoke and vapour, leaving behind a mass of almost pure carbon. Essentially creating charcoal but in a different shape and form, and anyone that's ever had a barbeque knows how easy charcoal is to light. ------------------------------------ Outdoor skills for wilderness survival, bushcraft, hiking and recreational camping. Twitter: www.twitter.com/AlfieAesthetics Facebook: www.facebook.com/AlfieTheAesthetic Google+: www.plus.google.com/+AlfieAesthetics ------------------------------------ Illustrations & Graphics (if) shown and included in videos can be found here: www.AestheticIllustrations.wordpress.com ------------------------------------- Video requests are welcome – if you’d like to see a particular skill that I’ve not yet shown then feel free to leave a comment with your desires. Anything from fire-building, friction fire, fire from natural materials, tinders, charring, wild edibles, plant identification, fungi/slime mold identification, medicinal plants, wilderness first aid and wound treatment, camp cooking, water filtration and purification, natural shelter building, shelter building with synthetic materials, navigation without a compass, improvised compasses, primitive weaponry, primitive trapping, gear reviews, survival kits and gear requests. -------------------------------------

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