Hi George & list.
I am sure that the cigarette need not be anything special.
All due credit to Rudolf Diesel, but compression ignition
is very old hat.
A stone-age firelighter used in Indonesia consists of a bone
cylinder with a blind end and a close-fitting bone piston. In
use, a bit of fine tinder is inserted, followed by the piston. The
piston is hit with a club, the violently compressed air lights the
tinder. Quickly remove the piston and hook out the glowing
tinder and get cooking.
A picture appears in Graves' "Bushcraft".
Dave.
Got mine from the manufacturer SABB in Norway. Looks like an all
white cigarette, about 1" long.
However, a Labrador fisherman told me they use real cigarettes, smoke
about half and then stick the glowing end into that adapter. Works
everytime!
Hi George & list.
I am sure that the cigarette need not be anything special.
All due credit to Rudolf Diesel, but compression ignition
is very old hat.
A stone-age firelighter used in Indonesia consists of a bone
cylinder with a blind end and a close-fitting bone piston. In
use, a bit of fine tinder is inserted, followed by the piston. The
piston is hit with a club, the violently compressed air lights the
tinder. Quickly remove the piston and hook out the glowing
tinder and get cooking.
A picture appears in Graves' "Bushcraft".
Dave.
> Got mine from the manufacturer SABB in Norway. Looks like an all
> white cigarette, about 1" long.
> However, a Labrador fisherman told me they use real cigarettes, smoke
> about half and then stick the glowing end into that adapter. Works
> everytime!
