Fire By Friction

Since humans as we know them first roamed the earth, fire has been made by rubbing two sticks together in one of a number of ways.

What is interesting is that where these methods (with a few minor differences) are found to be used throughout the world by indigenous people, the techniques are the same. The three techniques I will discuss here are the hand drill, the fire bow, and the fire plough. Just before we start, a brief note on the type of