Firestarting with a Fire Plough

Fire Ploughs are a lot easier than some other methods of fire starting. They work when tiny particles of wood are heated by friction into an ember.

Follow these steps to use the Fire Plough

1. Make sure you have a tinder bundle prepared.
2. Cut a groove in to some softwood board as seen in the picture.
3. Place something at the end of the board to catch your embers, you can also rest it against your tinder bundle and have the particles fall into the bundle.
4. Next you will want to “plough” or rub the tip of the stick up and down the groove. The friction will push down some dusty particles of the board, which will start to ignite into embers as the temperature increases.
5. Transfer your embers into the tinder bundle that you have waiting.
6. Blow on your Tinder Bundle until you get a flame.