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does anybody know of instructions on how to light an oil lamp (the kind with vegetable oil) with flint and steel, and no matches (not even the old, non self-igniting, type with sulfur)?
I've found how to light fires (lots of resources), a couple of instructions on how to light candles that aren't going to work with a lamp, articles and videos about oil lamps in general, but nothing on the combination.
I can't believe that before the invention of sulfur matches people had to light a full fire (or ask some fire to the neighbors) in order to be able to light a simple lamp…
does anybody know of instructions on how to light an oil lamp (the kind with vegetable oil) with flint and steel, and no matches (not even the old, non self-igniting, type with sulfur)?
I've found how to light fires (lots of resources), a couple of instructions on how to light candles that aren't going to work with a lamp, articles and videos about oil lamps in general, but nothing on the combination.
I can't believe that before the invention of sulfur matches people had to light a full fire (or ask some fire to the neighbors) in order to be able to light a simple lamp…
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rae
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to rae • •Most instructions show how to light a full fire, so for kindling they use big-ish bundles of dry grass, vegetable fibers etc., sulfur matches were used in recent time as a smaller alternative (and I know they were used to directly light lamps), I'm wondering if there is another relatively small alternative.
rae
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •Having watched videos of people doing this online, I'm not seeing them using large bundles of dry grass.
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •http://www.riproduzionistoriche.com/acciarino-italia-ii-sec-d-c/
http://www.riproduzionistoriche.com/acciarino-spagna-ii-sec-d-c/
http://www.riproduzionistoriche.com/acciarino-eta-del-ferro-belgio/
Elena ``of Valhalla''
Unknown parent • •I've only seen fire pistons online, but they don't seem that much faster than flint and steel, assuming that somebody is trained in using them.
Tarbuck Transom 🌹
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • • •Charcloth or char moss on top of flint, striking w/ sparks that catch and glow, place lit cloth into tinder and blow into a flame, light the lantern from that.
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