Fire Starter Trick/Knack

[Paul]

I keep a handful of Mc.Donalds plastic straws cut into 2 inch lengths.
Lightly vaseline smeared cotton wool balls poked into each straw.
(Caution, not too much vaseline.)
Sealed at both ends by dipping the straw end into melted wax.

To use, poke a stick through the straw and outpops a DRY cotton wool ball.
Shred (more like fluff out) and it takes a spark well and burns for about a minute.

For more heat, I keep a handful of inner tube strips, 3-4 inches long, 1/4 inch wide.
Get the cotton wool going and add a couple of these. Stinks like hell but burns hot.