If there were one fire-making skill I’d recommend all preppers get good at it would probably be making fire from char cloth. It’s a great skill for truly learning and understanding how to ...

After charring the squares of cut t-shirt (check out the video above) and things have cooled off 100%, make sure to transfer your Char Cloth pieces to a water safe container like a film canister ...

To make your own char cloth, all you need is any 100% natural fiber, like cotton, a tin you can keep the char cloth in with a hole in the top (so it stays ventilated) and a good fire to start with.