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I used a couple of Hunts to do first-fires on a couple of Kelly Kettles today. Thought I'd share the process.
Here's the gear in question. A Yuma, a Magua, a Kelly Kettle Trekker (stainless), and a Kelly Kettle Base Camp (stainless).
I started by using the Yuma to baton some branches and make smaller pieces to feed into the Kelly chimneys.
I took a moment to admire Todd's handles. No, not his love handles. He does a really nice job at making scales that fit your hand.
I also appreciate the amount of thought that goes into his knife design.
For instance, there are three runs of jimping on the Yuma, each of which facilitates very nicely a different grip.
The next three pics show this idea pretty well.
I used the Magua--which is a perfectly sized pocket, Murse, or even neck knife--to gather some bark scrapings for ignition.
With the Yuma, I did a little feathersticking to help with ignition.
Here's the Yuma with some of my "found fuel."
I used a little bit of PJCB to start the burn in the Base Camp.
I have a film canister (ask your dad if you don't know) full of "Vaselined" cotton in my Kelly kit.
You can just see it poking out in the next picture.
Pretty quickly, I had a solid fire going in the chimney, which I helped by feeding wood through the top.
I didn't get time down to the second, but I checked at start-up (5:19) and at rolling boil (5:26).
The Base Camp easily cranked out a hard boil in under seven minutes.
When I pulled the chimney, I had a nice fire going, and using the grill set I bought for the Scout and Base Camp, I could have done a little heating/cooking over the coals if I'd wanted.
Okay, so I cheated a little bit with the Trekker.
The Kelly cook kits have a pot grabber that is useful for manipulating the fire bowls, and I used mine to transfer coals over to the Trekker bowl.
After feeding in a few sticks, I had a nice fire going in the Trekker.
Because I transferred coals, it took less than four minutes to get a rolling boil going in the smaller kettle.
And here are the coals left in the Trekker after I pulled the chimney.
I have a grill set for it as well, and so again, I can heat/cook over coals in this base if I want.
Here's the whole stainless family. Collect them all, I say!
Here's the gear in question. A Yuma, a Magua, a Kelly Kettle Trekker (stainless), and a Kelly Kettle Base Camp (stainless).
I started by using the Yuma to baton some branches and make smaller pieces to feed into the Kelly chimneys.
I took a moment to admire Todd's handles. No, not his love handles. He does a really nice job at making scales that fit your hand.
I also appreciate the amount of thought that goes into his knife design.
For instance, there are three runs of jimping on the Yuma, each of which facilitates very nicely a different grip.
The next three pics show this idea pretty well.
I used the Magua--which is a perfectly sized pocket, Murse, or even neck knife--to gather some bark scrapings for ignition.
With the Yuma, I did a little feathersticking to help with ignition.
Here's the Yuma with some of my "found fuel."
I used a little bit of PJCB to start the burn in the Base Camp.
I have a film canister (ask your dad if you don't know) full of "Vaselined" cotton in my Kelly kit.
You can just see it poking out in the next picture.
Pretty quickly, I had a solid fire going in the chimney, which I helped by feeding wood through the top.
I didn't get time down to the second, but I checked at start-up (5:19) and at rolling boil (5:26).
The Base Camp easily cranked out a hard boil in under seven minutes.
When I pulled the chimney, I had a nice fire going, and using the grill set I bought for the Scout and Base Camp, I could have done a little heating/cooking over the coals if I'd wanted.
Okay, so I cheated a little bit with the Trekker.
The Kelly cook kits have a pot grabber that is useful for manipulating the fire bowls, and I used mine to transfer coals over to the Trekker bowl.
After feeding in a few sticks, I had a nice fire going in the Trekker.
Because I transferred coals, it took less than four minutes to get a rolling boil going in the smaller kettle.
And here are the coals left in the Trekker after I pulled the chimney.
I have a grill set for it as well, and so again, I can heat/cook over coals in this base if I want.
Here's the whole stainless family. Collect them all, I say!
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