How to make Charcloth

Properly cooked charcloth is completely black, flexible and readily catches a spark.

Catching a spark and blowing it into a flame is a skill that can save your life. Charcloth is a material that has been “cooked” like charcoal is at high temperatures until it becomes black. Properly-made charcloth will easily catch a spark and grow into an ember.  This ember can be transferred to a tinder bundle and blown into a flame.
Once you discover how easy it is to make charcloth, you’ll never have an excuse for running out, or not having some in your survival kit. Click here to learn how!