Cabbage Palm Bow Drill Coal

Credit the idea to my friend Matthew Tait.

I found a dry dead leaf of Cabbage Palm (Sabal palmetto) in Florida.

I played Grandfather Stalking Wolf’s game and made a bow drill coal with it as fast as I could. Used my steel knife.

Bow: random dead branch on the ground (I think Lyonia sp.)

Cordage: my shoelace

Spindle and fire board: Cabbage Palm leaf stalk

Coal catcher: leaf of Saw Palmetto

Lubricant for pressure hand brace: crushed green leaf

Pressure Hand Brace: random slab of dead wood. Note how thin it can be if your bow drill wood is very soft.

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