Greetings everyone. I was talking to a fellow teacher who had
just returned from his hiking out West. He was telling me of someone who
he had met while on one of his hikes that had a device that he called
either a fire syringe or fire plunger. He couldn't quite remember
exactly how it worked, but he thought the fellow put some bark fibers at
the end of the "plunger". He then placed the "plunger" into a hole where
he quickly forced it down and pulled it back up. The fire tender was
supposedly burning which he quickly transfered to his kindling to get his
camp fire burning.
Can anyone tell me if there is such a device? If so, how does it
work? Can they be made? Is there some flint and steel device inside of
it or piezolectric(sp?) crystal used in some grill lighters. From what
was told to me, there was just the "plunger" and the hole. I know if it
is a tight fit and the pressure is increased enough, the temperature will
increase (as experienced while pumping up a bike tire), but can it be
high enough to cause combustion? If so, I have to see it to believe it.
Any information would be greatly apprecaited.