Filmed in 2009, this legacy video shows adventurer Wolfmaan showing how to use cattails (Typha domingensis) and a ferrocerium rod to start a fire. This technique can be used in a survival situation, or to start a fire anywhere that cattails are present.
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I’ve tried using cattails with little success. Did you do something to them to make them start fires?