My name is WMR, and I like fire. Admitting it may be the first step to recovery. I hope not. I am a fatwood junkie. I hoard dryer lint. Vaseline on cotton? Oh yea. Never far from a ferro rod, I ‘ll make fires in wet conditions just to know I can.
That said, there are around 146,000 choices in commercial firestarters for outdoorsmen. They all work. Get some and carry them. They are cheap and, well, sometimes you just need a fire. Besides my trusty Strike Force, I’ll have a Bic and waterproof matches. The bigger the better. I like bushcraft but, like I said, sometimes you just need a fire.
