Traditional Hudson Bay Tinder Box with Traditional Flint & Steel - German Silver (85-2010-GS)

Other Fire Steels, Hand Stitched Leather Hudson Bay Pouches & Soft Leather Pouches Also Available

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• German Silver Traditional Hudson Bay Tinderbox (85-2010-GS)
• Built-in 6 X Glass Burning Lens
• Flint & Steel Fire Lighting
• Available in Solid Brass, German Silver & Copper

This very popular tinderbox (photo Left shows the German Silver version) is an exact replica of the traditional Hudson Bay Tinderbox as used by the old-time early pioneers of Canada and America. These tough European settlers’ would have needed a fire lighting method that was reliable, robust and compact enough to be carried with them when weight was at a premium. The traditional Hudson Bay Tinderbox is a complete fire starting kit in one small compact and beautifully crafted unit and its ergonomic construction was designed for easy and reliable fire making.

This Hudson Bay Tinderbox is completely rust proof, the heavy duty construction protects the fire lighting contents from loss or damage, it is small, and light, enough to be kept in a pocket, and is all that is required to make reliable fires in a traditional way.

Each Hudson Bay Tinderbox Includes:

• A built-in Magnifying/Burning Lens
• Lens Cap
• A traditional hand forged 'Oval' Flint & Steel striker that was popular at the time
• Other Options of Fire Steel Now Available
• Amadou Tinder Fungus
• Amadou Core (Use with lens)
• Char Cloth
• Jute Tinder Bundle Rope
• Jure Nest
• 10 x Hand Cut Sulphur Spills
• Amadou Core (for using with lens)
• Natural Flint
• Instructions

Video: Using the Hudson Bay Tinderbox

Solar Fire Lighting

This great little kit enables the making of fires in almost any weather conditions; during sunny days sunlight would have been used to create the initial ember by focussing the sunlight, through, the burning lens onto the char cloth, thereby saving the Flint & Steel, both of which were valuable resources in those days. On cloudy days when the weather did not allow the use of the burning lens, the Flint & Steel would have been deftly used to create a fire in mere seconds.   

Hudson Bay tinderboxes were originally a very popular trade item carried by the Hudson Bay Company and Northwest Company during the early 1700's in the Canadian and American fur trade era. Made in the U.S.A and copied from a museum original by Tedd Cash, these beautifully made, high quality, reproduction tinderboxes have a friction-fit lid and a high quality 35mm (1 3/8”) 6x magnification, built-in, burning glass lens, which is mounted in the lid and protected by a lens cap. Each of these superb oval tinderboxes box measures approximately 112mm long by 80mm wide by 28mm deep, or 4-5/16 inches long by 3 inches wide by 1- 3/16 inches deep in old money and weigh in at around 85 grams or 3oz, without the fire starting kit, and approximately 150 grams or 5-1/3oz with the fire starting kit.

Please note we are currently waiting for a new batch of fire steels to arrive so we are unable to offer this option at the moment:

Now offering a choice of Fire Steels to go with our Hudson Bays, Trappers and English Tinderboxes. There is the traditional 'Oval' Hudson Bay Fire Steel, The 'U' Shaped Fire Steel, The Viking 'Curly' Fire Steel and the small Classic 'C' shaped Fire Steel.  All these Fire Steels have been hand forged by Bethel Forge. Just select the Fire Steel you want on the Drop Down Menu. If no Fire Steel Option is selected, then the 'default' Fire Steel will be the traditional 'Oval' . This is a chance to personalise your Tinderbox by selecting the Fire Steel to the one that feels most suitable to you.   

          Photos (above) show the Solid Copper Hudson Bay with Fire Steel, Sulphur Matches, Flint and Tinder.  Photo right shows the custom Vintaged Soft Leather Pouch with a beautifully patina-ed Solid Brass Hudson Bay Tinderbox.

 Photos (above) show the custom Pioneering Hudson Bay Tinderbox Wallet with seperate Tinder Compartment  and on the right is the custom fit Saddle Stitched - Hudson Bay Tinderbox Pouch with Brass Press Stud Closure.

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