The Finnish candle: a safe long-lasting fire. The Finnish candle with your own hands

Anyone who loves outdoor recreation (especially notpicnic, and active - hunting, fishing, hiking), knows how up-to-date a properly lit bonfire is. If you do not carry a brazier, you need to worry about safety so as not to run away from a forest fire and not feel like a criminal. And even to light a fire in the snow, and so that it does not fade every minute, and at all seems to be the top of the skill of the campfire. However, experienced travelers know how to build a fire place in compliance with fire safety, so that it burns for a long time, does not even stink into slush and does not require regular feeding. It is called all in different ways: a Finnish candle, a taiga candle, an Indian or Swedish, but the essence remains unchanged. There are even several ways to make it.

Maxi-fire

The most successful Finnish candle is obtained ifyou "landed" near the sawn logs. You will not need any effort: pick up three saws of approximately the same height and diameter, put in a circle against each other and light a fire in the middle. To ensure that the fire burned smoothly and the burn-out was the same in all directions, it is required to select the chocks with the right height. The Finnish candle lasts the longest, logs should be two diameters in length. The capacity of such a fire is enough for a third of an hour to boil a five-liter boiler, and it does not even need to be suspended - it will rely on the logs themselves. As the burns are burnt, the logs are folded like a hut. If a fire «Finnish candle» is necessary for you for a long time, at this stage it is possible to support it as the most usual, by putting firewood.

If there is a chainsaw

If there is no need for such a largehearth and the presence of the appropriate instrument on the hands can be done differently. Take a piece of thick log length of half a meter and sawed crosswise (not to the end, somewhere in three-quarters of the segment). If the diameter of the saw is great, you can work the chainsaw a little more to get eight "lobules". More cuts are not worth doing, because the narrower the sector, the faster your Finnish candle will burn. The log is firmly fixed on the ground (it can be pinched or pinned with stones), inside it is laid a kindling (from its own sawdust, dry fuel or simply liquid ignition) - and a few hours at your service.

Field mode

Suppose there are no saws, but a Finnish candle is needed. How to make it in this case? Well, there is an ax in nature anyway. The log, which has been observed for this purpose, is cast like ordinary firewood, just a little more carefully, so that the logs do not differ too much in thickness. Then they gather in the original log, only around the thick branch - this will be the hearth. Below, closer to the ground, and approximately in the middle the Finnish candle is pulled over, preferably with a wire - it definitely will not burn. But if it's not there, the twine, the line, and the flexible rods will do. Especially reliably need to pull down at the bottom, because in the middle logs will burn faster, and without a good fixation near the ground your fire will fall apart. The central branch stretches from the bottom for three quarters and is cut off, after which the Finnish candle is put on the ground. By the way, if the original log is not too massive, you can use this branch as a leg and simply stick it into the ground.

Hand Candle

If there are no spruce trees nearby (ora suitable dry object for cutting, or a saw and even a normal ax), the Finnish candle with its own hands is made somewhat differently. In the district, thick enough poles gather, at least centimeters in diameter, and gather in a bundle again around the center branch. The side of the poles, which will be inside, you need to cut a little with a knife - it's better to do it. The rest of the manipulation is like creating a "finka" of logs.

Candle-primus

It is used as a stove for cooking. The main points are how to make a fire-candle in the field. There are two nuances:

1. The original log must be partially hollowed outfrom the inside. Alternatively, you can not cut out the core, but split it into poles and clean it up already. There is such a fire on the snow in the same way, around the branch, but the cavity inside must be made artificially, and the outer walls are closed as far as possible without crevices.
2. On two opposite sides logs or lessare cut off, or are more strongly put forward, centimeters on five-six. Due to this construction in the center, the fire will be blown with air, and its tongues will be directed mainly upwards.

For heating, such a Finnish candle is not suitable - the fire is all concentrated inside. But the food is prepared much faster.

Why can a Finnish candle be useful?

In addition to cooking and heating (except"Primus"), such a fire is simply irreplaceable as a beacon. Experienced fishermen, walking to the evening dawn, leave this torch on the shore as a signal for those who are late - in the darkness it can be seen from afar.

Very convenient when using Finnish candles andthat almost before they are completely burnt, they can be moved from place to place without difficulty and burns. Considerable advantage is the long-term nature of the fire: medium-sized logs give light and heat for four hours. A maxi-fire without additional fuel can perform its functions all night.

If you are not a fan of "wild" tourism andfishing, but like to celebrate the New Year at the cottage, Finnish candles, along the paths, bring romance and festive mood and decorate the garden no worse than garlands and Chinese lanterns.