agree with @aggieplanner , I'm loving the 'bellows' tool! I'm currently using the shaft of an old golf club.
(A&M '78),
that said, the best is when you get ALL the members of your group to go get firewood (DRY DEADFALL!) NO CUTTING! LNT! (except your campfire ring, I know, it's a little incongruous)
If it's raining or has recently rained, use birchbark and/or peel off chunks of loose bark on large oaks, etc..to get a longer lasting natural firestarter. Further, try to get twigs that are not laying on the wet ground, which make an AUDIBLE 'snap' when broken. Your Welcome!
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