Dear Jazz: My brother used to a Scout champion at starting fires with short push bow, with rawhide cord around octagonal yucca rod which had one end in palm held soapstone, the business end in notched cedar board. The tinder was mostly old cedar bark and other natural materials
shredded to lint, with shavings underneath and on top. I don't remember his best times, but they were surprisingly short. Do the kids still compete at this?