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I don't think I've ever seen anyone start a fire with just sticks, that's impossible.
Really, Jazz? It not as hard as it sounds-- you need not two, but three sticks, Once very dry piece of wood, with a notch is it and some lint or fine tinder near, one firm stick, slightly pointed, to spin, and a third stick, flexible made into a bow with a shoe lace. the shoe lace goes around the firm stick and you slide the bow back and forth swiftly to spin the firm stick, create friction and start your fire. a good trick is to use a knive to make a point on the firm stick, and then gently roll it it the creases of your nose (where your nose meets your cheeks.) that is naturally one of the oiliest places on a human body--it give the stick just enough lubricant to spin, but not so much that it doesn't heat up from friction.
My daughter took a wilderness surviveal course last year, and one "test" was starting a fire with out a match! (she passed, of course.)
