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

Anyone who loves outdoor recreation (especially not a picnic, but active - hunting, fishing, hiking) knows how pertinent the divorced 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 bonfire in the snow, and so that it does not fade every minute, and at all many seem to be the peak 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 a Swedish candle, but the essence remains unchanged. There are even several ways to make it.

Maxi-fire

The most successful Finnish candle is obtained if you "landed" near the sawn logs. No effort is required: pick up three spili 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 longest is a Finnish candle, logs should be two long diameters in length. The capacity of such a fire is enough for a third of an hour to boil 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 large hearth and the presence of the appropriate instrument on the hands, you can do otherwise. 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 fixed firmly 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, considered for this purpose, is pricked, like ordinary firewood, only slightly 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 by 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 nearby there are no spruce trees (or a suitable dry object for cutting, or a saw and even a normal ax), then the Finnish candle with its own hands is done somewhat differently. In the district, thick enough poles gather, at least five 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 - as in the making of a candle-candle in the field. There are two nuances:

1. The original log should be partially hollowed from the inside. Alternatively, it is possible not to cut out the core, but to split it into poles and to clean them already. There is such a fire on the snow by the same method, around the branch, but the cavity inside must be made artificially, and the outer walls are closed as far as possible without cracks.
2. On two opposite sides, the logs are either cut off, or they are moved upwards more, centimeters by five to six. Due to such a design 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 for the "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 were late - in the dark it can be seen from afar.

It is very convenient when using Finnish candles and the fact that you can move them from place to place almost without burns and burns almost without 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 and fishing, but like to celebrate the New Year at the dacha, Finnish candles along the paths will bring romance and festive mood and decorate the garden no worse than garlands and Chinese lanterns.