I was going to guess #2 was the end of a CFL, but then it would be a spiral instead of concentric circles.

WELL?:eyebrow:

What it is -- Post #4
 

Fire, a handful of fire.

Here are a couple more shots taken very shortly after the one in post #4. In the first picture, you can see the silhouette of his fingers. In the second picture, the light is enough to see his profile and his hand and the ball of fuzz which contains the glowing ember.

Watch what happens on the next breath in the next post!

What it is -- Post #4, part two.
 

In the next breath, the ball of untwisted sisal rope bursts into flame! Now's a good time to get it away from your face, don't you think?!

These were started with flint and steel. The flint scrapes off a little sliver of steel and the energy of that scraping heats the minute sliver to incandescence, a spark. When this spark lands on a piece of charcloth, it glows like the coal on the end of a lit cigarette. The coal is enfolded in the nest of sisal fibers and blown into life, like you see here.

Was this last Sunday near Angora Ridge, California?

No sir. Last summer at camp, north of CA.

I was going to guess the first pic was a governor of some kind.

I see the resemblance to Schwarzeneggar too.

A reloading press?

I have a straping deal in shop. No crimper. You bend it over and tap closed with hammer. But I really did know what it was. Bah.

Me too, but opened the thread too late for credit.

Ok what is THIS ???

blood

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