{{short description|Firelighting tool}} thumb|right|A fire saw being used in Indonesia A '''fire-saw''' is a firelighting tool. It is typically an object "sawed" against a piece of wood, using friction to create an ember. It is divided into two components: a "saw" and a "hearth" (fireboard).<ref name="primitiveways1">{{cite web|url=http://www.primitiveways.com/Fire%20Thong.html |title=Fire Thong |publisher=Primitiveways.com |access-date=2012-12-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://insanescouter.org/p/177/33/Firemn_Chit_Course.html |title=Firem'n Chit Course - Leaders Training Youth - Scout Resources |publisher=InsaneScouter |access-date=2012-12-20}}</ref>
==History== Two forms of the fire-saw have been documented in central and western Australia.<ref>{{cite journal|date=2009-10-28 |doi=10.1525/aa.1947.49.3.02a00040 |volume=49 |issue=3 |journal=American Anthropologist |pages=426–437|last1 = Davidson|first1 = D. S.|title=Fire-Making in Australia }}</ref> One model is a split, notched stick as a hearth, and a knife-like hardwood stick as the saw. The other model makes use of the woomera weapon and defensive shield that natives carried.
In the Philippines and Oceania, a fire-saw from bamboo pieces is common.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mark |url=https://nehawkaprimitiveskills.blogspot.com/2009/06/bamboo-fire-saw.html |title=Nehawka Primitive Skills: Bamboo Fire Saw |publisher=Nehawkaprimitiveskills.blogspot.com |date=2009-06-20 |access-date=2012-12-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishnaturecenter.org/html/fire_making.html |title=Fire Making |publisher=Jewishnaturecenter.org |access-date=2012-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718083337/http://www.jewishnaturecenter.org/html/fire_making.html |archive-date=2012-07-18 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
==Fire thong== [[File:Feuererzeugen bei den Kajan durch Reiben eines Strickes un ein Stück weichen, trockenen Holzes.jpg|thumb|right|A Kayan using rattan to "saw" a piece of firewood.]] A '''fire thong''' is a form of fire-saw, where a pullstring (usually wood fibre or rope) is used to saw.<ref name="primitiveways1"/> It is common in Southeast Asia and Oceania.
==See also== *Fire plough *Hand drill
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