That's fine, I got that. But the post originally made it seem like it wasn't something really worth knowing, I thought contrary, so I posted. I realize Phat more than likely wasn't saying people shouldn't know how to do that stuff, but it was slightly up for interpretation and some might think that's what he was saying.

But yeah, if you're dehydrated, hyopthermic, etc., the ability to make a fire with a bowstring is going to be pretty darn difficult. But if you're in that situation, you might not have your fire starters with you anymore either so it doesn't hurt to know what you can. But I think we're in general agreement.