I finally got to play with Potassium permanganate and Glycerine as a fire starter. This is an old trick, Potassium permanganate used to be used as a water purifier in survival and travel kits and Glycerine was used as a anti dihedral.
You put some pf the Potassium permanganate grains at the base of your tinder and pour the Glycerine on top...wait for it...Woosh! Its like a flare!
As fun as this is I cant see myself giving up my standard water purification tabs and Swiss firesteel.
It was fun as a learning experience though
