Jamaica Rose Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Lass, The ability to easily start a fire would be very useful. However, instead of a lighter, flint and steel, with some accompanying tinder, was very effective in starting fires (once you knew the knack of using it), and easily accessible in the 17th century. So you shouldn't waste your "one modern item" on a lighter when there are many other things already proposed that would be much more useful. Blackheartedly yrs, --Jamaica Rose --Jamaica Rose Editor of No Quarter Given - since 1993 http://www.noquartergiven.net/ "Bringing a little pirate history into everyone's life" Find No Quarter Given ... on Facebook: facebook.com/noquartergiven ... and on Twitter: @NoQuarterGiven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 and a flintkock'll start a fire and fire a cannon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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