One of the key items in my kit is my brass Hudson Bay tin. It’s packed with good fire lighting material, but sometimes I need a bit of additional space to hold different types of tinder.

When I am out and about, I like to visit antique shops, and recently, I found a couple of brass tins that I thought would go well with my Hudson Bay tin.

These have aged well and show with the discoulration, however its not personal to me. So I have decided to clean these up first, then through use they will become tarnished with my memories.

I have started on one of the tins, and it needed some good elbow grease to get it partially shinny. Still some cleaning to go, but the first one is looking good.

More to go, but it’s good to polish while catching up with an episode of Alone.