60ml Screw Lid Tin Tallow Candle for survival.

This is an item Handmade by us.

You will find some disturbance on the surface of the tallow as the wicks will need to be exposed and trimmed.

• The tallow candle is not simply a candle but a survival tool.
• This is not a bog standard candle;
• it is a handmade made from pure tallow.
• The Candle and tin Weigh approx. 86g net

Some of the benefits it brings are:

• Long-lasting use.
• Used as an aid to fire lighting in holding the flame from a match to save using another.
• Contained in an air-tight container.
• Repels water.
• Take travelling, fishing, camping, or to festivals.
• Once the tallow has been used up the tin can be re-used.
• Tallow has numerous uses such as:
• Waterproofing materials such as leather.
• Protecting metals such as knife blades.
• Lubricant for plumbing.
• Lubricant for electric cables.
• Lubricant for metal cutting.
• As a balm.
• For making a fire lighter.
• Sharpening by smearing onto a flat surface and sprinkling with sand.
• Or used with a strickle (easily made square peg of wood smeared with tallow and sprinkled with sand) as was used in agriculture for sharpening in the fields.
• Pan-frying foods (I cannot be sure that this tallow is safe to eat).
• Eaten in extreme survival situations (I cannot be sure that this is safe to eat).
• Tallow is solid fat extracted from the tissues and fatty deposits of animals, especially the fat of cattle and sheep.
• Pure tallow is white, odourless, and tasteless; it contains mostly triglycerides of stearic, palmitic, and oleic acids.
• It is usually obtained commercially by heating suet under pressure in closed vessels.
• Tallow is used to make soap, candles, and as a lubricant.

Specifications (Approximate measurements):

• (Diameter) 68mm x 25mm (Deep)

This Tallow candle can be used for numerous things not only sources of light to see by and heat in a survival situation they can be eaten (I cannot confirm how safe this is to eat).