Long wooden fire stick, uses the same method as 107 but the base stick with holes is almost as long as the other stick and is not shaped. The holes are made in one end of it and when required, with one notch on either side for the falling tinder. Each hole eventually wears through the stick. Possible not Ugandan.
firedrill
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