Folding firewood stove

Story Scene: Fjord Shadows: A bonfire feast between four pieces of steel

Location: Deep in Sognefjorden, Norway, a secluded pebble beach that only allows one person to stand on. The background features steep dark green mountain walls, cascading waterfalls, and deep, sapphire like fjord waters.

Character:

Elinor: a British geologist and photographer who pursues ultimate lightweight and wilderness solitude. She had just finished a difficult day of hiking, coming down the steep ridge line with a heavy backpack and a hungry stomach, needing to quickly replenish energy and dry slightly damp clothes.

(Background) The magnificent and cold scenery of the fjord, with moist and cool air, and scattered dead branches and broken trees washed away by tides and mountain floods on the shore.

Time: In early autumn September, on a cloudy to sunny afternoon, around 4:30 pm. The sunlight in high latitude regions begins to tilt westward, staining the mountain walls with gold, but the chill in the shadows of the fjords has quietly risen. Need to quickly start a fire to warm up and cook dinner.

Scene unfolding:

Eleanor took off her backpack, which seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, took a deep breath, and rubbed her shoulder, which was sore from the shoulder straps. Under my feet were icy gravel, and in front of me was the bottomless Song'en Fjord, so silent that only the distant roar of waterfalls and occasional calls of seabirds could be heard. A day of climbing and sampling left her exhausted, and to make matters worse, the sudden drizzle on the ridge made the surface of her coat and some of the firewood she had picked up slightly damp. She urgently needs heat: drying herself, boiling a pot of hot soup, and dispelling the dampness and coldness of the fjord.

Her gaze turned to the side pocket of the backpack - it was not a bulky stove, but four flat, shiny stainless steel plates. This is her secret weapon: the 'Nordfold' folding wood stove. She quickly took out these four steel plates and found a relatively flat piece of ground on the gravel beach. Without the need for complex tools, she was like completing a delicate puzzle, only hearing a few crisp "click" locking sounds. The four independent stainless steel plates were seamlessly combined into a stable cylindrical furnace body in just over ten seconds. The circular design endows it with excellent structural strength, even on uneven gravel, it remains stable without any worries of deformation. The fast transition and simple storage from a fully folded tablet to a standing and usable stove are what hikers like Eleanor, who pursue the weight of their backpacks, dream of.

The carefully designed secondary air inlet is clearly visible at the bottom of the furnace. Eleanor casually picked up a few relatively dry fine branches and a handful of pine needles around her - on the damp shores of the fjord, large pieces of dry wood are hard to find, which is exactly where the design concept of "small pieces of wood can produce particularly large heat effects" comes into play for this stove. She put pine needles and twigs into the furnace from the top and lit them.

Miracle occurs in the damp and cold air: the flame is initially weak, but as the secondary air inlet at the bottom continuously delivers oxygen to the combustion core, the flame quickly becomes vigorous and concentrated. The efficient combustion design allows these inconspicuous and even slightly damp twigs to burst out with astonishing heat! The orange red flames jump and rotate joyfully in the circular furnace, emitting a pleasant crackling sound. The heat is concentrated and directed upwards, with almost no waste.

At this moment, Eleanor took out another key component of the stove - the top foldable pot rack. This design is equally exquisite, with a diameter much larger than the furnace body itself when unfolded. She steadily lifted a titanium alloy deep pot larger than her head onto it. The pot is filled with clear water from a fjord, dehydrated vegetables, and a piece of compressed jerky meat. The contrast between a large pot and a small stove is visually striking - the design of the pot frame makes it easy to carry cooking utensils that far exceed the size of the stove body. The vigorous tongue of fire licked the wide bottom of the pot, and the efficient combustion quickly made the water in the pot boil. The steam mixed with the aroma of food began to diffuse in this lonely corner of the fjord.

Eleanor sat on a large stone, taking off her semi wet coat and baking it next to her. She gazed at the "energy core" in front of her, which was made of four folded stainless steels: the sturdy stainless steel material was not afraid of the moisture in the fjord; The cylindrical structure is as stable as a rock on the gravel beach; The secondary air intake at the bottom allows for efficient combustion of damp and fine firewood that can be easily picked up, unleashing tremendous heat; The top expandable pot rack allows her to cook the largest and most satisfying hot food with the smallest stove. Warmth dispelled coldness, and the aroma of food brought comfort.

The golden glow of the setting sun finally penetrated through the clouds, sprinkling on the dark green mountain walls and the blue waters of the fjord, illuminating Eleanor and her 'Nordfold' stove. Inside the furnace, tiny dead branches are still burning efficiently, releasing heat far beyond their volume, supporting the gurgling sound of dinner in the big pot. This portable to the extreme (folded into four pieces), efficient to stunning (small wood fire), and stable and reliable (circular design) stove perfectly meets her needs for solo camping and hiking. In the depths of this magnificent and cold Norwegian fjord, this cluster of bonfires guarded by four pieces of steel not only cooks food, but also ignites the warmth and satisfaction of solitary travelers. She took out her camera and captured a moment in this "fjord fold": between the cold mountains and waters, there was a small, lively and warm flame folded from wisdom and stainless steel.