Thread: Fire Starter, (Magnesium rods )

Originally Posted by R93

Correct me if I am wrong.....which is a lot by the way........Do you not scrape some of the magnesium with a knife off into your tinder? It lights immediately from memory. I thought that was the point of the thing.

Yeh sorry R93, that was the title of this thread. Doinit, I was referring to the more flint type fire starters (although they are not strictly flint these days).

Originally Posted by Rushy

Yeh sorry R93, that was the title of this thread. Doinit, I was referring to the more flint type fire starters (although they are not strictly flint these days).

Yip I was going on about the stick only version. R93 I was tossing up which one to get and settled on the stick.Like you say,the other you shave of the stuff into a small heap as such then using the other side,strike up a spark onto the fine shavings.I'm sure the stick on its own would last longer.great wee toy.

Sweet. I have not used one for yrs. I would only ever light a fire in an emergency anyway. Never have one for comfort.