Small Fire Steel

Made out of 3 16 inch by 3 8 inch high carbon steel and hardened to throw good hot sparks with every strike.

Small fire steel. The firesteel consists of a metal rod usually attached to a small handle. Rod emits 5 500 f sparks which in turn can ignite stove paper dry grass or bark. Measures about 3 inches long and around 1 inch wide. The esee knives fire steel is built from 1095 carbon steel and heat treated to be used as a fire making tool for use with true flint and charred material.

A small but effective fire steel perfect for an emergency kit or go bag. Proper tinder is crucial to the function of this and every fire steel and you need tinder much finer than you would need for matches or most other fire sources. Fostar ferrocerium alloy rod fire starter 5 16 inch thick waterproof fire steel bushcraft ferro rod with easy grip handle multi tool striker and paracord lanyard 2pcs black and orange 4 7 out of 5 stars 587. Get it as soon as fri sep 11.

The metal is a cerium alloy mixed with an iron alloy to provide strength. The fireknife has a sandvik 12c27 stainless steel blade comes with a polypropylene sheath and has a original swedish firesteel scout fire starter good for approximately 3 000 strikes that pops out of its handle. The fire steel comes packaged in a hinged lid tin that can be used to make char. Small english trade fire steel.

Best two in one fire starter. Cotton balls work spectacularly well for fire steel tinder but i prefer 1mm jute twine unraveled so the. The edges of the fire steel also work as a ferrocerium ferro rod striker and the center divot is designed to be used as a bow drill socket. In our internet shop you can find forged fire steels produced by hand labor unique objects which will be functional instruments for.

This combined alloy is called mischmetal. Features pulling the provided striker or your knife down the 1 5 in. Small enough for your pocket the light my fire swedish firesteel mini magnesium fire starting tool lasts at least 1 500 strikes. Don t let our mini firesteel fool you it makes plenty of sparks to start a fire when you need one because it is made of the same special ferrocerium formula used.

This fire knife is a collaboration between light my fire and mora of sweden who s been making knives for the last 120 years. The spark came from chipping small pieces of steel off the striker.