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Thanks chrisaloia 
I did do a little practicing in the backyard, actually on the patio, and on top of a piece of marble.
I used the Zero Tolerance Busse Battle Mistress to carve curls on the edge of a piece of fatwood. That convex edge worked great.
These were then placed on the scrap piece of marble. After a some fire safety discussion, both my 7 year old daughter and I were able to used a BlastMatch (ferrocerium rod) to start fires directly from the wood.
I then used the Leatherman Wave file to scrape a much smaller mini sparker from Hoods Woods, i.e. 2" by 1/8" inch ferrocerium rod, to do the same thing. This was much harder. To get enough sparks to do the job, I found I had to use the rough side or edge of the file. This chewed up the ferrocerium rod faster, but it did work. Since I had made a holder for one out of fatwood, I wanted to see if it would be enough. I do hope though that if I have to use this small piece I have some cotton or something else that lights instantly with a few sparks! I discuss making the fatwood holder, here:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=119065
and said I would experiment further, so I guees I will also add this there.
I did do a little practicing in the backyard, actually on the patio, and on top of a piece of marble.
I used the Zero Tolerance Busse Battle Mistress to carve curls on the edge of a piece of fatwood. That convex edge worked great.
These were then placed on the scrap piece of marble. After a some fire safety discussion, both my 7 year old daughter and I were able to used a BlastMatch (ferrocerium rod) to start fires directly from the wood.
I then used the Leatherman Wave file to scrape a much smaller mini sparker from Hoods Woods, i.e. 2" by 1/8" inch ferrocerium rod, to do the same thing. This was much harder. To get enough sparks to do the job, I found I had to use the rough side or edge of the file. This chewed up the ferrocerium rod faster, but it did work. Since I had made a holder for one out of fatwood, I wanted to see if it would be enough. I do hope though that if I have to use this small piece I have some cotton or something else that lights instantly with a few sparks! I discuss making the fatwood holder, here:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=119065
and said I would experiment further, so I guees I will also add this there.