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I would love to see the RAT fire-kit included.
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Ferrocerium and Fire Stick Review Planned - Need Input...
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Marion...great idea!
I just heard about this fire starter...pretty neat!
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I just heard about this fire starter...pretty neat!
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I just tried the Nanostriker today along with a few bigger firesteels (a swedish steel, a strikeforce) and a few others, and considering that I'm years out of practice, I had the most luck with the Nanostriker. Took me a few minutes to figure out why ... I used the supplied strikers with each of the respective steels, and since the Nanostriker's striker is well sharper than most stock strikers, I was getting just as much sparks from the little guy. It also seemed easy to aim, and that helped. Anyway, once I switched to using my knife on the bigger steels, that changed the equation. But I'm very confident in the Nanostriker on any kind of good tinder like Tinderquik.
I, too, would love to see a misch metal steel included, and a variety of tinders including (as mentioned earlier in the thread) perhaps a few tinders that aren't so easy to light. I wonder if, for example, the misch metal steels will light those tinders when the ferrocerium won't.
I, too, would love to see a misch metal steel included, and a variety of tinders including (as mentioned earlier in the thread) perhaps a few tinders that aren't so easy to light. I wonder if, for example, the misch metal steels will light those tinders when the ferrocerium won't.
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DAMN! Just bought one. I hate this place! 
Yep, after I got my eyes dried back out I noticed that
Already been to the site and put a couple of things in the cart
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Joe, I think your experience matches mine... That the key to the system is the striker, I have just simple ferro rods, no misch metal (though I will get one for the purpose of the test) and with a carbide sharpener as a striker, you get flaming balls.
I am a bit resistant to applying a screwdriver to a hex nut, but what less than ideal tinders would you all like to see?
Marion
I am a bit resistant to applying a screwdriver to a hex nut, but what less than ideal tinders would you all like to see?
Marion