some fire steel

[jean baptiste]

left to right

fire steel de from deal extreme http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12305
fire flash de from asmc http://www.asmc.de/fr/Outdoor-Survie/Allume-Feu/Allume-feu-fire-steel-p.html
fire steel de from ben's backwoods http://www.bensbackwoods.com/servlet/Detail?no=123
fire steel from fire steel from survival topic http://www.survivaltopics.com/gear/products/FireSteel-Bunker.html
fire steel de from ??????????



the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlK_cGYKk-4

with bark of wet red cedar bark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUpTe3J7m_I

some magnesium fire starter with birch bark


doan
en vidéo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRW2lrPa1U4

tops knive


vidéo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc5_YDUqo3E


round fire starter


vidéo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6bF2PY5zxs

basic ferrocerium
vidéo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5upLl7bXgE

and a light my fire
vidéo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffPoaB7DXRg

rat cutlery




video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNgH_zpdoqY

with grass wood
left to right
fire flash, deal extreme, light my fire, rat cutlery, booshcraft.eu (athlon), fire steel (survival topic), model scout de chez ben, et un ??





la video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWKglVhR1FM

 

[jean baptiste]

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[DWK2]

Very interesting. Thanks!

DancesWithKnives

 

[luckykitty]

Thanks for sharing. From all the vids together I'd conclude:
the Light My Fire and similar can be controlled easier, even when they are pretty small (like ben backwoods, or LMF model scout)
the other variety is harder to direct the molten globs, and the bigger the handle the easier it is, hence the good result of the RAT one.
(Besides there seem to be some of those mischmetal steels around that appear to be not one homogenous material, but with some spots that don't spark at all. So with the mischmetals be sure to buy quality. And RAT sure seems to have good quality.)

 

[A.L.]

Good stuff, thank you!

 

[jean baptiste]

thank's, well it's a lot of time and money but if this tread can help to choose what we need ..
jb

 

[TheGame]

Cool, thanks a lot!

 

[mtwarden]

thanks for taking the time to gather all the steels and testing them!

 

[Mistwalker]

Thanks for the post, I've been thinking about getting one of those Rat firesteels.

 

[Snow]

The RAT firesteel looks so sweet. I need to get one.

 

[jean baptiste]

yes good choice the rat is nice, but i prefere the light my fire.