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What's.... In, On & Around your ESEE Fire Kit?
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Dryer lint has worked well for me
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I use & keep AMK Tinder tabs in the handle of my ESEE Fire kit, I really like the tinder tabs
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I was not aware that the metal match came with a compass and a hollow section in the handle? Do you have any pictures or dimensions of the inside of the handle? I like my setup now but may have to buy one of these for my spare kit.
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Nothing55, I just picked up my first ESEE fire kit & have already swapped out the firesteel for a 5" rod. I have jute twine jambed in the bottom, 1ea. alcohol pad / 1ea trick birthday candle / 2ea N.A.T.O. matches / 3ea. Tinder Quick fire tabs. Also attached is the striker from Going Gear, & a Photon Freedom Micro-Light II. I may get hungry, but I damn well better not freeze to death . . . 
Be safe.
Be safe.
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That's a real nice set up you've got there. I'm quite a firesteel addict but haven't got around to the ESEE fire kit. it is on the wish list; in fact I can see me getting several.
One question though: is the steel misch metal or ferrocerium (sp?), does anyone know?
Claudiasboris
One question though: is the steel misch metal or ferrocerium (sp?), does anyone know?
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look inside the handle , if you see a phillips screw head you have a misch rod , if no screw you have a standard ferro rod :thumbup:
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this is my favorite one ,I added a longer misch rod too
here are a few other ESEE Firekits
striker failure
Using AH1 as Striker
here are a few other ESEE Firekits
striker failure
Using AH1 as Striker
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a few kits here among other things
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Made this firesteel loop for my fire kit on my 4. Crappy indoor lighting/flash.
Be careful using dryer lint guys, I would highly recommend getting a jar of vaseline and a bag of cotton balls (100& cotton) for $4. You can make about 300 pj cotton balls for that. Dryer line doesn't burn very long and with the additives in detergents, it can give the lint a greasy feel which makes it not light all that well sometimes. I made the switch long ago and will not go back to lint!
Be careful using dryer lint guys, I would highly recommend getting a jar of vaseline and a bag of cotton balls (100& cotton) for $4. You can make about 300 pj cotton balls for that. Dryer line doesn't burn very long and with the additives in detergents, it can give the lint a greasy feel which makes it not light all that well sometimes. I made the switch long ago and will not go back to lint!
IT's about 2cm Circumference and 4 cm deep...
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Where do you guys get Misch rods at. I've got 2 from Firesteel.com but I hear from 1 person that they're non-misch and from another that they are misch. (Since I see no claims on their site of being Misch I asume that it is not.)
God bless,
Adam
God bless,
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TTD, has Jeff & Mike set up your direct deposit on their "Preferred Shopper's Account " yet ???
Man, that is some serious stash of ESEE items, quite impressive to say the least. Thanks for the other posts where you showed all of your knife kits, learned a few different ideas from them.
Good shots as well.
Be safe.
Man, that is some serious stash of ESEE items, quite impressive to say the least. Thanks for the other posts where you showed all of your knife kits, learned a few different ideas from them.
Good shots as well.
Be safe.
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Great place to deal with and their product is fantastic (plus you can get nearly any diameter and length you could imagine)
Nothing55, I just picked up my first ESEE fire kit & have already swapped out the firesteel for a 5" rod. I have jute twine jambed in the bottom, 1ea. alcohol pad / 1ea trick birthday candle / 2ea N.A.T.O. matches / 3ea. Tinder Quick fire tabs. Also attached is the striker from Going Gear, & a Photon Freedom Micro-Light II. I may get hungry, but I damn well better not freeze to death . . .
Be safe.
How did you get the rod out?
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Thanks for the info texastonydobbs, but now you've given me a big dose of ESEE envy! I want that many sharps and firesteels!
Some other great set ups shown too guys, keep 'em coming!
+1 for GoingGear too, great service! I do like Firesteel.com's stuff too, I thought that theirs were misch too, but could be wrong.
Claudiasboris
Some other great set ups shown too guys, keep 'em coming!
+1 for GoingGear too, great service! I do like Firesteel.com's stuff too, I thought that theirs were misch too, but could be wrong.
Claudiasboris
I keep a bit of steel wool, some fatwood shavings, and cotton balls in mine, and a GoingGear striker tied to it with some elastic string. I don't have a good camera with me here at work, just my cell phone camera:
f401f4b9e72648ece5019917f451ccad.jpg by rodneyloos, on Flickr
I think maybe too big a deal is made over the type of rod in the newer ESEE fire kits. I have several misch metal rods from GoingGear.com, and recently added the ESEE fire kit (it is the new model, rod is epoxied in, not screwed in). From everyone's comments, I was expecting the sparks from the ESEE fire rod to be lame or not as effective, but it really does a pretty good job.
Just last night I was playing with it, pried out rotted-out wood from a termite-infested tree in my yard, and started a fire with it. The sparks caught in the punk wood and I was able to blow on it to ignite my wood shavings, no cotton or fat wood needed, just some dead twigs and cut shavings from them, and the punk wood. I did use a GoingGear striker, I hate the thought of scraping my nice sharp knife across the metal
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f401f4b9e72648ece5019917f451ccad.jpg by rodneyloos, on Flickr
I think maybe too big a deal is made over the type of rod in the newer ESEE fire kits. I have several misch metal rods from GoingGear.com, and recently added the ESEE fire kit (it is the new model, rod is epoxied in, not screwed in). From everyone's comments, I was expecting the sparks from the ESEE fire rod to be lame or not as effective, but it really does a pretty good job.
Just last night I was playing with it, pried out rotted-out wood from a termite-infested tree in my yard, and started a fire with it. The sparks caught in the punk wood and I was able to blow on it to ignite my wood shavings, no cotton or fat wood needed, just some dead twigs and cut shavings from them, and the punk wood. I did use a GoingGear striker, I hate the thought of scraping my nice sharp knife across the metal
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