Where must I remove ESEE blade coating from to use with ferro rod?

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Mifune326

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Happy Memorial Day everyone.

Quick question: In order to use my ESEE 6 with a ferro rod, how much of the blade coating must I remove and where is the best area to remove it from? Maybe a few pics to help out also?

Thanks!
 
Just need enough to make contact with the rod. Could remove just above the jimping.
 
I haven't used a fire steel with my coated blades, so this is going off of assumption, but I would do edges as well, because that is going to be where you are making the contact.
 
Make sure the spine has sharp edges too.. I just got a 3 and the spine edges are rounded.. John
 
You might try it first...all you need for a ferro rod to work is a hard edge. Doesn't even have to be steel or even all that sharp. I've done it with a rock and piece of glass before. It kills me to see people use their knife edge for this since it dulls it quickly.
 
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