All you do is with a little pressure is to drag a peace of carbon steel down the ferrocerium rod and you get sparks off at the temperature of 3 000 f they can be expensive and they tend to come with a plastic ugly handle so i buy just the blank rod and make my own handle and here is how to do it.
Diy ferro rod striker.
Angle the striker at 45 degrees and drag it forcefully and quickly along the ferro rod s length.
Opinel is great but not as good as the firesteel striker.
Nice handle good grip.
It s that good guys.
Next place the end of the ferro rod right underneath or against your tinder pile.
Honestly the surge s blade worked so well that i felt like i was cheating.
This colossal ferro rod is bound to make for an interesting comment section of classless sexual humor.
For 2 stainless steel ferro rod scraper.
For ferro rods that don t have any detrimental effects on the rod and that preserve your knife s spin for softer material like wood for firecrafting.
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