Picking up one of these tonight after long time having them and losing them over the year, without ever trying to use one! I’m excited to practice with it
Huge fan of these, they were the first ferro rods I ever had. I'm very partial t ok saving the magnesium for wet or super cold weather, and j tend to angle mg striker across the ferrocerium and the magnesium to beef up my sparks with bits of hot mag. As a side note, I use surplus military snowshoes, the frames are magnesium and you can shave them to assist in firecraft
I attach a 1/4 hack saw blade as a striker, saves my knife edge and gives me an extra notch saw. Only get the Doan (US Military) magnessium bar, same price as the Harbod Freight & Walmart versions, but it actually works. That's why it's carried by military and air crews in survival kits. Can keep with extra petroleum jellycotton balls, fat wood, etc in a better fire kit.
I remember watching this a long time ago and thinking it was great. In retrospect in dry conditions like this the striker alone is plenty enough to ignite dry grass way faster. The magnesium is a disadvantage unless you're trying to light wet tinder.
Learning how to do it as we speak. Wow these catch a massive spark and flame up but as you said, it’s so, so. So fast. Have to have the tinder like you show for sure. I tried to have it close (4”) and even that was too far. Ty for these videos.
You can buy one of those for just 2 or 3 bucks, Can be a pain for sure, The little scrapper/ hack saw blade works ok, But knife works better, One also must consider your going to dull your knife
Well, I made it! I survived by not going into the bush. Thank God for electricity. I figured out years ago that I didn't want to use my magnesium striker as my Plan A fire starting kit--give me a butane torch lighter for that. Anyway, great, concise video!
Gorilla tape + Magnesium shavings = no blow away, almost instant tinder bundle. You can tear a strip of Gorilla tape in half long ways and roll it up like a tight little cigar, light that...burns for minutes😂
So... this is a look at the full sequence where you show how to use the magnesium striker, certainly a very interesting and quite cool way of starting a fire. Uploading this withoud actual cuts is pretty neat. And also, this HD remaster is much better than the one you did with the full episodes from Season 1 that you uploaded here. The only thing left to do here is to preserve the aspect ratio. Stretching the 4:3 image to 16:9 really isn't necessary.
These are great. Especially because you can buy a five pack for about five bucks. Throw one in your vehicles. Put one in your tacklebox. Toss one in your different hunting packs. Never know when it might save you some trouble.
I bought 4 of them this morning at Walmart and gave it a shot when I got home. Mine came with a little hacksaw blade attached, but was coated in thick paint and wouldn't do anything. I just went and made my own out of another hacksaw blade I had in my shop. It was easy for me to use the smooth end of the blade to get shavings off the Magnesium. I just pulled in and down with the blade and got big curly shavings each time and took about 20 seconds to get what I needed. Used the smooth side again on the blade to strike the flint and low and behold it actually worked! Now I am curious to see what the whole mag stick and flint would do if I threw it in a fire, lol
On the cheep magnesium bars made in are way too hard. Find military surplus and they actually work fairly not great but fairly, a lot better then the cheep China one. Better than nothing.
Note. SOME of these mag bars have differing magnesium content. They may contain a good amount of another white metal, you guessed it, aluminium , and can be significantly harder to scrape or LIGHT because of that. TBH the cheaper ones suffer from this. I have not tested them all. For that reason alone I do my best to get lab grade magnesium. The old military Doans bars used to be great and there are a few companies that sell round bars of different sizes that will almost curl off the bar when shaven they are so soft. Pure magnesium can also be acquired at welding supplies centers. Another good point, A Corona shears sharpener or Speedy Sharp tool makes an EXCELLENT scraper for both Ferro and magnesium and can even make very fine wood shavings. The tool weighs zilch, and you can preserve your 90 degree spine on your knife until you REALLY need it.
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Picking up one of these tonight after long time having them and losing them over the year, without ever trying to use one! I’m excited to practice with it
A really nice and informative demonstration. Heep them coming and thanks for doing them. Be safe and stay healthy 😷🔥
Huge fan of these, they were the first ferro rods I ever had. I'm very partial t ok saving the magnesium for wet or super cold weather, and j tend to angle mg striker across the ferrocerium and the magnesium to beef up my sparks with bits of hot mag. As a side note, I use surplus military snowshoes, the frames are magnesium and you can shave them to assist in firecraft
I’m so tickled to run across this demo!!
Cant wait for this one big Les
I attach a 1/4 hack saw blade as a striker, saves my knife edge and gives me an extra notch saw. Only get the Doan (US Military) magnessium bar, same price as the Harbod Freight & Walmart versions, but it actually works. That's why it's carried by military and air crews in survival kits. Can keep with extra petroleum jellycotton balls, fat wood, etc in a better fire kit.
Awesome! Love my fero rods, but this looks cool too!
I remember watching this a long time ago and thinking it was great. In retrospect in dry conditions like this the striker alone is plenty enough to ignite dry grass way faster. The magnesium is a disadvantage unless you're trying to light wet tinder.
The greatest ive seen
Learning how to do it as we speak. Wow these catch a massive spark and flame up but as you said, it’s so, so. So fast. Have to have the tinder like you show for sure. I tried to have it close (4”) and even that was too far. Ty for these videos.
You can buy one of those for just 2 or 3 bucks, Can be a pain for sure, The little scrapper/ hack saw blade works ok, But knife works better, One also must consider your going to dull your knife
It's true. The best way to avoid dulling a knife in a survival situation is to never use it.
I never use mine in a survival situation
@DrSchor That's why you use the spine of your knife and not the blade.😂
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I like using these mag bars, they work really fast and burn hot
37 hours to go before video premiers. Hoping I don't succumb to hypothermia.
Well, I made it! I survived by not going into the bush. Thank God for electricity. I figured out years ago that I didn't want to use my magnesium striker as my Plan A fire starting kit--give me a butane torch lighter for that. Anyway, great, concise video!
Les, my friend you are
The Survivorman.
Gorilla tape + Magnesium shavings = no blow away, almost instant tinder bundle. You can tear a strip of Gorilla tape in half long ways and roll it up like a tight little cigar, light that...burns for minutes😂
Les is awesome!
So... this is a look at the full sequence where you show how to use the magnesium striker, certainly a very interesting and quite cool way of starting a fire. Uploading this withoud actual cuts is pretty neat. And also, this HD remaster is much better than the one you did with the full episodes from Season 1 that you uploaded here. The only thing left to do here is to preserve the aspect ratio. Stretching the 4:3 image to 16:9 really isn't necessary.
Use the spine of the blade and save the edge. But a good demo none the less🤙🏻
Remember watching this episode as a kid
These are great. Especially because you can buy a five pack for about five bucks. Throw one in your vehicles. Put one in your tacklebox. Toss one in your different hunting packs. Never know when it might save you some trouble.
The magnesium burnt a lot faster than I expected...
I’ll stick with my preferred Spark-Lite Fire Starter and waxed tinder 🙂
I carry both for options, with some petroleum jelly cotton balls and fat wood.
I bought 4 of them this morning at Walmart and gave it a shot when I got home. Mine came with a little hacksaw blade attached, but was coated in thick paint and wouldn't do anything. I just went and made my own out of another hacksaw blade I had in my shop. It was easy for me to use the smooth end of the blade to get shavings off the Magnesium. I just pulled in and down with the blade and got big curly shavings each time and took about 20 seconds to get what I needed. Used the smooth side again on the blade to strike the flint and low and behold it actually worked!
Now I am curious to see what the whole mag stick and flint would do if I threw it in a fire, lol
why is that funny
I just subscribed and liked! Great content and channel. Any chance of maybe doing a product review on our New Firestarters?
Hold the knife still and move the flint backward
OMGOSH! You'll never guess what I did with my magnesium striker. Lol.
I obviously didn't read the directions first.
Bought one tonight for about 6 dollars tax and all for when America falls
13th
On the cheep magnesium bars made in are way too hard. Find military surplus and they actually work fairly not great but fairly, a lot better then the cheep China one. Better than nothing.
Sarcasm
lol dont think he really cares...
Facetious?
first
nope
O yea... NEVER use ur knife blade... it willDULL it like mad!!!!!
Note. SOME of these mag bars have differing magnesium content. They may contain a good amount of another white metal, you guessed it, aluminium , and can be significantly harder to scrape or LIGHT because of that. TBH the cheaper ones suffer from this. I have not tested them all. For that reason alone I do my best to get lab grade magnesium. The old military Doans bars used to be great and there are a few companies that sell round bars of different sizes that will almost curl off the bar when shaven they are so soft. Pure magnesium can also be acquired at welding supplies centers. Another good point, A Corona shears sharpener or Speedy Sharp tool makes an EXCELLENT scraper for both Ferro and magnesium and can even make very fine wood shavings. The tool weighs zilch, and you can preserve your 90 degree spine on your knife until you REALLY need it.
Sooo hard... shave it onto a peice of TAPE so it don't blow away.... and Spark it up.. ..