These magnesium and FEU fire starters are good but not great. The small diameter sparking rod, about the same diameter as a pencil lead is only good for about 50 or so strikes, and scraping the magnesium off the opposite side is a hassle. The Swedish fire steels are a much better alternative because they combine the magnesium powder within the sparking rod creating more sparks, and no need to scrape a pile of magnesium before striking, and the strike bar lasts for many hundreds of strikes. That said, these tools are very inexpensive and do perform as advertised. I recommend buying the ones with the small striker attached (made of a 2" piece of hack saw blade). If you use the back of a knife for striking the spark you'll vastly limit the number of available strikes. Get more detail about Genuine Issue Magnesium Survival Fire Starter.
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