Simply scrape the soft magnesium rod with your knife or firesteel scraper to make a pile of shavings.

Magnesium metal makes an excellent tinder for helping you start a fire even when your wood is damp.

These magnesium rods are very soft. They are easily scraped with your knife or FireSteel.com scraper to produce a small pile of shavings that will easily catch fire and burn white hot.

The magnesium in these FireSteel.com magnesium rods burns at an incredible 4000 degrees F (2200 degrees C)!!

FireSteel.com magnesium rods also have the advantage of being very light weight, easy to carry, and are not affected by water. Carrying this magnesium helps ensure you can start a fire even in wet conditions.

Burning a white hot 4,000 degrees F, these magnesium shavings were struck by a spark from a FireSteel.com FireSteel

FireSteel.com magnesium rods also come with a handy lanyard hole so that you can attach them to your FireSteel and always have a piece of tinder available whenever you need some!