GobSpark DUO

The GobSpark DUO.  Reliability in material form.

Imagine holding the potential of starting more than 20,000 fires in one hand and 1,000 fires in the other.   You'd feel capable, strong, secure, confident...and just a little pleased in the knowledge that no matter where you live, who you are, or what Life throws at you, you'll have the means to start a fire and stay warm, cook your food, or fend off your foes.  It's an invaluable feeling, isn't it?

That's what you get with the GobSpark DUO: confidence, reliability, safety, security...and for a very good price.

Know what else is awesome about the GobSpark DUO?  Actually what's awesome about the whole of the GobSpark line?  Their innovative handles, caps and scrapers were designed right here in the Granite State (New Hampshire) and are manufactured here, too!  We know cold up here in the Great North Woods, so we wanted our gear to be usable even while wearing thick mittens, and we *needed* the gear to throw massive sparks in order to start our fires quickly and effectively.  There was nothing that fit the bill on the market, so we designed it.  And here we are, more than a decade later, still going strong with our GobSparks.

The DUO is composed of two of your favorite firestarting kits: the world-famous GobSpark Armageddon and its "Mini Me", the GobSpark Ranger.

Keep the Armageddon in your pack and the Ranger in your glove compartment.

Or, keep the Armageddon with your preps and the Ranger for your EDC.

Or, leave one at camp for the crew to start the fire and carry the other with you on your scout just in case,

Or, keep them both with you so you know that if you lose one or give one to someone you meet in distress, you'll still have a backup plan.  (Always have a backup plan.)

Want the details?  Here they are:

DUO part 1: Make upwards of 20,000 fires from one GobSpark Armageddon™!

If the ability to make fires reliably is important to you, this is the kit to get.  People are calling our GobSpark Armageddon "the best firesteel in the world".

It's not "just a firesteel".  It's a fire-making system; the GobSpark Armageddon FireSteel 2pc kit starts with an ulta-unique and proprietary FireSteel handle attached to a big world-famous FireSteel.com Armageddon 3.0 FireSteel and is complemented by a case which also acts as a scraper (our very own "Palm Scraper") and finally strung together with a length of paracord lanyard in a matching color.

Check it out:

• A BIG, ROBUST firesteel with a robust handle - the firesteel is a full 3/8ths-inch in diameter and 3-inches long (2.5" usable length).
• An innovative handle designed for the firmest grip - even when your hands are cold or wearing gloves.
• The innovative Palm Scraper™ handle with an ultra-hardened alloy blade -specially designed to help you shave off massive gobs of sparks to light your fires in no time.
  

Easy to Use with Gloved or Cold Hands

Imagine trying to start a fire with hands numbed from the cold or while wearing gloves. A small blocky firesteel handle may be very difficult to hold onto.

But using a GobSpark™ Armageddon and Palm Scraper presents no problem, even with gloved hands.

Easy to Aim Your Sparks onto the Tinder

To use this special FireSteel Handle (see video below as well as the pictures)

1. Place the handle in the palm of your hand so that the firesteel lays between your index and middle fingers.
2. Position your hand palm-down and place the FireSteel Rod next to your tinder.
3. While holding the firesteel handle tightly, scrape the FireSteel rod hard and fast in one fluid motion

This will produce a massive shower of white hot 5500 degree F sparks aimed directly at your tinder.

The special shape of the handle allows for creative attachment to your belt or gear.

The FireSteel Palm Scraper™

This great piece of FireSteel.com gear securely snaps onto your GobSpark Armageddon FireSteel, serving double purpose as a protective case.  The rectangular shape fits snugly into the palm of your hand or glove, so that you can scrape sparks from your firesteel even with heavy gloves on your hands or when your fingers are so cold you can hardly move them - potentially a life saver when you are freezing cold or wet from an overturned boat etc.

GobSpark Armageddon™ Specifications

• GobSpark Armageddon with handle by itself:
• 4-1/2 inches long (114mm)
• weight: 1.7 ounces (48 grams)
• GobSpark Armageddon with clicked on Palm Scraper:
• 5 inches long (127mm)
• weight: 2.53 ounces (71.94 grams)
• With Optional Magnesium Tinder rod (1/2" x 3")
• Weight: 3.12 ounces (88.54 grams)

Impressive, huh?  But we're not done yet.  Here's the specs on the GobSpark Ranger, the "Mini Me" to the GobSpark Armageddon:

DUO Part 2: Make upwards of 1,000 fires with the GobSpark Ranger™ by FireSteel.com!

With a handle that was designed and is injection-molded (manufactured) right here in the United States, the GobSpark Ranger sports a 1/4 inch diameter x 2-1/2 inch long FireSteel that is made from the same world-class, great-gobs-of-sparks-producing formula that our other FireSteel.com FireSteel are famous for.

The design of the small handle allows for a better grip when scraping sparks from your GobSpark Ranger FireSteel.  Your GobSpark Ranger FireSteel will come pre-strung with a FireSteel Super Scraper on a matching colored lanyard made from 24-inches of 550-paracord.

We came up with the idea of the GobSpark Ranger FireSteel kit to meet the demand for a lightweight, cost effective way for our customers to obtain the same quality of sparks produced by our larger firesteel in a compact FireSteel and Super Scraper all-in-one kit.  A favorite of scouting organizations as well as hikers and backpackers who have to watch every ounce that goes into their packs.

The 1/4 inch diameter rod is large enough to produce many thousands of fires.  It is super easy to hold on to your GobSpark Ranger Firesteel while scraping off sparks due to the way we designed for the lanyard to be strung through the two holes in the handle.  You'll just have to get one to experience the ease with which such a compact piece of kit creates great gobs of sparks.

GobSpark Ranger Specifications

• 1/4 inch diameter by 2.5 inches long Ranger 2.5 FireSteel
• Compact plastic handle with double lanyard holes
• 24-inch Lanyard made of 550 Paracord in a matching color
• A genuine FireSteel.com Super Scraper (also known as a "striker")
• Option to add one of our spectacular Magnesium Tinder Rods (3/8" x 3") so you can start a fire even in damp conditions
• Weight 1.07 ounces (30.28 grams.  With optional Magnesium Tinder Rod: 1.35 ounces (38.28 grams)
• Robust 5500 F (3000 C) sparks that will start a fire in the toughest conditions
• Composition: FireSteel.com ferrocerium rod, plastic handles, nylon lanyard, ultra-hardened steel scraper blade

Advantages:

• Genuine FireSteel.com FireSteel formulated to give great gobs of sparks.
• Enough FireSteel to make hundreds of fires.
• Excellent sparks that you expect from our FireSteel.com FireSteel
• Easy to use and very safe (Common sense required when using any firemaking gear).
• Premium FireSteel.com firesteel formula that takes your firesteel firemaking to a whole new level
• 5500 F (3000 C) sparks that will start a fire in the toughest conditions
• High-quality Magnesium Tinder Rod optional add-on

Related FireSteel Products

• GobSpark Armageddon
• Palm Scraper
• GobSpark Camo Kit
• GobSpark Triumph Kit
• GobSpark Ranger Series

* GobSpark, GobSpark Armageddon, Palm Scraper, Armageddon FireSteel and FireSteel Armageddon are trademarks of FireSteel.com.

Still not convinced?  Check out just a few of the many reviews our happy customers have posted to YouTube demonstrating our products.  

Get your FireSteel from THE name in FireSteel: FireSteel.com!

(P.S. I KNOW these work because I use them myself in the Great North Woods of Northern New Hampshire, where winter temperatures routinely dip to minus twenty degrees and lower.  No need to remove my gloves to light my fire!  My hands remain toasty warm inside my mittens.  In fact, if the GobSpark Armageddon didn't work, I'd be dead.  How's that for product testing? -Ron Fontaine, Owner and Creator of the FireSteel.com GobSpark.)

*Being as the DUO is a relatively new combination for us here at FireSteel.com, check out the reviews for the DUO's components, the GobSpark Armageddon and the GobSpark Ranger to see for yourself what others have to say about our products. 

(In the meantime, here is one of our favorite testimonies that really sums it all up.  Posted by SteveG on Mar 21st 2015)

"As close to perfection as I've seen in a ferro rod system"

"Nothing compares to these. The real test, with gloves on, half frozen hands, shivering, and in the dark...the Gob Spark is still easy to use and always gets the job done. Typically one strike = fire (if you have done your job and prepared your tinder, of course) Commercial tinder, improvised tinder, even slightly damp tinder, they all light with ease. The big, long lasting sparks are essential for damp, cold environments.

I've demonstrated the Gob Spark in full, brilliant sunlight and still get a "WOW!" from those that see it in action. Gob Spark is the name and giant gobs of sparks are what you get.

But a better testament to just how good this product is: I grab it first, before the Bic and before the matches. It's just that damn good.

I really can't tell how long it will last. I've struck sparks with it several hundred times and it barely shows wear. Sure there are bright streaks and a little flattening of the rounded profile, but that amounts to negligible wear so far. It will last many years for me and probably a lifetime for most.

It is big and the handle makes it bulky, but when your hands are stiff from cold and you are shivering and unsteady, the large handles on the Gob Spark and it's striker make fire starting a simple task instead of a chore.

This is the best of the best."  (Thank you, Steve.  You've expressed exactly why I invented the GobSpark!  - Ron.)