Description
FireSteel.com has sourced the best-performing slabs of soft magnesium that you can use as a waterproof and nearly indestructible supply of tinder for starting fires.
Magnesium burns at more than 4000 degrees F. Using your knife or FireSteel.com Super Scraper, simply shave off a small pile of magnesium shavings, about what would fit on a small coin. When a spark from your favorite FireSteel.com FireSteel hits this pile of magnesium, the shavings will burst into a white hot flame that will even help ignite damp kindling. Use caution when using magnesium as tinder, since the shavings can pop violently as they ignite. Your magnesium shavings will burn WHITE HOT but very quickly, so make sure you have some kindling and larger pieces of wood ready to build your fire.
A great advantage of carrying a magnesium bar for tinder is that it is totally waterproof. Dunk it in a stream or lake, soak it in the rain - no problem - your tinder will still burn as hot as ever. Great for emergencies or starting your backyard bonfire!
Each magnesium bar has a convenient lanyard hole for easy attachment to your FireSteel and scraper. The combination of Magnesium Tinder Bar and GobSpark Armageddon with Palm Scraper (sold separately) makes an excellent Fire Starting Kit.
Magnesium Bar Specifications:
- Size: 1-inch wide X 3/8-inch thick X 3-inches long
- Weight: approx 1.129 ounces (32 grams)
- Burns white hot at more than 4000 degrees F
- Composition: soft magnesium
39 Reviews
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Reliable Tinder
Magnesium has its pluses, it requires little work to scrape shavings off it but the reward is tinder that will catch on fire even if you have fallen into water with it or it is raining hard and all other available tinder is wet. Also, if you need more magnesium simply add another chunk onto your firesteel lanyard.
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L Gleason
The first thing I noticed when opening the FireSteel.com shipping tube was this big chunk of shiny magnesium, a work of art. Plenty of magnesium tinder for dozens of fires. Fun to use too.
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Big Hunk of Magnesium
It takes a little practice and then you can use magnesium to help make fires when your regular tinder is damp. This big magnesium bar has plenty of magnesium to start dozens of fires.
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