Description
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Burning MagnesiumUsing a knife or firesteel scraper, simply scrape the soft magnesium tinder rod to create a pile of magnesium shavings. Spark your firesteel onto these shavings, which will catch on fire and burn very hot. |
Note: magnesium rods only => scraper and firesteel shown in the pictures are sold separately.
This Metal Burns!
Simply scrape off a small pile of magnesium shavings using your knife or FireSteel.com Super Scraper.
When you apply a flame or spark from from your favorite FireSteel.com FireSteel, the magnesium shavings will catch on fire and burn at more than 4000 degrees F (2200 degrees C).
This extremely high temperature makes magnesium an excellent tinder for helping you start fires, even with damp kindling.
Your soft magnesium rod is naturally waterproof - will stay dry even if dunked in water.
Configure your magnesium tinder rods in the following ways:
FireSteel.comMagnesium Tinder Rods |
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Weight in Ounces and (Grams) | Add-Ons | Current Price: |
| 3/8 x 3 | .282 (8.0) | - |
$6.99 |
| 3/8 x 3 | .282 (8.0) | Lanyard Hole | $7.79 |
| 3/8 x 5 | .47 (13.33) | - | $8.59 |
| 3/8 x 5 | .47 (13.33) | Lanyard Hole | $9.39 |
| 1/2 x 3 | .592 (16.80) | - | $8.59 |
| 1/2 x 3 | .592 (16.80) | Lanyard Hole | $9.39 |
| 1/2 x 5 | .987 (27.99) | - | $10.49 |
| 1/2 x 5 | .987 (27.99) | Lanyard Hole | $11.29 |
Notes about FireSteel.com Magnesium Rods:
- Price shown is for one magnesium tinder rod - a picture may show two rods for the purposes of scale.
- The US Penny, flat silver scraper, firesteel and other accessories in pictures are not included. Only the magnesium tinder rod is included. (Don't laugh. We've had people ask.)
- The Magnesium Tinder Rods do not create sparks. Magnesium is used as a tinder to help catch your kindling (firewood, etc) on fire. You will need a source of sparks to catch the magnesium itself on fire.
- FireSteel.com Super Scrapers or Palm Scrapers to help shave your magnesium are sold separately.
- The FireSteel Blank Rods, FireSteel with Lanyard Holes, Square FireSteel, and GobSpark FireSteel that will make the sparks to ignite your magnesium also sold separately.
* Magnesium Tinder Rod is a trademark of FireSteel.com
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73 Reviews
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For Emergency Fire Making
I carry the 1/2" x 3" mag rod w/ lanyard hole for emergencies.
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Quality product
Just what I wanted and even better with the "add a lanyard hole" option. Saved me the trouble of drilling it out myself. Quality, good price and super fast shipping!
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Great Tinder Enhancer
The rods are very light and soft. It doesn't take much effort to scrape some shavings. Instead of making the quarter size pile of shavings to get a fire going, I often just scrape a little bit of magnesium into a harder to light tinder. Great if you live in an area where spark-friendly tinders are not as easy to find or prepare.
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lots of sparks
Love the bunker. Glad i got my steels from you. Fast service is important and you nailed that!
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Magnesium and duck tape
A little duck tape with some magnesium scraped on to it lights instantly in any weather conditions and the magnesium does not blow away in the wind!
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Hot!
Excellent product. When I piled up the chips and hit it one time with the GobSpark, I had a white hot inferno almost instantly! Since, scraping small chips in windy conditions can be a challenge (blow away) so I'm working on pigtails skill, but I'm sure that's true of any magnesium source.
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Mag Rod
This is good Magnesium for fire starting. It is soft and scrapes off the rod in perfect pigtails for making a good pile to strike. It burns hot and started in the rain during my first outing. Good stuff.
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Great Stuff
I've used a few different types of magnesium, and this is by far my favorite. The cheap bars from the common brands are way too hard, and others I've tried don't burn right. This stuff is soft enough to easily scrape will the small scraper sold here, and burns real nice, and catching the spark easily.
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Excellent Addition to a FireSteel
I purchased several of these to add to my firesteels and LOVE them. Use the scraper to shave some off, a few strikes with their firesteel and you have a perfect way to get a fire started. The material is far better than those cheap 'bars' you can find at the big box or major outdoor stores, with a lanyard hole, pairs nice with the scraper and firesteel and weighs nothing.
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