A while ago I have bought this monster ferrocerium rod along with a magnesium rod, with the intent of making a MOAFR - the Mother of all Firestarters/Firerods.
After sitting around for months in the drawer, I finally chased my friend down to use a turning machine and make a nice hole for joining the two pieces together.
This way the magnesium handle can be shaved off as kindling and then light with the firerod.
Works great!
Huge (1/2"x5" = 12,7mm x 127mm) ferrocerium rods available on eBay here: https://goo.gl/a23aWu
or here: https://goo.gl/tLgXCs (check out which offer currently has a promotion - you should be able to buy them for around $5 EA, shipping included! They used to be even slightly cheaper on AliExpress, but for some months now, all offers for these have disappeared for some unknown reasons from this service)
18mm x 100mm pure magnesium rods can be bought on eBay here: https://goo.gl/93P2j1 or here https://goo.gl/fdGxRe - also look out for current promotions, as you should be able to buy these at $2.50-$2.75 EA or even cheaper if instead of eBay you buy direct from China/Taiwan/Hong Kong /etc. via AliExpress here: https://goo.gl/338Xps or here https://goo.gl/McGFFh
And here you can see how it works
After sitting around for months in the drawer, I finally chased my friend down to use a turning machine and make a nice hole for joining the two pieces together.
This way the magnesium handle can be shaved off as kindling and then light with the firerod.
Works great!
Huge (1/2"x5" = 12,7mm x 127mm) ferrocerium rods available on eBay here: https://goo.gl/a23aWu
or here: https://goo.gl/tLgXCs (check out which offer currently has a promotion - you should be able to buy them for around $5 EA, shipping included! They used to be even slightly cheaper on AliExpress, but for some months now, all offers for these have disappeared for some unknown reasons from this service)
And here you can see how it works
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