One very Happy customer. This is a great buy. It performs as a high quality steel striker should. And is sold and guaranteed by honest decent merchants. I am proud to have purchased one. It is with me always now. I used it to start a fire in my Big Green Egg to grill some steaks. I am gonna have to buy another though because my wife saw me use it. Now she wants one too! Everyone who sees me use it ask for one. I recommend it without hesitation.
took some damage striking with quarts but overall I was able to ignight some charcloth so not bad. good striker, nice price. I was able to spark some char cloth with it but it was NOT EASY to get it going. I think I did not prepare my tinder enough before striking it. I will need to try it again. I used this and a piece of quarts (American flint) to produce a spark. but again this is not as easy as a ferro rod or lighter, but if you know what you are doing I think you can make it work. I gave 4 stars because the striker took some damage from the quarts rock, and I think it may not be…
Better than average, but not the best I’ve seen. Reasonable quality fire steel…Pros:Good steel…easily throws decent sparks.Comes in little jute pouch…which can be cannibalized for a tinder nest.Decent workmanship.Cons:Although some reviewers complained about it being too short for big hands, I find it too long for my average/shorter hands.The leading edges of the sparking/ground portion could have been more rounded, so as to prevent catching that edge on your flint.(Mine had a…
One very Happy customer. This is a great buy. It performs as a high quality steel striker should. And is sold and guaranteed by honest decent merchants. I am proud to have purchased one. It is with me always now. I used it to start a fire in my Big Green Egg to grill some steaks. I am gonna have to buy another though because my wife saw me use it. Now she wants one too! Everyone who sees me use it ask for one. I recommend it without hesitation.
took some damage striking with quarts but overall I was able to ignight some charcloth so not bad. good striker, nice price. I was able to spark some char cloth with it but it was NOT EASY to get it going. I think I did not prepare my tinder enough before striking it. I will need to try it again. I used this and a piece of quarts (American flint) to produce a spark. but again this is not as easy as a ferro rod or lighter, but if you know what you are doing I think you can make it work. I gave 4 stars because the striker took some damage from the quarts rock, and I think it may not be…
Better than average, but not the best I’ve seen. Reasonable quality fire steel…Pros:Good steel…easily throws decent sparks.Comes in little jute pouch…which can be cannibalized for a tinder nest.Decent workmanship.Cons:Although some reviewers complained about it being too short for big hands, I find it too long for my average/shorter hands.The leading edges of the sparking/ground portion could have been more rounded, so as to prevent catching that edge on your flint.(Mine had a…