Swedish FireSteel

[TIKIMAN198]

You just burned the fuck out of your table.

[ThePyrotube]

EVERY, if u are going into the wild and u are carrying a firsteel the, coat cotton with vaseline it lasts way longer

[FireSteels]

Right to the point - add some vaseline to that cotton ball, it will burn much longer!

[MultiSindrom]

this is the army model and am goona have it soon. I already now have scout model but its almost broken ..

[osspanskooranice]

u will burn ur table man

[Kris35Productions]

i have one to it's great

[darklord2626]

it is

[Voror]

Ahhh, I tried it several times but I never managed it to light the damn stuff up. How did u do that?? What´s the secret?

[ananddev]

Try cotton first (dry ofcourse) it should catch fire very easily.

[ananddev]

Make sure you fluff the cotton. Tear it and try to let the sparks fall on the shredded fibers. Cotton is the easiest tinder to light!

[Voror]

Ok, cotton burns easy, but I guess in the wild there isn´t much cotton. So I tried it with birchbark, dry grass and so on, but they won´t burn. In the tv-shows when Ray Mears light a fire he uses dry grass and ist burns well, so what´s my fault?

And what about this Horseshoe fungus? Has someone tried it with those?

[ananddev]

there are lots of videos demonstrating how to start a fire using different tinders.

[mrsvinarich26]

@Voror youmust make sure your grass is completly dry. you also need to make your birch bark finer amadou is gathered from the fluffy layer which must also be dry

[ZenzioT]

@Voror

Several strokes could be used too, sometimes their justs isn't enough heat generated the first time regardless of the sparks.

/salute

Private Original.the.Sin, Spec Ops, Gamer Army.

[BadMuffler]

soaked in gasoline ..THIS IS STUPID

[ananddev]

no the cotton tinder was not soaked in gasoline. You can try this out if you like. Cotton does burn very easily.

[BadMuffler]

i used to try to catch toilet paper with a magnifying glass it wouldnt burn while bugs next to it did.. very weird... if that just went poof though with no fuel.. Ok then good job. However...If you have the prescence (sp) ..of mind to bring thing thing why not bring 12 lights.. one will work :P , and I've never had a lighter break or explode in my life.

[ananddev]

Finding tinder does require some practice. Usually, by fluffing some paper or the shredding pieces of wood work well. Yes, a lighter or matches are more convenient. But this can definitely serve as a backup for that day when all else fails. Matches have failed me twice.

[oldasadlo]

paper is white so it reflects sun rays, bug was, i suppose much darker. this is not weird.

[zenundashurije]

yes so true just tried it now!

[neilcage]

yeah but wat about the floor ;)

[ananddev]

that is not wood. I don't know the term (maybe some sort of laminated coating) but it does not burn or scar that easily. got to test both ;). Looks like wood but not wood.

[bikertom14]

thanks, i have one now and cannot put it down! I find cotton wool is a great starter.

[markjjustiniano]

wha?????that was quick

[ananddev]

Just type Swedish firesteel in google you will get plenty of sites selling these for under 15$. I bought it from thinkgeek

[bikertom14]

hi, i was wondering where you got this from? please!

[letmein2121]

cool, where did you get this one from and how much? please! im very interested in them.

[ananddev]

You can buy these from thinkgeek (dot) com for about 14$.

Also, checkout the videos description for details.

[razoronfire666]

that was fast