Broken firesteel

[sxmolloy]

This just happened to my firesteel.

It's still fine to use, just a little shorter, anyway, any-one else have this or a similar problem?

 

[Butchd]

By the looks of it, snapping was inevitable. Maybe next time try changing how you strike, looks like you'll have practice now it's shorter!

 

[Justin Time]

My GFs son dropped his brand new Scout model firesteel onto my kitchen floor, snap, and he had two pieces. Good for practising with. and no,it wasn't a stone floor or anything like that, I guess they're just brittle.

 

[fred gordon]

THink you have had your money's worth out of that one. Need to buy another!

 

[sxmolloy]

THink you have had your money's worth out of that one. Need to buy another!

Got 2 more upstairs, this one still works fine too, plenty of life in the old dog yet !

 

[madrussian]

I just want to know how many strikes did you get out of it before it broke? I read that they are suppose to be good for thousands of lights.

 

[Spikey DaPikey]

I try to just use the end of mine, as i want to get the most from it as possible !

 

[sxmolloy]

I believe that this model / size is good for 10,000 or so strikes. I have had for approx 1 year so I would guess i must have had a good few thousand. Althought the end has snapped it is still very useable and I imagine I will get plenty more strikes from the old boy yet.

The reason the end did snap is due to me shaving (not sparking) the steel towards the bottom and allowing a small pile of the material to fall onto my tinder. I would then give it a full blown strike to make sparks fall onto the shavings and tinder and then "BOOM" you get a magnified ignition which is more reliable than just a standard strike and flame should follow.

Hope that makes sense .

ATB....Stu