Favorite ferro rod

[Gcckoka]

Hello guys I want to purchase a good ferro rod. I have 4, but cheap ones. now I want to buy a good one , which one would you suggest?
I am thinking about light my fire ,Exotac or Bear grylls fire starter

 

[GGTBod]

Light my fire army 2.0

 

[mick91]

You may well be better off getting a rod of ferrocerium online and handling it yourself. That way you can have what you want. I got one from hammockman and its superb (cheers paddy use it all the time!) I've never found a huge difference in the rods themselves it's more handle shape that changes

 

[Alan 13~7]

Light my fire army 2.0

+1 its one of these I have, I've never used anything else but this works well for me...

Light my fire Swedish fire steel 2.0 Army model in Coco Shell. Comes with an emergency whistle which isn't up to much IMHO...

 

[Drain Bamaged]

There is definitely a difference in the performance of different ferro rods (not always dependant on cost)….There is however a much bigger difference in the performance of the striker used. Some of the cheapest ferro rods work absolutely fine if you use a good striker, the little bit of hacksaw blade covered in Red or Green paint is not a particularly good one, nor is the spine of many a knife. The best strikers I have found (and they will work fine with the cheapest of ferro rods) is a good piece of glass or glazed pottery even a nice sharp piece of flint.

DB

 

[Gcckoka]

There is definitely a difference in the performance of different ferro rods (not always dependant on cost)….There is however a much bigger difference in the performance of the striker used. Some of the cheapest ferro rods work absolutely fine if you use a good striker, the little bit of hacksaw blade covered in Red or Green paint is not a particularly good one, nor is the spine of many a knife. The best strikers I have found (and they will work fine with the cheapest of ferro rods) is a good piece of glass or glazed pottery even a nice sharp piece of flint.

DB

Yes I found that is true , I used glass with a cheap ferro rod and it worked great

 

[SCOMAN]

Have a read of this thread and my post at the bottom

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=136063

 

[crosslandkelly]

I use this, made for the job.

 

[Hammock_man]

'91 sir thanks for the comment.
Gcckoka would you like me to make you one with an antler handle? (gratis)

 

[Pitkin]

Hemlocks Padauk fire steels really are a very good investment, they really are extremely good quality and very practical to use because of their 'chunkiness'
however, the offer of a beautiful hand made deer antler one produced by a fellow BCUK bro would be a nice keepsake.

 

[dave89]

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=161896821170&alt=web

Get one like this, nice and big and wrap some tape round one end as a handle or a ranger band, already has a hole drilled for a lanyard

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[Gcckoka]

which is better light my fire army or army 2.0

 

[Gcckoka]

I am ordering now a bunch of stuff so I will save a few bucks if i buy light my fire , can you tell me which one should i take army or army 2.0 or is there no difference ratheter than handle shape?

 

[GGTBod]

The 2.0 has an emergency whistle incorporated into the striker handle, at first it seems crap but once you get the hang of using it you can make it scream a really high pitched tone, when i first blew threw it i sounded like a child trying to whistle through it's fingers

 

[MarkinLondon]

Also: the back of either the Opinel #8 or the SAK saw blade outperform most other strikers.

 

[Gcckoka]

ok guys thank you all for your advices I ordered the army 2.0 , I will post an update when I'll receive it and try it out.
thanks

 

[homesicksteve]

'91 sir thanks for the comment.
Gcckoka would you like me to make you one with an antler handle? (gratis)

Such a generous offer Mr. Hammock.

I wonder if 'Gratis' doesn't translate easily into Georgian ?
{ free of charge - უფასო }

 

[Gcckoka]

Such a generous offer Mr. Hammock.

I wonder if 'Gratis' doesn't translate easily into Georgian ?
{ free of charge - უფასო }

I didn't knew that word , I heard it the first time , wow why not , I would be very thankful Mr. Hammock

 

[Hammock_man]

I will get a batch made this week end.

 

[Dave]

I like hemlocks large padauck with the magnesium stuck to the side.