firesteel blanks

[munkiboi182]

hi guys, just a quick one. im trying to incorporate making your own firesteels into one of our courses but cant seem to find a good source at the right price. any one know where i can get 6-10mm thick and 80-100mm long blanks at a cheapish price. thinking of £2 or under really or is this a bit ambitious? initially want 10-15 of them to test quality, etc and buy in bulk after


cheers

munki

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lot-2-Fer...657?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item231c33e239

 

[munkiboi182]

cheers, thinking a little cheaper if i can tho. or is this about the going rate for blanks?

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

£1.65 each is pretty good. You wont do better for low quantities and if my experience is anything to go by you wont do much better on bulk either

 

[munkiboi182]

they were showing as £3.37 on that link

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

its a lot of 2

 

[HillBill]

Quality matters too. Cheap ones hardly throw sparks. I get mine from here..

http://www.firesteel.co.uk/firesteel blanks.htm

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

Ive used several supppliers in the past but the ones i linked to provide a great shower of sparks. ive also used firesteel.co.uk and could see no difference to be honest. I used to sell blanks on ebay sourced from jxmetals in shanghai. They are the dominant supplier for most rods you will come across. Nobody ever returned one. I found the quality of striker is the most important variable

 

[munkiboi182]

its a lot of 2

true. sorry having one of those "away with the fairys" evenings.

 

[HillBill]

Fair enough Paul. Good price for those 2. Thought it was just one myself

 

[Joonsy]

Quality matters too. Cheap ones hardly throw sparks. I get mine from here..

http://www.firesteel.co.uk/firesteel blanks.htm

on that link it says ''firesteels from £3'' but the cheapest quoted that i could see was £5

 

[HillBill]

From £3 if your buying a fair few. Singles are more expensive.

 

[Joonsy]

From £3 if your buying a fair few. Singles are more expensive.

just noticed that, you have to buy 50 steels for £175 = £3.50 each

 

[ex member pyrophil]

I have had 3 different size rods from that ebay seller, all good rods.

 

[munkiboi182]

decided to go with the ebay advice from barethrills, ordered 10 on a trial basis. if they do the job then i'll see about a bulk load. thanks barethrills