Magnesium and ferro rod ??

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Gill

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Hi i have been off here for a bit and came back to the new format so i dont know my way about yet. I was looking for a thread from a while back where these were being sold ,they had a wooden handle that could be used for tinder and they came from Canada i beleive .
 

Robson Valley

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I have one. No wooden handle but I know what you mean. Very entertaining to use.
I used to practice a lot on my fireplace hearth. Sobering to realize that some practice really did help.
30 seconds with finely shredded birch bark tinder. 25 seconds with spruce twigs smashed to fiber.

Sold by COGHLAN'S of (Winnepeg, Manitoba)
Magnesium bar 3" x 1" x 1/4" with a ferro rod down one edge.
 

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