Oh my god...It's HUGE !!!

[maddave]

Just had a look on an American survival site that sells possibly the worlds biggest firesteel...

Check out this bad boy !!

The bumf

Big Firesteel!
Want the biggest firesteel on the block? The new Bunker firesteel (shown in hand) was manufactured especially for Survival Topics readers.

The Bunker is a full 1/2 inch thick and 5-inches long (12.7 x 127mm). Capable of starting tens of thousands of fires,

These huge firesteels give a shower of sparks like none other. Put The Bunker extra large firesteel in your bunker and never worry again about kindling a blaze!
The Bunker - $24.95

http://www.survivaltopics.com/survival-supplies/

 

[R Doull]

I've got one of them... (10mm thick) just put an American Walnut handle on it.. with a cord.. got mine from E-bay mind you.. cost about £4 inc P&P

now to try and make a nice neat little leather pouch for it to live in..

 

[maddave]

I've got one of them... (10mm thick) just put an American Walnut handle on it.. with a cord.. got mine from E-bay mind you.. cost about £4 inc P&P

now to try and make a nice neat little leather pouch for it to live in..

Make a great "Priest" for fishing too I bet

 

[RobertRogers]

Nobody can say I never gave BushCraftUK a hand - that's my hand in the picture!

I can vouch for the effectiveness of these Firesteels, they are what I use and depend upon for making fires.

 

[mortalmerlin]

Capable of starting tens of thousands of fires,

All at the same time

 

[sapper1]

Got some from ebay 10mx 100mm, great bit of kit cost £4.99 inc. postage.

 

[redneck]

I've bought a few from ebay and they are very poor sparkers, not worth the money even if you only pay a fiver for them, but I do fancy one of those big guys..

 

[ZDP-189]

"The Bunker is a full 1/2 inch thick and 5-inches long" Serious question: Can I machine it without causing sparks? I am thinking of making a LED torch out of one.

 

[Tadpole]

"The Bunker is a full 1/2 inch thick and 5-inches long" Serious question: Can I machine it without causing sparks? I am thinking of making a LED torch out of one.

I'd say it's too brittle, other than that lots of lube, slow feed speed. lots of lube, keep it cool. did I mention lots of lube

 

[sam_acw]

I'd say it's too brittle, other than that lots of lube, slow feed speed. lots of lube, keep it cool. did I mention lots of lube

Combined with the thread title I bet we get some strange visitors via search engines today

 

[Shambling Shaman]

"The Bunker is a full 1/2 inch thick and 5-inches long" Serious question: Can I machine it without causing sparks? I am thinking of making a LED torch out of one.

I would get a cheep one of Ebay as a tester, Might have a go my self??

 

[Shambling Shaman]

Combined with the thread title I bet we get some strange visitors via search engines today

I'm shore your right...

 

[sapper1]

Redneck,Mine are excellent sparkers,I'll try and find out which seller I got them from and get back to you.