Hopefully the next person has it today ??? Sent off recorded yesterday.
Mac, to reply to your question, Mrs Ffumble-Ffingers here needs about 3" long and a gap of a good inch to get the fingers through. I can't grip well because of the RA so need to be able to get the fingers through to hold it, for sure, for striking. As long as I could keep hold of it it was good to use, got a spark in the charcloth and into the nest and lit the stove 3 times. I did drop it several times though and nearly smashed the fingers of the other hand when the whole caboudle came apart as I lost the grip on the steel and tried to rescue it - as you do! Hubby (of course) thought it was funny ... the air got rather blue !!!