How to Use a Magnesium/Flint Fire-starter

How is that pile of magnesium windproof?

Friend why at 0,20 shown 2 differents bars united?They are same materials or just the small can be used?

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This looks WAY too easy! I spent at least 30 minutes today trying to start a fire, but I only used things found outside. I had to stop because I split open my knuckle and sliced my finger. Ugh.

Short and clear👍🏻

Iv got a survival watch with a fire flint but can't figure out how to use it any ideas please? X

Well done video...short and concise ...to the point.
Thanks for the demonstration..‼
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My lowrider neighbors have stolen magnesium wheels on thier lowrider, excellent source of magnesium... 👍👍👍👍 one could say a lifetime's worth of magnesium for starting fires

"Pretty much indestructible as well" he says, and drops it from less than a quarter inch to prove it

That bigger Mag block one is available at Harbor Freight "Magnesium Fire Starter" for $2.00

You had me until fucking comic sans.

Remember to carry the block of cement white paper and the heaviest striker you can find .... and after 30 minutes off scraping magnesium you can start your fire by dumping all the wood on Fire

Well, I tried using it with a knife, and I scrapped off a bunch of magnesium. And didn't even get a fire(before I watched this video).

Im looking for unlimited

Very helpful 👍

Wind proof kinda. The magnesium flakes will fly away in a breeze, so protect.

Thanks bro I needed to know this for school in 2020 because the pandemic but this is awesome

One eternity later

I spent like half an hr using this thing and nothing. Missed the step of making the shaves first

it’s funny watching survivor. non of them have a clue that the backside is magnesium and then they go for weeks trying to start an fire with just the flint. i knew that and survivor never addressed it to show how they were doing it wrong because they would look way to stupid

HFT part# 63733 for $2. Works great!

They look rubbish and I would rather buy a better quality product.

Not the most convenient but definitely useful if you really needed a fire. My Amazon knife came with a small thing of magnesium

It you don’t scrape like a maniac like that you can get well over 100 fires from that stick

real waste of magnesium. If you do it correctly, you can get a fire going after like 3-4 strokes. But that also depends on the tinder used and yada yada yada.

Very cool tutorial, even with the "fast forward" 👌😎

Carry magnesium powder / shavings instead .

If this thing can be used only 20 times then surely is a horrible survival tool...

Use a knife, is better

Thanks brooo

Carry Bic lighters in different parts of your camping kit, they work. Carry a Ferro rod on you aswell whenever you go to anywhere remote , it will work when you have nothing else....

It is not flint. It is ferrocerium. Other than that, great video.

you know there's lighters for 1$ dollar ?

You paid $6 or $7 for that block? Harbor Freight sells them for .97 & used to give them away free.

Ferrocerium not flint!

I used this model got quite a few strikes from it before the flint unglued still it was ok..

That was quite a few strokes leaving one a bit out of breath for the magnesium.. I would get much more fire from a Bic Lighter albeit I got to keep it dry.. These gadgets are still handy as backup..

Instead if using themagnesium, I use the sparks to ignite a puddle of gasoline

I cant get mine to spark

How do you make that look so easy?! I'm sweating...my sparks hit the mag but it won't ignite.

Thank you. Now I will win survivor

Worthless video , , , did not use the block one , , ,

Basically a method for people who don't want to use a lighter, so they can think of themselves as wilderness experts.

Use a decent knife and you can shave off strips of the magnesium then scrape a little bit of powder at the end then strike with a ferro rod and job done in any weather basically as magnesium burns so hot!

2025😁☝️