bayiteSmall Ferro Rod Survival Drilled Flint Fire Starter with Toggle Hole for Paracord Bracelet Necklace 1 Inch Pack of 6ClimatePartner certified

They are small ferro rods with two holes drilled into them. They came with a cool metal box.

They came is a Sucrets size box carefully secured in a foam packing to keep them from rolling around and getting damaged. No chips or cracks. Clean neat holes and edges. I might have to get more! Fast shipping too!

Placed one on the start of boot and shoe laces so there is an emergency fire source with me wherever I go.

Don't think they are as good as normal size ferro rods. They are supper portable and can fit on shoe laces, zipper pulls, keychains etc ,but you have to strike them differently. It will spark off of a sharp rock or knife spine but not well due to its size. I found that the very tip on a knife spine works well or a small ceramic striker works best to make a small shower of sparks. I've been able to start fires wirh both of those methods.

Produced great sparks to light the tinder

These are small, not meant to be a primary method of making a fire. But they are extremely useable and effective and easy to always have on you.

These little ferro toggles worked great for my lanyards on my bushcraft cutting tools. I put them on the tools that can strike a ferro rod with some Firecord as tinder as a backup in case I'm desperate for a fire. They throw good sparks. I would only use them as a back up ignition source. Get some.

Great idea but a little smaller than I realized. It can be hard for (me) to maintain control of the rod while attempting to strike a spark. Another half inch would have made it much easier to avoid the line or cord it is threaded into. The idea is sound though and it is hard to argue with the value of forward thinking and preparedness if this is all you have available. You still need a soft steel bar or blade to create sparks with. The rod seems hard to scratch to a spark - as they are very smooth. Buying them pre-drilled is much, much easier then trying to drill another rod yourself though and they are small enough to use as zipper pulls whether you use one hole or both (or not). They are a good back-up any way you look at it but not what I'd suggest for your primary rod.