Dispelling Several Ferro Rod Myths
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Channel: Far North Bushcraft And Survival
Views: 145,826
Rating: 4.9715519 out of 5
Keywords: Far North Bushcraft And Survival, bushcraft, Survival, Alaska, Ferrocerium, ferro rod, ferro rod myths, flint and steel, exposing ferro rod myths, ferro rod tips, ferro rod stiker
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Length: 8min 38sec (518 seconds)
Published: Fri Oct 25 2019
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I love this man. His videos should be titled Bushcraft ASMR. Such a soothing voice.
I've always been of the opinion that the rod brand or maker really doesn't matter, because they all pretty much work and they all pretty much spark way better and with far hotter sparks than actual flint/chert/quartz on actual steel. Even the really cheap ones. And while a huge ferro rod with a huge handle (the size of 2 or 3 Bic lighters and a Zippo for backup) does spark better than a tiny one, even the tiny ones usually work on decently prepared tinder bundles.
They're either large or small; and either soft or hard. In this video Lonnie makes a good case for the softer ones
He also briefly demos magnesium (I like to scrape magnesium shavings on to the sticky side of a bit of duct tape) and explains the difference between ferro rods and actual flint and steel.
Edit: s/Lonny/Lonnie Sorry but I can't fix the title.
Yeah this guy is awesome! Definitely a cool dude that’s actually living what he is teaching. His whole channel is a wealth of knowledge.
Good video, I subscribed to his channel. Cheap China ferro rods work fine.
This is how I imagine everyone in the sub looks like.
Not myths for most people here, pretty obvious that softer rods will be scraped better and thus give you more sparks. Really obvious imo.