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Simply scrape the soft magnesium rod with your knife or firesteel scraper to make a pile of shavings.

Burning a white hot 4,000 degrees F, these magnesium shavings were struck by a spark from a FireSteel.com FireSteel

Magnesium makes an excellent tinder for helping you start a fire.

A magnesium rod is very soft and can easily be scraped with a knife or FireSteel.com scraper to produce small shavings that easily catch on fire and burn white hot at an incredible 4000 degrees F (2200 degrees C).

These FireSteel.com magnesium rods have the advantages of being extremely light weight, easy to carry, and are not affected by water or dampness.  This helps ensure you can start a fire even in wet conditions.