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Simply scrape the soft magnesium 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.

These magnesium rods and bars from FireSteel.com are 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).

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.