ESEE Fire Steel Survival Fire Starter
Key features
- •1095 Carbon Steel
- •Fire Steel size: 1.5" x 3.25" x .188" thick
- •Includes storage tin with hinged lid (Altoids-style)
- •Strikes Ferrocerium Rods, True Flint, and can be used as a Bow Drill Socket.
ESEE Fire Steel Survival Fire Starter
List Price: $57.11$51.40DEALYou Save: $5.71 (10%)
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Customer Reviews
Reviews sourced from verified Amazon purchasers4.6
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Five Stars
BW•August 24, 2017
its esee always good steel very versatile can use for bow drill also besides a striker
This is the one you're looking for.
awake•July 11, 2017
Works great in combination with any quality ferro rod! Buy this item today if you're looking for a steel.
but I have also gotten good sparks from lots of rocks I picked up in ...
Barry Gackle•May 24, 2017
Works as advertised, and is a very well thought out tool for starting fires in more than one way.
This isn't the easiest way to start a fire, but it is the least fragile, and is certainly satisfying. I ordered a piece of actual flint to see how it is supposed to work, but I have also gotten good sparks from lots of rocks I picked up in the woods.
It is basically just a 1/4" thick chunk of very hard carbon steel. I don't think you can wear one of these things out, and I don't think I could physically damage it even if I tried. You'll get little marks on it from the rock, but this is expected. The sparks are tiny pieces of burning steel. It'll last a lot longer than a ferro rod and is far more robust.
Also works well as a ferro rod scraper -- every edge of the thing is a nice clean 90 degrees, including the inside openings. The outside edges will tend to get banged up from the flint, but the inside edges stay pristine for this use.
I don't know that I'd want to wear this thing as a necklace, but it isn't too heavy to attach to a knife sheath. I just keep it in the Altoids-style tin they ship it with -- the tin is a good tool for making char cloth. Add a bit of tinder, a small ferro rod, and some Spectra line (for a bow drill, and also because cordage is your friend), and you have three fire starting methods in a tiny package that easily attaches to a field knife sheath.
This isn't the easiest way to start a fire, but it is the least fragile, and is certainly satisfying. I ordered a piece of actual flint to see how it is supposed to work, but I have also gotten good sparks from lots of rocks I picked up in the woods.
It is basically just a 1/4" thick chunk of very hard carbon steel. I don't think you can wear one of these things out, and I don't think I could physically damage it even if I tried. You'll get little marks on it from the rock, but this is expected. The sparks are tiny pieces of burning steel. It'll last a lot longer than a ferro rod and is far more robust.
Also works well as a ferro rod scraper -- every edge of the thing is a nice clean 90 degrees, including the inside openings. The outside edges will tend to get banged up from the flint, but the inside edges stay pristine for this use.
I don't know that I'd want to wear this thing as a necklace, but it isn't too heavy to attach to a knife sheath. I just keep it in the Altoids-style tin they ship it with -- the tin is a good tool for making char cloth. Add a bit of tinder, a small ferro rod, and some Spectra line (for a bow drill, and also because cordage is your friend), and you have three fire starting methods in a tiny package that easily attaches to a field knife sheath.
Good buy
JC Strickland•May 19, 2017
It works, doesn't look as pretty as the pics but serves its purpose well.
This is good in my hands
RCH•April 29, 2017
This is good in my hands. Have started both punk wood and char-cloth with flint and esee fire steel. Have started tinder bundle and pcb fires with esee fire steel and ferro rod. Only thing left would be a bow drill to test the divot. Maybe later on that. Friction fires are last resort for me.
Great product. It is what they say it is. Good spark with English flint and local Virginia quartz.
Great product. It is what they say it is. Good spark with English flint and local Virginia quartz.
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