Ferro Rod & Custom Striker

Ya its a fun little project Fonly. Something to do on a rainy day or just one of those stay at home days.
The Jigsaw blades are great & very strong. I get large white sparks of my ferro rod with it, some land on the floor and burn for several seconds. Nice Benchmade ya got there too Fonly, Laughing

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A Knifeless Man is a Lifeless Man
Canadian To The Core
Carry Less by Knowing More
Knowledge Weighs Nothing

Here's a kit I put together using the disposable knife:
I cut the top end off the knife to make it smaller and lighter. I then drilled a hole in it for a lanyard.
I used a piece of 1/2" plastic tubing (from almost any building supply or plumbing store) for carrying tinder. I coated the inside of it with Vick's Vapo-Rub (just as potent as Vaseline), then packed it with dryer lint. I just happened to have two rubber plugs that fit perfectly. A little piece of elastic string allows it to hang on the lanyard.
Some day I might modify a soft leather key case to hold it all together.

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"The monkeys are throwing stuff at me again."
-Survivorman in Costa Rica

Nice little kit you made there, BushRat. Cool

Something small to keep in the pocket or on the keychain. Good work. Smile

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Nice little setup

Good stuff Bush Cool

i like it .

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A Knifeless Man is a Lifeless Man
Canadian To The Core
Carry Less by Knowing More
Knowledge Weighs Nothing

that is way cool. are you going to wear it around your neck or belt. Very Happy

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I would recommend against wearing anything on your neck while in the field, it seems to get in the way, and also depending on the weight it can make your neck sore.

Yeah, I hate wearing stuff on my neck, too. Confused

It's always dangling in the middle of what I'm doing, bouncing around, and making a sore spot on the back of my neck.

If it's not in my hand or pocket, it goes in the pack. Plain and simple. Cool

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I used a bootlace for the lanyard so I can wear it around my neck if I want. The weight probably wouldn't be noticable, especially if I put the lanyard on the outside of my collar. But I don't often wear anything around my neck, except sometimes a compass. What I will likely do is carry it in a cargo pocket in my pants. If I put it in a pocket that's not secure, I can loop the lanyard through a belt loop. Wink

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"The monkeys are throwing stuff at me again."
-Survivorman in Costa Rica

I read only wear something around your neck if it can brack away. only thing I have around my neck is a whistle. Very Happy

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It should be easy enough to build a neck strap with a magnetic closure that will come apart before it chokes you. I would also want it to have a safety line to my belt or something, though, so that I don't lose the items on it if it does come undone.

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"The monkeys are throwing stuff at me again."
-Survivorman in Costa Rica

My main thing is the stuff gets in the way, you will be leaning over for any number of reasons and the thing will swing down (even if you have it tucked inside your shirt) and just get in the way. Though my necklace was bigger and also had a compass it was just to much of a pain. I ended up hanging everything off one of the 20 or so hooks I could hang off my pack.

The neck pain and irritation is less of a issue especially with less weight but the annoyance factor of having something swing into your way can get annoying really fast IMHO.

^Definitely. Shocked

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I would take a fanny pack over anything on my neck in a heartbeat. Its annoying when you bend over and its always in your way.

Plus when traveling through the woods I found that my neck accessories would get stuck on brances. This is bad because, where the head goes, the body goes with it.

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"There dosen't look like there's much shelter over in those mountains, but that's the only choice I got right now, this is gonna be a long week" - Les Stroud Arctic

yeah thats another good reason not to have things around your neck. Very Happy

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