Originally Posted By: wileycoyote
mag/flint bars


I have a question. Magnesium/flint bars have been problematic for me.

The magnesium filings have to be kept in a nice small pile to allow the thing to work.

Most importantly, how do you generate the pile of filings in the first place? Making magnesium filings seems the best way to prevent having too sharp a knife! Is there any other way to do it?