Ditto- I bought some from another on-line dealer, some were coated and some weren't. I saved the coated ones for storage/boat carry.

I actually prefer this size to the full "Swedish Army" size, which seems like overkill to me, and a lot bigger and heavier than it needs to be.

I don't know if it's true, but I've heard a couple of times that there's only one factory in the world that manufactures ferrocerium rods in sizes bigger than lighter flints, so the only real differences are handles, coatings, lanyards and strikers.