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#48486 - 09/08/05 04:59 PM BlastMatch
Todd W Product Tester Pooh-Bah Registered: 11/14/04 Posts: 1928 Loc: Mountains of CA	I thought I would post up and inform everyone that after ~500 'blasts' with my blasmatch the striker part (small piece) went flying off and yielded he blastmatch useless to me. This was a great reminder as to WHY we carry multiple tools in the aiding of fire starting. Pictures, and full write-up coming soon. _________________________ Self Sufficient Home - Our journey to self sufficiency.
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#48487 - 09/08/05 05:25 PM Re: BlastMatch
Anonymous Unregistered	I've heard that before. But the ferro rod is still good.
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#48488 - 09/08/05 06:04 PM Re: BlastMatch
Todd W Product Tester Pooh-Bah Registered: 11/14/04 Posts: 1928 Loc: Mountains of CA	Correct, so one should always carry a backup striker. _________________________ Self Sufficient Home - Our journey to self sufficiency.
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