>>>The package recommends using your knife to make the shavings. Yes, thats right. Cut and scrape your nice sharp knife against metal. Then it recommends you scrape your (now dulled) knife agaist the metal artificial flint. That will work. <<<<br><br>I use my multi tool with the magnesium bar.<br><br>I first use the file to generate the filings, which I place on dryer lint. Then I use a square edge of the phillips screw driver tool to create the sparks. <br><br>I taught my kids to do this and they went crazy when they created a shower of sparks and actually started a fire without matches.<br><br>BTW, can these bars be cut without igniting? I have a leather holder for my tool that's too tall. I use a little block of wood in the bottom as a spacer. A chunk of the magnesium bar would work as well as server as an emergency fire starter. Any thoughts?<br><br>Willie Vannerson<br>McHenry, IL