Doug described it as aluminum in his blog, but that may have been a prototype. I really like the design, but for $40-50 it should be all aluminum. I saw a few bad reviews on some of the on line retailers. Yeah the Army match case gave me the idea for a K & M Matchcases case with a Knife Kits clip added. Filled with a tried and true combo of matches, tinder, ferro rod. But then again I really just liked the idea of a beefy torch type lighter.