Originally Posted By: unimogbert
I haven't seen this discussed but even so it might bear repeating.

The Harbor Freight $3 magnesium fire starter blocks have magnesium that cannot be lit!...


Yup, they're hard to use ... I made magnesium dust and it stuck all over my hands ... the sparks are also hard to aim/throw... I couldn't make it work with provided scraper
But I bought one to make a jumbo sparklite smile

Which one did you buy? I got the shinier one

slightly smaller slightly darker 69457
slightly bigger slightly shinier 66560

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