I finally figured out that the most important thing is to have appropriate tinder.

I took some dryer lint and sent a spark with my fire steel... WOOPH! It lit up instantly and kept burning for a little while, probably enough to light up small branches in a wilderness situation.

Like someone said previously in the thread, it might not be as efficient as a lighter but it's still better than making a fire bow (friction). <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Thank you (and everyone else) for your replies. Always feels good to start some interesting threads with lots of useful replies. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />