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Firefly Ferro rod.
on: September 25, 2017, 07:32:10 PM
Firefly ultimate Swiss army knife accessorie ,anyone see this ? It's basicaly a Ferro rod that replaced the toothpick,cool idea  :tu:


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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #1 on: September 25, 2017, 07:43:41 PM
https://youtu.be/VSUU0eN8w64

Is this what you mean?
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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #2 on: September 25, 2017, 07:48:18 PM
Not bad.  :clap:
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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #3 on: September 25, 2017, 07:51:25 PM
$14 for a pack of 3  :tu:
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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #4 on: September 25, 2017, 07:52:05 PM
https://youtu.be/VSUU0eN8w64

Is this what you mean?

What a great idea! I purchased a number of small ferro units with holes drilled to thread paracord through them but replacing the toothpick with a ferro rod is a better idea!

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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #5 on: September 25, 2017, 08:03:09 PM
Great idea. Where can you order them from (in the US)?

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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #6 on: September 25, 2017, 08:10:51 PM
Great idea. Where can you order them from (in the US)?

Rich

The guy is on FB he is in the U.S  :tu:


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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #7 on: September 25, 2017, 08:15:24 PM
Fab idea! I'm not on FB so does anyone have an idea of the price? UK Group buy anyone?
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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #8 on: September 25, 2017, 08:19:05 PM
Fab idea! I'm not on FB so does anyone have an idea of the price? UK Group buy anyone?
Hey mags, if you can get your hands on those, please forward a few to me as well :D
Not enough countrymen here for a groupbuy...


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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #9 on: September 25, 2017, 08:23:08 PM
Fab idea! I'm not on FB so does anyone have an idea of the price? UK Group buy anyone?
Hey mags, if you can get your hands on those, please forward a few to me as well :D
Not enough countrymen here for a groupbuy...
Copy that Homey  :tu:
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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #10 on: September 25, 2017, 08:29:18 PM
I put the price above  :facepalm: $14 for a pack of 3  :tu:


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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #11 on: September 25, 2017, 08:36:34 PM
 :facepalm: I'll get me coat.

That's not bad is it? Maybe one our US amigo's can act as a go between?
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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #12 on: September 25, 2017, 08:40:11 PM
:facepalm: I'll get me coat.

That's not bad is it? Maybe one our US amigo's can act as a go between?

 :D it sounds good to me,I did ask the guy about uk postage ,he said he will look into it  :tu: I would love one on my Huntsman  :tu: on will be in kickstarter tommorow .
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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #13 on: September 25, 2017, 09:05:40 PM
That is very cool but I've been burnt by kickstarter before  :(
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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #14 on: September 25, 2017, 09:24:18 PM
:facepalm: I'll get me coat.

That's not bad is it? Maybe one our US amigo's can act as a go between?

 :D it sounds good to me,I did ask the guy about uk postage ,he said he will look into it  :tu: I would love one on my Huntsman  :tu: on will be in kickstarter tommorow .

Sounds interesting  :popcorn:
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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #15 on: September 25, 2017, 10:16:10 PM
I'm interested.
If it is the size of the small Victorinox tweezers/toothpick it will fit the Leatherman Style CS/PS with a small amount taken off the tip.
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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #16 on: September 25, 2017, 10:19:51 PM
I'm interested.
If it is the size of the small Victorinox tweezers/toothpick it will fit the Leatherman Style CS/PS with a small amount taken off the tip.

He was saying it would fit smaller sak as well , I'll sacrifice my toothpick on my hunstman for one of these  :tu:


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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #17 on: September 26, 2017, 12:24:17 AM
This is a very interesting idea. It's rare that I'm tempted to buy into a Kickstarter, but I must say I am feeling some temptation here. Will be following closely.

Does anyone have an idea how many strikes we could expect out of a ferro rod of this size before it's spent?
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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #18 on: September 26, 2017, 12:31:19 AM
Watched a guy on youtube a while back modding a fire steel to fit the slot, i wonder if its the same guy, great idea indeed, certainly good enough in an emergency..if there's a UK group buy count me in :tu:
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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #19 on: September 26, 2017, 12:46:17 AM
I also like the fact that he colored the tip lime green  :tu:


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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #20 on: September 26, 2017, 01:16:06 AM
Nifty. I MIGHT get in on this kickstarter. And I'm the guy who is very allergic to crowd funding


I"d rather it replaced the pen, I use my toothpick. For my teeth.

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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #21 on: September 26, 2017, 02:43:07 AM
I like that ferro idea  :tu: :like:
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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #22 on: September 26, 2017, 03:29:57 AM
It's been done as a mod for quite some time. This guy copied the toothpick shape out of a ferro rod.
Skip to 9 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyhn_yYuTK4


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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #23 on: September 26, 2017, 03:33:10 AM
14$ for three sounds reasonable enough. I'd take three, I never liked the toothpick anyway.


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Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #24 on: September 26, 2017, 03:35:56 AM
...I'll sacrifice my toothpick on my hunstman for one of these  :tu:
I'd just use it as a toothpick when I'm not trying to burn down the forest with it.

I have a very small fire steel that I put in a survival tin. It works quite well with the nail file of the Classic SD that's in the tin also.



It's very thin and it probably wouldn't take much to snap it in half. I question the durability of a fire steel the size of a SAK toothpick.

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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #25 on: September 26, 2017, 07:30:06 AM
He is saying $13 postage to the uk  :-\ so around $27 all in  :-\ I'll stick to my normal Ferro rods as have different ones including a few little ones ,shame as a great idea but too pricey for me at the monent  :tu:


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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #26 on: September 26, 2017, 08:56:00 AM
It's very thin and it probably wouldn't take much to snap it in half. I question the durability of a fire steel the size of a SAK toothpick.
That's a good point, this super thin ferro rod would break very easily. I will be holding on to my money until I can see some real reviewers get their hands on these and put them to the test.
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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #27 on: September 26, 2017, 09:24:49 AM
It's very thin and it probably wouldn't take much to snap it in half. I question the durability of a fire steel the size of a SAK toothpick.
That's a good point, this super thin ferro rod would break very easily. I will be holding on to my money until I can see some real reviewers get their hands on these and put them to the test.

I would only use a Ferro rod in a diar emergency once I've drained all fire lighting resources, so hopefully it would be ok in a emergency but not a use all the time lighter  :tu:


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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #28 on: September 26, 2017, 10:42:25 AM
Why replace the toothpick? I use that one quite often.
How about replacing the pen on plus-scales? Is there a mod, too?
Guess I have to do it myself.
Good idea though.


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Re: Firefly Ferro rod.
Reply #29 on: September 26, 2017, 11:19:57 AM
Why replace the toothpick? I use that one quite often.
How about replacing the pen on plus-scales? Is there a mod, too?
Guess I have to do it myself.
Good idea though.

I probably use the toothpick more than the tweezers  :D I wonder if he will do one to fit in the pen slot ? I guess due to not many having plus scales he had gone with the toothpick option  :tu:


 

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